cooleman wrote: <cooleman@xxxxxx>
"Imagine was pushing IP at least in my inbox;-).
"Cinegy with 8K/4K production/post/play-out with IP.
"Noticed various repors on mezzanine compression IP TICO.
"AJA Kona"
So it seems many were "touting" IP-video, but other than Evertz, who had
this model of a router with many different inputs, I didn't actually see
anything "demonstrating" the infrastructure. (Ironically, if it has to go
into a central router like a coax, what is the advantage?)
For instance, Sony's adds claim IP is coming from their studio camera CCU
to their production switcher. But was it actually hooked up that way at
NAB and demonstrated? Umm...no. From what I saw, it was all still hooked
up in HD-SDI (they keep all the connections behind walls, but sneek peaks
are still attainable.)
In fact, every production switcher I went to only had coax attached. I do
admit that I didn't get to 100% of the booths, and almost no one
demonstrated the actual wire connections, just the interface, so there
might have been some demonstrations but I did not find them. There might
even have been some IP-video connections working in a booth I visited, but
I didn't see it.
I saw one portable waveform monitor with a real IP connector (fiber) for
video. Actually, it was an SFP so multiple modules could be used, one of
them being fiber. It did HDMI, too.
I did see lots of 4K/UHD/HDR production, playout, encoding, etc. And
naturally, passing files over IP is normal. I am talking about live
IP-video connections.
I breezed by Cinegy but did not see any IP connections. In fact, very
little of the hardware is actually showing these days anywhere. It is now
all about signage and graphics. Have you ever stared at a booth and
thought, "now what does this company actually do?" I see more and more of
these at NAB. I guess wires aren't very sexy any more. Of course, with
more and more being software-defined, there isn't much to show!
Does AJA Kona have a live IP-video input on it? If so, I missed that. But
then, why would it need it? If truly IP, there would only be a need for a
network card. And perhaps that is why no one actually demonstrates
IP-video.
I was surprised how much 12G HD-SDI is now available on equipment. But I
guess that is what you need for 4K so I am not sure why I am surprised.
I imagine Mark Schubin got much deeper than I did and saw live IP-video in
more places than I (nudge, nudge). It just didn't jump out and grab me.
Dan