Sonic Foundry will demo its latest integration between Mediasite video capture appliances and NewTek’s NDI at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 next week in Amsterdam. The integration creates the most efficient streaming video production possible. NDI, or Network Device Interface, is an IP Standard that allows high-quality video, audio and metadata to be transferred between […]
At ISE 2019 (Amsterdam, Feb. 5-8), interoperability demonstrations will be featured on both the LANG AG stand 1-H50 and the SDVoE Alliance stand 3-B150. In addition, an in-depth roundtable discussion of the benefits of interoperability for system designers, integrators and tech managers will be held on Wednesday Feb. 6 at 13:30 in room G109. A […]
At Integrated Systems Europe 2019 (stand #11-D120), Matrox will reveal its complete IP-based portfolio, demonstrating capture, streaming, recording, extension, switching, decoding, display and control on a one Gigabit Ethernet network. Featuring Matrox Maevex dual and quad 4K enterprise encoders, Matrox Mura IPX capture/encode/decode and multiviewer cards, Matrox Extio 3 IP KVM extenders, Matrox Monarch LCS […]
There’s no doubt in my mind that 2019 will be the year we look back on that the industry transitioned from signal routing and distribution via HDMI and so-called “digital-media” to AV-over-IP. Certainly not the entire industry — just most of it. But buyer, specifier, installer and designer beware. Not all AV-over-IP is the same, […]
IDK just introduced a new 3G/HD/SD-SDI input-capable model of AV-over-IP product, the NJR-T01SDI. It is designed to transport SDI input signals up to 1080p for local and long-haul extension over fiber optic cables. The new IP-NINJAR product converts SDI input signals into HDMI signals and enables SDI signal management within the IP-NINJAR system domain. The […]
Atlona has announced the availability of its Dolby Vision feature option for the OmniStream AV-over-IP platform. This feature enables 4K Dolby Vision-enhanced video, at 60Hz with 4:2:2 chroma subsampling and 12-bit color resolution, to be distributed over 1 Gigabit Ethernet data networks. OmniStream with full Dolby Vision support will be showcased alongside other Atlona innovations […]
Magewell will be at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 in Amsterdam with an emphasis on streaming production products. Included will be Magewell’s new Pro Convert family of NDI encoders. Built on NewTek’s NDI media-over-IP technology, the compact Pro Convert devices help users bring traditional video signals into IP-based live production and AV infrastructures. Available in […]
Savant has announced the video tiling to their AV-over-IP product line. IP Video Tiling (aka: making a digital canvas) is now built into Savant IP Video input and output modules (with video processing) and can be offered with no added costs or specialty equipment required. Integrators can now add video tiling to any IP Video […]
Nortek Security & Control LLC (NSC) today announced a new alignment between Gefen, its signal management brand, and Barco’s enterprise AV control and monitoring software, Overture, which preloads drivers for the entire Gefen AV-over-IP into the Overture platform’s interface. The Gefen AV-over-IP solutions take HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, VGA and audio and put those signals on […]
The SDVoE Alliance today announced that AV LINK GROUP LTD has joined the alliance as an adopting member. “We’ve been searching for various solutions for 4K AV over IP over the past few years. Of course we’ve looked into SDVoE technology, and have gone through some evaluation. We believe that SDVoE can lead the whole […]
RTI today announced that it’s now shipping the Miravue VIP-1 video-over-IP system. The VIP-1 acts as a transmitter and a receiver and uses JPG 2000 compression to convert 1080p HDMI video to H.264 with Dolby 5.1 audio via a 100Mbps network. The VIP-1s built-in scaler matches the displays’ maximum resolution, while automatically providing stereo downmixing […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Nearly everyone out there is misleading you about AV-over-IP. It’s not easy, it’s not lossless compression and it’s not going to happen overnight. But, it IS the future of AV signal distribution. There is no standard that everyone has adopted for sending AV […]
The SDVoE Alliance today announced that Altimium, a French-based supplier of AV extenders, scalers, cabling and infrastructure, has joined the alliance as a contributing member. “Altimium has always been committed to delivering the highest quality products to our customers and the capabilities of SDVoE for zero-latency, artifact-free transmission of true 4K60 (4:4:4) video perfectly align […]
Atlona today unveiled the new OMEGA Series of switching, extension and video processing solutions. There are three products in the OMEGA Series to start: The AT-OME-TX21-WP-E is a two-input, 4K EU/UK wallplate switcher and HDBaseT transmitter with one HDMI input, one USB-C input and one HDBaseT output. The PoE-powered unit offers a two-gang form factor […]
Two new brushed metal wall plate enclosures from MuxLab are IP-based extenders that support HDMI 2.0b formats and 4K@60Hz resolutions. The wall plates can be configured and controlled remotely from any tablet, laptop or phone when combined with MuxLab’s ProDigital Network Controller (model 500811) and the new MuxControl App for Android and iOS. MuxLab’s HDMI/VGA/USB […]
Back in the spring, I launched a series of blogs on The Hard Truth about Selling Soft Service(ices) focusing on why AV has had a hard time turning the corner to managed services, software, video over IP and AV as a Service (AVaaS). I wrote about the first two hurdles in separate posts dealing with […]
