The Alliance for IP Media Solutions has launched the Official IPMX Training Series, a free online program hosted at training.ipmx.io that guides Pro AV professionals through the design and deployment of IPMX-based AV-over-IP systems. The curriculum rolls out in three stages—Foundations, Systems, and Networks—with the first Foundations chapters already open and the remaining modules scheduled for fall and winter. Each level mixes live demonstrations with business and technical detail so participants see both how IPMX operates and how it aligns with AES67, SMPTE ST 2110, and AMWA NMOS in actual production environments. Sam Recine, chair of the IPMX Pro AV Working Group at AIMS, said the series gives integrators and engineers a shared reference point for building interoperable systems without relying on proprietary approaches.
The broadcast and Pro AV industries continue their shift from baseband infrastructure to IP-based production and distribution, with standards such as SMPTE ST 2110 now widely referenced for synchronized video, audio, and metadata transport. IPMX extends that framework into Pro AV environments by incorporating AES67 audio and AMWA NMOS discovery and control, creating interoperable clusters that integrators and engineers can deploy across live sports, corporate, and entertainment venues. As facilities plan multi-vendor AV-over-IP systems, the lack of shared technical knowledge has slowed design cycles and raised integration risks. The free, three-level AIMS curriculum—Foundations now available, followed by Systems and Networks—directly addresses this gap by walking participants through configuration, network requirements, and real-world workflow alignment rather than abstract theory. For post and systems professionals tracking the move to open, standards-based signal chains, the program supplies concrete guidance on how IPMX fits alongside existing ST 2110 plants without requiring proprietary lock-in.
IPMX Curriculum Details Signal Flow and Standards Alignment for AV-over-IP Builds
The Foundations module walks integrators through IPMX packetization of video and audio streams that align with SMPTE ST 2110-10, 2110-20, and 2110-30 timing models. Participants examine how an uncompressed 1080p60 feed occupies roughly 1.5 Gbps on a managed 10 GbE link while JPEG-XS compression drops the same signal to 200-400 Mbps without visible artifacts. AES67 audio flows are mapped alongside the video essence so that a single PTP grandmaster maintains lip sync across multiple endpoints. NMOS IS-04 and IS-05 registration then lets control software discover and route those streams without manual SDP file edits.
Systems and Networks modules shift focus to production economics by comparing baseband router crosspoints with IPMX-capable matrices that scale past 120 inputs without additional SDI cabling. Case studies show how proper NMOS controller configuration eliminates separate audio and video networks, cutting switch port counts by 30 percent on mid-size installs. Attendees also review failure-mode workflows where redundant ST 2110 senders on separate VLANs maintain continuous output during link loss, a configuration previously limited to high-end broadcast trucks but now accessible once engineers complete the free sequence.
The AIMS training rollout underscores a clear industry shift toward open, standards-driven IP infrastructures that unify broadcast and Pro AV environments. By mapping IPMX directly onto AES67, SMPTE ST 2110, and AMWA NMOS, the curriculum equips integrators and engineers to move past proprietary silos and build systems that support real-time contribution, remote production, and file-based post pipelines on the same network fabric. This emphasis on shared technical literacy points to a future where facilities treat IP as the default transport layer rather than an experimental add-on, allowing colorists and supervising editors to pull mezzanine streams into grading bays without format conversions or vendor lock-in.
The next logical step is wider adoption of IPMX in live sports and episodic post workflows, where the Systems and Networks modules will give teams the practical blueprints needed to design redundant, NMOS-controlled ingest paths that feed directly into nonlinear editing and color pipelines. Expect facilities to begin piloting these designs in the coming year, testing how Foundations-level knowledge scales into multi-vendor control surfaces that keep latency low and metadata intact from field to final grade.
Integrators planning AV-over-IP rollouts will want to follow the Systems module when it appears this fall, as it moves from the Foundations material already posted into concrete configuration sequences that incorporate AES67, ST 2110, and NMOS elements. The winter Networks release should then supply the remaining layer on infrastructure sizing and traffic management. Watching how quickly these later chapters are adopted, and whether they produce measurable shifts in bid specifications or commissioning checklists, will show whether the series is succeeding in giving teams a shared reference point for standards-based deployments over the next two seasons.
News submitted by: Mark Ops