Any standard and many specialty single-axis joysticks can be used to control your NewTek NDI® PTZ1 Camera. This can be done through NewTek NDI Studio Monitor, available as part of the free NDI Tools Pack. NewTek’s Kane Peterson demonstrates how to set up and use the capability with an X-Keys XK-12 single-axis joystick.

Available joysticks attached to the system will now be listed in the submenu for PTZ Joystick. Simply select the joystick that you wish to use and begin controlling the PTZ1 camera….read more

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NewTek’s Network Device Interface (NDI) technology for IP video got another boost this week with the announcement of version 3.0, designed to improve the protocol’s performance with PTZ cameras on low-bandwidth networks.

The expansion of the protocol adds multicast with forward error correction, a new “high-efficiency” mode for full-resolution video called NDI HX, standardized PTZ camera control and tally, and improved encoding performance, NewTek said.

NewTek underscored the NDI v3 announcement with the introduction of a PTZ camera specifically designed to work with NDI HX.  The NDI protocol allows video, audio, tally, camera control, and power all to be carried over one Ethernet cable…[continue reading]

There was a time when going tapeless was a completely unheard of idea, and now it is the industry standard. NewTek believes that its new NDI technology could be just that, and they predict that it will revolutionize video production and storytelling by allowing for an easier and more affordable way to convert HDMI and SDI signals into IP signals. Not only is NewTek releasing a new version of their NDI technology, NDI version 3, they are also releasing a PTZ camera with built in NDI capabilities and the Connect Spark, a portable device designed to transmit HDMI and SDI signals to a computer or an IP network, wirelessly.

NewTek is pushing their new NDI version 3 as the best and only technology you should be using when working with IP signals. NDI version 3 allows for end to end IP communication, meaning any device connected to the network is fair game for sending and receiving IP video or audio. Any one NDI source can serve any number of destinations, limited by infrastructure of course. This new IP tech will be featured in Panasonic’s line up of PTZ cameras. This will help streamline user workflow as NDI version 3 offers PTZ camera support including video standardizing and complete camera control including video, audio and tally.

Panasonic will not have the monopoly on cameras featuring NDI capabilities. NewTek themselves are releasing their very own PTZ camera. It will be capable of transmitting 3G 1080p 60 video directly to any NDI compatible device…[continue reading]