Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS), a leading provider of advanced video solutions, today announced the release of MovieMaker H.264, a high-performance H.264 PCIe encoder.

MovieMaker H.264 offers a video encoding, streaming and archiving solution with excellent video quality in a range of bit rates, resolutions and frame rates, for corporate communications, real-time event streaming, and high quality video surveillance.

MovieMaker H.264 receives inputs from live feeds and can save both high and low resolution versions while streaming. MovieMaker H.264 offers secondary stream capabilities for encoding two channels from a single source simultaneously. With multi-board support, it provides up to 8 streams from a single PC. MovieMaker H.264 also offers a comprehensive encoding application and full-feature SDK.

“The new MovieMaker H.264 leverages Optibase’s line of top quality PCI boards to provide outstanding encoding and streaming capabilities on a highly compact board,” said Nir Shalev, VP Marketing at Optibase. “We are pleased to offer our customers a cutting edge solution for concurrently streaming and recording events for real-time and on-demand viewing at high video quality.”

Meet Optibase at IBC 2009, Hall 12, IPTV Zone, Booth IP551.

About Optibase

Optibase provides video over IP solutions, specializing in video encoding, decoding and streaming for federal and state government agencies, Telco operators, enterprise organizations and the world's leading broadcast service providers. With a collection of open, standards-based products, Optibase enables its customers to take full advantage of video distribution over their IP network, ensuring superb video quality in a scale of bit-rates for simple and effective video streaming to desktops, STBs and VOD applications. For further information, please visit www.optibase.com.

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