Case Study for Green Hippo

The Client

Green Hippo produces industry leading media servers for the live events industry. Their Hippotizer software is a powerful video playback program that allows users to overlay multiple levels of video and mix them with special effects.

They work very closely with many high level international production companies who have been involved in many projects including illuminating Buckingham Palace and the Eiffel Tower at New Year.

The Requirements

Green Hippo approached us 3 years ago looking for a small format PC to run a program that controlled LED lights. The initial project was successful but very quickly Green Hippo required a rack mounted PC.

G2 Digital had no rack mounted computers so set about designing an system that required the following features:

• Intel Core 2 DUO Processor
• PCI Express expansion slot for ATI HD36xx Graphics Card
• Dual Network ports
• Solid State drive compatibility
• Internal high quality power supply.
• Windows XP Embedded operating system

The Solution

The solution was a compact 1U Rack mounted PC, only 310mm in deep but rugged enough to within stand being moved around venues in a truck.

The system is designed around the industry standard mini-ITX motherboard format which means as new components come onto the market the system can be upgraded without a chassis redesign.

It has 3x bays, that can be used for either a 3.5" hard drive or 2.5" hard drive (solid state), DVD drive bay or PCI(e) expansion.