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Elastic Transcoding Cluster

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Responsive Video Transcoding For
More Scale And Less Costs

You’ve got more delivery platforms, more pixels, and more pressure. Get FLICS for broadcast-grade performance with cloud-native flexibility.

  • Built on a modern, containerized architecture

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  • Facilitates intricate workflows

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  • Supports all major formats

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  • Scales automatically — across on-prem, cloud, or hybrid

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HISCALE FLICS IN 2 MINUTES

“ Nothing scales like FLICS. We made it Docker-based, so it is agile and ready for speed. ”

Tilo Skomudek, CEO @ Hiscale
Key Benefits >

Best Quality for Broadcast & Web

FLICS supports all major broadcast and web formats, giving you full flexibility across file-based and live workflows. With advanced plugins for image processing, standards conversion, and motion-compensated frame-rate conversion, and audio processing, you get precision at every stage.


Built-in ABR encoding ensures optimal quality for each device, while built-in packaging and DRM make it easy to deliver in popular streaming formats — securely and at scale.

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Stay in control — even when you’re not in the room.
 

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Hyper-Scalable Deployment

Run FLICS on-prem, across public cloud platforms, or hybrid — whatever fits your infrastructure.

It auto-scales in real time, shifting workloads dynamically to keep throughput high and delays low.


You can monitor and manage everything through a web interface, and boost performance further with various acceleration options. It integrates easily into your ecosystem via RESTful API, so it fits right into your existing architecture.

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Stay in control — even when you’re not in the room.
 

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ONE ENGINE. THREE WAYS TO PURCHASE.

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ELASTIC TRANSCODING CLUSTER

Built for large-scale media operations.

  • File & live transcoding​

  • Deploy on-prem, in the cloud, or hybrid​

  • Automatically scales based on real-time demand​

  • Ideal for broadcast, VOD, and live production environments
     

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ENTRY LEVEL TRANSCODING ENGINE

Compact solution, same power.

  • Stand-alone transcoding solution

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  • Software-only

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  • Available in 3 editions: File Transcoding, ABR Encoding, Standards Conversion

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  • Best for small setups with professional demands

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MANAGED TRANSCODING SERVICE

All the power of FLICS, fully operated for you.

  • Managed Transcoding as a Service

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  • Seamless SaaS Integration

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  • Software-only

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  • Flexible Pricing Tiers

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  • Cost Effective & Scalable

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GET TO DONE - FASTER.

FLICS transcoding acceleration features

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GPU Acceleration

Use video-processing hardware from NVIDIA and others to speed up transcoding beyond what CPUs alone can offer.

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Split & Stitch

Divide long files into segments to transcode in parallel and reassemble to drastically cut time.

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Turbo iFrame Encoding

Built for UHD workflows, this server-level parallelization feature accelerates i-Frame only transcoding (like HEVC) for massive speed gains.

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Use Cases >

SCALABLE FILE TRANSCODING

How scalable broadcast file transcoding clusters work
FLICS dynamically scalable transcoding cluster

In file-based workflows, FLICS acts as the core encoding unit, often installed on-premises, and scales via cloud when demand spikes. It integrates via REST API with MAM/CMS tools, or through watch-folders across SMB, FTP, NFS, or S3.


FLICS processes content from local or cloud sources and generates file-based and multi-bitrate outputs in DASH, HLS,  and other formats.

YOUR STANDARD ISN'T ALWAYS THEIR STANDARD

From pitch to playout, FLICS preserves motion and detail using motion-compensated frame-rate conversion designed for high-end sports content.
FLICS frame-rate standards conversion

Best-in-class frame-rate conversion is of the highest value, especially when it comes to converting sports content.

FLICS leverages the FrameFormer by InSync Technologies motion-compensated frame-rate and standards conversion algorithms to preserve the quality of your content.

For large sports events, FLICS is installed at the central point where files are being shared between National and International Broadcast center and local Broadcasters. For production, archive material needs to be converted to fit the events' local standards while content produced onsite needs to be converted back to local standards before going on air.

Transcoding Pipeline >
The FLICS transcoding pipeline supports all major broadcast and web formats, filters, an integrated packager and, DRM encryption.

FLICS TRANSCODING PIPELINE

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TRANSCODING MEDIA FOR A NEW ERA

FLICS gives broadcasters, media teams, and telcos a smarter way to process video — with elastic scaling, real-time responsiveness, and format support built for modern demands.


Deploy it anywhere, scale on demand, and integrate it seamlessly into your workflows.

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Advanced Video Processing
  • 4K/UHD

  • File, Live & ABR transcoding

  • AVID MAM integration

  • HDR-Support (BT 2020 Color space)

  • High quality scaling with subpixel rendering

  • NVIDIA GPU acceleration

  • Split- & Stitch acceleration

  • Standard frame rate conversion

  • Motion-compensated, high-quality              frame-rate conversion

  • Audio Loudness Management

  • Logo & Timecode insertion

  • Animation overlay

  • Video rotation

  • Crop & Scale

  • Video Denoiser

  • Pre-roll & Post-roll Video

  • Subtitle Overlay & Embedding

  • Color Filter (HSBC)

  • 3D-LUT support
  • Audio-Only Decode & Encode

  • Adaptive Bitrate Encoding

  • Packaging

  • DRM encryption

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Deployment Options
  • On-Premises

    • Virtual machines​

    • Standard IT hardware

  • Hybrid deployment

  • Public Cloud

    • Amazon Web Services​

    • Microsoft Azure

    • Google Cloud

    • IBM Cloud

    • Oracle Cloud

    • Alibaba

    • Digital Ocean

    • Linode

    • Hetzner​

  • Intel & AMD CPU support​

  • NVIDIA GPU support​

    • Tesla T4​ or newer

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Integration
  • Watch-folders

  • RESTful API

  • SNMP

  • Email notifications

  • Webhooks

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... and so much more!

There are numerous ways of leveraging the transcoding power of FLICS for your file, VOD, live, and OTT video processing. If you are looking for a particular feature, do get in touch with us to learn more!

Features are subject to change.

BOOK A LIVE DEMO

Get in touch with us today to book a personal
live demo and discover the possibilities.
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