SDVoE Alliance and Audinate seek integrated AV control

The SDVoE Alliance, the industry consortium driving standardisation of no-compromise AV signal transport over Ethernet, and Audinate, developer of Dante, have announced their collaboration on an integrated AV control environment. In

addition, Audinate has joined the SDVoE Alliance as a contributing member.

Dante distributes a virtually unlimited number of high-quality, uncompressed audio channels across IP networks. It is the de facto audio networking choice for professional audio manufacturers, having been adopted by over 400 companies and integrated into over 1,400 commercially available products.

SDVoE technology is ideal for all AV distribution and processing applications that demand zero-latency, uncompromised video. It provides an end-to-end hardware and software platform for AV extension, switching, processing and control through advanced chipset technology, common control APIs and interoperability. SDVoE network architectures are based on off-the-shelf Ethernet switches, thus offering substantial cost savings and greater system flexibility and scalability over traditional approaches, such as point-to-point extension and circuit-based AV matrix switching.

“We have long heard from our customers that they want an integrated, interoperable way to control their video over IP alongside their Dante audio,” said Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate. “Our partnership with the SDVoE Alliance and our demonstration of an integrated control platform at InfoComm is the first step toward making this interoperable IP audio and video experience a reality.”

There are numerous markets and applications that can benefit from an integrated multi-channel audio and video over IP solution, including corporate conference rooms, lecture halls in higher education, digital signage in retail, sports books in casinos, houses of worship and more.

“Audinate’s Dante audio over IP solution won the race to be the standard technology for moving audio across an IT network without compromise,” said Justin Kennington, president of the SDVoE Alliance. “The SDVoE Alliance is proud to be the only industry organisation promoting the same, no-compromise performance in the realm of video over IP. The synergies that will be created by melding the SDVoE platform and the ubiquity of Dante are huge. The entire AV industry will benefit from this partnership.”

Demonstrations of Dante Controller managing SDVoE signal routing will be featured at InfoComm 2018 in the SDVoE Alliance booth N720 and the Audinate booth C456. In addition, Aidan Williams from Audinate will present “Dante and SDVoE Integration” in the alliance booth each day.