Remote Production: Coping with Bandwidth Limitations

Presenters : Erling Hedkvist - Lawo

Year : 2019

dlp_document_download : AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 1 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 C U R A T E D B Y Remote production unlimited? Approaches for coping with bandwidth limitations Erling Hedkvist – SVP Networked Audio Video Lawo I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 Doing more with less has become a mantra in today’s broadcast operations. Higher utilization Resolution and format boosts: more data need to be transported Users expect agile, scalable, multi -purpose solutions AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 2 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 3 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 4 Codec must allow for: Multiple encoding and decoding passes Low latency Mezzanine compression ratios typically range from 2:1 to 10:1 AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 3 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 J2K: (J2K Part 1) Most widely used wavelet -based codec. Royalty free VC -2: (Dirac) Lightweight mezzanine codec developed by BBC. Royalty free Tico: Lightweight mezzanine codec from intoPIX JPEG XS : A new JPEG standard from Fraunhofer and intoPIX HT -J2K : (J2K Part 15) Based on JPEG 2000. Royalty free 5 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 6 The next logical step for broadcast production equipment: 1. IP networking of all devices 2. Software -definable processing blades 3. Blades become "containers" or "nodes", i.e. processing clusters AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 4 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 7 Cluster: a group of processing units that work together towards a common goal Defined amount of processing instances selected by user One processing unit = master, all others = slaves Any slave takes over from a defective one Master is automatically replaced when necessary I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 8 Replaceable instances perform a given task. Users only care about aggregate output Inherently self -healing Ability to easily scale up/down by adding/removing capacity Ability to prioritize: highest availability for important results Load balancing Easy management via master (single point of contact) Freely mix and match interface speeds (10, 25, 40, 50, 100…) AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 5 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 9 Example: Lawo V__matrix vm_dmv distributed multiviewer application I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 10 The open standards -based IP technology employed allows cluster members to be: Co -located on -campus and/or next to one another Distributed over multiple sites and accessed via WAN AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 6 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 11 Responsible users: allocate processing units according to the m+n principle: m: number of units required for a given task n: number of spare units set aside for redundancy purposes. I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 12 AIMS IP Showcase IBC 2019 September 2019 Curated by Video Services Forum vsf.tv 7 I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 13 Video compression + distributed processing = Remote production unlimited? I P S H O W C A S E T H E AT R E AT I B C 2 0 1 9 : 1 3 –1 7 S E P T 2 0 1 9 Thank you Thank you to our Media Partners Erling Hedkvist, Lawo erling.hedkvist@lawo.com 14