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www.inbroadcast.com | BroadcastAsia | CommunicAsia | InShow Guide | 2-5 June 2015

Digigram at BroadcastAsia2015
Digigram will highlight a complete range of products designed to address the performance
and cost requirements of all IP audio and video applications...

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n showcasing solutions that
simplify the capture and delivery
of high quality audio-over-IP (AoIP)
networks, the company will feature
the new IQOYA *CLOUD Web-based
management application, as well as the
company's low-cost, ultra-low-latency
IQOYA *CALL and IQOYA *CALL/LE
AoIP contribution codecs; the IQOYA
*LINK and IQOYA *LINK/LE stereo
AoIP distribution codecs; and the high
density IQOYA *SERV/LINK multiplestereo or multichannel AoIP codec for
professional IP audio distribution.
Digigram is a preeminent provider
of professional-grade sound cards,
and will show its new low-latency,
high density LX-IP RAVENNA PCIe with
a MADI option, and LX-MADI PCIe.
Digigram is also very proud to make
its introduction of the AQORD HEVC
video-over-IP contribution encoder to
the Asian market.
Audio-Over-IP Distribution Range
Digigram's
IQOYA
*SERV/LINK
incorporates multiple distribution
codec instances and the company's
advanced FluidIP technology on a
single processing hardware platform,
to simplify the transport of multiple
audio programs over IP networks in
a high density format. Designed for
radio broadcasting and for intercom
and commentary, for both radio and
TV, the IQOYA *SERV/LINK codec
allows users to conﬁgure multiplestereo or multichannel solutions for
links between studios and between
the studio and transmitters, DVB
operators, or content delivery
networks.
In its compact 1RU version, the
solution can handle up to eight stereo
analog channels, 16 stereo AES/EBU
channels, 32 stereo MADI channels, or
multichannel LAN IP audio interfaces
(Livewire and RAVENNA), and up to 64
codecs with multiple GPIOs
and RS232 ports for
auxiliary
data
tunnelling.

The LX-MADI card
offers high stability

The scalability of the system
allows users to mix and expand
the supported audio I/Os, and
a larger 4RU version provides
even higher channel density.
The solution supports analog, AES,
MADI, Livewire, or RAVENNA audio
connectivity and multiple audio
codecs (PCM, MPEG L2 and L3, AAC,
apt-X). It is one of the industry's few
AoIP codecs that can simultaneously
stream raw RTP, HTTP, and MPEG-TS/
IP streams.
IQOYA *LINK and IQOYA *LINK/
LE Audio-Over-IP Codecs
The IQOYA *LINK and IQOYA
*LINK/LE audio-over-IP codecs are
full-duplex encoding and decoding
solutions providing uncompromising
performance for IP-based studio-tostudio and studio-to-transmitter links,
as well as audio programme delivery
to DVB operators. IQOYA *LINK/
LE codec is a cost-effective version
of Digigram's full-featured IQOYA
*LINK codec that gives broadcasters
the beneﬁt of 24/7 reliability, audio
format ﬂexibility, ease of use, and
affordability.
Based on FluidIP technology, the
smart IP audio streaming engine
developed by Digigram, both IQOYA
*LINK and IQOYA *LINK/LE boast
high ﬁeld-proven mean time between
failures (MTBF), very low back-toback latency, and a host of state of
the art features that guarantee audio
quality and continuity. With audio
synchronisation based on Network
Time Protocol (NTP), these Digigram
solutions enable operators to provide
a seamless listening experience for
users on the go - even as they move
among the contiguous transmitters
used in a multi-frequency network.
An intuitive Web-based user interface
simpliﬁes conﬁguration, control, and
monitoring, and gives users access to
real-time metrics on the network.
Cloud-Based Codec
Management
IQOYA
*CLOUD
speeds
and
simpliﬁes
management and operation of
AoIP contribution codecs. Digigram
will present the full release of the
company's new IQOYA *CLOUD at
BroadcastAsia2015. The Web-based
application, which can be hosted

Digigram's high
density IQOYA *SERV/LINK

privately on any virtual machine
or operated as SaaS in the cloud,
enables structured management and
seamless operation of all deployed
AoIP
remote
live
contribution
codecs. Accessible from anywhere
through the Web browsers of
Internet-connected devices, such as
PCs, tablets, and smartphones, the
application automatically synchronises
phone books, connection proﬁles,
and "favorite" groups of codecs, to
dramatically simplify deployment
and day-to-day operation of the full
codec ﬂeet. Today this application
is speciﬁcally dedicated to the
management of contribution codecs, in
particular the IQOYA *CALL and IQOYA
*CALL/LE. The release of the IQOYA
*CLOUD is the ﬁrst step in Digigram's
larger rollout of cloud-based AoIP
solutions.
Audio Production - LX-IP
RAVENNA PCIe Sound Card
The LX-IP RAVENNA PCIe sound card,
the ﬁrst RAVENNA/AES67-enabled
product developed by Digigram,
features ultra-low latency - down to
one audio sample per IP packet - and
up to 256 RAVENNA I/O channels from
multiple RAVENNA/AES67 streams.
Ideal for high density audio production
or automation applications in radio
and TV broadcast studios, this solution
makes it easy for users to record and
play as many as 128 AoIP RAVENNA/
AES67 channels simultaneously in and
out of a desktop computer. Boasting
ultra-low round-trip latency down to
3 ms, interoperability with all AES67
requirements, an embedded 128 × 128
switching matrix, PTP grandmaster
clock abilities, and high redundancy
assured by two Gigabit Ethernet
connections, this reliable hardware
solution enables broadcasters to
maintain high performance.
The MADI option facilitates a
seamless transition by supporting
use of the LX-IP RAVENNA/AES67
sound card in a synchronous audio

environment to connect up to 64/64
I/O MADI channels from/to the host
PC, and from/to RAVENNA/AES67 AoIP
equipment via an embedded routing
matrix.
The New LX-MADI PCIe Sound Card
During BroadcastAsia 2015, Digigram
will showcase the new LX-MADI PCIe
sound card, designed to provide radio
and television broadcasters with
reliable multichannel synchronous
audio PC connectivity in high density
audio production and automation
applications. Equipped with an optical
MADI interface, the card supports a
64/64 I/O channel count, with low
round-trip latency down to 3 ms.
Embedded 64 × 64 routing gives users
direct monitoring capabilities, along
with record and play functions. The
LX-MADI card offers high stability,
regardless of the computational load
presented by other applications being
supported by the host system.
New Video-Over-IP Contribution
Product - the AQORD HEVC Encoder
Digigram's new AQORD HEVC
encoder helps production operations
to reduce the cost of high-volume data
transport, by encoding in real-time
either one UHD signal, or multiple
HD raw video signals, using the new
HEVC video compression standard.
While the unit is intended for use in
point-to-point broadcast contribution,
its unique combination of size and
functionality makes it particularly
valuable for contribution applications
in space-constrained OB vans. The
HEVC encoder ﬁts into a 19-inch
short-depth chassis that uses just
1RU of space - the same form factor
as a standard contribution encoder.
Such a form factor reduces power
consumption and takes up less room.
The appliance ingests video from SDI
inputs, encodes one raw UHD video
signal or up to four simultaneous raw
HD video signals using HEVC, then
streams the encoded video over IP to
the broadcaster's production base.
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