Un protocolo es un conjunto de reglas establecidas que determinan cómo se transmiten los datos entre diferentes dispositivos electrónicos. Podríamos decir que es similar a un lenguaje hablado, donde las reglas determinan una conversación, las reglas gramaticales asi como el vocabulario son las que determinan el idioma.
Los protocolos se pueden apilar en forma de capas, de tal forma que cada protocolo tiene una función determinada. La capa más baja es la base y sobre ella se levantan los diferentes elementos de una transmisión de datos. Desde la capa física, hasta el gobierno de paquetes, pasando por el transporte y terminando en la capa de aplicación.
La utilización de un mismo protocolo permite que las máquinas se comuniquen entre sí, independientemente del sistema operativo, marca, modelo e incluso tecnología de fabricación.
Podemos determinar los protocolos en cuatro tipos:

• Capa de comunicación o enlace: PPP, DSL, Wi-Fi, etc.
• Capa de Internet: IPv4, IPv6, etc.
• Capa de transporte: TCP, UDP, etc.
• Capa de aplicación: HTTP, IMAP, FTP, etc

Streaming

Streaming es una transmisión mediante un flujo de datos que normalmente se refiere a video y/o audio, la característica que tiene conceptualmente es que permita comenzar su procesamiento antes de ser terminado. El streaming se realiza a través de una red de datos, bien sea una red privada, pública o internet.

Tipos de streaming

Streaming con descarga, es el streaming tradicional o transferencia clásica, que realiza una descarga completa en local del fichero a reproducir.
Descarga progresiva, Sin terminar de descargar un fichero de video permite comenzar la reproducción. Se requiere utilizar en local un búfer de datos que va almacenando el material descargado.
Streaming Live, se puede reproducir el video desde el comienzo, sin necesitar cerrar el fichero original.

Pero ¿qué es un protocolo de streaming?

El protocolo de streaming es el conjunto de reglas y capas que permiten hacer una transmisión de video y audio desde un punto de difusión a un punto de recepción, siempre a través de una cada de red de datos, publica como internet o privada. Existen varios protocolos para poder hacer llegar el vídeo y audio a los clientes de un servidor.

Y, ¿cómo se utiliza?

El vídeo y audio se envía desde un servidor de transmisión a un cliente utilizando primero un protocolo en la capa de transporte y posteriormente se decodifica con el protocolo de aplicación.

¿Qué protocolos en la capa de transporte?

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Se trata de una arquitectura de comunicación para el intercambio de mensajes entre dispositivos informáticos en una red. Es el protocolo más común en redes que utilizan el Protocolo IP de internet; se denomina comúnmente TCP / IP.
Garantiza la entrega e integridad de los datos de un extremo a otro. TCP requiere una conversación entre servidor y cliente, de forma que establece una comunicación bidireccional de envío y recepción con acuse de recibo. Es un protocolo más lento, pero también más seguro que otros, se utiliza para transmisión unicast.
Muy utilizado para la transferencia de ficheros de video, acceso a páginas web o el envío y recepción de correos electrónicos.

UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

El Protocolo de datagramas de usuario, es un protocolo de comunicación utilizado en Internet para envíos de información especialmente sensibles al tiempo. Es más rápido que otros ya que no establece formalmente una conexión previa, antes de que se transfieran los datos. Esta ventaja de velocidad es una fragilidad del protocolo frente a pérdida de paquetes.
Es una alternativa al protocolo de control de transmisión (TCP). En una red que utiliza el Protocolo de Internet (IP), a veces se denomina UDP / IP. Es un protocolo ágil y rápido pero inseguro respecto a la garantía de entrega de todos los paquetes asi como su vulnerabilidad frente a posibles ataques. Puede utilizarse en una transmisión unicast, multicast o broadcast.
Principalmente utilizado para la transmisión de vídeo en directo, audio IP juegos online, videoconferencia Ip o voz sobre ip.

