The Network Device Interface (NDI) protocol released by NewTek in 2016 is one of the fastest-growing elements of the live production, streaming, and broadcasting worlds today. Its rapid adoption and development have been astonishing, and it continues to grow into other areas as more and more companies add it into their workflow. And every year, more manufacturers and software developers are integrating it into their product offerings.
NewTek Spark™ Plus offers the ability to connect any HDMI device and encode the video and audio to a NewTek NDI® stream on a standard network. HD video at 1080p 60fps and UHD video at 2160p 30fps are supported. In this video, we are particularly concerned with adapting gaming devices to become an IP video source. NewTek video producer Richard Evans connects a Nintendo Switch in this tutorial, plus shows the features and operation of the Spark Plus.
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In this video we demonstrate how to connect a laptop to a NewTek Spark™ Converter or NDI PTZ Camera using Local Link
The way that IP is so big for us–for example, let’s talk about hardware switchers. I don’t know how many of you guys deal with hardware switchers vs. TriCasters. If you’re in a hardware-switchers world, getting sources other than cameras into that versus the one or two HDMI inputs we have is impossible.
Bringing in any data or media signal wirelessly poses challenges but also has their benefits. With the creation of NDI, transmitting video wirelessly is now possible.
The main purpose for NewTek Connect Spark™ is to convert SDI or HDMI video signals to NDI® to send as IP video on the computer network via Ethernet or WiFi. From there, the video source can be used by multiple devices and applications all at the same time. But Connect Spark and NDI offer much more: you can also capture and record your HDMI or SDI video in several ways.
Capture 4K UHD video directly from the source and translate to NDI for use with any compatible system, device, or software on your network with the NewTek Connect Spark™ Pro video converter
Back in 2014 when we first heard about NDI, we were pretty excited about the possibilities. Being able to create live video productions using video sources on the local network sounded almost too good to be true. At first I remember being a little skeptical as my only contact with IP video was with cheap IP cameras that were unreliable and had extreme latency.
NewTek recently offered a live video guide to updating the firmware for the Connect Spark. Check out NewTek’s Tuesday Tutorial live show on Facebook.