OmniStream AV over IP

OmniStream AV over IP

Uncompromised AV over IP performance and reliability

Atlona OmniStream™ is a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective AV distribution platform for meeting rooms, residences, retail establishments, corporations, and even a campus or enterprise. OmniStream delivers the performance and dependability of traditional AV distribution, plus the unrestricted scalability and cost efficiency of integrating over data networks.

OmniStream Pro

Ideal for conference rooms, auditoriums, and divisible rooms, plus mission-critical reliability for large-scale AV distribution.

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OmniStream R-Type

Delivers performance and dependability for residential and various commercial AV distribution applications.

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OmniStream Audio

OmniStream supports seamless, flexible audio over IP integration via AES67 and Dante™.

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OmniStream USB

Integrate USB devices over IP, from PCs to cameras, speakerphones, and touch displays.

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Simple to integrate

The OmniStream AV over IP platform is remarkably simple to set up and manage – whether for a small meeting room or an entire university campus. An intuitive, powerful network resource with a web-based GUI lets you configure virtual AV routing over the network – just as easily as setting up a traditional AV matrix switcher. Post-integration, managing your OmniStream systems is a breeze with automated monitoring, centralized firmware updating, and much more.

Fast network switch configuration

In addition to easy AV routing setup, OmniStream can quickly be integrated with many popular, industry-leading managed network switches from Cisco, Luxul, Pakedge, and others. Simply upload an Atlona Certified Switch configuration file to your network switch, and avoid the tedious process of running through setup menus and options. See for yourself how easy it is to configure a Cisco SG300 network switch for OmniStream.

The OmniStream Advantage

“After reviewing the requirements and aligning them with solutions available on the market, all signs pointed us to Atlona’s OmniStream AV over IP platform.”

Brian Hayes / Sr. Sales Engineer, IVCi

Watch David explaining key OmniStream features here

What is AV over IP?

AV over IP is the transmission and distribution of audio, video, and other signals over data networks. AV over IP is also commonly known as networked AV.

AV over IP offers potentially significant benefits for AV system integrators and end users. Compared to traditional systems for AV distribution and extension, networked AV systems can be designed with virtually unrestricted scalability and signal routing flexibility, in addition to the convenience and cost efficiency of standard data networks.

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Unrestricted scalability.

Traditional circuit-based AV distribution requires hardware with fixed input and output port configurations that dictate system capacity, routing capability, and upgradability. With AV over IP, there is far greater flexibility in distributing signals, and upgrading is simply a matter of adding as many endpoints and network ports as desired.

AV over IP also offers value and cost benefits for scaling to large system designs without the need to specify a large matrix switcher.

Ideal for few inputs but many outputs.

System designs for applications such as digital signage comprise just a few sources distributed to numerous displays. This “asymmetrical” I/O scenario is often complex and expensive to integrate with fixed-configuration matrix switchers and DAs. For networked AV, system design is much more straightforward, defined by the size of the network switch and the number of decoders.

Virtualized matrix switching.

A networked AV system can bring together numerous sources and destinations from many local and distant locations, and distribute content between them in so many different ways that would not be possible with traditional AV matrix switching and distribution. This “virtual matrix” capability is enabled by the flexibility and agility of integrating AV over IP networks.

OmniStream Certification and Services

Atlona AV Over IP Certification

Atlona is pleased to offer free online education courses and Atlona AV Over IP Certification. This is a great opportunity to learn about networked AV systems, the OmniStream product family, and the essential principles of data networking. These courses are industry certified and accredited by InfoComm. With Atlona AV Over IP Certification, you’ll have the credibility, knowledge, and confidence to inform your customers on the ideal networked AV system solutions for their requirements, and deliver quality sales and technical support whenever necessary.

Being certified by Atlona gives you priority and key advantages in selling and supporting OmniStream systems. For more information, please contact your Atlona sales representative.

