Spin Digital
Live Encoder

Real-time VVC and HEVC software encoder
optimized for high-end live applications
in UHD broadcasting, Internet streaming,and immersive media.

Product Highlights
State-of-the-art CPU-based HEVC and VVC encoder
Real-time encoding: 4Kp60/120, 8Kp60/120, 12Kp60
Higher compression efficiency than competing
software and hardware encoders
High-efficiency and low-latency encoding modes
State-of-the-art rate control and perceptual coding
SDI and IP input capture
Contribution-to-distribution live transcoding
Low-latency streaming: UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi
Adaptive streaming: HLS, DASH
Next Generation Audio (NGA): MPEG-H AudioSPIN ENC LIVE
Complete application for live video encoding:Live SDI and IP input capture
Real-time preprocessing filters
HEVC and VVC video encoding
AAC and MPEG-H audio encoding
TS-over-IP and adaptive streaming

USE CASES
High-end 4K/8K UHD live streaming and broadcasting:High-quality and low-bitrate live 4K/8K encoding
Low-latency contribution encoding:
4:2:2 high-bitrate output format
Live encoding with low delay
Contribution-to-distribution live transcoding:Live IP capture, decoding, and encoding on a single system
4:2:2 and 4:2:0 formats
HEVC and VVC codecs
Adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming over HTTP:
Closed GOP coding: HEVC, VVC
Open GOP coding: VVC
Immersive live VR:
8K/12K video with 3D audio
Live stream recording (live to file)LIVE VVC ENCODER
Support for the VVC standard: Main 10 profile
Resolutions (pixels): 1920x1080, 3840x2160, 7680x4320, custom
Frame rates (fps): 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60, 100, 119.88, 120
Color format: 4:2:0
Bit depths: 8-, 10-bit
Color spaces: BT.601, BT.709, DCI-P3, BT.2020HDR support: ST2084 transfer function (PQ), ST2086 HDR metadata, HLG
Coding configurations:Intra-only, random-access, low-delay, chunk-based
Hierarchical GOP sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 frames
Presets: slower, slow, balanced, fast, fasterEnd-to-end latency:
High-efficiency mode: 2917 ms + network latency
Low-delay mode: 1000 ms + network latency
Rate control:
Broadcast-level CBRConstrained VBR
Perceptual VBR
Perceptual quality control
Quality optimizations:
Perceptually optimized encoding mode
Motion-compensated temporal filter for noise reductionScreen Content Coding (SCC)
HTTP streaming with open GOP
Real-time operation mode
Timecode SEI insertion
Highly optimized for recent CPUs:
SIMD processing: SSE4.1, AVX2, AVX-512, VNNI
Scalable multithreading: wavefront, subpictures, frame parallelism, pipelining
Memory optimizations

LIVE HEVC ENCODER
Support for the HEVC standard:
Main and Main 10 profiles
Range Extensions (HEVCv2) profiles
ARIB STD-B32 version 3.9 (8K with 4 slices)
Resolutions (pixels): 1920x1080, 3840x2160, 7680x4320, custom
Frame rates (fps): 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60, 100, 119.88, 120
Color formats: 4:2:0, 4:2:2
Bit depths: 8-, 10-bit
Color spaces: BT.601, BT.709, DCI-P3, BT.2020
HDR support: ST2084 transfer function (PQ), ST2086 HDR metadata, HLG
Coding configurations:Intra-only, random-access, low-delay, chunk-based
Hierarchical GOP sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 frames
Presets: slower, slow, balanced, fast, fasterEnd-to-end latency:
High-efficiency mode: 2884 ms + network latency
Low-delay mode: 650 ms + network latency
Rate control:
Broadcast-level CBRConstrained VBRPerceptual VBR
Perceptual quality control
Quality optimizations:
Perceptually optimized encoding mode
Motion-compensated temporal filter for noise reduction
Real-time operation mode
Timecode SEI insertion
Highly optimized for recent CPUs:
SIMD processing: SSE4.1, AVX2, AVX512, VVNI
Scalable multithreading: Wavefront, frame parallelism, pipelining
Memory optimizations

VIDEO PREPROCESSING FILTERS
Scaling, format and color conversion, cropping/padding, overlays
Automatic filter chain generation
High-performance CPU implementation: real-time 8K processing

AUDIO CODING
Codecs: AAC, MPEG-H AudioChannel formats:
AAC: 2.0, 5.1, 7.1, 22.2
MPEG-H Audio: baseline profile up to level 4

