Come Join Us at NAB Show 2023!
Booth C3025 – April 16–19, 2023
The NAB Show in Las Vegas is the premier event for content professionals in the media, entertainment, and technology ecosystem. It’s the ultimate marketplace for those seeking to create superior audio and video experiences.
Register via the NAB Show website using the code LV69847 to get an NAB Show Exhibits Pass for free, saving you $169!
Be quick though—this offer only applies until March 31. After that time, you can still redeem the code to get an Exhibits Pass for the low price of $50.
Meinberg's Experts in Attendance
Meinberg's Head of Software Development Daniel Boldt will be there, speaking not only at the Create Experiential Zone about the use of IEEE1588 PTP in Media-over-IP environments in a presentation on April 17, but also providing the benefit of his expertise at the Meinberg stand about the latest developments in Meinberg's powerful synchronization solutions and how they are used to their fullest potential in hybrid environments with analog, SDI-based, and IP-based components.
PTP Track Hound v2 developer Thomas Behn will also be present, talking about how to best implement a comprehensive PTP monitoring network in Media-over-IP networks using Meinberg's powerful monitoring tool, and will also be providing a live demonstration of the software in action.
Daniel and Thomas will be holding their on-booth presentations at the same time each day from April 16 until April 18, so stop by when it best suits you:
April 16–18, 2023, 11:00 AM
Best-Practice Implementations of Meinberg Timing Solutions in Media-over-IP Networks
Speaker: Daniel Boldt, Head of Software Development
April 16–18, 2023, 3:30 PM
PTP Track Hound v2 - Centralized Monitoring for PTP-Based Synchronization Infrastructure
Speaker: Thomas Behn, PTP Track Hound v2 Developer & Senior Software Developer
IP Meets IP
IP is the currency in which the broadcasting & media industry lives, thrives, and trades. This is an industry of creativity, one in which the assets of the trade are almost wholly intangible. While society at large thinks of the 'internet protocol' when we talk about 'IP', the content industry lives and thrives entirely on 'intellectual property'. So, what happens when IP meets IP?
While creators of intellectual property have been among the earliest adopters of internet-based technologies with the rise of digital distribution and the ubiquity of streaming platforms, substantial investments in production hardware mean that, change can by necessity be slow behind the scenes. Many media productions that have their premieres on digital platforms are produced using decades-old workflows based on SDI or even analog feeds, with the internet really only playing a role in administration & distribution.
But times are changing. Systems based on standards such as ST 2110, AES67, and NDI are organically gaining in market share as production studios replace aging SDI-based hardware and edge towards IP-centric production. That's not to say that SDI is disappearing any time soon. Even studios whose production workflows are overhauled to focus on IP-based production still often have to handle analog and SDI content, and need to be able to bridge these worlds with a variety of conversion technologies.
Only robust, high-accuracy clock & synchronization technology provides the common denominator needed for sampling and synchronization, and Meinberg's industry-leading timing solutions provide the accuracy and flexibility needed to achieve just this.
The Power of PTP for Broadcasting Environments
Meinberg servers make it possible to synchronize everything in your broadcasting network, from your central studio to your mobile OB vans. Solutions are available for every need—ranging from powerful modular time servers supporting a variety of broadcasting signal synchronization signals to compact rack-mounted solutions suitable for on-the-road syncing.
And as IP-based technologies gain in prominence, so too does the need for IP network redundancy. The architecture specified by SMPTE ST 2022-7 provides robust path redundancy for the transmission of content over an IP network, but both paths always need to be bound to the same synchronization reference—otherwise the redundancy is for naught.
Larger networks often have multiple master clocks standing by as grandmaster candidates, with PTP ensuring that all devices in the network use the same grandmaster as their root timing reference. But what happens if a network path failure splits your PTP network in two and you suddenly have two out-of-sync grandmasters governing the timing of different SMPTE ST 2022-7 transmission paths?
Find out here how Meinberg systems solve this.
Our Mission since 1979
With its many years of expertise, Meinberg has become a global leader in time synchronization solutions. The company’s flagship IEEE 1588 grandmaster clocks and NTP time servers have set the industry standard for innovation, flexibility, and reliability—making them one of the market’s top network time synchronization solution providers.
Meinberg products are used around the world, delivering synchronization for mission-critical applications in digital broadcasting, power grid/substation automation, telecommunication networks, aerospace, financial applications, and cutting-edge research.
A Watchful Eye for Your PTP Infrastructure
PTP Track Hound v2 is Meinberg's industry-leading solution for the monitoring, diagnosis, and optimization of PTP clocks (IEEE 1588) in SMPTE 2110, AES67, and Dante networks, with groundbreaking new features for remote monitoring & management.
Remote notifications such as e-mails, SNMP traps, and syslog support provide ease of mind for your AV-over-IP solutions, while power users have top-of-the-line power tools at their disposal to maintain absolute control over their clock infrastructure with byte-by-byte analysis of PTP traffic.
Intelligent Modular Synchronization
IMS LANTIME M1000
The IMS LANTIME M1000 is a modular time and frequency synchronization solution in a 19-inch rackmount chassis. The modular approach of the IMS LANTIME systems allows the LANTIME M1000 to be customized and adapted to specific roles in a network infrastructure by only adding one single module instead of having to replace the entire system.
IMS LANTIME M3000
As the powerhouse of the IMS Series, the 3U IMS LANTIME M3000 provides the expansion capacity and modularity needed to scale your synchronization needs up to even the most demanding applications, making it one of the most cost-effective and flexible synchronization solutions on the market.
microSync for Broadcast Applications
Meinberg's microSync for Broadcast applications is a powerful dual-port PTP generator supporting SMPTE ST 2059-2 and many other PTP profiles.
Key features include a GNSS receiver, two PTP ports, two Management/NTP ports, Black Burst, LTC, Word Clock, DARS and many other sync pulses available as input or output. The microSync Broadcast variants combine a modern sync reference for IP based devices and a Signal Pulse Generator for legacy video and audio devices.
microSync HR
The microSync HR Broadcast provides a high level of both efficiency and flexibility, all within a compact, space-efficient half-rack design. Specially designed for the audio & video broadcasting industry with integrated support for a variety of industry-standard synchronization signals, this innovative, multi-purpose server is a responsive, secure solution for applications such as ultra-precise genlocking, the synchronization of timecodes from multiple feeds or cameras, and the fusion of traditional HD-SDI infrastructure with modern IP-based production technologies.
microSync RX
Much like its smaller sibling, the microSync RX Broadcast series provides the same extensive feature set and performance as the microSync HR Broadcast, but in a 1U 19" full-rack chassis that allows for the integration of a local display and controls (in microSync RX 80x models) to enable adjustments to be made directly from the device, as well as the addition of a redundant power supply.
