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A Video Studio Over Ethernet - Can it be done?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-continue-to-litter-the-airwaves dept.

mikejz84 asks: "I am working on a design for a college campus TV station. Right now I am trying to find a way to do live events on campus. The link at most would be about a mile and a half. I was thinking microwave, but want something easier. Our campus has a gigabit ethernet backbone, I am wondering if there are any solutions for remote-to-studio links that would work over ethernet and still have very hight quality video? Idealy, I would like to have it where I can send straight DV across Ethernet Live."

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  1. Firewire over Tcpip? by bentfork · · Score: 5, Informative
    I though a firewire over ip solution shouldn't be to hard to find. However when I did a google search I found a lot of dislexics out there really talking about "IP over Firewire". query

    My guess is that this is what you are looking for DV Stream on IEEE1394 Encapsulated into IP

    You may also want to look at The Comet Project if you are willing to buy some custom hardware (non english)

  2. VideoLAN by brendan_orr · · Score: 4, Informative

    A possibility is VideoLAN which, while not able to send raw data across the network, can stream mpeg-1, -2, and -4, as well as other formats/codecs. For direct data streaming, netcat is a possibility. However, like stated in a brother post, the traffic on the network is an important aspect to consider.

    These are "poor-man" methods, so the choice is up to you if you want to use these or a more professional method of streaming.