Fine-tuned for your productions
Pearl Nano™ is a perfect fit for small-scale events, SRT contribution encoding, and as a dedicated streamer and recorder. The optional 4K feature add-on empowers you to upgrade Pearl Nano with 4K capabilities as your needs evolve. And with Epiphan Cloud, you can access, monitor, and control Pearl Nano from anywhere.
Small size, big capabilities
- Front screen for monitoring and easy config
- H.265/HEVC video compression
- HDMI pass-through and program out
- 4K streaming and recording
- Optional feature add-on
- Custom layout builder
- SRT encoding and decoding
Epiphan Pearl Nano™
Pearl Nano offers the ultimate blend of portability and versatility with a refined yet robust feature set that includes ingestion, encoding, HDMI pass-
through, and recording. Use Nano as a powerful and reliable video distribution device or contribution encoder, or leverage the device’s streaming and
recording functions as part of a more complex setup with additional production capabilities.
Key Features
• Front screen for basic configuration/control and confidence monitoring
• Inputs for HDMI and SDI, line-level XLR and RCA
• HDMI program out and pass-through for zero-latency content display
• Custom layout builder for a tailored video program
• SRT, HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, and RTMPS streaming protocol support
• Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) and DC power
Flexible storage - Nano makes it easy to record, transfer, and back up files with a variety of storage options.
SD card
SD card slot on the front of the device for storage.
Attached storage
Nano can automatically transfer recorded files to a USB drive, local server, or network-attached storage device.
M.2 SATA SSD
Need more local storage? Just add an M.2 SATA SSD to Nano’s expansion bay.
Local video inputs: |
(1) 12G SDI (1) 4K HDMI™ 1 and 2 |
Video over Ethernet3: |
(1) RTSP (1) SRT (push) |
Connectors: |
(1) BNC (female) (1) HDMI type A (female) (1) RJ-45 |
Aspect ratios: |
3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and custom aspect ratios |
Standard resolutions: |
PAL, PAL wide, NTSC, NTSC wide |
Input resolution range: |
640×480 to 4K |
Frame rate: |
Up to 60 fps |
Video input color spaces: |
HDMI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2, YCRCB 4:4:4 SDI: RGB 4:4:4, YCRCB 4:2:2 |
Deinterlacing: |
Yes |
Maximum cable length for SDI: |
300 ft |
Maximum cable length for USB 3.0: |
6 ft |
Audio inputs
Analog audio inputs: |
(2) XLR pro line level (+4.0 dBu) up to 12.3 VRMS +24 dBu (balanced/unbalanced, mono or two L/R stereo pairs) (1) RCA consumer line-level -10 dBV (L/R stereo pair) |
Connectors: |
(2) XLR (female) (2) RCA (female) |
Digital audio inputs4: |
(1) SDI5 (1) HDMI6 (1) USB (1) RTSP (from RTSP input over Ethernet) (1) SRT (from SRT input over Ethernet) |
Connectors: |
(1) SDI (female) (1) HDMI (female) (1) USB (female) (1) RJ-45 (female) |
Audio gain control: |
0 dB to +30 dB |
Audio mute: |
Yes |
Configurable audio delay: |
-300 ms to +300 ms |
Video processing
Video output color space: |
4:2:0, 8 bits per color |
Video codec: |
H.264/AVC (ITU H.264, ISO/IEC 14496-10) 4:2:0, 8-bit color – Encoding profile: High, Main, Baseline – Profile levels: 3.0, 3.1,3.2,4.0,4.1, 5.1
H.265/HEVC (ITU H.265, ISO/IEC 23008-2:2013) 4:20, 8-bit color – Encoding profile: Main – Profile levels: 5.1 |
Bitrate: |
1 to 50 Mbps (selectable) |
Bitrate control: |
Constant |
Video scaling: |
Software and hardware |
Keyframes: |
1/2 s, and 1 s up to 5 s in 1-second intervals |
Audio processing
Compression: |
MP3, AAC, and PCM |
Sampling rate: |
MP3: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz AAC: 16 kHz, 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz PCM: 22 kHz, 44 kHz, 48 kHz |
Bitrate: |
64 to 320 kbps (MP3 and AAC) |