Will Waters (Audinate): “Dante makes audiovisual content over IP networks much easier”

Will Waters, product manager en Audinate, analyzes in this video interview at IBC 2023 how the Dante protocol is growing exponentially in the implementation of audiovisual networks since it allows the distribution of multichannel audio and video signals through standard Ethernet with almost zero latency and perfect synchronization.

For the first time in Europe, Audinate presented at IBC a solution that allows broadcasters take the Dante audio as they have it in their physical facilities, take it directly to the cloud and interact with that audio in the same way as they are used to doing in their productions and installations.

This proposal allows producers who need expand and extend your workflows audio production companies have access to a flexibility and interconnection in a way never seen before.

The solution Dante Connect It is ideal for those who want to expand their activity to cloud-based productions or operate these cloud productions in the same way. Dante connect is a suite of products that allows you to take Dante audio from your physical premises to the cloud. It also includes virtual sound cards that allow cloud-based production software to interact with and manage Dante audio.

As regards Dante AV Ultra, offers high quality with low latency between devices. At the Audinate stand, the possibility of working with 4K 60p video at 4:4:4 with ultra-low latency was demonstrated. Within Dante AV it also showed Dante AV-H, a solution that allows cameras that deliver video in H.264 to use Dante and manage it with Dante Management.

An ever-widening ecosystem

Today, more than 550 OEMs license Dante technology and offer more than 3,800 network video and audio devices, including video cameras, microphones, speakers and amplifiers.

Dante is growing exponentially as a reference protocol in the sector for audiovisual networks since it allows the multichannel audio and video signal distribution through networks Ethernet standard with an lalmost zero attention and one perfect timing. Currently, more than 550 manufacturers OEMs are licensed for Dante technology and offer more than 3,800 network video and audio devices, including video cameras, microphones, speakers and amplifiers.

Semiconductor analyst reports for 2022 showed that the supply chain challenge was more of a demand issue than a supply issue, and Audinate's results reflect these findings.

In fiscal 2023, to increase the availability of Dante products, the company introduced new products such as the Brooklyn 3 and worked with manufacturers to implement software-based solutions such as Dante Embedded Platform e IP Core. The company also negotiated on behalf of its broad community of manufacturers to receive a larger allocation of limited supply chips. Today, Audinate believes it has largely overcome COVID-related supply challenges.

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