Cobalt Co9992-4ENC-4K-HEVC Software-Defined Broadcast Encoder - Manual (Page 111)

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AVC : This is the maximum number of AVC/MPEG-2 encode instances licensed for the
board. If you have the 9992-ENC-4K-HEVC model, four instances of this license were
pre-installed in the factory.
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HEVC : This is the maximum number of HEVC encode instances licensed for the board.
If you have the 9992-ENC-4K-HEVC model, four instances of this license were pre-
installed in the factory.
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MP2/AAC : This is the maximum number of combined MPEG-1 Layer II and AAC
encode sessions licensed for this board. Each AVC or HEVC license comes with 2
encode sessions. An AAC 5.1 surround encode session requires 3 licenses.
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Dolby 2/0 : This is the maximum number of Dolby stereo encoding sessions licensed for
this board. Each license can be used either for AC-3 stereo or EAC-3 stereo.
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Dolby 3/2 : This is the maximum number of Dolby 5.1 surround sessions licensed for this
board. Each license can be used either for AC-3 or EAC-3. Surround licenses can also
be used for Dolby 2/0 stereo operation.
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Encryption : This enables RIST Main Profile Encryption and Authentication for the
board. This is not a counted feature; if encryption is enabled, the corresponding number
is 1; if it is disabled, the corresponding number is 0. The Used Licenses field will be set
to 1 if there is at least one encryption instance in use.
To request a license key from Cobalt, you will need to provide the card serial number. It can be
found in the Product Tab and in the Admin License Key Tab as well. Once you receive the key
from us, enter it in the
License Key field shown above, and click on the Apply License Key
button. If the key is accepted, you will see the message License Key Installed OK , as illustrated
above. If there are any problems, you will see an error message in the same location. The
following are the possible error messages:
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Invalid key: missing characters : the key you entered is too short. Double-check that you
entered all the characters.
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Invalid/Corrupted Key : the key you entered has the correct number of characters, but it is
invalid. Double check what you entered.