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MediaCento™ IPX and LGB Series Ethernet Switches

In this application note, we examine IP multicast streaming of video content in an Ethernet network using

the MediaCento IPX video appliance.

MediaCento IPX

The Black Box MediaCento IPX extends HDMI video over any IP network to as many as 250 distant screens—

or to video walls. You can run the Black Box MediaCento IPX in unicast (one transmitter to one receiver) or

multicast (one transmitter to many receivers) mode applications. The unit can also support a video wall, using

multicast mode to output a single source video to a matrix of screens, so that you can project your HD content

on a larger scale with one image divided over multiple video screens.

This Application Note will focus on the use of MediaCento IPX in multicast mode with Black Box Ethernet

Switches. Real-world applications for this capability include:

• Video broadcast over a computer network (either one transmitter to many receivers

or many transmitters to many receivers)

• Video wall applications

• Real-time news distribution

For MediaCento IPX multicasting applications it’s very important to choose the right Ethernet switch, one

that can handle the requirements to multicast data in your network without flooding your IP infrastructure.

The recommended Black Box Ethernet switches for this application are the LGB Series of switches.

MediaCento IPX Units product numbers:

For Multicast!

Transmitter

VX-HDMI-IP-MTX

Receiver

VX-HDMI-IP-MRX

For Multicast Video Walls

Transmitter

VX-HDMI-IP-VTX

Receiver

VX-HDMI-IP-VRX

For Unicast

Transmitter

VX-HDMI-IP-UTX

Receiver

VX-HDMI-IP-URX

Black Box Multicast Video-over-IP Solution

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724-746-5500 l www.blackbox.com MediaCento™ IPX and LGB Series Ethernet Switches In this application note, we examine IP multicast streaming