Tecom Group has doubled down on building products that facilitate work with video content. Meet one of our recent developments - SRT agent, network protocol conversion software.
Broadcasters often have to deal with a situation where streaming content is delivered using a protocol that is potentially problematic for further processing and transmission. SRT agent removes this problem by helping convert video streams and replicate any number of streams for multiple endpoints.
The application is designed to convert multiple UDP (User Datagram Protocol), SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) and SDI (Serial Digital Interface) channels to multiple UDP, SRT, HLS (HTTP Live Streaming), RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) channels and collect analytics on the input stream via SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).
Here is more on what SRT agent can do:
- convert protocols in real time, regardless of the encoding format;
- handle multicast replication of an incoming data stream;
- retransmit content providing new routing over several IP paths to ensure reliable stream delivery (even if one of the network channels fails);
- monitor the quality and integrity of the transmitted data from source to destination point;
- support SDI and could be potentially built into an end-to-end hardware solution;
- receive streams from various hardware encoders and SRT-based cameras;
- collect analytics on the SRT stream and report it to any media quality monitoring system via the SNMP protocol. This helps keep tabs on the threshold values of key parameters and prevent failures.
SRT agent has been integrated with Qligent Vision, a monitoring solution for media service quality. The converter turns the SRT protocol into UDP and sends the stream parameters via SNMP to Qligent Vision for further examination. Here are some of the analytics it collects: bandwidth, lost bytes, lost packets, received packets, received bytes and others.
SRT agent runs on the CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 16 operating systems but can be rebuilt for another OS if necessary.
Want to learn more about SRT agent? Contact us at info@tecomgroup.com – we’ll get back to you on all questions and discuss testing opportunities.
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Qligent, an automated distributed monitoring solution for comprehensive quality assurance of media service delivery. The software monitors multiple points and provides an in-depth analysis of signal quality, stream parameters and video content.
