Press release - July, 2024
WorldCast Systems, a leading provider of advanced broadcast solutions, is excited to announce the launch of the APTmpX Software, a cost-effective enhancement to its renowned APT range of codecs. Built on the award-winning APTmpX algorithm for MPX/Composite transmission, the APTmpX Software is an easy to deploy version designed to operate seamlessly with leading 3rd party software sound processors.
The APTmpX Software is an essential tool for modern broadcasters looking for a simple to implement, high performance MPX solution at an accessible price. Designed for effortless installation on Windows platforms, APTmpX Software ingests MPX over AES67 and provides seamless integration into existing studio infrastructures. It delivers superior signal quality with highest transparency at bitrates of 300/400/600 kb/s. It also includes WorldCast’s exclusive SureStream technology, ensuring reliable and uninterrupted MPX transmission with packet redundancy and lowest latency.
APTmpX Software is compatible with APT hardware codecs, APT’s virtual codec, and Ecreso FM AiO Series transmitters, providing a versatile solution for diverse broadcasting needs. With this solution, broadcasters maintain the highest signal quality across the entire MPX over IP broadcast chain.
"APTmpX Software represents a key change in the market by simplifying and reducing the cost of FM broadcast chains, while benefiting from APT’s highest standards of quality," said Gregory Mercier, Director of Product Marketing at WorldCast Systems. "Broadcasters now have a new MPX compression and transport solution to turn to for superior on-air quality and operational efficiency.”
To celebrate the launch, WorldCast Systems is offering the APTmpX Software free of charge with the purchase of an Ecreso FM AiO Series transmitter equipped with a built-in APT IP Decoder. Demos of the APTmpX Software will be ongoing at IBC 2024, booth 8C61.
