MONITORING and evolution of the Radio

A technology that was launched in 2015 and has made it easier for the use of the solutions for the Radio transmission of the streaming radio. It’s the NDI – Network Device Interface protocol, which travels to the audio in and video in the network by using the InfoAudio, in the case of the Tells, as the primary source of the content. In this text, we talk a little bit about that on the MONITORING and benefits.



The solutions to the Visual Radio are becoming more and more popular on the radio. The advantages of this type of experience that will come from the growth of the audience to the increase in sales. As a result, new technologies are around the stream, video and audio will make the process easier.

An example of this is the NDI – Network Device Interface technology, which has revolutionized the transmission of the streaming radio, as it eliminates the need for crossover cables in the transmission.

But did you know that the InfoAudio it works closely with the MONITORING in the transmission of the streaming?

How InfoAudio operates in the MONITORING?

The NDI also go to the audio and video freely over the network using the InfoAudio as a primary source, so all of the content played back by the Player, is now available on a network for the software to stream video and audio to connect to the MONITORING in order to consume the content, and to transmit it to the schedule on the channel of your choice.

In the example of the software, live streaming is the vMix, which is integrated to the InfoAudio in order to transmit the video to the transmission cable to the audio.

InfoAudio, NDI and vMix

When you have established a communication between the InfoAudio, NDI and vMix, the stations are equipped with a variety of features, so that this transmission is a success, and music videos, one of the best.

A mix of videos that it is carried out with a cross fade, that is the preserve of the plastic, increasing the quality of programming of the station.

Informs is the first company to have recourse to the mix in the video.

In addition to the delay with the video, those who have the true integration of InfoAudio, NDI and vMix, it can:

  • View information at a glance, set a message for each type of text, or to display the information that they are playing in the InfoAudio the PFM output that goes to the Air as the Manager of the Characters;
  • Set up and save the profile, programs, and setting in which the entries will be a part of each of the profiles;
  • Customize your video with the use of Layers.

The communication between the InfoAudio, NDI and vMix allows you to:

  • To set the resolution of the video output of the MONITORING;
  • To include the audio in the table and on the content that is generated for a MONITORING;
  • To carry out the mixing of the file .MP4, in order to integrate with the vMix;
  • To set the background image for the audio, no image is attached (for the software for livestreaming different from vMix);        
  • Choose the cover of the album of the event to be displayed when it is playing in your mouth.

The Future of video on the Radio

The growth of the Radio is powered on by an increase in the consumption of video content. As a result, we can mention: less spending on equipment, reach out to new audiences, with the cutting of the content, and the provision of different types of programs and the advertisements.

Because of this, it can be hard to think of on the radio, and, today, it is only with the transmission of conventional methods.

In this way, to keep up with all of the steps in this evolution, and in the platforms, it provides more resources that will facilitate this process and Tells you it has evolved to this feature, each and every day.

In this video, our partner in the north-east, Fabio Ramon shows us a little of how it happens, the integration of the InfoAudio with vMix. It also occurs in other systems, the production of the video, such as the Tricaster.

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Automação de Estúdio e Softwares de Streaming de Vídeo

To find out more about the Visual system with the integration of InfoAudio – NDI – vMix, go to Production, and Video Streaming. Here, we’ll show you a little bit more of the features that are available with it.

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