Spin Enc Live
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Spin Enc Live, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Spin Enc Live's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Spin Enc Live | Priced on request | Perpetual license · one year maintenance and technical support · price varies by resolution, frame rate and functions |
The facts
Each one read from Spin Enc Live's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 8K transcoding
- The encoder can transcode an 8K contribution stream into 8K or 4K distribution formats in real time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Adaptive bitrate
- One live source can produce multiple resolutions and bitrates simultaneously for ABR delivery.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Adaptive streaming
- It can encode multiple resolutions and bitrates from a single live source for simultaneous adaptive bitrate streaming.checked 12 Oct 2026
- ARIB support
- HEVC broadcasting for Japan's 8K Super Hi-Vision ARIB STD-B32 standard is supported.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audio
- MPEG-H Audio is supported for immersive and personalized audio services, alongside AAC encoding.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Spin Digital offers a demo or quote request for the product, and its 2021 announcement says Spin Enc Live was available for licensing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Capture hardware
- Listed SDI inputs include Blackmagic DeckLink and AJA Kona 5 or Corvid 44/88; listed HDMI input is Blackmagic DeckLink.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud delivery
- The maker lists compatibility with AWS MediaConnect for TSoIP and AWS S3, AWS Elemental MediaStore, and CloudFront for HLS/DASH delivery.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Cloud integrations
- The product lists AWS MediaConnect, AWS S3, AWS Elemental MediaStore and CloudFront compatibility.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment model
- The vendor describes the encoder as software for standard server platforms that can be deployed and scaled.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The product package includes product documentation, while the SDK documentation includes API references and examples.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Encoder package
- The encoder includes SDI and IP capture, preprocessing, VVC and HEVC video encoding, MPEG-H Audio and AAC encoding, and HTTP and IP streaming with a web interface.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encoder pipeline
- The application combines SDI/IP capture, preprocessing, VVC/HEVC video encoding, AAC/MPEG-H audio encoding and HTTP/IP streaming behind a web interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The VVC encoder is offered as Spin Enc Live, Spin SDK components and an FFmpeg plugin.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent deployment evidence
- Fraunhofer IIS reported that Spin Enc Live was already used in Japan for live-event streaming and that its MPEG-H Audio version became available worldwide.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent integration evidence
- Zixi reported integrating its Edge Compute SDK into Spin Enc Live and enabling Zixi-source input and broadcaster-destination output.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent performance evidence
- A Japanese technical report states that an Olympic 8K workflow used Spin Enc Live on a 112-core CPU server for real-time 8K60 HEVC/AAC encoding.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent quality research
- The EU-funded IMMERSIFY project assessed Spin Enc Live's real-time 8K HEVC quality using ITU-T P.913 subjective testing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Input and delivery
- Inputs include SDI and TS-over-IP; listed output protocols include UDP, RTP, SRT, RIST, Zixi, HLS, and DASH.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Input hardware
- Supported capture devices include Blackmagic DeckLink, AJA Kona 5 and AJA Corvid 44/88 for SDI, with Blackmagic DeckLink for HDMI.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence model
- A Japanese distributor describes Spin Enc Live licences as perpetual with one year of maintenance and technical support.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company and location
- Spin Digital Labs GmbH says it develops high-performance video codecs and is based in Berlin, Germany.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
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