Application Notes: Dante in Corporate AV Installations
Boardrooms, conference rooms, campuses, lobbies — real-world deployment scenarios Corporate AV is among the most practical deployment target for…
Overview
KanexPro H.265 AV over IP is well-suited for digital signage deployments where bandwidth efficiency is critical and multiple displays need to receive the same content simultaneously. H.265 delivers 4K60 at 30–80 Mbps per stream — significantly less than JPEG2000 — making it practical to run many streams over a standard 1G managed network.
Recommended SKUs
- AVO-IP265-4K — 4K60 H.265 Encoder/Decoder (one encoder per content channel)
- AVO-IP265-HD — HD H.265 Encoder/Decoder (one decoder per display)
- AVO-IPCTL-265 — IP Controller for H.265 (for centralized routing and scheduling)
How Multicast Benefits Digital Signage
H.265 uses multicast by default. One encoder can stream to unlimited decoders simultaneously with no additional bandwidth overhead. A single 4K60 H.265 stream at 80 Mbps serves 1 display or 100 displays identically — the network bandwidth cost does not multiply per display.
Typical Setup
- Connect one H.265 encoder per content source (media player, PC, broadcast feed) to the managed switch.
- Connect one H.265 decoder per display to the managed switch.
- Enable IGMP snooping on the switch to manage multicast streams efficiently.
- Use the controller or encoder web GUI to route each content channel to the appropriate displays.
- For zoned signage (different content per zone), use separate encoders per zone and route each to the relevant decoders.
Bandwidth Planning Example
| Scenario | Encoders | Displays | Total Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single channel, 20 displays | 1 | 20 | ~80 Mbps (1 stream) |
| 4 zones, 5 displays each | 4 | 20 | ~320 Mbps (4 streams) |
| HD, 50 displays, 2 channels | 2 | 50 | ~40 Mbps (2 HD streams) |
