The powerful software core of the AQILIM provides multiple streaming solutions and CODEC options. MPEG-2 to H.264 transcoding functionality reduces the original MPEG-2 bandwidth by half while preserving high quality video. H.264 to MPEG-2 provides a professional solution to adapt the new standard H.264 stream to standard distribution networks. An H.264 to H.264 transrating function further provides the means to reduce the original H.264 bandwidth without paying the price of lost image quality. The internal scaler and container adapters provide a complete solution when delivering specific streams to Mobile Devices, WebTV and IPTV from a standard input stream.