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Atlona Professional Services

Atlona provides project design, configuration, and management services to system designers and integrators working with OmniStream AV over IP products. A trusted authority in providing support and guidance during the system design and deployment phases, Atlona will work with you to ensure optimal performance and efficiency in your AV over IP projects.

Contact us to get started and we will assign a dedicated engineer to guide you through the project from beginning to end. From creating a customized planner through commissioning to final on-site training, Atlona will provide each customer with the same exceptional level of care and support regardless of size. OmniStream Professional Services Overview

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Unprecedented scalability and reliability for medium to large AV systems.

When your AV needs call for building or campus-wide distribution, along with mission-critical reliability, OmniStream Pro is your go-to platform.

How can OmniStream Pro be ideal for professional AV integration?

Discover for yourself – here are just a few of the many possibilities.

Multi-room AV distribution

Use OmniStream Pro to create efficient system designs for sharing AV sources among several rooms over standard data network infrastructure. Free yourself from the restrictions and great expense of large matrix switchers.

Live venues

Live events in entertainment venues, performing arts centers, and arenas usually require image magnification (IMAG) on multiple displays, a critical requirement for absolutely mininal latency. Also essential for live events and many other applications is zero tolerance for system downtime.

OmniStream Pro meets both essential requirements, so you won’t need to compromise. Shown below is an application scenario for a performing arts center.

Conference rooms

OmniStream Pro enables streamlined, modular system designs for conference rooms and meeting rooms. Integration is greatly simplified with AV routing and management over IP network infrastructure, while also allowing easy replication of system designs over several rooms.

Enterprise-wide AV integration

OmniStream Pro not only delivers virtually unlimited scalability for campuses or enterprises, but is also engineered with industry-exclusive features for optimizing performance and reliability over very large networks.

Video walls

OmniStream systems include video wall processing that allows OmniStream-encoded AV content to be presented across an array of displays. The Atlona Velocity control system offers powerful configuration and control features specifically for OmniStream video walls, including the ability to easily create and recall presets.

The OmniStream Pro 122 is a compact, dual-channel AV decoder that can drive two displays in a video wall, dramatically saving equipment space and integration costs.

Click here to learn more about video wall integration with OmniStream and Velocity.

Why should I consider OmniStream Pro?

OmniStream Pro is engineered for the most demanding, mission-critical applications where system reliability, performance, and scalability cannot be compromised.

Critical-quality video performance.

OmniStream Pro delivers the image quality you demand from baseband video, using high performance, visually lossless compression. The codec in OmniStream Pro is optimized for pristine, highly detailed graphics imagery, as well as 4K HDR video content.

Ultra-low latency.

AV over IP systems are known for requiring tradeoffs between image quality and latency. OmniStream delivers the best of both worlds –
uncompromised picture quality and just half a frame of encode-decode latency, the lowest for any AV over Gigabit Ethernet platform.

As illustrated here, encode-to-decode latency is just 8 ms for 60 Hz video.

Forward error correction.

When planning for AV integration spanning a campus or enterprise, reliability of packet transmission over multiple or large LANs is a must. To ensure AV signal integrity, OmniStream Pro uses the same SMPTE standard FEC (forward error correction) adopted by the broadcast industry for video delivery over large-scale, complex networks.

Redundancy and maximizing system uptime.

For mission-critical applications, it’s absolutely unacceptable for an AV system to go down. OmniStream Pro features industry-exclusive technology that allows AV distribution over primary and secondary (backup) networks. Also available is the ability to deliver redundant 1080p streams over a single network.

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4K/UHD and HDR

Designing professional AV systems that can handle 4K video is a must. End users are demanding 4K from integrators, while new and interesting use cases continue to emerge in pro AV applications. OmniStream Pro supports 4K/UHD and HDR formats, in addition to computer and video rates.

High Density Integration

OmniStream Pro encoders and decoders can process two independent video channels in one box, while competitive products only allow one channel of encode or decode. Based on pricing per video channel, OmniStream encoders and decoders offer a significant cost advantage for large-scale systems.

