Some of the fastest growing software developers in the lighting and media server markets today have developed an open network protocol called CITP/MSEX…The importance of the CITP protocol is that it allows transmission of video data via ArtNet. Along with layers for DMX, information for selections of fixtures, reports and patching (PINF, SDMX, FPTC, FSEL, FINF, and OMEX), CITP also transmits a layer for live streaming video from a media server (MSEX) over Ethernet. Having this protocol means that applications can now share video in real time, allowing thumbnails of video content as well as streaming video to be displayed either on a lighting console or in a visualizer.
—Vickie Claiborne, from PLSN, “Video Digerati,” July 2009
