Reliable, simple live streaming with Pearl-2’s integrated live video production workflow. Manage your streaming, recording and live switching in one place with this all in one video encoder and video production system.
Pearl-2 works with video sources from SD to 4K (Upgradeable). Connect up to six sources at once to encode and stream one 4K Ultra HD program or up to six 1080p Full HD programs. Use any combination of your video sources connected to the HDMI, 4K HDMI or 12G SDI video input ports, or from IP cameras over your network.
Harness the power of Pearl-2’s 6th generation Intel i7 processor to capture stunning video at 30 fps. Pearl-2’s hardware-accelerated encoder provides flawless H.264 encoding for maximum compatibility and performance with any video portal or player.
Use the touch screen or Epiphan Live to preview and change the live content in your video programs. See changes immediately in your live video stream and on displays connected to Pearl-2’s HDMI video output ports.
Simultaneously live stream to YouTube, Facebook and any other CDN or video portal. At the same time, use the built-in streaming server to stream locally to web browsers, smart TVs and set-top boxes.
Simple to use monitoring and live switching between sources or layouts using Epiphan Live, a control interface designed for touch screen devices. Control your streaming and recording from any mobile device or computer on your local network.
Harness the power of Pearl-2’s 6th generation Intel i7 processor to capture stunning 4K video at 30 fps. Pearl-2’s hardware-accelerated encoder provides flawless H.264 encoding for maximum compatibility and performance with any video portal or player.
Design your own custom layouts including picture in picture using the drag-and-drop editor in Pearl-2’s web-based Admin panel. Combine, crop and scale up to 6 video sources. Customize it completely with backgrounds, overlay images, text and timestamping.
Hold hundreds of hours of HD recordings on the 512 GB solid state hard-drive. Configure automatic file transfer to a local USB drive with USB 3.0 file transfer speed or to networked storage to ensure your files are always protected.
Control and monitor your live video production with Pearl-2’s touch screen. With a touch of the finger, turn on streaming, recording or switch the layout in the live stream. Connect your headphones and monitor audio using the front-mounted 3.5 mm audio jack and on-screen VU meter.
Let Pearl-2 set everything for you automatically or use the web-based Admin panel to configure bitrate, frame size, layouts and more!
Harness the power of Pearl-2’s 6th generation Intel i7 processor to capture stunning 4K video at 30 fps. Pearl-2’s hardware-accelerated encoder provides flawless H.264 encoding for maximum compatibility and performance with any video portal or player.
Use Pearl-2’s built-in streaming server to share via unicast or multicast stream to up to 50 viewers with popular streaming protocols such as HTTP, HLS, FLV, ASF, UPnP and SAP.
Publish your live video stream to a large audience using an enterprise streaming server or CDN using RTMP or RTSP. Image: Supported CDNs including Facebook Live, Youtube, Wowza, Livestream, Akamai, Ustream and others.
Stream your final program output, in any desired resolution, while also recording high quality ISOs for post-processing.
Pearl-2 integrates easily with content management systems (CMS) and with learning management systems (LMS) such as Blackboard, Kaltura, Mediasite and Moodle. Our customers love Pearl-2 because it works with the systems you already have in place.
Comes with a very rugged, hard-shell custom carry case to protect it while traveling.
| Video inputs | Local video inputs: | (2) 12G SDI (2) HDMI™ 1.4a1 / DVI2 (2) 4K HDMI™ 1.4a (UHD/DCI)3 / DVI2 (2) USB 3.0 (UVC) - rear panel |
| Video over Ethernet5: | RTSP4 NDI, or NDI|HX6 (Alpha channel support) | |
| Connectors: | (4) HDMI type A (female) (2) BNC (female) (2) USB-A (female) - rear panel (1) RJ-45 | |
| Aspect ratios: | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and custom aspect ratios | |
| Standard resolutions: | PAL, PAL wide, NTSC, NTSC wide | |
| Input resolution range: | 640×480 to 4096×2160 | |
| Frame rate: | Up to 60 fps7 | |
| Video input color spaces: | HDMI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2, YCRCB 4:4:4 SDI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2 | |
| Deinterlacing: | Yes | |
| Maximum cable length for SDI: | 300 ft | |
| Maximum cable length for USB 3.0: | 6 ft | |
| Audio inputs | Analog audio inputs: | (4) XLR pro line level (+4.0 dBu) up to 12.3 VRMS, +24 dBu (balanced/unbalanced, mono or two L/R stereo pairs) (1) RCA consumer line level -10 dBV (L/R stereo pair) |
| Connectors: | (4) XLR (female) (2) RCA (female) | |
| Digital audio inputs9: | (2) SDI8 (4) HDMI (3) USB (rear panel) (6) RTSP (from RTSP input over Ethernet) (3) NDI (from NDI input over Ethernet) | |
| Connectors: | (2) SDI (female) (4) HDMI (female) (2) USB (female) - rear panel (1) RJ-45 (female) | |
| Audio gain control: | 0 dB to +30 dB | |
| Audio mute: | Yes | |
| Configurable audio delay: | -300 ms to +300 ms | |
| Video processing | Video output color space: | 4:2:0, 8 bits per color |
| Video codec: | H.264/AVC (ITU H.264, ISO/IEC 14496-10) 4:2:0, 8 bit color - Encoding profile: High, Main, Baseline - Profile levels: 3.0, 3.1,3.2,4.0,4.1, 5.1 Motion JPEG NDI NDI|HX | |
