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Here’s what they came up with!

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NDI turns an Ethernet-based LAN into a video network. Unlike many other IP-based workflows, NDI does not require expensive networking and infrastructure investments. With a Gigabit LAN, you can connect your cameras, screens, control rooms, and your production facilities, and create a site-wide video ecosystem where everything sees everything—and any source can be used by anyone. With a high-bandwidth infrastructure in place, the capacity and the benefits are multiplied.

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NDI simplifies IP-based workflows. It employs simplified configuration and management, bi-directional signal transmission and communication, extensive device networking and access, and refined encoding and communication methods to enable more powerful, more efficient and more versatile video transmission over IP on a less expensive, as well as a less complicated network infrastructure.

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NDI links every device visible on the network. Network Device Interface technology makes every enabled device, connected source, and video signal on your network—camera, production switcher, replay system, computer, graphics machine, video calling system, etc.—visible and available as a source and/or destination for video over IP. NDI is also available as a royalty free Software Development Kit to any customer, manufacturer, or developer who wants to implement it into their products and workflows to accelerate their transition to IP.

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NDI is used in switchers like Epiphan Pearl 2 or software vision mixers like OBS or vMix —This is why NDI was created—NDI exposes the inputs and outputs of every networked device and makes each available as a switchable source. This means you can access, route, and switch with every camera connected to a switcher in your facility, every shared computer on your LAN, every output signal from every device—any production component visible via NDI—increasing your live inputs exponentially without investing in a higher-capacity switcher or video routing hardware.

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NDI enables bi-directional video and audio over IP. Emerging IP workflows marginalize gains by simply replacing SDI cabling with Ethernet infrastructures. Many methods comprise linear, one-way, point-to-point distribution of a single video output signal over IP to a single destination. NDI workflows permits multi-directional, two-way signal transmission over IP, to and/or from any NDI®-enabled device on your network. This means your switcher can simultaneously send its multiple input and output signals to the network for transport to multiple NDI destinations, and receive the input and output signals of every other NDI-enabled device over the network for use as sources.

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NDI maximizes encoding performance and efficiency. Using common compression technologies for high-quality, low-latency IP transport can consume upwards of 50% of CPU processing power for a single video stream. NewTek’s powerful codec enables IP transport that’s so fast and so efficient, a single core of a modern CPU processor can accommodate multiple simultaneous, high-quality, ultra-low latency video streams over IP while using lower overhead. BirdDog’s revolutionary NDI hardware keeps latency ultra-low.

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NDI handles up to 10x more video than alternate video transport methods. Transporting HD video over IP typically requires high-bandwidth, dual-10Gbit networking to accommodate just a few source. With NDI’s IP Workflows, it’s entirely possible to access double-digit HD video streams over IP using just a Gigabit network connection, with a bandwidth requirement of approximately 90-100Mbps per video stream for commonly used HD video formats and 200 -250Mbs for 4K.

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There are 2 types of NDI. NDI | HX which is H264 compressed for lower datarates and is built into lots of different makes of PTZ cameras, like Datavideo, Lumens and Panasonic. Then there is broadcast quality full NDI with lower latency and higher datarates as well as 4K support. All BirdDog cameras and converters support full NDI.

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Uses field-proven IP technology that’s already empowering millions worldwide. While others in the video industry are just now laying the groundwork for transitioning to IP, NDI was ahead of the curve. Starting with Newtek’s first software-driven live production system introduced in 2005, NewTek has been developing and innovating technology for IP-based workflows for more than a decade.

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NDI future proofs video equipment purchases. Standards and formats come and go in the video industry, making facilities uncertain of which to adopt. NDI®, devices are not bound to a single proprietary specification, resolution, or format, and you are not required to conform to specific technical criteria. It’s a universal workflow that’s accessible to any current or future computer-based production component.

We couldn’t agree more, Holdan! Great list!

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With NDI being introduced to Teams, the world of stream has opened even more!

Here is a short demonstration on how to connect Microsoft teams with NDI and then bring in two Teams callers, as separate sources into your live video production switcher.

Download the free NDI Tools: ndi.tv/tools/

Download the NDI SDK: ndi.tv/sdk/

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Dr. Andrew Cross joined President of Broadfield Distributing Gary Bettan to kick off NDI November – a month of nothing but NDI!

Together they discuss the history of NDI and where it’s going.

• NDI History
• NDI|HX2
• NDI Partners
• NDI Cloud
• NDI Future

This conversation is chop full of wonderful information on where NDI can be used in the realm of Houses of Worship, Schools, Corporate AV, and more!

Watch the full video here!

SAN ANTONIO, TX––July 16, 2020—NewTek, the leader in IP-based video technology and part of the Vizrt Group, today announced exclusive learning and certification opportunities through NewTek University. Available to resellers and end users alike, NewTek University courses range from operating guides to classes on selling NewTek solutions.

All learning materials are available online and on-demand, connecting users with an unparalleled learning opportunity no matter their location or time zone. New team members can be brought right up to speed in no time with new content being added to the existing library throughout the rest of 2020.

