Live media production facilities primarily use serial digital interface (SDI) for interconnections between media applications, media appliances and other bespoke media equipment. The transition from SDI to IP aids in replacing traditional SDI cables with Ethernet networking and necessitates media software vendors to invest in Ethernet networking for media. Cisco’s virtual media interface (vMI) software toolkit – open sourced as “Herisson” – aids media software vendors wishing to make this transition.
