Software-based Transcoder Installation

software based transcoding uses avcodec and x264 and will operate on any hardware configuration supported by the zixi broadcaster, including on premise hardware and cloud based hardware and on x86 64 and arm64 processors, but excluding macos to enable transcoding, you will need a zixi transcoding license to obtain a license file, please contact zixi support support\@zixi com mailto\ support\@zixi com hardware requirements the software based codec option doesn't have special hardware requirements, however more powerful cpus will support more transcoding channels with more profiles to learn more about zixi broadcaster's hardware requirements, refer to installing zixi products docid\ vr8wiz4ksrwxsz52cx w operating system requirements the operating system requirements are listed in installing zixi products docid\ vr8wiz4ksrwxsz52cx w license option verification docid\ p miakbpg8vljbayyw0os