Visiblu for broadcast

Digigram distilled its 20 years experience developing enabling audio technologies into one common set of tools designed for building AV/IT-based audio systems - around the block or around the world.

Broadcasters and System Designers can now easily create audio and data routing, transport, encoding and processing solutions across wide areas using standards-based network protocols.

Visiblu enables broadcasters to exploit the ubiquity of Internet Protocol, already the new backbone of the telecommunications industry.

Visiblu unifies sound card I/O and IP audio streaming protocols in an engine that runs under both Windows and Linux.

While EtherSound can take advantage of its ultra-low latency within the station, visiblu provides robust IP connectivity to complete the transmission chain.

Using Digigram's renown MPEG codecs or full PCM linear audio, software-based contribution or distribution systems can be deployed on demand. Add to that Digigram's professional audio mixing and effect processing, and you have a revolutionary toolkit for building a complete digital radio chain.

Visiblu Core

  • Visiblu Core provides a distributed and self-discovering system of PCs or embedded platforms. The API allows integrated management of audio resources, routing, selection of codecs, and audio processing across a standard IP network
  • Interoperability principles allowing large scale integration
  • Deterministic and low latency audio sample throughput
  • Secured network access to distributed platforms and resources
  • Distributed graph-based interface showing multiplatform view
  • File read and write management, including RF64
  • Event trigger and control data management
  • Open API for custom development of plug-ins and connectors
  • Web-based licensing for customized option packages
Visiblu Audio Engine
  • Visiblu Audio Engine provides transparent control and mixing of audio from any source: IP streams, soundcard I/O, EtherSound channels, and Ethernet file streams
  • Native mono, stereo, or multichannel streams
  • Audio effects: Time scaling, multiband EQ, compression, limiter, maximizer, expansion
  • Synchronization to external clock : word clock, AES, with or without SRC
  • 32-bit floating point mixing, gain, fade control
  • Integration with DirectSound audio applications via Ulink virtual audio cable
Fluid IP Stream Engine
  • Fluid IP Stream Engine provides IP audio encoding and transport management
  • RTP/UDP transport protocol in unicast and multicast modes
  • Forward error correction : FEC scheme 3.2.2 on separate stream
  • Automatic clock drift management
  • Sample rate conversion (SRC)
  • Multiple simultaneous encodings in host CPU
  • Adjustable delay compensation and jitter management
  • NTP-based and inter-device synchronization
  • Stream mixing and re-synchronizing with different clock rates
  • Control data, markers and metadata payload
  • SDP/SAP/SIP description, stream signaling and session management
Audio Codecs
  • PCM linear 16/24
  • ISO MPEG-1/2 L1, L2, L3
  • ITU G.711/721/722/723/726
  • MPEG-4 AAC, MPEG-4 AAC-LD
  • MPEG-4 HE-AACv2
Sample Applications
  • Program syndication and content distribution
  • Remote field contribution with audio mixer
  • Bidirectional studio to studio or studio to transmitter links
  • Automated IP audio feed recording, logging, archiving
  • Intercom, VoIP bridges and facility communications
Hardware Support Supported programming environments
  • C++, Java, Borland, Delphi, COM, .NET
Supported Operating Systems
  • Windows XP, Linux 2.4/2.6, Windows Vista

Visiblu is an evolving technology with changing specifications. Please contact Digigram for further details.

 

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