Haivision Play Series

High-Performance Software & Hardware Media Players

Key Features

Haivision Play Series

SecureAES 128/256 bit encryption ensures only
intended viewers can watch streams.

View Low-Latency SRT Streams

Haivision’s highly efficient encoding and SRT
video transport technologies assuresquality-of-service when faced with packet
loss, jitter, latency, and fluctuating bandwidthfrom unpredictable networks.

No Server Required

When used in standalone mode, no central
server is necessary to play back compatible
live video with most Haivision Play devices.

Set-Top Box Management

Centrally control and schedule when and where
your video is displayed - in hallways, publicareas, conference rooms and auditoriums.

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High Quality

Delivers pristine quality at low bitrates
making it ideal for Internet or satellite
transport of video.

Up To 4K UHD Resolution

Playback up to 4K UHD live and on-demand
video on the Haivision Play Set-Top Box
and the Haivision Play app(on 4K compatible devices).

Next-gen Compression

Playback HEVC (H.265) video for up to 50%
bandwidth reduction compared to H.264 on
most Haivision Play devices.

Permission-Based Access

Support for Active Directory, LDAP andSSO ensures that viewing permissions canbe set and enforced to control access to livestreams and VOD content.

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Overview & Platforms
Haivision Play is a series of high-performance software and hardware media players that provide access to video streams,
via the Haivision Media Platform for live and on-demand content or direct playback of live streams when used in standalone
operation. A device specific Haivision Play software player is available as a free downloadable app for Apple iOS devices, AppleTV, and Android mobile devices. Haivision Play software comes pre-installed as the main application interface on the Haivision
Play Set-Top Boxes.

A Shared and Secure Viewing Experience Across All Platforms

Haivision Play provides a common viewing experience across different platforms. When used with the Haivision Media
Platform’s permission management, Haivision Play ensures that content is only delivered to authorized users. Haivision Playsupports video encryption from source to screen in order to secure sensitive content.

Versatile Use Across Multiple Locations

When used in standalone mode, Haivision Play for Mobile and the Haivision Play 2000 Set-Top Box are directly tuned to video
streams by the end user independently from the Haivision Media Platform.
When used with the Haivision Media Platform, Haivision Play Set-Top Boxes can be centrally managed across a multisite
environment, allowing administrators to schedule live and VOD playback as well as changing channels and setting volume onone, some, or all Haivision Play Set-Top Boxes across an enterprise.

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2Standalone vs. HMP with Diagram Use Cases

Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play solves many of today’s streaming challenges by deliveringhigh performance video over the internet:
Haivision Play Standalone Applications:• Low latency return feeds enable field producers, talent, and technicians to coordinate with the broadcast center• Remote real-time monitoring• Low latency broadcast to remote facilities• Standalone operation - no server required

Centrally Managed Haivision Play Applications:• Viewing of live channels, lineups, and on-demand content on any screen anywhere• User authentication with individual and group access control• Centralized control of set-top boxes• Multi-stream capabilities

Haivision Play Standalone Application

Haivision Play
Set-Top Box

Encoder

Haivision Media Gateway

Encoder

Haivision Play
Set-Top Box

Haivision Play
Set-Top Box

Haivision Playfor Mobile

Point to Point Simplicity

Simplicity at Scale

Centrally Managed Haivision Play Applications (via Haivision Media Platform)

Haivision Play
Set-Top Box
Head Office• Sources• Users• Rooms• Signage

Encoder
Encoder

Haivision Play
Set-Top Box

Encoders• Sources• Users• Locations• IPTV

Retail Store

Haivision Playfor Mobile
Local BranchCentrally Managed Facility

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Centrally Managed Enterprise

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Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play App
for Mobile
Standalone Operation

Set-Top Box

for Apple TV

2000

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Centrally Managed with Haivision Media Platform
WHEN USED IN STANDALONE MODE
Access independent SRT, HLS, and UDP unicast/multicast streams
Create local playlists••