System Redundancy and Failover

IT operations require redundancy and failover measures for critical aspects of their systems. With IT increasingly managing AV, networked AV systems are expected to meet similar requirements. OmniStream Pro can stream over two redundant networks, as well as deliver two redundant AV streams.

Secure Content Distribution

With networked AV systems part of the IT infrastructure, security is another key consideration. For government, military, and enterprise applications, protecting sensitive information is absolutely essential. OmniStream features AES-128 standards-based encryption technology.

Highly Robust and Reliable Over Large Networks

In large network applications, there is a small possibility of lost or damaged packets. OmniStream Pro employs SMPTE 2022 forward error correction, an industry-standard technology that fully compensates for any network errors while delivering artifact-free, uninterrupted real-time video.

Ultra-Low Latency

Video signals are highly bandwidth-intensive. Video compression is a necessity to reduce AV signal data rates, but this also introduces some latency which may not be acceptable. OmniStream features a light compression algorithm with absolutely minimal encode-to-decode latency.

Power over Ethernet

PoE is essential for flexible installation and remote powering of Wi-Fi access points and other devices. OmniStream devices are PoE-capable, making it convenient to place them near AV sources and displays. PoE also allows centralized power monitoring and management of endpoints.

Budget-Friendly

For multi-room AV distribution, an OmniStream networked AV system can deliver more appealing value compared to traditional matrix switching. When it comes to larger system designs for buildings and campuses, the value and cost benefits increase dramatically.

Meet the OmniStream Pro product family.

Atlona offers a pro AV industry first – two channels of encoding or decoding in a single half-rack enclosure.

OmniStream 111 (AT-OMNI-111)

Single-Channel Networked AV Encoder

OmniStream 112 (AT-OMNI-112)

Dual-Channel Networked AV Encoder

OmniStream 121 (AT-OMNI-121)

Single-Channel Networked AV Decoder

OmniStream 122 (AT-OMNI-122)

Dual-Channel Networked AV Decoder

Performance and simplified integration for commercial and residential AV systems.

OmniStream R-Type has you covered for flexible, reliable 4K HDR over IP distribution for professional and whole-house installations.

How can OmniStream R-Type be ideal for my AV integration needs?

Here are just a few of the many possibilities for satisfying functional requirements and delivering long-term value to your customers.

Bars and restaurants

Use OmniStream R-Type to create efficient yet scalable system designs for sharing TV broadcasts everywhere without the restriction of a fixed matrix switcher. Expand the possibilities with video walls and on-screen, scrolling text messages.

Digital signage

Digital signage systems are usually asymmetrical – a few sources feeding a large number of destinations – and a challenge for traditional AV designs. But with OmniStream, it’s simply a matter of provisioning a decoder and network drop for each display.

Whole-house 4K HDR integration

OmniStream R-Type can easily be integrated over existing CAT 5e or 6 structured cabling. The extremely low latency of the high performance, visually lossless codec makes OmniStream R-Type ideal for multi-room gaming applications.

Video walls

OmniStream systems include video wall processing that allows OmniStream-encoded AV content to be presented across an array of displays. The Atlona Velocity control system offers powerful configuration and control features specifically for OmniStream video walls, including the ability to easily create and recall presets.

Click here to learn more about video wall integration with OmniStream and Velocity.

Why should I consider OmniStream R-Type?

OmniStream R-Type is 4K HDR distribution infrastructure, now and the future. Free yourself from the past limitations of other AV over IP systems with a fully capable, scalable, and dependable platform – backed by our industry-leading 10 year warranty.

High performance 4K HDR.

OmniStream R-Type supports 4K HDR, including HDR10 @ 60 Hz and 10-bit color, as well as HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) for future 60p HDR broadcast services. OmniStream delivers the image quality you demand from baseband video, using high performance, visually lossless compression optimized for fast-motion video content.