[cma-l] Remote Contribution Infrastructure

[Marc Steele]

Hello,

The other upside of using SIP is that you can mix and match kit. For
example, in a past life, we combined track mounted Comrex IP codecs and
softphones in the field to get broadcast quality audio back to the studios.

The thing to watch with using these out and about is indeed the quality of
the line you can get back. Be prepared to trade bitrate for reliability at
events and don't bother even trying 3G/4G at really big events.

Regards,

Marc.

On 2 Oct 2016 3:34 p.m., "Callum McLean" <mail at callum-mclean.co.uk> wrote:

> I was thinking about the Barix kit, but I didn't get the impression
> that it was going to be robust enough...
>
> Good to know that other people have used the PS-kit successfully - and
> cheers for the heads-up about potentially high latency in the MP3
> format! Was hoping not to go down the MP3 route in any case, but still
> good to know...
>
> Good shout about using SIP to negotiate the connection - will look into
> it!
>
> Has anyone used this sort of kit in a flyaway environment - i.e. not in
> installations? Typically, this is the sort of thing where most people
> might use a) an ISDN line; b) a flyaway sat connection; c) a bonded 4G
> link. We *were* going to go down the multiple-carrier bonded 4G route,
> until the cost just became prohibitive for what we want to achieve.
>
> Also, to answer Iain's question, we're only using this over the public
> internet - the plan is to require the venue hosting the OB to provide
> us with a solid, wired internet connection - protected within their own
> networking infrastructure, where possible, and then do everything we
> can to keep latency and bandwidth down whilst retaining audio quality.
> The only downside with the Sonifex kit is that they don't support
> encoding in Opus :(
>
> Cal McLean
>
> --
> Station Technician // Halton Community Radio 92.3 FM
> mail at callum-mclean.co.uk
>
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