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.