En la mayoría de las películas y series, todo se mezcla en canales, desde la música hasta las voces y los efectos de sonido. Básicamente cada canal es uno de los altavoces del sistema surround. De este modo, si hay un diálogo entre dos personajes, el sonido se transmite y se mezcla con el canal central. Si se produce una persecución y el ruido de los vehículos pasa de un lado de la pantalla a otro, se mezclan con los altavoces izquierdo y derecho. Esto es eficaz, pero le falta “algo”. Es ese “algo” lo que hace especial a la tecnología Dolby Atmos, y se consigue sin usar canales como en el sistema anterior.

Los directores de sonido buscan determinar exactamente en qué parte de cualquier sala con tecnología Atmos, desean que aparezca un sonido.

En esta tecnología la mayoría de los sonidos se tratan como “objetos”. De este modo, en lugar de asignar un sonido a un canal (es decir, a un altavoz), Atmos permite que los ingenieros de sonido determinen un lugar para cada sonido. Gracias a ello se puede pasar del altavoz derecho o central a esquina inferior izquierda o centro de la pared. Y ahora viene lo complejo.

Como explica Ricardo Viñas, Senior Sound Consultant en Dolby Laboratories “lo que hacemos es renderizar un mapa en tres dimensiones y ubicamos el sonidos en las coordenadas X, Y y Z que el ingeniero de sonido nos pide. Se trata de un proceso muy complejo que precisa de algoritmos muy específicos para que el efecto sea el mismo sin importar el tamaño de la sala o de la cantidad de público”.

Del mismo modo que los directores de fotografía se centran en la luz de cada toma, los colores y los tonos, los directores de sonido persiguen no solo la intensidad y la calidad, sino también la ubicación: buscan determinar exactamente en qué parte de cualquier sala con tecnología Atmos, desean que aparezca un sonido. Por ejemplo el teatro Dolby, donde se celebran los premios de la Academia, cuenta con 215 altavoces y 285 canales. Todo el sistema es capaz de producir hasta 128 sonidos de forma simultánea. Claro que no todos los teatros tienen más de 200 altavoces, en general el mínimo es de 64 en Dolby Atmos, suficiente para aportar los 128 sonidos distintos, en caso de necesidad. Pero ahí no queda todo, el sistema Atmos, permite que los ingenieros puedan “guionizar” el sonido, dirigiendo los altavoces de modo individual hacia el lugar exacto donde quieren que llegue el sonido.

“En general el mínimo depende mucho del tamaño y la forma de la sala – agrega Viñas –. Para ello están los algoritmos que definen la mejor configuración. Un mínimo podría ser de unos 30 para un cine, pero esto depende mucho de la forma y el tamaño de la sala. Y cuando es en el hogar (el segundo algoritmo), la tecnología Dolby Atmos actúa diferente. Nos servimos de las superficies reflectantes para aprovechar que no siempre se tienen altavoces en el techo. Las barras de sonido también incorporan un algoritmo que les permite medir el tamaño y la altura del lugar para producir ese efecto que nos hace escuchar un sonido envolvente y en tres dimensiones. Aún desde arriba”. El tercer algoritmo es el que permite que Dolby Atmos funcione también en los cascos y se encuentran en la mayoría de los móviles y tabletas. Gracias a ellos se consigue reproducir una experiencia similar a la del cine, pero a un nivel más íntimo o individual.

En definitiva, las películas se vuelven más realistas, más vivas, más interesantes … y todo gracias a esta tecnología que ha cambiado el séptimo arte.

Uno de los mayores desafíos que han enfrentado las producciones en vivo a lo largo de los años es Internet. La falta de infraestructura de red hacía casi imposible utilizar Internet para enviar la señal de las cámaras o realizar producciones remotas.

¿Cómo traer una cámara remota a mi producción?