| Bitrate: | 1 to 50 Mbps (selectable) | |
| Bitrate control: | Constant | |
| Hardware accelerated video encoding: | Optional | |
| Video scaling: | Software and hardware | |
| Chroma keying: | Upstream/downstream keying | |
| Key frames: | 1/2 s, and 1 s up to 5 s in 1 second intervals | |
| Audio Processing | Compression: | MP3, AAC, and PCM |
| Sampling rate: | MP3: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz AAC: 16 kHz, 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz PCM: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz | |
| Bitrate: | 64 to 320 kbps (MP3 and AAC) | |
| Video output | Signal types: | (1) HDMI 2.0 (port 1) (1) HDMI 1.4a (port 2) (6) H.264/AVC digital video over Ethernet (2) NDI (unicast) (6) RTSP |
| Connectors: | (2) HDMI (1) RJ-45 (female) | |
| Streaming protocols: | MPEG-TS and FLV RTSP over TCP/UDP Multi-Publish to Streaming Server / CDN (RTSP, RTMP, RTMPS) HLS - Native Apple HTTP/HTTPS stream for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch | |
| Multicast streams: | RTP, MPEG-TS & RTP, and MPEG-TS over UDP | |
| Resolution ranges: | Recorded: 480p to 2160p Streamed: H.264: 480p to 2160p NDI streamed: 480p to 1080p HDMI output ports: 480p to 2160p | |
| Frame rate: | Up to 60 fps | |
| Formats: | H.264/AVC (ITU H.264, ISO/IEC 14496-10) 4:2:0, 8 bit color - Encoding profile: High, Main, Baseline - Profile levels: 3.0, 3.1,3.2,4.0,4.1 Motion JPEG NDI | |
| Network traffic shaping (multicast streams): | 4 Mbps to 95 Mbps (configurable) | |
| Audio output | Analog audio output: | (1) 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack - front panel |
| Digital audio outputs: | RTSP and NDI audio over Ethernet HDMI audio (embedded) | |
| Monitor and control | Touch screen: | 4.3 inch touch screen monitor (built in) resolution: 800x480 |
| Recording and storage | Record formats: | AVI, MOV, MP4, and MPEG-TS |
| Upload image formats: | JPEG, PNG | |
| Internal hard drive: | 512 GB SSD10 | |
| File transfer protocols: | FTP, SFTP, SCP, AWS S3 client, and WebDAV client RSync | |
| Network file share protocols: | CIFS/SMB | |
| File system for USB storage: | FAT16, FAT32, XFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, NTFS | |
| External USB ports: | (1) USB 3.0 - front panel (2) USB 3.0 (UAV/UAC) - rear panel | |
| Bitrate: | Up to 50 Mbps | |
| Communication | USB standards: | USB 1.1, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0 HDCP compliant |
| Serial port: | (1) Bidirectional RS-232 (female) | |
| Serial port protocols: | Data bits: 7 or 8 (default) Stop bits: 1 Parity: None Flow control: None, Hardware or Software | |
| Serial port baud rate: | 19200 bps | |
| Ethernet host port: | (1) RJ-45 (female) | |
| Ethernet data rate: | 10/100/1000 Base-T, half/full duplex with autodetect | |
| Maximum Transmission Unit: | 68 to 1500 MTU (configurable) | |
| Protocols: | DHCP, TLS 1.2, LDAP, mDNS, UPnP, SAP, RTP, MPEG-TS & RTP and MPEG-TS/UDP, 802.1x, EAPOL, EAP-TTLS, EAP-TLS, PEAP, HTTP, HTTPS, NTP, PTP, FTP, SFTP, SCP AWS S3 | |
| Network discovery/Announce: | UPnP, SAP | |
| Network security | 802.1x EAP methods: | PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS |
| Administration and control | Admin panel: | Local web UI for full administration. On-screen display and mobile UI for confidence monitoring, administration, and control. Local Admin panel access using a USB mouse, keyboard, and monitor connected directly to Pearl-2 with built-in virtual keyboard and touch-screen monitor support. |
| Epiphan Live: | Local web-based UI to easily control streaming, recording, and switching. | |
| Secure access: | Multiple user accounts and passwords. HTTPS for secure Admin panel and Epiphan Live access, as well as local network access to the live channel broadcast. | |
| Remote access: | Remote login for rescue troubleshooting and control. Cloud versions of the Admin panel and Epiphan Live available for Internet access. | |
| API: | Yes (HTTP/HTTPS or RS-232) | |
| Crestron driver: | Yes See https://applicationmarket.crestron.com/epiphan/ | |
| Integrations | Content Management Systems: | Kaltura Panopto |
| Cloud-based video production: | AV Studio | |
| General | Power supply: | Internal: 100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz |
| Power use: | 0.8 A, 100-240 VAC | |
| Operating temperature: | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° Celsius) | |
| Cooling: | Fan air flow: Bottom front to back | |
| Enclosure: | Metal | |
| Form factor: | Portable desktop model 19" rack mountable model 19" Rackmount Twin model | |
| Dimensions ( W × D × H ): | Pearl-2: 11.81″ × 9.45″ × 3.54″ (300mm × 240mm × 90mm) Pearl-2 Rackmount: 19 ⅛" × 3½" × 10 ⅞" (485 mm × 89 mm × 276 mm) - dimensions include mounting tabs Pearl-2 Rackmount Twin: 19 ⅛" × 3½" × 10 ⅞" (485 mm × 89 mm × 276 mm) - dimensions include mounting tabs | |
| Weight: | Pearl-2: 8.38 lbs (3.8 kg) Pearl-2 Rackmount: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg) Pearl-2 Rackmount Twin: 14.6 lbs (6.6 kg) | |
| Regulatory compliance: | FCC compliance: Part 15 CE compliance: Directive 2014/30/EU - Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2014/35/EU - Low Voltage Directive Directive 2011/65/EU - RoHS |
