BirdDog announces Bonus Features for Studio NDI
By Jim Bask
BirdDog, the maker of the world’s best NDI enabling hardware is proud to announce that due to the scalable hardware platform of Studio NDI, there will be a raft of bonus features added through free future firmware updates.
The future Bonus Features include:
- Dual Encode
Simultaneously encode SDI and HDMI into full quality NDI with no added latency. - Decode
Receive NDI and output to SDI or HDMI. Perfect for stadiums, auditoriums, and any application where you need to show NDI on a screen. - Comms
Talk directly with all production staff over a dedicated NDI Audio channel for Comms. Simply plug a headset in to Studio NDI and chat away. - PTZ Control
Studio NDI eliminates the need to run two cables to your PTZ camera. Plug your PTZ Camera directly into BirdDog and maintain full PTZ control. Requires optional USB to Ethernet adapter. - Tally Overlay on Loop Out
Optional Tally overlay or clean loop out. Attach to a monitor and have red/green tally border for camera operator. Choose to have Tally on both HDMI and SDI outputs, Or one clean output and one with Tally, or turn Tally off altogether. - Advanced Timing
By utilising cutting-edge network timing protocols Studio NDI allows multi-camera environments to benefit from synchronisation across all cameras.
“When planning Studio NDI we set out to make the world’s best NDI converter with the features we thought the customers needed,” said Dan Miall, CEO of BirdDog. “These features included full 1080p60 HD encoding from any SDI or HDMI source with embedded audio. We also have a full HDMI to SDI and SDI to HDMI Cross Converter built in, we have a large Tally display and the most flexible powering options over PoE, D-Tap or DC input.”
“Because we developed the product on a scalable hardware platform, we have been keeping a few little secrets up our sleeve, which I am happy to share with the customers now. In particular I find the Dual Encode feature very interesting as it gives us the lowest cost per channel encoder on the market. Plus we expect this feature will also reduce our already super low latency even further” continued Dan Miall. “The Bonus Features will be coming soon and whilst we are not committing to any time frames we anticipate these will be added over the course of the next 3-4 months.