Vaddio AV Bridge Conference System, North America

The Vaddio AV Bridge CONFERENCE is a room based HD Media Streaming solution enabling IP or USB streaming. Like the original AV Bridge, it's an appliance that "bridges" the room's analog audio and video into a computer (PC or Mac) for UC applications, but with one important distinction. The AV Bridge CONFERENCE has been designed as an HD Encoder with 2-way analog audio to send the near-end audio to the far-end and return the far-end audio to the room's pro mixer with AEC. The AV Bridge CONFERENCE offers a flexible A/V interface that is controllable with an embedded web server and the current settings are viewable from front panel menu system. It accepts a multitude of video input resolutions from standard definition composite video (480i/NTSC and 576i/PAL) all the way up to HD 1080p/60 in HDMI and YPbPr, including the most relevant wide-screen VESA type PC resolutions (RGBHV or DVI-D). The USB streaming functions using MJPEG (Motion JPEG) and standard UVC (USB Video Class) with UAC (USB Audio Class) drivers eliminate the need for installation of custom software drivers on the Host PC. The IP streaming uses RTSP or HLS (Apple's variant on HTTP streaming) and encodes H.264 video with AAC Audio. The Ethernet port also provides access to internal web pages for control, setup and updating the software. Use the AV Bridge CONFERENCE in UC conferencing applications to "bridge" video and audio signals into a PC or retrofit existing conference rooms by simply plugging a USB cable into a Host PC or connecting to an IP network. The AV Bridge CONFERENCE supports high definition encoding of audio and video sources, producing superior quality results at the fraction of the cost of other similar products. It seamlessly integrates with Vaddio's HD cameras, presentation systems, video mixing consoles and other pro audio products with AEC. The AV Bridge CONFERENCE is an unsurpassable value due to its ease of use, flexibility and plug & play functionality, really. Flexible Applications AV Bridge CONFERENCE supports USB 2.0 A/V streaming (MJPEG/PCM) or IP A/V streaming (H.264/AAC) for UC conferencing applications, lecture capture or content delivery and more! High Definition A/V Encoder Stream directly to a PC or Mac with USB 2.0 using MJPEG video with resolutions up to 720p/30 (limits of USB 2.0) with PCM uncompressed audio or use IP streaming with resolutions up to 1080p/30 using H.264 video with AAC audio encoding. 2-Way Analog Audio Ins and Outs An important feature of the AV Bridge CONFERENCE is the addition of 2-way analog audio to send the near-end room audio to the far-end and return the far-end audio to the local room's pro mixer with AEC. The AV Bridge CONFERENCE is the ideal choice for existing rooms as well as new designs. Emulates USB Webcam and Speakerphone AV Bridge CONFERENCE minimizes interoperability problems by implementation of standards based UVC (Universal Video Class) and UAC (Universal Audio Class) drivers. Since these drivers are built-in the OS of the PC or Mac there are no pesky interoperability or driver issues. Common Media Players IP streams are standard based MPEG4 allowing playback of content on market leading players like Quick-Time, RealPlayer or VLC Media Player. Custom players are not required for playback. Simple User Interface The user interface is provided with a built-in web server. Simply connect it to the network and the web pages are served up in an easy to use menu based system. The menus include A/V Configuration, Streaming, Room Labels, Networking, Security, Diagnostics, System Configuration, Help Menu and more! The front panel menu system has the ability to affect the most accessed controls with the spin of a knob and a push of a button. These controls include setting Audio Inputs (Balanced or Unbalanced) and setting the Video Inputs (HDMI or YPbPr or RGBHV and composite video). All of the IP network and USB information can be viewed from the front panel quickly and easily.