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Tieline Lets Genie Distribution Out of the Bottle
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Tieline
starts the new year by launching the Genie Distribution audio codec,
emphasizing its ability to deliver large number of mission-critical audio streams
reliably over the Internet and other IP audio connections.
Genie
Distribution is a DSP-based IP audio codec for multipoint audio distribution
over managed or unmanaged IP networks. It will connect six channels point-to-point, or
distribute stereo audio to up to 50 multi-unicast endpoints, or multicast to
an unlimited number of IP codecs.
The codec has dual Gigabit Ethernet ports,
dual-redundant power supplies and audio silence detection.
Tieline
makes special note of its SmartStream IP backup system. The codec can stream
simultaneous redundant data streams from both Ethernet ports and will switch,
without audio loss, from the primary data link to the backup if one fails, then
switch back if the other recovers.
Also, when multiple redundant audio
streams are sent, the decoding codec rebuilds the audio into a single stream on
a “first packet arrived basis” to minimize latency and ensure audio integrity.
And the system uses automated jitter buffer management and Forward Error
Correction to maximize audio quality and respond to conditions over unmanaged
IP networks like the Internet.
Genie Distribution is compatible with
IPv4 and IPv6 infrastructures. It connects with all Tieline IP codecs and is
EBU N/ACIP 3326-compliant for interoperability with SIP-enabled codec brands.
It can be configured using the ToolBox browser-based tool and managed by
Tieline’s Codec Management System; these tools allow adjustment of settings
like jitter buffer, bit rates, algorithms and FEC.
Tieline also will
offer a version for connecting to a WheatNet IP network, allowing the
codec to distribute four channels of audio to another studio over external
IP networks like the Internet.
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