Atlanta-based The Network Connection Inc has announced two products that it says will form the basis for the classroom of the future, by delivering full motion video training on local networks at the desktop. The M2V Video Super Server and M2V Real Time Compression Station are targeted at educational institutions of all levels. The M2V Video File Server uses Microsoft Corp’s Windows NT Advanced Server as the server operating system. All files are compressed and run at 30 frames per second with MPEG technology in the 1Mbps to 4.5Mbps range. The M2V supports multiple clients, including iAPX-86 personal computer and Macintosh. It can also store and retrieve PLV, DVI, JPEG and Wavelet standard files at up to 1,024 by 768 resolution under Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups. The M2V is configured with 52Gb of disk space, which is claimed to provide over 100 hours of video storage. The M2V can also be rack mounted to 168Gb. It’s a RAID 5, non-proprietary, symmetrical multiprocessing system offering fault tolerant, hot swap drives and power supplies. The M2V Encoding system is the first microprocessor architecture, says the company, designed expressly to compress and decompress live feeds of various video formats in real time. Compression is accomplished on the fly and available to the local network in real time. The M2V is priced at $42,000 and comprises a TNX TRAC 5 Asymmetric Input-Output Processor controller, TNX chassis with up to eight power lock hot swap drive bays, Intel Corp 80486/66 DX2 processor and includes TNC encoding software and hardware.
