Wednesday April 11 – Morning session – IP – Specific Interests and Topics
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Pretty much all industry people are curious about specific IP items on their own agendas. This session covers topics from How do I Genlock? Where does audio fit in? to Is IP plug & play?
Simply Replacing SDI with IP is Pointless Unless Tangible Benefits can be Obtained – Luann Linnebur (Head of Business Development, Nevion)
9.30 – 10.00
Luann reviews the benefits installations have discovered by going IP.
Timeline’s IP 4K HDR Outside Broadcast Truck – Daniel McDonnell (Managing Director, Timeline Television)
10.00 – 10:20
Daniel will discuss Timeline Television’s triple expanding, 32-camera IP 4K HDR outside broadcast truck, UHD2. With an Arista 100G switch at its heart and SAM IP infrastructure, UHD2 delivers large-scale complex OBs simultaneously in uncompressed 4K UHD HDR and 4K UHD SDR. UHD2 is based around the SMPTE ST 2110 standard, enabling both audio and video to be processed in the IP stream.
Essential Measurements in the SMPTE ST 2110 Environment – Ievgen Kostiukevych (IP Media Architect, European Broadcasting Union)
10.20 – 10.40
As the broadcast industry is now replacing SDI with IP for critical live applications, new ways of measuring, monitoring and fault detection need to be explored. This presentation breaks down certain major technical aspects of SMPTE ST 2110 suite, like timestamping and packet delay variation. It also explains the challenges of building software-based SMPTE ST 2110 implementations. The talk will also cover the work of EBU members who are facing the challenges of moving to new IP-based facilities.
Practical Aspects for a Large Scale IP Install – Jeff Rivera (Managing Engineer, Diversified)
10.40 – 11:00
Planning a large scale IP installation is one thing, the actual installation is another. Jeff will discuss some of the practical aspects for a large scale IP facility installation, from cable infrastructure and resiliency over multiple equipment rooms, to product research and commissioning and support considerations.
IP Showcase Panel – User Panel – Thomas Edwards (VP Engineering & Development, FOX)
11.00 – 12.00
Thomas will have an open discussion with people that have, or are planning, IP installations. They will share their thoughts (pros and cons), talk about workflows, and how their clients are dealing with the changes. Future directions will be shared across the panel participants.
Panel includes:
Chris Smith – Development Executive – News Technology at Sky News UK
Roger Crothers -Head of Technology at BBC Wales
Gary D. Schneider – Manager, Broadcast Systems Engineering, Content Technology,at LinkedIn Media
Productions
IP Showcase Explanatory Track
Besides overviews, this session covers specific unique topics you will want to know as you deploy real time video IP systems.
SMPTE ST 2110 Step 2: Perfecting the Picture and Sorting the Sound – Optimizing IP Media Designs for Maximum Flexibility and Benefit – Andy Rayner (Chief Technologist, Nevion)
12.30 – 1.00
Based on experience of real-world deployments to-date, we will take a look at some of the principles for designing complete systems. Now the basics for SMPTE ST 2110 are complete and in place, developments and deployments are focusing on achieving the ‘whole solution’. An all-IP environment offers immense flexibility which is yet to be fully realized but is coming to fruition as vendors mature their capabilities. As well as basic architectures, some of the areas explored including optimizing buffering, audio manipulation, conversion between SMPTE ST 2110 and ST 2022 & going on/off campus in IP.
An update on the Live IP implementation for the BBC Wales Cardiff Central Square project – Mark Patrick (Lead Architect, BBC Design & Engineering)
1.00 – 1.30
Mark is working on the technical delivery of Cardiff Central Square, the new home for BBC Wales. This project is delivering a whole new broadcast headquarters with state-of-the-art facilities and it includes an IP based ‘Live Core’ routing system built on SMPTE ST 2110 and NMOS standards. Mark will give an overview of why IP based solutions have been chosen for the project and progress to date including selection of systems, detailed design and testing.
IS-06: The Network Traffic Cop to Protect and Reserve Your Bandwidth – Thomas Edwards (VP Engineering & Development, Fox) and Subha Dhesikan (Principal Engineer, Cisco)
1.30 – 2.00
For reliable IP media operation, bandwidth needs to be reserved for flows and the network needs to be protected from unauthenticated senders and receivers. AMWA NMOS IS-06 Network Control is a publicly available multi-vendor interface specification between a broadcast controller and one or more network controllers. It allows the broadcast controller to learn about network topology, to authorize endpoints, and to allow networked media flows to move with reserved bandwidth, and it is supported by multiple network equipment companies to avoid vendor lock-in.
PTP and SMPTE ST 2110 – The Inside Story – Paul Briscoe (Consultant, Evertz)
2.00 – 2.20
This presentation explains how PTP is used in SMPTE ST 2110 systems, and discusses topics such as derivation of RTP timestamps from PTP, how RTP timestamps are used to re-align streams at receivers, and how the SMPTE ST 2110-21 transmitter profiles affect timestamp processing and system latency.