Hay una variedad de opciones disponibles, pero generalmente están fuera del rango de precios para la mayoría. Puede que tengas a tu disposición un coche de enlace ascendente por satélite, pero no todo el mundo tiene esta posibilidad.

Haivision vio la oportunidad de crear un protocolo que no solo permitiría una fácil transmisión de video remoto, sino que también se usaría si tuviera una conexión a Internet poco confiable. Esto llevó a la creación de la SRT.

SRT significa "Transporte seguro y confiable" y es un protocolo de transporte de video de código abierto y características tecnológicas. SRT utiliza transmisiones seguras que pasan fácilmente a través de firewalls para optimizar el rendimiento de la transmisión y entregar video de alta calidad incluso en las redes menos confiables.

https://www.haivision.com/resources/streaming-video-definitions/srt/
Entonces, incluso si tiene Internet poco confiable, puede usar SRT con una latencia específica para asegurarse de que llegue todo su video. Este es un cambio de juego para cualquiera que intente usar video remoto en una producción. SRT ha sido adoptado por muchos de los grandes actores de la televisión en red, la transmisión de deportes y la producción remota.

¿Cómo puedo usar SRT en producciones en vivo con vMix?
¡Todas las ediciones de vMix admiten entrada y salida SRT! ¡Eso convierte a vMix Basic HD en un codificador/descodificador SRT de $60!

vMix ha implementado SRT INPUT y OUTPUT. También puede utilizar la codificación y decodificación de hardware.

Dado que vMix ha implementado SRT INPUT y OUTPUT, ¡puede crear su propio ecosistema de transporte de video SRT seguro y confiable! ¿Quiere enviar sus cámaras o la producción de vMix desde una ubicación aleatoria con una señal de Internet realmente mala proveniente de su iPhone 5? ¡Puedes hacerlo! ¿Quieres recibir este vídeo en tu estudio de producción centralizado? ¡Simplemente agregue la fuente a su producción!

A medida que pasan los días, más y más empresas están desarrollando productos SRT. SRT Alliance tiene muchas opciones diferentes de hardware y software a las que puede conectarse con vMix y SRT.

vMix le permite asignar salidas SRT a las salidas normales de vMix. Entonces, si tiene vMix 4K o PRO, ¡puede enviar 4 salidas SRT totalmente personalizadas! Esto significa que puede enviar su producción de vMix en la salida 1, pero también puede asignar una cámara a otra de sus salidas y enviarla también.

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Entire industries can implode. Two of them I worked in did. So can relationships. In mine, on a Tuesday we were planning details for a road trip to Montana—car ride snacks, an isolated wood cabin in the Crazy Mountains, days to do nothing but be together—and by Friday my future of promises and plans with my partner was gone. Most importantly though, the concept of life itself is proving itself, now more than ever, fragile. It’s easy, too easy, how quickly everything can be taken away. This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.

This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.
Melany Rose

My home isn’t my home, but somebody else’s home. When I moved in, I intended to stay for four months, a pit stop on my way to I didn’t know where. Five years later I’m still here, which I didn’t expect but am grateful for, entrusting that the universe will kick me out when the time is right. I thought I would have It All figured out by now, but it turns out while you’re waiting for life to happen, life is happening.

Which is why I’m not sure why I’ve lazily propped framed art on shelves instead of putting a nail in a wall. I truly can’t stand this rug, every day resenting it more, but I haven’t changed it. It took me five years of procrastinating and five minutes on eBay to finally buy a lamp to replace one I inherited and hate. The only things I’ve regretted in life are the things I didn’t do sooner, including making my (not-so) temporary space the best home I can make it.

Photos by Frenify Team Studio

The Benefits of Experimenting

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.

Josephine Sanchez

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) 

That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Here to help is Victoria Sass, founder and principal

“Home is more than housing,” Sass says. “It’s an extension of yourself, a place where you can truly be yourself. Home is also a state of mind. It could be a social place or a place of refuge; it might be a space that holds memories and/or allows you to grow.”

