The UMD™ Stream Composer/Viewer architecture is a distributed processing system. The user operates the Frontend PC and encodes/multiplexes the input material. SCEI recommends the following equipment for constructing your system.
Frontend PC
- Windows XP
- 1000 Base Network Card
- Fastest CPU feasible
- RealVision VREngine/SD10 SDI Board (for external monitor preview via SDI only)
- AGP bus (required for RealVision SD-10 — see http://www.rvu-inc.com/ for details)
- 1600 x 1200 Monitor
NAS Server PC
- Windows Server 2003
- 1000 Base Network Card
- Fastest CPU feasible
Rendering PC
- Windows XP or Windows 2003 server standard
- 1000 Base Network Card
- Fastest CPU feasible
GigabitEther Switch
We recommend high-speed models with many 1000 Base ports to allow for scaling your rendering environment as needed.
