| ? | What PIPE element should I use? |
Not Audio over IP. The reason is that our RTP source/sink can be more extensively configured than the Audio over IP source/sink which are designed to conform to regular AES67/Ravenna configuration. |
¶ Simple redundancy
This section explains how to set up a simple redundancy — a single device sends out redundant streams over two seperate network ports. These are received at one end point, which can switch between the streams for failover redundancy.
¶ Rx Side
Before you start: Ensure you know the following:
- Always: The RTP Port the transmitting system is streaming to.
- Multicast only: The Multicast source, Multicast group and/or Multicast interface you wish to use.
| ? | How do I find out which ports the transmitting system is streaming to? |
| You should be able to find this information in the stream setup of the transmitting system. Alternatively, the SDP of the transmission will reveal the used ports (normally a 4-digit number). |
- Set up the desired PIPE, including an RTP source element.
- Click on the RTP source element to open its element configuration menu.
- Under Sources, you can define multiple sources. Each Source:
- must be added as a New Entry.
- must have a unique combination of RTP Port, Multicast group, Multicast source and Multicast interface assigned, corresponding to the incoming stream.
- must have matching Group ID.
- Click on +Add to add the configured source to the list of Sources.
- Repeat steps 3-4 for the desired number of Sources (normally 2).
- You may also define a Preferred group ID (this defines which stream to use if both are available, including automatic switch back after failure)
- Click Apply.
- Your redundant AoIP input is now configured. Continue with configuration of the remaining PIPE.
¶ Tx Side
This configuration works similarly to the set up of reception, except adjusted for configuration of an RTP sink element.
- Set up the desired PIPE, including an RTP sink element.
- Click on the RTP sink element to open its element configuration menu.
- Under Destinations, you can define multiple destinations. Each Destination:
- must be added as a New Entry.
- must have a RTP Port assigned, corresponding to the port you want to stream from.
- must have a Host / IP set (normally, the IP is identical for both streams, but you could also stream to different systems).
- may optionally have a Multicast interface (when using multicast).
- Click on +Add to add the configured source to the list of Destinations.
- Repeat steps 3-4 for the desired number of Destinations (normally 2).
- Click Apply.
- Your redundant AoIP output is now configured. Continue with configuration of the remaining PIPE.
¶ Double redundancy
This section explains how to set up a double redundancy — two (or more) devices each send out two redundant streams over two seperate network ports. The result is that 4 identical streams are sent over four network ports from two devices.
