swXtch.io is launching a specialised gateway solution primarily targeted at the live event market.
The new software-based SRTx Gateway uses the SRT transport protocol for robust content protection across public internet and 5G connections, and enables what the company said is the highest stream density for an SRT gateway on the market.
The company has applied its multicast technology to SRT transport to enable “hundreds” of broadcast-quality compressed video workflows, such as H.264 or HEVC, through a single cloudSwXtch network.
SRTx Gateway will also support JPEG XS, ST 2117-1 (VC-6), and uncompressed ST 2110 workflows, which the company described as a “breakthrough that provides exceptional value for remote production, distribution and monitoring operations”.
“SRT is the de facto standard for mobile content producers and other remote operations due its transport reliability and ease of use,” said Brent Yates, CEO, swXtch.io. “We are advancing the possibilities of SRT’s video and audio agnostic capabilities by utilising our proven technology to carry an array of formats, codecs and resolutions into and through the cloud in numbers never achieved, while also evolving SRT’s point-to-point connectivity into a switched protocol. It is not only highly reliable and efficient operationally, but a simple and effective drop-in replacement for multiple separate, existing SRT gateways.”
The company will demonstrate SRTx Gateway’s capabilities at IBC2025.
