Today's digital systems demand powerful, flexible, and compact solutions that allow the service provider to support advanced network architectures. The Cisco DCM Series D9900 Digital Content Manager (DCM) MPEG processor is a compact 2RU platform capable of processing a high number of MPEG video streams. The DCM Series D9900 MPEG processor is the next generation of intelligent headend processing equipment where the combination of compactness and flexibility leads to a cost-effective solution. The DCM Series D9900 MPEG processor brings operational and economic benefits in MPEG processing applications.