SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ASIA
FEATURE
AV-over-IP Revisited
Christie projection, auto calibration, image processing and SDVoE solutions light up Lotte World’s Magic Castle
The Thai Excise Department control room videowall features iMAGsystems’ video-over-IP encoders / decoders
AV-over-IP is the fastest growing signal transmission technology in the Audio Visual industry. The fast rise of smart home devices that operate in an IP environment is also pushing the adoption of IP infrastructure in the commercial space. There are in fact a large number of commercially ready professional IP solutions in the market. However, there is no one single standard platform. There are industry standard protocols such as VoIP, SIP, RTSP as well as many proprietary AV-over-IP platforms. Then there are alliances such as HDBaseT and SDVoE who license out to manufacturers the chip to integrate into their own technologies. In this issue, we reach out to Justin Kennington of SDVoE and Paul Harris of Aurora Multimedia to get their input about why AV-over-IP is fast becoming the go-to platform for installations.
SI Asia Interviews Justin Kennington, President of SDVoE Alliance How many manufacturers are currently offering solutions with SDVoE chips as of date?
Are there SDVoE-based solutions across the AV signal path?
We have 51 members in the SDVoE Alliance, though a handful of other companies use the technology and market products in their own "closed" ecosystem. We don’t have any rules demanding alliance participation from those who elect to use the technology, and there are certain pro AV sectors (the medical field is one) where manufacturers are able to market and sell successfully without participation in the SDVoE Alliance. There are over 700 products in the SDVoE Alliance member product catalogue available at https://sdvoe.org/products/.
At this point, every piece of the signal chain is represented. A wide variety of standalone encoders and decoders exist, including in challenging form factors such as wall plates. Beyond that, some endpoints are transceivers, capable of encode or decode (with future products on the way that can encode and decode simultaneously). We've seen SDVoE integrated directly into projectors and directview LED products. There are SDVoE cameras, graphics cards, and PCIe-based capture cards. Add to that, we have manufacturers in the alliance building easy-to-deploy Ethernet switches and cable infrastructure. Our ecosystem is complete and robust.
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JUNE 2021
