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AVB versus Milan certified AVB—I hear that there are differences and some non-certified AVB interfaces could potentially have issues on networks with certified ones. Any experience there? And what about AVB switches?

ASKED BY · Unknown · 09 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:20:06

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Mickey

Milan is effectively a subset of AVB with stricter format specifications. When certified and non-certified AVB switches communicate, formatting compatibility issues can arise. The recommendation is to understand your audio formats and hardware pipeline.

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20:06Those are the questions that I would start asking if you're thinking bandwidth might be the issue. Next question. This one is coming in from me, AVB versus Milan certified AVB. I hear that there are differences in some non-certified AVB interfaces could potentially have issues on networks with certified ones. Any experience there? And what about AVB switches? I've heard mixed things. Now, it was my understanding that the Milan AVB versus regular AVB, that it was kind of Milan was sort of a subset, so to speak.

20:41So it's not going to accept every different kind of format that can come down the pipe. And so if two switches are talking to one another, if one's certified and one is not, then you could have a formatting compatibility. But I haven't used any of the Milan-specific AVB switches, so I don't have any firsthand knowledge of that one. But what I would do if I were in your situation is take a look at what are the audio formats that you're trying to push

21:12and what are the different specific pieces of hardware that are in your pipeline and then understand how they're talking to one another. Next question. This one is coming in from Paul Valhus in Austin, Texas. Sony's new ECM778 shotgun microphone seems short but gets good reviews. How do you think it rates? Jeff? Well, first of all, I don't know if it's new. It seems to be over a year old in terms of when it was released.

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