QSC introduces new Q-SYS Networking Solutions, including Q-SYS NS Series network switches and networking resources aimed at integrators doing AV-over-IP. Prior to this, the only purpose-built AV-over-IP was from NETGEAR in the form the M4300 Series. QSC’s Q-SYS NS Series is a range of enterprise-grade, manageable 1/10GbE network switches that are pre-configured for the Q-SYS […]
By Tom Vanthuyne Business Development Video Products, Silex Insight Ever since ancient civilization, people have been compressing goods; think olive oil, wine, flour, tomato paste… it is simply the most efficient way to store and transport bulky stuff. You preserve the essentials and get rid of the redundancies. When it comes to video, it has […]
Extron just launched itself into the AV-over-IP market with a family of products that distribute and switch video, audio and USB 2.0 signals over standard Ethernet networks (and they can send it over a network at 40 Mbps all the way up to 10-gigabit) — it’s called the NAV Series. Utilizing Extron’s patented PURE3 codec, NAV delivers […]
Barco quietly launched a new AV-over-IP adapter into medical imaging market today — not even mentioning ProAV. But we found the announcement and, even though it’s aimed at a specialty market not integrated by Pro AV installers, it signals their intent to enter thee AV-over-IP market, eventually, in ProAV. In their case, it appears they […]
Atlona has announced a new feature to its OmniStream AV-over-IP platform that will enable distribution of 4K video with Dolby Vision dynamic HDR over standard, off-the-shelf 1 Gigabit Ethernet data networks. This capability will soon be available as a licensed feature update to the OmniStream Pro and R-Type Series for commercial and residential networked AV […]
ProVideoInstruments has announced the VuMATRIX, a plug-and-play receiver and transmitter with wireless control through ProVideoInstruments’ application. ProVideoInstruments’ VuMATRIX is a 4K receiver and transmitter set distributing HDMI over an existing 1Gb network. With expansion capabilities, the VuMATRIX allows users to connect a transmitter for each source and a receiver unit for each TV on the […]
We will be heading to Sydney, Australia, next week to cover the entire Integrate Show — ANZ’s largest AV show. We have already set-up a show microsite here: rAVePubs.com/Integrate2018 and it’s populated with new product news and will, eventually, host the 500+ videos we will shoot on the show floor. Integrate is not a show […]
Luxul today announced the company will unveil a variety of new products for the connected home at CEDIA Expo 2018, taking place Sept. 6-8 at the San Diego Convention Center. In booth 4301, Luxul will debut new wireless products, next-generation members of its family of award-winning L2/L3 managed switches, and other solution-based innovations that will […]
Key Digital just launched the Key Digital Management Software Professional (KDMS Pro). KDMS Pro is PC based software aimed at enterprise AV-over-IP Solutions. Key Digital Management Software Pro enables PC based controlling of video routing and video wall layouts and is designed for professional AV integrators and Key Digital authorized resellers to configure units, load […]
Savant has announced the addition of new features and hardware to its IP video and audio distribution systems. The Savant IP Video platform now comes complete with onboard audio processing, available with either four or eight ports or inputs. Two-channel audio is automatically extracted and down mixed off of most popular surround modes and distributed […]
Aurora Multimedia has what it’s calling the only encrypted 4K60 4:4:4 10Gbps AV-over-IP transceiver utilizing the company’s patent-pending IPBaseT technology based on the BlueRiver NT+ platform. The IPX-TC3 is the world’s first 10Gbps IPBaseT transceiver capable of 4K60 4:4:4 with a frame latency of only 100us (.1ms) offered in copper and fiber. The IPX-TC3 is […]
Providing a bridge to customers for the process of upgrading from RF distribution to AV over IP, ZeeVee has unveiled the ZvMXE+, a set top box that decodes both RF and IP HD content. The device, which supports three compression formats, including H.264, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, enables instant viewing of channels once it is plugged […]
Expanding its line of AV-over-IP components, ZeeVee launched the ZyPerMX4, a four-channel encoder for distributing up to four HD sources over IP networks employing 1GB or faster switches. The new ZyPerMX4 encodes and distributes HD video content up to 1080p @ 60Hz and supports both multicast and unicast UDP and RTP encoding over a 1G […]
Kramer Electronics Ltd. is showcasing an end-to-end video wall application at InfoComm 2018. This is an SDVoE-based AV-over-IP solution for 4K60 video wall installations can scale up to 256 screens and support an unlimited number of sources simultaneously. Kramer KDS encoders/decoders coupled with Kramer Network, the company’s enterprise management platform, represent the core of the […]
intoPIX has extended its IP-cores, SDKs and Reference Designs suitable for different network requirements (e.g., 1 Gig or 10 Gig) at InfoComm in Las Vegas, June 6-8. As a point of reference, Crestron uses intoPIX for their AV-over-IP solution, the NVX. The company will be demonstrating their 8K TICO FPGA IP-coresat at InfoComm in booth […]
SDVoE Alliance and Audinate today announced their collaboration on an integrated AV control environment. In addition, Audinate has joined the SDVoE Alliance as a contributing member. Dante distributes an unlimited number of uncompressed audio channels across IP networks. It is an audio networking standard for pro audio manufacturers and has been adopted by more than […]