NetOn.Live integrated Matrox ORIGIN Fabric into its LiveOS platform, giving broadcasters the flexibility to scale their productions on-premises or in the cloud, without adding complexity.
NetOn.Live has integrated Matrox ORIGIN Fabric into its LiveOS platform, giving broadcasters the flexibility to scale their productions on-premises or in the cloud, without adding operational complexity.
LiveOS software is based on IP connectivity, using it to support local, remote and decentralized live media production. The NetOn team development team virtualized the TV control room and the OB truck by transforming dedicated hardware devices into software modules that run on IT servers and a SMPTE 2110 video-over-IP network.
LiveOS can be used in the live and near-live production of news, sports, entertainment, events and conferences, and for ingest or MCR workflows.
A large library of specialised media applications, fast setup and configuration time and smooth sharing of reusable resources give LiveOS efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The integration of Matrox ORIGIN Fabric now gives LiveOS an agile, adaptable architecture for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-native multivendor workflows, making it possible to transfer media asynchronously between multiple servers and distribute applications on standard network infrastructure.
Having Matrox ORIGIN Fabric as the transport backbone overcomes the need to limit users to the resources available on a single server and enables resources to be shared over multiple servers without latency. The resources are not only flexible but also re-usable, as they can be accessed from production offices, control rooms and remote operations, for use in local and regional studios and at live events.
Matrox ORIGIN Fabric is a core component of the Matrox ORIGIN framework, recently extracted as a standalone C++ SDK. It enables asynchronous, high-performance media and data exchange across distributed systems using the most efficient transport method available in the situation, helping developers, OEMs and platform providers who need to scale applications or integrate with ST 2110 workflows in public or private cloud environments.
LiveOS transforms dedicated broadcast hardware, as used in production control rooms (PCR), OB trucks, ingest centres and MCRs, into modular software components. With Matrox ORIGIN Fabric, those components communicate and scale directly across hosts and availability zones. Matrox ORIGIN Fabric aligns with the goals outlined in the European Broadcasting Union’s Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) by enabling the sharing of content using shared memory or optimized node-to-node transports. Furthermore, through support for the EBU Media eXchange Layer (MXL) SDK, different applications can run on the same compute instance to share content efficiently.
“For us, this is about flexibility and interoperability without compromise,” said Michel De Wolf, CEO at NetOn.Live. “By integrating Matrox ORIGIN Fabric into LiveOS, we’re giving our users a more powerful, future-proof production platform for on-premises workflows - one that also gives them a clear path to the cloud. It’s a major step forward for live production.”
Together, Matrox Video and NetOn.Live aim to extend the reach of live production. The combined solution empowers to build scalable broadcast workflows — whether on-prem or in the cloud. video.matrox.com