The Journey to Live IP Infrastructure – Mark Davies (Director of Products & Technology, TSL Products)
2.20 – 2.40
With standards now ratified, Mark shares his experience with real live IP production deployments. These include some of the world’s first IP trucks and fixed studios and the challenges of living up to the format-agnostic promise as early deployments of SMPTE ST 2022-6 mature in record time and transition to SMPTE ST 2110. Not forgetting this new technology still needs to be controlled, timed and secure.
Using AMWA IS-04/IS-05 Technologies in a Routing Control Environment – John Mailhot (CTO, Networking & Infrastructure, Imagine Communications)
2.40 – 3.00
In parallel with the development of SMPTE ST 2110, AMWA has been developing registration, discovery, and connection management tools needed to build IP- based workflow systems more rapidly. This talk covers the IS-04/05 specifications and how they integrate into routing control environments.
How Redundant Paths Work Using SMPTE ST 2022-7 for ST 2110 Streams – Merrick Ackermans (Principal Engineer, MVA Broadcast Consulting)
3.00 – 3.20
SDI redundant paths required a frame sync to switch in to aid with a seamless switch over to a redundant feed. Not so with IP. The SMPTE ST 2022-7 is the standard for seamless protection which is packet based, so no frame sync is required. Merrick explains how this works with SMPTE ST 2110 streams.
IP Showcase Panel- JT-NM roadmap in action : Experiences learned from Telstra’s all-IP remote sports Digital Production Network (DPN)
3.20 – 4.00
In this panel session, service provider Telstra and the technology providers of its IP core network, media gateways and orchestration & monitoring system, will be quizzed by Stan Moote to explain the engineering and operational experiences of setting up a real media over IP deployment for remote live sports production.
A Basic Guide for Real-Time IP Video – Andy Jones (Head of Training, IABM)
4.00 – 4.20
The IP video ecosystem is filled with vocabularies we must know to migrate into the all-IP studio. Andrew provides an overview of the IP terms such as SMPTE ST 2110, IEEE 1588 and NMOS IS-04/05 to get you up to speed and how they all work together in the IP and IP/SDI hybrid environment.
IP and SDI Work Seamlessly Together – Karl Paulsen (CTO, Diversified)
4.20 – 4.40
One of the strong benefits of IP is that it works with SDI. Hybrid systems allow you to use existing workflows while migrating over to IP. Karl explains the ins and outs of IP/SDI Hybrid systems that are in use today with a clear focus on migrating to 100% SMPTE ST 2110 in the future.
SMPTE ST 2110 Audio Technical Track
This session covers audio aspects of SMPTE ST 2110 and AES 67
The Audio Parts of SMPTE ST 2110 Explained – Andreas Hildebrand (Technology Evangelist, ALC NetworX GmbH)
4.40 – 5.00
When published in late 2017, SMPTE ST 2110 consisted of parts -10, -20 and -30 which cover the fundamental definitions for synchronization and transport of elementary essence for uncompressed video and audio. Meanwhile, further parts of the standard have been, or are to be released shortly, including definitions for AES3 transparent transport. This presentation provides an overview and update on the audio parts of SMPTE ST 2110, including their relationship with AES67.
Deep Dive into SMPTE ST 2110-30, 31 and AES67 Audio – Leigh Whitcomb (Architect, Imagine Communications)
5.00 – 5.20
Why is there a separate SMPTE ST 2110-30 standard from AES67? Are AES67 devices compatible with SMPTE ST 2110-30? Why is there a SMPTE ST 2110-31 standard? This presentation is a deep dive into the SMPTE ST 2110-30, 31 and AES67 audio and will answer all these questions.
The Roles of AES67 and SMPTE ST 2110 in the Production World – Patrick Killianey (Network Applications Engineer, Yamaha Commercial Audio Division)
5.20 – 5.40
Montgomery Scott (Star Trek) famously said, “You’ve got to use the right tool for the job, lad.” This session takes this lesson to heart. We’ll examine the needs of audio and video separately, discussing how open standards represent different opportunities to each trade and how they cooperate with private solutions – each being the “right tool” in different situations. Simple network infrastructure structural models will also be shown that lend themselves to quick maintenance by the teams that operate the A/V systems.
Practical Lessons: Managing Migration Towards SMPTE ST 2110 – John Ball (Systems Engineer, Microsoft Production Studios)
5.40 – 6.00
In 2013, Microsoft Production Studios began pioneering work on a property-wide audio-over-IP production workflow. Through its ties to MSNBC, it forged relationships and shared knowledge with other broadcasters charting the same frontier. In this session, John will share practical experience – both successes and lessons learned. Also, as Microsoft has already begun the infrastructure upgrades to accommodate a SMPTE ST 2110 video workflow, practical comparisons can be drawn on the adoption process for audio and video.
