Barix Exstreamer Technology

Audio over IP devices for high quality audio streaming and control over IP networks
The Exstreamer IP Audio products are embedded, reliable, IP-enabled audio streaming devices which can be used in applications such as local and internet-based IP music distribution systems, in-store audio applications, paging systems and generic audio routing over standard IP networks. High audio quality is achieved using either uncompressed or MP3 audio encoding at up to 48kHz sample rate.

 Common hardware features:

• Audio stereo decoder for MPEG1&2 Layer3 (MP3), HE-AAC v2 (AAC+) , WMA, Ogg Vorbis,16bit PCM linear and a-law, u-law, 8-48k sample rate support
• 10/100 Mbit Ethernet interface
• USB 1.1 interface for flash memory, (FAT16/32 file-system support)
• Wide range power supply input with low power consumption
• RS-232 Serial port
• IR decoding capability for serial port dongle and internal IR receiver where available

  Typical software features:
 (see individual software description for details)

• Streaming support with UDP, RTP, HTTP, Shoutcast, Multicast
• Audio playback from USB (FAT16/32 filesystem)
• Browser based configuration and User Interface
• Control Interface via Serial, TCP, UDP, CGI
• User programmable in ABCL (Audio Barix Control Language, which is very similar to BASIC)

  Software applications available:
  Various application-specific firmware packages with different feature sets are available and
  can be installed on Exstreamer devices.
  Here is an incomplete list of available firmware packages:

• General-purpose streaming firmware for local applications
• Streaming client for remote streaming applications, in-store applications, syndication
• Paging/Background music distribution
• Store and Forward (download and play locally) for in-store, information, music on hold etc.
• Message player/digital message repeater
• SIP Paging gateway, “IP Speaker”

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