Five reasons to try the new release of Intel Media Server Studio 2015 R6

Original author: SURBHI M., Brenda Christoffer
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Introducing Intel Media Server Studio 2015 - a set of tools for developing, debugging and evaluating media applications and enterprise-level solutions based on Intel processors.
If you are engaged in just such decisions, then now is the time to try Intel MSS, because its latest update just recently came out. Under the cut - a list of major improvements that appeared in the new version.


1. Support for fifth-generation processors (Broadwell).To speed up the processing of media files, the new release of Media Server Studio supports the fifth generation of Intel Core processors and the Intel Xeon E3-128x v4 processor family with integrated Intel Iris Pro graphics solutions. The flagship desktop processor Intel Core i7-5775-C allows you to increase the processing speed of media files by 35% . And thanks to Xeon processors, video encoding is 1.4 times faster. This is a significant advantage when working with resource-intensive graphics applications.

2. Free version of Community Edition . Free Community Edition It includes all the features of Essentials Edition: Media SDK, executable modules, multimedia and graphics drivers, OpenCL Code Builder, etc. However, Intel Premier Support does not apply to it (direct support by Intel technical specialists).

3. HEVC.Media Server Studio Professional Edition includes a HEVC software implementation that allows 4K video to be processed on Xeon E5 processors in real time. Compared to previous releases, it was possible to significantly increase productivity (on average by about 15%). For HEVC format, software and hardware implementations (with GPU-based acceleration) of 4: 2: 2 downsampling with a color depth of 10 bits are now provided. Various bitrate control methods, such as CBR, VBR and AVBR, have been significantly improved. For HEVC software and a GPU-based encoder based on the GPU, proactive bitrate controls and optimized 1: N LA methods are supported. A hardware accelerated HEVC implementation has become available for more targeted usage modes. (Cm.article about using HEVC )

4. Metrics Monitor and Intel VTuneTM Amplifier for Linux. To better understand the distribution of GP workloads when working with media data, use the GP kernel kernel level driver in Linux, with which you can track the necessary operation parameters. Thus, you can monitor the status of certain hardware GPU modules:
  • rendering engine (executive modules);
  • multi-format CODEC (MFX);
  • video quality module;
  • module for working with blitter objects.

Implemented support for Intel VTune Amplifier for Linux. VTune Amplifier is an excellent tool for setting parameters and optimizing performance; with it, you can monitor resource-intensive areas, stream processing, locks and delays, OpenCL, bandwidth, and much more.

5. Virtualization support on E5. Use the software implementation of Media Server Studio in the E5 virtual environment - KVM + Xen, Xenserver on Linux. This will allow you to launch a virtual image of the operating system, work with several operating systems or simultaneously execute several transcoding processes.

This article does not list all the benefits of the new release of Media Server Studio 2015 R6; see release notes for more information .
Release notes for Media Server Studio Essential / Community Edition for Windows and Linux .
Release notes for Media Server Studio Professional Edition for Windows and Linux .

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