Systems and methods for transporting and retaining video header information for video content

A device comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storing an executable code;
• a hardware processor executing the executable code to:
• receive a serial digital interface (SDI) signal including a video content, the SDI signal having header information relating to the video content stored in a data space of the video content;
• retrieve at least one portion of the header information relating to the video content from the data space;
• retrieve the video content from the SDI signal;
• prepare the retrieved video content for transmission using Internet protocol (IP) packets;
• insert the at least one portion of the header information into a header of the IP packets including the prepared video content using;
• and
• transmit IP packets including the prepared video content and the at least one portion of the header information inserted into the header of the IP packets;
• wherein the at least one portion of the header information relating to the video content includes a source multicast address, a timestamp, a synchronization source (SSRC) information and a contributing source (CSRC) information.

A method for use in a system including a first device having a non-transitory memory and a hardware processor, the method comprising:

• receiving, using the hardware processor, Internet protocol (IP) packets encapsulating a video content, the IP packets including a frame having a header storing header information relating to the video content;
• retrieving, using the hardware processor, at least one portion of the header information relating to the video content from the header;
• retrieving, using the hardware processor, the video content from the IP packets;
• preparing, using the hardware processor, the retrieved video content for transmission using serial digital interface (SDI) protocol;
• inserting, using the hardware processor, the at least one portion of the header information into at least one of a vertical ancillary (VANC) data space of the prepared video content or a horizontal ancillary (HANC) data space of the prepared video using the SDI protocol;
• and
• transmitting, using the hardware processor, the prepared video content, using the SDI protocol, including the at least one portion of the header information in the at least one of the VANC data space or the HANC data space;
• wherein the at least one portion of the header information relating to the video content includes a source multicast address, a timestamp, a synchronization source (SSRC) information and a contributing source (CSRC) information.