Standards and interoperability

Built on open standards

Appear equipment interoperates with the standards your facility already runs, and we sit on the committees that write them.

Why it matters

Built for the equipment you already run

No live facility is single-vendor. Contribution, processing, and distribution chains mix equipment from dozens of suppliers, and the whole chain has to hold on air. That is why Appear builds on open standards rather than proprietary lock-in — from ST 2110 and JPEG XS to SRT and CMAF.

We also help write them. Appear engineers contribute to the industry bodies below, shaping the standards our customers will depend on next.

Where we contribute

Appear holds active membership in the associations and standards bodies that keep broadcast and media technology open, interoperable, and moving forward.

Industry committees

• ABOTTS: The Brazilian association of OTT and streaming providers. Visit site →
• ABU: Promotes the collective interests of television and radio broadcasters worldwide. Visit site →
• AIMS: Industry consortium dedicated to an open-standards approach to media over IP. Visit site →
• AMWA: Drives the industry move to IP-based architectures, home of the NMOS specifications. Visit site →
• AVIA: Trade association for multichannel TV broadcast service providers across Asia. Visit site →
• DASH-IF: Creates interoperability guidelines for the MPEG-DASH streaming standard. Visit site →
• EBU: Strives to secure a sustainable future for public service media. Visit site →

The standards behind every deployment

From uncompressed IP media to internet contribution and adaptive streaming — browse by area, expand any standard for the detail, and follow through to the official specification.

IP media & transport

SMPTE ST 2110

Professional media over managed IP networks — video, audio, and ancillary data as separate, individually routable flows.
In Appear products: native ST 2110 input and output across the X Platform, with PTP synchronisation and ST 2022-7 seamless protection for uninterrupted service.
Official specification →

Compression & encoding

JPEG XS

Visually lossless compression with an end-to-end latency of just a few lines of video.
In Appear products: high-density JPEG XS encoding and decoding on the X Platform, including the X5 — the backbone of REMI and interfacility workflows.
Official specification →

H.265 / H.264

HEVC and AVC — the video codecs carrying most of the world’s contribution and distribution.
In Appear products: broadcast-grade H.264 and HEVC encoding, transcoding, and decoding at high density across the X Platform and XC Platform.
Official specification →

Choose the right platform

From compact fixed systems to high-density chassis, software-defined transport, and the proven legacy core — every product is designed to interconnect.

The full portfolio

X5

Compact, fixed-function system for smaller and edge sites. Powerful, futureproof media processing without compromise.
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X20

The high-density 2RU flagship. Built for maximum capacity, expansion, and the most demanding live workflows.
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XC Platform

The proven legacy core trusted across thousands of deployments — the dependable heritage the entire ecosystem is built on.
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