Orban Releases Opticodec 1010 Version 3
New version adds support for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.
Digigram Demos IP Audio Interoperability
During the 2008 IBC Show, Digigram demonstrated codec interoperability with products from AEQ, Aeta and Digigram.
Digigram Adds Fraunhofer AAC Codecs
The codecs will be added to all of Digigram's products, including the Iqoya Link, Iqoya Call and Visiblu.
Establishing a SIP Connection
Codecs manufactured by members of the Audio-via-IP Experts Group -- AETA, Mayah, Oban/CRL and Tieline -- are SIP compliant. This article details the handshaking communication to establish a reliable connection.
IP Broadcasting and Session Initiation Protocol
Broadcasting over IP is rapidly becoming the paradigm by which broadcasters are planning future broadcast network infrastructures.
Comrex Offers AAC-ELD for Access Codecs
The result of an agreement with Fraunhofer, the new algorithm will make its Comrex debut the upcoming NAB Show.
Remotes via IP
In the January Trends in Technology I discussed the difference between TDM and IP in the context of a station's STL system. I asserted that with a LAN
Comrex Provides Portable Access to Courthouse Remote
Following allegations of illegal dog fighting, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick made a scheduled appearance for his arraignment on federal charges at a courthouse in Richmond, VA.
EBU Taps APT Oslo For Surround Pilot
The European Broadcast Union (EBU) has struck a deal with Belfast-based codec manufacturer APT to use the company's Worldnet Oslo units as part of a pilot scheme designed to develop surround sound broadcasts.
A remote remodel
When building a new remote broadcast system, find the correct balance between functionality and ease of use.
Eight minutes or less
When WBAL/WIYY had to design a production kit to cover the Baltimore Ravens, portability was important, but not the key. Time was the constraining factor. In this case, tear-down time had a special motiviation for the station if the crew wanted to catch the ride home.
On the Air In the Air with Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg broadcasted his radio talk show, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg, from a jet flying from Frankfurt Germany to New York via the Internet.
Taking the show on the road
As technology has progressed, broadcasters have found ways to use improved technologies in unique ways to make remote broadcasts sound as good as being in the studio, but with the convenience of lighter and more flexible equipment.
Big, but not so easy
Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans would seem to be the last place to originate a coast-to-coast broadcast for New Year's Eve. The city of New Orleans and NPR felt differently, and the pressure was on to prepare for the event.
Out and About
Useful items to simplify remotes.
Portable affordable
When Chris Wygal joined WRVL, his goals were to improve the home-crowd ambience, put a pre-game crew on the concourse of the stadium, make the station's sideline reports easy to hook up and get the game in stereo back to the station. But how was he going do this with a budget that left little room for sports broadcasting?
Field Report: Comrex BRIC
On an unseasonably warm and sunny New England day, the Comrex engineering team set forth boldly to test BRIC on as many publicly available hotspots as possible.
Field Report: Audio TX STL-IP
With telephone companies less willing to support dedicated equalized broadcast lines, and in some areas reluctant to setup new ISDN service, the challenges for getting audio from here to there are becoming greater. So what can you do?
Reliable Connections
While remotes and live events are the primary use, many stations are using POTS and ISDN codecs for back-up STLs and other itinerant applications.
The end of ISDN?
When the project began, Nassau New Hampshire ordered five ISDN and POTS codecs. Now Verizon says that ISDN is not available.
Surround takes to the airwaves
KUVO broadcast three-time Grammy-winner Dianne Reeves with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) live using a Harris Neustar 5225 downmix system. The event marked the first regular use of a surround broadcast in IBOC.
Field Report: Telos Systems Zephyr Xport
The Xport can transmit audio via POTS or ISDN to a studio-located ISDN Zephyr codec. Kirk Chestnut provides a review.
The 2004 NBA Finals on Lakers Radio KLAC
Feeding a network of 16 English-language stations in California, Nevada and New Mexico with a remote broadcast almost every other night during the basketball season, KLAC has honed its process.
Field Report: Musicam USA Netstar 500
WLIU reviews the audio codec for its remote needs.
The Alphabet Soup of Codecs
The term codec describes the function of encoding and decoding audio to pass through a defined data path. In radio, this term carries a more specific