Exactly. Here are Sass’s top tips for making a temporary space feel like home.

Consider Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in your design.

“If you are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, think about the base two levels of your needs,” Sass says. Maslow breaks it down to the basics: air, water, food, shelter, security, and health. “You might be surprised how few spaces actually, truly, meet those needs. Think about how you eat, how you rest, what makes you feel healthy and safe.”

Take eating, for example. That could mean dedicating a space for dining, not the indent in the couch in front of your TV, or even simply reorganizing your refrigerator. Maybe you invest in kitchen tools that encourage you to cook or replace the harsh overhead light with a softer bulb. Think small and simple.

Entire industries can implode. Two of them I worked in did. So can relationships. In mine, on a Tuesday we were planning details for a road trip to Montana—car ride snacks, an isolated wood cabin in the Crazy Mountains, days to do nothing but be together—and by Friday my future of promises and plans with my partner was gone. Most importantly though, the concept of life itself is proving itself, now more than ever, fragile. It’s easy, too easy, how quickly everything can be taken away. This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.

This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.
Melany Rose

My home isn’t my home, but somebody else’s home. When I moved in, I intended to stay for four months, a pit stop on my way to I didn’t know where. Five years later I’m still here, which I didn’t expect but am grateful for, entrusting that the universe will kick me out when the time is right. I thought I would have It All figured out by now, but it turns out while you’re waiting for life to happen, life is happening.

Which is why I’m not sure why I’ve lazily propped framed art on shelves instead of putting a nail in a wall. I truly can’t stand this rug, every day resenting it more, but I haven’t changed it. It took me five years of procrastinating and five minutes on eBay to finally buy a lamp to replace one I inherited and hate. The only things I’ve regretted in life are the things I didn’t do sooner, including making my (not-so) temporary space the best home I can make it.

Photos by Frenify Team Studio

The Benefits of Experimenting

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.

Josephine Sanchez

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) 

That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Here to help is Victoria Sass, founder and principal

“Home is more than housing,” Sass says. “It’s an extension of yourself, a place where you can truly be yourself. Home is also a state of mind. It could be a social place or a place of refuge; it might be a space that holds memories and/or allows you to grow.”

Exactly. Here are Sass’s top tips for making a temporary space feel like home.

Consider Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in your design.

“If you are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, think about the base two levels of your needs,” Sass says. Maslow breaks it down to the basics: air, water, food, shelter, security, and health. “You might be surprised how few spaces actually, truly, meet those needs. Think about how you eat, how you rest, what makes you feel healthy and safe.”

Take eating, for example. That could mean dedicating a space for dining, not the indent in the couch in front of your TV, or even simply reorganizing your refrigerator. Maybe you invest in kitchen tools that encourage you to cook or replace the harsh overhead light with a softer bulb. Think small and simple.

Entire industries can implode. Two of them I worked in did. So can relationships. In mine, on a Tuesday we were planning details for a road trip to Montana—car ride snacks, an isolated wood cabin in the Crazy Mountains, days to do nothing but be together—and by Friday my future of promises and plans with my partner was gone. Most importantly though, the concept of life itself is proving itself, now more than ever, fragile. It’s easy, too easy, how quickly everything can be taken away. This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.

This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.
Melany Rose

My home isn’t my home, but somebody else’s home. When I moved in, I intended to stay for four months, a pit stop on my way to I didn’t know where. Five years later I’m still here, which I didn’t expect but am grateful for, entrusting that the universe will kick me out when the time is right. I thought I would have It All figured out by now, but it turns out while you’re waiting for life to happen, life is happening.

Which is why I’m not sure why I’ve lazily propped framed art on shelves instead of putting a nail in a wall. I truly can’t stand this rug, every day resenting it more, but I haven’t changed it. It took me five years of procrastinating and five minutes on eBay to finally buy a lamp to replace one I inherited and hate. The only things I’ve regretted in life are the things I didn’t do sooner, including making my (not-so) temporary space the best home I can make it.

