Avoid These Pitfalls When Converting Cable TV to IPTV
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Planning to convert your school or district's cable TV to IPTV? Here are some potential pitfalls to avoid.
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Avoid These Pitfalls When Converting Cable TV to IPTV
- 1. K-12… Converting Cable TV to IPTV? Avoid These Pitfalls
- 2. Cable TV to IPTV Conversion Moves Cable TV from your RF Cable system. To Your Network.
- 3. Saves $$$ on… • Infrastructure • Maintenance • Personnel and Support Why? One network system instead of two!
- 5. Improves… Options & Flexibility for Teachers
- 7. Most Common Pitfalls… • Network not multicast capable • Expecting too much from wireless • Converting too many channels • Imbalance between file quality and available bandwidth • District vs. Individual School
- 8. Multicast is Critical… • Multicast eases bandwidth usage • Every switch: multicast capable • Every setting: checked • Maximum bandwidth confirmed
- 9. Wireless Expectations • Upgrade to 802.11n • Other versions don’t have the bandwidth • Wireless is not able to deliver multicast • Some vendors do multicast to unicast conversion to improve deliverability • Next generation 802.11ac will approach gigabit speeds
- 10. Converting too Many Channels… • No need to convert 50 or 60 channels • Pick and Choose • Focus on “educationally appropriate” • Limit channels with no value • Most schools choose 4 – 12 channels • Too many channels eats bandwidth
- 11. Quality vs. Bandwidth… • Streaming at too high of a bitrate creates very large files • Look to balance quality versus available bandwidth to avoid slowing your network
- 12. District vs School • It’s really WAN vs LAN • WAN approach centralizes Cable TV • Also impacts WAN bandwidth • Local approach limits TV to each School • Provides local and grade level options • Easier to do live video announcements • Local means no impact on WAN
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