• Live Production with NewTek TriCaster^® Class & Exam
• NDI^® and Performance Media Networking Class & Exam
• Selling NewTek Technology Class & Exam
• NewTek Product Automation Class
• NewTek 3Play^® Operation Class

“NewTek University provides our resellers and end user communities with comprehensive training available no where else in the market. Certification in using, demonstrating and selling products from the very people who make them is truly valuable,” said David Paige, senior director of Professional Services for NewTek. “We recognize the unique challenges of the way people are having to work now and our online courses and certifications are designed to ensure users remain at the forefront of our newest technology without having to leave

NewTek’s Video Content Producer, Richard Evans also gives a brief description and explanation of NewTek U

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In the last 4 years, NDI^® has become the way video producers work, from game streamers to tier one broadcasters, and is supported in products from the biggest brands in the industry such as Panasonic, Avid, Microsoft Skype, Magewell, Adobe, Grass Valley, EVS, Vizrt, ChyronHego, Atomos, Sony, Vaddio, NewTek, and many more.

NDI^® 4 merges live video and post–production together with the revolutionary ability to record almost unlimited NDI^® video channels, making IP–based multi–camera editing truly accessible for the first time. Continuous recordings are readily available for editing and instant replay without stopping video capture. Time–stamped recordings are seamlessly imported as synchronized files into Adobe^® Creative Cloud^® with full synchronization in any video or audio format, including 4K UHD and above.

“Our mission is to make video accessible to everyone and fun to use. It is clear that software–defined video is changing the way that video is produced. The fourth generation of NDI^® technologies look to use IP video to bridge the gap between live and post–production and thus create new workflows that have been previously impossible,” said Dr. Andrew Cross, president of R&D for Vizrt Group, parent brand of NDI^®. “With billions of devices worldwide, it should be clear that the mobile devices which connect the world today will play a huge role in the future of video production, which is why we are pushing NDI^® technology to seamlessly work on these devices making many already operate as wireless, high quality 4K cameras.”

With NDI^® 4 is a new tool that utilizes high–bandwidth NDI^® over a WiFi connection in resolutions up to 4K UHD, from an iOS–based mobile device. The aspect ratio, frame rate and resolution independent nature of NDI^® not only enables the use of mobile devices as sources but permits other NDI^®–enabled systems including production switchers to deliver content ready for viewing on mobile devices.

“At Kanal 75, we may be the largest deployer of NDI^® in the world with several hundreds of video sources on our network at any given time that we can use in nearly any way we want. We can do things once thought impossible and it allows us to think in new creative ways of what is possible,” said Stefan Hammarlund, CTO at Kanal 75. “We’re very excited about NDI^® 4 and its new features which are significant. We hope these latest features will take us to the next level.”

“NDI^® has given us the opportunity to explore and utilize new, cost–effective production methods,” said Birger Henriksen, Solutions Architect for TV2 in Norway. “We are optimistic for the future of NDI^® and expect that continuous development of the protocol will allow us to utilize NDI^® in even more productions going forward.”

NDI^® 4 boasts increased efficiencies across many areas that include improvements in video quality without an increase in bitrate. Other great additions impact discovery, transport, tools, and a major leap in media acquisition, capture, and recording.

• High quality video, with support for alpha channel and a full 16bit data path. Fully resolution and frame–rate independent, with full support for UHD and beyond
• Full support for audio, with support for more than 64 channels of floating point audio, at all sample–rates
• Support for extensible meta–data and time–stamps
• Fully integrated high efficiency integrated audio and video codecs allowing use within remote and wireless environments
• Support for plug–and–play device discovery or the use of a discovery server
• Unicast and multicast support, allowing use on local networks or cloud environments. Multi–path modes allow bandwidth to be spread across parallel network connections
• Record virtually unlimited numbers of channels of NDI^® with negligible CPU usage, including full support for 16bpp support, alpha channel and unlimited audio channels. All recordings are full synchronized – even across machines – to allow easy multicamera editing
• Full suite of tools, including video source monitoring, recording, desktop capture, full IP based KVM, test pattern generation, and many more
• New iOS apps that transform these devices into full frame–rate, wireless UHD cameras
• Downloadable free SDK that allows use within software applications. SDK for embedded devices that includes sample FPGA designs for encoding and decoding streams
• Cross platform SDK

About NDI

NDI is a brand of Vizrt Group. NDI software is in the hands of millions of customers worldwide and allows multiple video systems to identify and communicate with one another over IP. NDI can encode, transmit and receive many streams of high quality, low latency, frame-accurate video and audio in real time. This benefits any network-connected video device, including cameras, converters, video mixers, graphics systems, capture cards, and many other production devices. #SDVS #NDIcentral #NDI.tv

About NewTek

As the leader in IP video technology, NewTek is transforming the way people create network-style television content and share it with the world. From sporting events, Web-based talk shows, live entertainment, classrooms, and corporate communications, to virtually any place people want to capture and publish live video, we give our customers the power to grow their audiences, brands and businesses faster than ever before.