Tune to a specific stream automatically on power-on start-up
Web in addition to on-screen interface for administration setup and configuration
Statistics displayable for independent streams•WHEN CENTRALLY MANAGED WITH HAIVISION MEDIA PLATFORM
View Live & On-demand Content from Haivision Media Platform
Authenticated, encrypted, and tailored access for all individuals and groups
controlled by Haivision Media Platform

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Centrally managed by Haivision Media Platform (through Device Manager)

Adjustable picture-in-picture viewing experience from Haivision Media Platform••Number of streams displayed simultaneously from Haivision Media Platform

4**Contribute live feeds or local content to Haivision Media Platform

Download content from Haivision Media Platform for offline viewing
View and jump to Hotmarks as inserted within Haivision Media Platform
Display Closed Captioning
Access Haivision Media Platform demo site••••

Local control via IR remote for channel selection and VOD playback••••

Support for Layouts to be sent from HMP Manage Devices•••

SUPPORTED STANDARDSSRTMulticast
HLSH.264
HEVCHD4KRelease version as of publication•••••••••••••••••••••

2.25 iOS
3.1.2 Android

1.1.6

1.2.0

**4 streams displayed simultaneously on iOS, 1 on Android

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Mobile & Apple TV

Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play for Mobile

In today’s fast paced business world, employees are often on-the-go. Haivision Play provides users with direct mobile accessto SRT video streams or a Haivision Media Platform for live streaming events, IPTV channels and on-demand videos. Users
have the flexibility to watch, contribute, and record directly from their mobile device, no matter where their work takes them. Inaddition, iOS users can upload content from their device’s personal library and download videos for offline viewing. Haivision
Play for Mobile is available for free on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Haivision Play for Apple TV

With Haivision Play for Apple TV, users have an easy-to-use and easy-to-deploy option for viewing live and on-demand video
content from any TV or monitor within an organization. Haivision Play takes full advantage of Apple TV’s clean design, intuitive
user interface and remote to enable easy search and browsing so users can access and watch authenticated, high qualitycontent. The Haivision Play app for Apple TV is available for free on the Apple TV App store.

FEATURES

BENEFITS

Secure, high quality HD video

Enjoy the highest quality, lowest latency, HD video and audio

Access to all HMP content

Watch VOD content, live channels, multi-source sessions

Authentication & Permissions

Authenticated, encrypted, and controlled access for all individuals and groups

Flexible viewing options

Side-by-side, picture-in-picture, and quad screen viewing options (depending on the platform)

Easy content contribution

Users can upload videos from their own device library or stream live directly from their mobile device

Accessibility

IPTV support for North American 608/708 Closed Captioning and alternative language tracks

Watermarking

Protect confidential and copyrighted material with text-based watermarking

Dual Screen View
Available on iOS & Apple TV

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Remote Contribution
Available on iOS & Android

Quad Screen View
Available on iOS & Apple TV

Watermarking
Available on all platforms

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5Set-Top Boxes

Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play offers a series of high-performance video player applications that provide enterprise video users with the flexibility
to watch their video content on any screen. Haivision Play is available for mobile devices, managed set-top boxes, and Apple TVs.

High-quality, Secure HD Video
The Haivision Play Set-Top Box series delivers unsurpassed performance, quality, security and reliability for group viewing oflive and on-demand content including webcasts, all-hands events, internal IPTV, research, training and any other video-based
enterprise application. The Haivision Set-Top Box can access live SRT streams as well as managed content from the Haivision
Media Platform.
Beautiful Video in HD & 4K Pristine 4K and full HD video in both stand-alone and via Haivision Media Platform for videobased business and research applications. Moreover, the Play Set-Top Boxes can natively upscale 1080p content to sharp 2160p
resolution, providing your organization with video content on 4K displays for ensuring the most pristine quality video, on anyconnected TV, today and for the future.
Central Control and Security When connected to the Haivision Media Platform, all Haivision Play Set-Top Box units can becentrally controlled and easily managed by system administrators to schedule playback, switch channels, set volume, even put
STBs to sleep over nights or weekends. Access to all content is protected with AES 128/256-bit encryption along with theHaivision Media Platform’s conditional access permissions, ensuring the right people are seeing what they’re supposed to.
Easy Integration The Haivision Play Set-Top Box series is easy to integrate with AV displays in custom-designed rooms of allkinds. All Haivision Play Set-Top Boxes ship with an IR remote control and wall power plug, including even more integrator
friendly features such as PoE+ (power over ethernet), 3.5mm IR extender and RS-232. Pre-built templates are readily available
for use with Crestron and Harmony remotes to make custom room integrations simple. The Haivision Play Set-Top Box meets allenterprise deployment needs.

