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Stream Mode:
The drop down provides 4 options:
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Live Stereo
is a low latency stream intended for monitoring of “live” audio.
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Low Latency Stereo
is a stream option that supports RAVENNA functionality.
»
Standard Stereo
is suitable for sources that don’t need to monitor their own audio (for example, CD
players or satellite downlinks).
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Disable
turns off xSelector’s local inputs and sends no stream to the network.
NOTE: Live streams provide low audio latency with a round-trip delay of 2ms. Each packet takes 154
bytes, 12 samples, or 250 microseconds of audio, on the wire where packets are sent at 4000 packets/s.
Each Live stream requires 4.9MBits/s bandwidth.
Standard Streams provide higher network utilization efficiency. Standard Stream latency depends on the
buffer allocation in the receiving device; typical buffer setting in an xSelector is 20ms. Each packet takes
1522 bytes on the wire (maximum allowed Ethernet frame size), at 200 packets/s. Each stream requires
2.5MBits/s bandwidth.
Low Latency mode supports other standards such as RAVENNA and AES67. This is a packet containing 48
samples, or 1ms., of audio.
• Input Gain:
Allows adjustment of the input gain from -72dB to 24dB. This gain adjustment takes place
after
the A-to-D conversion.
• RTSP: (Real Time Streaming Protocol):
Clicking this link plays the audio stream in any player or device
that can play the audio format. This is included for support of RAVENNA and other network audio receiv-
ers; it’s not used or needed for Livewire devices.
• Show source allocation status:
Clicking this link opens a pop-up that allows you to see if the source is
loaded to a mixing console that’s part of the Livewire network. Behind the scenes, Livewire keeps track
of “source allocation”, or ownership of a source. This information is used by Axia consoles to help control
things such as logic, mix-minus (backfeeds), and headphone feeds. This pop-up view can tell you whether
xSelector’s output stream is loaded to a console fader.
Summary of Contents for xSelector
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