Photos by Frenify Team Studio

The Benefits of Experimenting

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.

Josephine Sanchez

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) 

That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Here to help is Victoria Sass, founder and principal

“Home is more than housing,” Sass says. “It’s an extension of yourself, a place where you can truly be yourself. Home is also a state of mind. It could be a social place or a place of refuge; it might be a space that holds memories and/or allows you to grow.”

Exactly. Here are Sass’s top tips for making a temporary space feel like home.

Consider Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in your design.

“If you are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, think about the base two levels of your needs,” Sass says. Maslow breaks it down to the basics: air, water, food, shelter, security, and health. “You might be surprised how few spaces actually, truly, meet those needs. Think about how you eat, how you rest, what makes you feel healthy and safe.”

Take eating, for example. That could mean dedicating a space for dining, not the indent in the couch in front of your TV, or even simply reorganizing your refrigerator. Maybe you invest in kitchen tools that encourage you to cook or replace the harsh overhead light with a softer bulb. Think small and simple.

Entire industries can implode. Two of them I worked in did. So can relationships. In mine, on a Tuesday we were planning details for a road trip to Montana—car ride snacks, an isolated wood cabin in the Crazy Mountains, days to do nothing but be together—and by Friday my future of promises and plans with my partner was gone. Most importantly though, the concept of life itself is proving itself, now more than ever, fragile. It’s easy, too easy, how quickly everything can be taken away. This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.

This awareness of impermanence has me desperate for something, anything I can cling to for comfort. So, perhaps like many of you, I’ve sought out refuge at home, my safe haven where I’ve been riding out these uncertain times.
Melany Rose

My home isn’t my home, but somebody else’s home. When I moved in, I intended to stay for four months, a pit stop on my way to I didn’t know where. Five years later I’m still here, which I didn’t expect but am grateful for, entrusting that the universe will kick me out when the time is right. I thought I would have It All figured out by now, but it turns out while you’re waiting for life to happen, life is happening.

Which is why I’m not sure why I’ve lazily propped framed art on shelves instead of putting a nail in a wall. I truly can’t stand this rug, every day resenting it more, but I haven’t changed it. It took me five years of procrastinating and five minutes on eBay to finally buy a lamp to replace one I inherited and hate. The only things I’ve regretted in life are the things I didn’t do sooner, including making my (not-so) temporary space the best home I can make it.

Photos by Frenify Team Studio

The Benefits of Experimenting

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.

Josephine Sanchez

Even if you’re not living in your forever house, and don’t know when or where you’ll be moving next, don’t you deserve the comfort of home, wherever that home is? Life is too short to live with that lumpy mattress, don’t you think? (I think.) 

That said, now likely isn’t the time to throw down thousands of dollars on decor. The good news is, you don’t have to. Small changes in your home can make big changes in your life. It’s not the things, but the feelings, which hopefully are brought out by the things.

Here to help is Victoria Sass, founder and principal

“Home is more than housing,” Sass says. “It’s an extension of yourself, a place where you can truly be yourself. Home is also a state of mind. It could be a social place or a place of refuge; it might be a space that holds memories and/or allows you to grow.”

Exactly. Here are Sass’s top tips for making a temporary space feel like home.

Consider Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in your design.

“If you are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, think about the base two levels of your needs,” Sass says. Maslow breaks it down to the basics: air, water, food, shelter, security, and health. “You might be surprised how few spaces actually, truly, meet those needs. Think about how you eat, how you rest, what makes you feel healthy and safe.”

Take eating, for example. That could mean dedicating a space for dining, not the indent in the couch in front of your TV, or even simply reorganizing your refrigerator. Maybe you invest in kitchen tools that encourage you to cook or replace the harsh overhead light with a softer bulb. Think small and simple.