INPUT INTERFACE
Live SDI capture:
4K up to 120 Hz, 8K up to 60 Hz
3G-SDI, 6G-SDI, 12G-SDI
Multi-channel tiled capture for single large surfaces:
Flexible input layouts
Example: 15360x2160 (4x1 4K) pixels over a 4x12G-SDI interface
Simultaneous multiple video link capture:
Multiple video channels to be captured simultaneously
Allow for frame-synchronized encoding and playback
Live HDMI capture: 4K up to 60 Hz
Live TS-over-IP capture:
Transport formats: UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi
Video codecs: HEVC, VVC
File input: YUV (video), PCM (audio)

OUTPUT INTERFACE
TS-over-IP streaming:
Transport formats: UDP, RTP with optional FEC, SRT, RIST, Zixi
Video codecs: HEVC, VVC
Adaptive streaming over HTTP:
HLS, DASH
MPEG-2 TS, fMP4
Multi-resolution encoding and streaming

CLOUD STREAMING AND DELIVERY
TS-over-IP streaming: compatible with AWS MediaConnect
Adaptive streaming: AWS S3, AWS Elemental MediaStore, Cloudfront

COMPRESSION AND PERFORMANCE FOR REAL-TIME 4K AND 8K
Key performance indicators:
Highest compression efficiency under real-time conditions
Highest encoding performance allowing high-end applications such as 8Kp60

Bitrate increase for the same quality (PSNR) and single-threaded CPU time relative toSpin Digital HEVC (fast):
50.0%

Bitrate Increase (BD-Rate)

x265 - HEVC
VVenC - VVC
Spin Digital - HEVC
Spin Digital - VVC

ufast

37.5%
25.0%

faster

12.5%

med

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fastbal slow

-12.5%-25.0%

Better

-37.5%-50.0%
0.5x

slowerslowerfasterfast balfasterfast

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1.0x

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Real-time

CPU Time

5.0x

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OfflineEncoder versions: Spin Enc Live v2.1, x265 v3.5, VVenC v1.9.0
Real-time performance:

4Kp60 4:2:0 10-bit
4Kp120 4:2:0 10-bit
8Kp60 4:2:0 10-bit
8Kp60, 4Kp60, 2Kp60 (ABR)
8Kp60 4:2:2 10-bit
8Kp120 4:2:0 10-bit*
12Kp60 4:2:0 10-bit** Preliminary

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Spin Digital VVC

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RECOMMENDED PLATFORMS FOR VVC ENCODING
Use case

Format4K
distribution

4Kp60
4:2:0 10-bit

30 Mbps

CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (2x 28 cores)Memory: 128 GB (16x 8 GB, DDR4-2933)

8K
distribution entry level

8Kp60
4:2:0 10-bit

40 Mbps

CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ (2x 56 cores)
Memory: 512 GB (16x 32 GB, DDR5-4800)

100 Mbps

CPU: 2x AMD EPYC 9654 (2x 96 cores)
Memory: 384 GB (24x 16 GB, DDR5-4800)
orCPU: 4x Intel Xeon 6480H (4x 32 cores)
Memory: 512 GB (32x 16 GB, DDR5-4800)

8K
distribution broadcast

8Kp60
4:2:0 10-bitMaxbitratePlatform

RECOMMENDED PLATFORMS FOR HEVC ENCODING
Use case

FormatMax
bitratePlatform

4K
distribution4Kp60
4:2:0 10-bit

80 Mbps

CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6312U (24 cores)
Memory: 64 GB (8x 8 GB, DDR4-3200)

4K
contribution

4Kp60
4:2:2 10-bit

100 Mbps

CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (28 cores)
Memory: 64 GB (8x 8 GB, DDR4-2933)

4K
HFR

4Kp120
4:2:0 10-bit

100 Mbps

CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6354 (2x 18 cores)
Memory: 128 GB (16x 8 GB, DDR4-3200)

8K
distribution

8Kp60
4:2:0 10-bit

120 Mbps

CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 (2x 38 cores)
Memory: 128 GB (16x 8 GB, DDR4-3200)

8K
contribution

8Kp60
4:2:2 10-bit

200 Mbps

CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ (2x 56 cores)
Memory: 512 GB (16x 16 GB, DDR-5 4800)

ENCODER PACKAGE
Live encoder software with web-based graphical user interface
Product documentation

PLATFORM SUPPORTOS:Red Hat Linux 8/9, Ubuntu Linux 20.04/22.04

CPU:

X86_64. SIMD instructions: SSE 4.1, AVX2, AVX512, VNNISDI:AJA Kona 5, AJA Corvid 44/88, Blackmagic DeckLink

HDMI:Blackmagic DeckLink

Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH | www.spin-digital.com | info@spin-digital.com | August 2023