Tech Focus: Tieline has unveiled the Bridge-IT II IP audio codec, which the company says aims to set new standards for affordable, reliable, and high-quality broadcasting over IP networks. The Bridge-IT II codec includes all the features in the first generation Bridge-IT, plus essential features to support modern IP networking requirements.
Bridge-IT II is a full-duplex stereo codec that also supports two independent full-duplex mono connections. With native support for AES67, ST2110-30, ST2022-7, Livewire, Ravenna and AMWA NMOS IS-04 and IS-05, Bridge-IT II is also designed with modern broadcast requirements in mind. Other features include XLR analog and digital AES inputs, dual Ethernet ports, multi-unicasting and multicasting, plus encoding options including the AAC suite of algorithms, Opus, G.722, MPEG Layer 2, enhanced aptX, Tieline Music and MusicPlus.
For STLs, the codec supports failover, SNMP and SmartStream Plus redundant streaming as standard. The ToolBox HTML5 web GUI allows real-time monitoring and connection management.
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