The IP video engineer's toolbox.

A suite of tools to help integrators, engineers and operators working with SMPTE ST2110 media networks.

Everything you need for ST 2110 network planning.

Create media essences based on real UDP packets to calculate link utilisation.

Upload an SDP file to edit and analyze in a friendly UI

The Bytes-on-the-Wire Bandwidth Calculator

Calculator assembles virtual RTP packets to accurately predict bytes-on-the-wire including Ethernet overhead like headers and inter-packet-gap.

  1. Streams

    Media essences. Down to the bit.

    Model each ST2110 essence based on their real spec as either -20, -30 or -40.

    MXR PGMMXR PGM
    Bandwidth10.6 Gbps
    FormatUHD 60p
    Pixel EncodingYCbCr422 10-bit
    Pixels/packet570
    Pgroups/packet285
    Packets/frame14552
    Packets/sec873120
    PGM L + RPGM L + R
    Bandwidth2.96 Mbps
    ChannelsStereo
    Format48kHz 24-bit 1ms
    Packets/sec873120
    PGM ANCPGM ANC
    Bandwidth78.3 Kbps
    Payload 1TC,AFD,ST2086
    Payload 1 bytes100
    Packets/frame1
    Packets/sec50
    Bytes on the Wire/pkt196
  2. Flows

    Multiple streams. One number.

    Bundle a collection of streams into a flow for logical grouping.

    MXR PGM Flow
    Streams0
    Bandwidth0 Gbps
    Camera 1 TX Flow
    Streams0
    Bandwidth0 Gbps
    Stage 1 Multiview
    Streams0
    Bandwidth0 Gbps
  3. Links

    Catch problems in theory. Not reality.

    Assign flows to real-world links, modelling LAG overhead and bandwidth ceilings.

    VI Core → FOH
    0 Gbps0%
    of 100 Gbps
    Flows8
    SR → VI Core
    0 Gbps0%
    of 100 Gbps
    Flows8
    MXR RX QSFP1
    0 Gbps0%
    of 100 Gbps
    Flows9
1%On average less than 1.4% deviation from measured hardware traffic
Precise and accurate.

Modelled down to the packet.

Calculator assembles virtual full UDP datagrams to accurately predict bytes-on-the-wire. It creates RTP payloads based on essence & format, builds that into a UDP packet and adds on ethernet overhead like inter-packet-gap and VLAN tags. It's a real simulation of packets - not a rule-of-thumb estimate.