AV Calculators & Planning Tools
Quick calculators answer one question instantly; planning tools go deeper. Browse by category.
Displays & Projection
Screen size, viewing distance, projectors and LED walls.
Display Planner
PlannerPlan a whole display setup: viewing distance by use case (presentation, cinema, signage, gaming) and technology (TV, projector, LED wall, monitor) — with a room plan.
Projection Planner
PlannerPlan a projector: screen size, throw distance and lens, and the lumens needed — with side and top views.
LED Wall Planner
PlannerMatch LED cabinets to a screen size — actual dimensions, resolution, power draw (W/A) and the cabling plan.
DOOH Planner
PlannerPlan an outdoor digital screen: size it, draw the road, and get readability zones, dwell time and retina distance for drivers and pedestrians.
Screen Size Calculator
Convert between a screen diagonal, width, and height for any aspect ratio.
Projector Throw Distance Calculator
Find the projector installation distance from screen width and throw ratio — or work backwards from a distance.
Projector Brightness Calculator
Find the projector lumens needed for a target brightness in nits, lux or footcandles — with the equivalent in all three units.
LED Pixel Pitch Calculator
Calculate an LED wall's pixel count, viewing distance and content resolution from its size and pixel pitch.
Video & Streaming
Bitrate and codec calculators for AV-over-IP and recording.
IP Video Bitrate Calculator
Raw and codec-compressed bitrate for a single video signal (NDI, SDVoE, ST 2110, JPEG 2000, H.264/H.265 …) — compare every codec side by side.
Recording Bitrate Calculator
Recommended recording bitrate (ProRes, H.264, H.265) and storage per hour.
27 codec bitrate calculators
IPMX / light compression
Visually lossless (1 GbE)
- JPEG 2000 Bitrate Calculator
- VC-2 / Dirac Pro (ST 2042) Bitrate Calculator
- Crestron NVX Bitrate Calculator
- Atlona OmniStream Bitrate Calculator
- Q-SYS Shift Bitrate Calculator
- Extron NAV (PURE3) Bitrate Calculator
- Just Add Power Bitrate Calculator
- Visionary Solutions PacketAV Bitrate Calculator
- Harman AMX SVSI Bitrate Calculator
- WyreStorm NetworkHD Bitrate Calculator
- Dante AV Bitrate Calculator
- Lightware UBEX Bitrate Calculator
- AVPro Edge MXNet (1G) Bitrate Calculator
SDVoE (10 GbE)
Networking, Power & Cooling
Switches, PoE budgets and rack heat.
Switch Configurator
ConfiguratorPlan one switch for the whole system: audio, video, lighting and custom devices — total bandwidth, PoE budget, and the switch spec you need.
PoE Budget Calculator
Total the PoE draw of your devices and check it against your switch power budget — with the 80% safety rule.
Rack Heat & Cooling Calculator
List a rack's devices to get the total heat load, required exhaust airflow for HVAC, and the electrical circuits.
More coming soon
Audio
SPL, amplifier matching and speaker coverage — coming soon.
Lighting
Lux, DMX channel budgets and lighting power — coming soon.
Rigging
Truss load, bridle-leg tension and safety factors — coming soon.