HP E6277B MPEGscope Plus

Today’s increasing pressures to introduce products to market in ever shorter timeframes demand that you have the best tools available when developing your digital video products. The HP MPEGscope Plus is the most comprehensive tool for MPEG-2, DVB, and ATSC system development and qualification. This PC-based test system offers the perfect combination of real-time and post-analysis tools for MPEG-2 testing. It is ideal for R&D, product development, quality assurance and conformance testing. With the HP MPEGscope Plus and optional software test applications, it’s quick and easy to verify and debug digital video network components, including encoders and decoders, multiplexers/demultiplexers, video servers, and much more.

With its PC-based Windows® NT architecture and intuitive user interface, the MPEGscope Plus offers a familiar environment that allows you to quickly become effective in troubleshooting your digital video implementations.

Real-time monitoring and measurements are the most effective way to isolate transient problems in real-world situations. The MPEGscope Plus combines real-time methods with in-depth post analysis via automatic triggering or manual data capture allowing engineers to view interpreted data streams.

The MPEG stream generation function provides you with the ability to generate streams with extreme precision - up to 1 Hz rate resolution! Send preconfigured streams, optional decoder stress test streams, streams you FTP from the Internet or capture and replay a stream from your multiplexer. You will also be able capture and edit a stream before transmitting it, or compose your own Transport Stream from elementary streams.

The MPEGscope Plus is an extendable platform designed with the future in mind. Software add-ons, such as the MPEG Video Elementary Stream Compression Analyzer or the DVB/MPEG Compliance Verification Test Suite, and optional interface ports provide you with flexibility to grow the testers functionality over time and thereby protecting your investment.

In-depth Video Elementary Stream Analysis

The Video Elementary Stream Compression Analyzer allows you to test all aspects of MPEG video encoding. This optional MPEGscope Plus application will decompose the video elementary stream right down to an individual macroblock. Syntax and semantic protocol testing, bit rate and VBV buffer statistics, and detailed macroblock and motion vector analysis are all provided in this high-powered package. The video can even be displayed for visual verification. This software finds application in bitstream verification, development and optimization of compression algorithms, and troubleshooting encoder and decoder interoperability issues.

Most Complete Compliance Testing Available

The MPEG/DVB Compliance Verification Test Suite enhances the powerful MPEGscope Plus by providing incomparable compliance testing according to MPEG and DVB standards. This software performs an incredible 850 tests, the most comprehensive of any MPEG test system on the market. The automated tests quickly find errors in MPEG implementations, allowing interoperability problems to rapidly be solved and avoiding "finger-pointing" among equipment vendors. All errors are reported in detail, referencing the exact location in the bitstream of the error and the standard and clause that was violated.

Test Material

HP’s complete MPEG testing solution also includes test material for encoders and decoders. The HP E6285A Encoder Stress Test Patterns is a videotape of synthetically produced test sequences that can be used to evaluate or optimize digital encoders. The HP E6288A MPEG Decoder Compliance Bitstreams is a CD-ROM containing MPEG streams that can be played out to a decoder or set-top box in order to verify its functionality.

[ Features ]

Capture, storage, and analysis of MPEG-2 transport streams data rates up to 90Mb/
- Accurate playback of recorded streams due to unique timestamping capability
- Standard 9GB or optional 18GB capture hard disk using standard NTFS file system
Real-time measurements and monitoring including ETR-290 health checks, PID bandwidth and PCR jitter
Trigger-based capture of transport stream (TS) errors
Complete MPEG-2/DVB/ATSC transport stream, PES packet and PSI table decode with protocol error analysis and compliance tests
DVB-SI and ATSC-PSIP table decoding, PerfecTV table decodes, plus industry-first Private Table Decodes
Create multi-program MPEG-2 transport streams using advanced Composer application
Inject errors such as PCR jitter and bit errors into transport streams using Impairments application
Video Elementary Stream Compression Analyzer option allows analysis of MPEG-2 video streams including High Level and 4:2:2 Profile
MPEG/DVB Compliance Verification Test Suite option performs over 850 fully automated tests
Modular architecture supports various interfaces and upgradeable equipment-specific testing applications
Standard DVB-SPI (parallel LVDS) interface, plus optional interfaces such as
- DVB-ASI
- M2S - MPEG-2 Serial Interface, as used on Divicom equipment
- DHEI - Digital Headend Expansion Interface, serial ECL interface as used on GI equipment including IRT1000/2000
- ARIB - Japan Association of Radio Industries and Businesses parallel TTL interface
High-performance HP Kayak XU 300MHz Pentium® II platform
Now also available in a lightweight portable configuration (see E6300A MPEGscope Portable)

[ Specifications ]

Applicable Standards/Recommendations

ISO/IEC 11172-2:1993 MPEG-1 Video ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993 MPEG-1 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-1:1996 MPEG-2 Systems ISO/IEC 13818-2:1996 MPEG-2 Video ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995 MPEG-2 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-4:1996 MPEG-2 Compliance Testing ISO/IEC 13818-9:1995 MPEG-2 Real-time Extensions ETR 162:1995 Allocation of Service Information (SI) codes for DVB systems ETR 211:1997 Guidelines on implementation and usage of DVB service information ETR 290:1997 Measurement guidelines for DVB systems ETS 300 468:1996 Specification for service information (SI) in DVB systems ETS 300 472:1995 Specifications for conveying ITU-R System B Teletext in DVB bitstreams TIA/EIA-644:1995 Electrical characteristics of low voltage differential signalling (LVDS) interface circuits EN-50083-9 Interfaces for CATV/SMATV Headends and Similar Professional Equipment ATSC A/53: 1995 ATSC Digital Television Standard ATSC A/65: 1997 Program and System Information Protocol for Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable ATSC A/57: 1996 Program/Episode/Version Identification

[ Ordering ]

HP E6277B MPEGscope Plus Opt 020 12 Gigabyte DAT drive for backup and capture storage Opt 518 Upgrade to 18GB Hard Drive for capture and playback Opt H00 Phone Support Opt P00 Additional Caller Opt UAF Support Update Service Opt U00 License to use update Opt ABJ Japanese Localization HP E6289A ARIB Interfac Adapter for MPEGscope Plus HP E6291A ASI and Serial ECL (DHEI) Interface HP E6309A Audio Elementary Stream Analyzer HP E6310A Video Elementary Stream Analyzer HP E6311A Basic MPEG/DVB Compliance Verifier HP E6312A Advanced MPEG/DVB Compliance Verifier HP E6313A Upgrade to Advanced Compliance Test Suite HP E6299A One-Time SW Update Kit for the E6277A/B HP E6285A Encoder Stress Patterns HP E6288A MPEG Decoder Test Bit Streams HP E6290A PerfecTV Decode Software for MPEGscope Plus HP E6295A Transit Case for MPEGscope Plus Chassis HP E6296A Transit Case for MPEGscope Plus Monitor

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