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What Is AV over IP?

AV over IP transports audio, video, and control across standard network infrastructure.

In plain English

Traditional AV wiring is like building a dedicated road between every source and screen. AV over IP puts the traffic onto a managed highway and routes it where it needs to go.

Technical idea

AV endpoints encode and decode media streams over Ethernet. Network design matters: bandwidth, latency, multicast, Quality of Service, switching, security, and management can determine whether the experience is flawless or painful.

Why it matters

It can make distribution more flexible and scalable, but only when AV and networking teams design the system together.

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