[SBE] Questions about IP multicasting

[Gibson Prichard]

The question I have is what is the path from the other end of the IP link?
Is it a private wired/wireless link (like MPLS) or is it public Internet?
As others have asked- if this is over the Internet, forget multicast- the
routers on the Internet don’t pass multicast at all.
In fact, many MPLS networks won’t pass multicast either. Now, if the link
is private, you should be able to make multicast work.
Several have offered their help, and I’ll throw my hat in the ring as well.
Email me and I can give you a call.
Gibson Prichard
WTVF Nashville

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 16:03 Yengst, Curt <cyengst at star991.com> wrote:

> Working for a small independent TV station that is trying to set up an STL
> using TSoIP.  The catch is, they need to feed two separate devices at their
> tower site with the same TSoIP stream.  The short answer we got from the
> manufacturer of the ASI-to-TSoIP converter is to configure for IP multicast.
>
> I did a rudimentary test with an ASI-to-TSoIP converter going to an
> ethernet switch and feeding a stream to a corresponding TSoIP-to-ASI
> converter and to a Sencore decoder with a TSoIP receiver card.  Naturally,
> that worked because all equipment was connected to the same physical
> switch.  But, now that I've moved the "receive" end to the transmitter
> site, I'm having a heap of trouble getting it to work.
>
> Searching the web for all things multicast, I'm finding that this is
> easier said than done.  Has anyone out there in TV Land had any luck with
> what I'm trying to do?
>
> *Curt Yengst, CSRE*
>
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Gibson Prichard
Nashville, TN
gibson at prichard.tv
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