Post-Deployment Considerations – You Don’t Have to Throw Your SDI Baby Away With the Bathwater.

Wouldn’t hindsight be a wonderful thing with your IP deployment? So, who better than a test and measurement equipment manufacturer to share its insight into the challenges and potential pitfalls of IP deployments? In our presentation, we will share some of our IP experiences based on years of experience. If you have made the transition from SDI to IP, you will already be enjoying the operational benefits and the flexibility that IP brings. You can now handle multiple video and audio services bi-directionally over a single fibre. You can also expand your system without the eye-watering capital costs inherent in SDI expansion. However, like any technology migration, the transition to IP has highlighted several legacy operations that we have been taking for granted in SDI. It is only when you start to use your IP systems in anger that you realise some areas of IP operation behave differently from their SDI counterparts. Before we explore these areas, keep in mind that the objective of your new IP-based facility remains the same as the old SDI one: namely, to deliver high-quality content to your customers. Over the past 30 years, SDI-based productions have developed some highly refined operating practices that IP implementations may not have fully appreciated. Hindsight would be a wonderful thing with your IP deployment. At Leader, we are extremely fortunate to have been selected as the IP Test and Measurement solution for many IP projects/. As a test and measurement equipment manufacturer, we are in effect the referees in broadcast facilities, accurately reporting and recording the in-depth impact that broadcast products have on the IP and SDI streams. In this presentation, we are pleased to be able to share knowledge based on years of experience. This includes: · Managing and keeping synchronised IP and SDI facilities · Analysing and monitoring both IP and SDI video sources · Analysing SDI VPID in an IP world · Vision engineering camera switching · IP latency Although you have started your IP migration; you will still have legacy SDI-based equipment to monitor in parallel with your new IP operations. Having ‘True Hybrid’ test and measurement tools that can display simultaneous SDI and IP measurements will ensure your facility seamlessly performs whilst you initiate your IP deployment.