FEATURES

BENEFITS

Central Management

Controlled by administrators using the Haivision Media Platform

1080p High-definition VideoStreaming

Display content at up to 1080p for a high-quality viewing experience, or use the Haivision Play’s internal
upscaler for 4K displays

Authentication & Permissions

Authenticated, encrypted, and tailored access for all individuals and groups

AES 128/256-bit Encryption

Guarantees content protection

HDMI 2.0

HDMI out for easy setup of HD live TV playback

Remote Control

Local control via IR remote for channel selection and VOD playback

Network Friendly

Supports multicast and unicast

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6Tech Specs

Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play 2000 Set-Top Box
VIDEO DECODINGCOMPRESSIONS STANDARDS
MPEG-2MPEG-4 (H.264)
HEVC (H.265) (Standalone Mode Only)
DECODING RESOLUTIONS
1920x1080p 60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25 Hz
1920x1080i 60/59.94/50 Hz
1280x720p 60/59.94/50 Hz
720x480/576p 60/59.94/50 Hz
720x480/576i 60/59.94/50 Hz
1600x1200 60 Hz
1280x1024 60 Hz
1280x768 60 Hz
1024x768 60 HzBIT RATESVideo bitrates up to 25Mbps with VBR peak up to 50Mbps.
AUDIO DECODINGCOMPRESSION STANDARDSMPEG1 Layer II ISO/IEC 11172-3
MPEG-2 AAC-LC ISO/IEC 19818-7
MPEG-4 AAC-LC ISO/IEC 14496-3
AC3 Pass Through via HDMI
AUDIO CHANNELS
2 per video channel
BIT RATES
96 kbps to 192 kbps per audio pair
IP NETWORKING
STANDARDS
RJ45
Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T, auto-detect,Half-Full Duplex
Static IP/DHCP
NETWORKING PROTOCOLS
Multicast Streaming
MPEG Transport Stream over UDP
FEC and 256-bit AES encryption support
HLSIGMPv3

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7Tech Specs (Cont’d)

Haivision Play Series

Haivision Play 2000 Set-Top Box
MANAGEMENT INTERFACESSTANDARDSManagement via IP using Haivision Media Platform Device Manager
Local control via Infrared Remote Control and 3.5mm IR extension cable with receiver
SIGNAL OUTPUT
VIDEO
HDMI Digital
AUDIO
Unbalanced Stereo Analog
HDMI Embedded Stereo Digital
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
POWER
PoE

PoE (Type 1) 802.3af

Wall Poweroptional, 12V / 1.5A (18 Watts)

DIMENSIONS
Millimeters

159.9mm x 144.2mm x 22mm

Iches

6.3” x 5.7” x 0.87”

OPERATING TEMPERATURE
Celcius

Ambient: 0°-70° @ 90% max relative humidity non-condensing

WEIGHT
Grams

340g

Ounces12 oz

Ordering Information*Name

SKU

Description

Haivision Play 2000 Set-Top Box

S-PLAY-2000-B

Haivision Play Set-Top Box for Haivision Media Platform or as Stand-Alone Device- 1080p60; H.264/HEVC capable. Single HDMI; Single wired NIC. Includes IR remotecontrol, IR extender, and optional power supply.

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