Standards-based Solution Delivers Any AV Source Using IP Technology Stack

Introduction

AV-over-IP is the transmission of audio-visual information via data packets over an Internet Protocol. In the AV industry it refers to using the network rather than using traditional audio-visual signal transmission.

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Conventional vs. Standards based

Traditional AV solutions used circuit-switched networks and involved proprietary cables and connectors. It was cumbersome, proprietary, and offered limited scalability.

AV-over-IP added specialized encoders and decoders so that AV signals could be sent over an IP network.

The problem is there’s still a lot of cumbersome proprietary hardware involved, and while the solution may be using standard IP for transmission, it’s not standards-based.

Userful in contrast eliminates the encoders and decoders and fully embraces existing IP standards. It is not just AV-over-IP, it is standards-based AV-over-IP and relies on a Standards-based tech stack.

Standards based

Userful offers both an On-Premise solution with a standard, commercially available PC or server connected to displays over the network, or a Cloud solution that connects via the cloud directly to displays with no on-site hardware required.