The NewTek brand joins those of Vizrt and NDI under the umbrella brand of Vizrt Group. The NewTek brand is 100% committed to its Channel Partners as its route to market.

Clients include: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, New York Giants, NBA Development League, Fox News, BBC, NHL, Nickelodeon, CBS Radio, ESPN Radio, Fox Sports, MTV, TWiT.TV, USA TODAY, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Celebro Media, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Charles University in Prague, Pinsent Masons LLP, and more than 80% of the U.S. Fortune 100.

About Vizrt

Vizrt is a worldwide market leader in the areas of real-time 3D graphics, studio automation, sports analysis and asset management tools for the media and entertainment industry. This includes interactive and virtual solutions, animations, maps, weather, social media, video editing, compositing, and multiplatform VOD and live playout tools. Vizrt has customers in more than 100 countries worldwide including CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, BSkyB, Sky Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, Al Jazeera, NDR, ITN, ZDF, VICE, The Washington Post, TF1, CCTV, NHK and the list keeps growing. Vizrt has nearly 600 employees and operates in 40 offices worldwide.

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The booth will feature a single vertical cabinet containing 16 NewTek hardware devices and an array of cutting-edge advanced software tools designed to create, stream, publish, convert, and monitor AV content and more. Connected only to electricity and a 1Gb Ethernet local area network, these assets are controllable from any of the networked demonstration pods at the booth allowing users to access and utilize any capability or feature from any device. The end result is the ultimate in networked systems for AV over IP that saves time, money, space and other precious resources while creating new possibilities for customers that previously did not exist.

“NDI allows anyone integrating AV over IP solutions to be far more dynamic than ever before with our own InfoComm booth demo being a great example. Every device and application we’re showing can be controlled at any touch point,” said Dr. Andrew Cross, president and CTO of NewTek. “Compare it to other IP-based AV solutions that send a single signal from point-to-point at a high cost and you realize you are looking at the future and it is here now.”

The NDI Product Showcase

NewTek Booth #1925 will also showcase an array of third party NDI products to include:

· Sony IP&S Inc. BRC-X400 IP 4K Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with NDI®|HX capability

· BirdDog P200 NDI PTZ Camera

· DELTACAST DELTA-neo N2H Converter

· Exterity AvediaStream Transcoder

· Kiloview N1 NDI Hx Encoder

· Lumens VC-A505PN PTZ Camera

· Magewell Pro Convert HDMI TX

· Switchblade Systems Splyce X4 NDI Encoder

· Vaddio RoboSHOT 30E NDI Elite Series Professional PTZ Camera

· and more

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NewTek Spark Converter

One of the strong points of the NewTek Spark family of NDI® converters is the ability for control over the local network. However, sometimes you want an even simpler approach, and NewTek’s NDI devices can do this.

In this demo NewTek video content producer Richard Evans shows how you can directly connect the network port of a Spark to the network port of a laptop or desktop computer, run NewTek NDI Monitor on the system, and get access to the internal setup web page of the device. This approach will also work with NewTek’s NDI cameras. This can be especially handy as a means to check and setup your NewTek NDI cameras and converters prior to taking them out into the field for a production.

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Making a more engaging show is something every producer tries to do for whatever project they’re working on.  Now with the popularity of podcasts only rising, the same applies for anyone embarking on such an endeavor.  Something we do for our Broadfield Liquid Lunch & Learn live webinars (which are live every Thursday at 1pm) is bring in guests live in-studio or via Skype from wherever they are in the world.  We’ve done this a number of times and with our viewer base growing each guest we bring in.  Rather than just having our host spouting off news and information about products we sell, when we have a guest it becomes an engaging interaction that helps break down the show and makes it more fun for our audience as well as the talent and crew.

We produce our shows using a NewTek TriCaster TC1 which is an NDI-compatible live production system which allows us to do many things a typical live streamer or podcaster couldn’t.  However, Skype has integrated NewTek’s NDI technology in their standalone program that can allow for this same integration for content creators of all kinds.  We still love our TriCaster TC1 for so many more reasons but now with this advancement from Skype, users won’t necessarily need a unit like this to achieve the same interaction with a guest and also their audience.  Skype has always been at the forefront of this communication technology, but now seeing the potential in NewTek‘s NDI technology, they’ve yet again found a way to bring people together.

As known, podcasts are perfect instruments for storytelling and what makes it so appealing is their characteristic of being just domain specific. For example, most podcasts focus only on the subject in which they have good expertise. This is the opposite of typical news which seems to be a random assortment of whatever is current and popular.

NDI or Network Device Interface is the world’s premier software-driven IP video technology. When enabled, it allows compatible systems, devices, and applications to connect and communicate over IP to share video, audio, and data. Getting started with NDI® is equivalent to adding connected devices to your network at home or the office

Moreover, the cost of transitioning to NewTek NDI doesn’t require heavy investment in expensive facility upgrades, new network infrastructure, or proprietary hardware….[continue reading]

On a laptop on the same network, Mr. Lomicka runs the NewTek NDI Studio Monitor application from NewTek’s free download NDI Tools Pack. NDI-aware devices and applications auto-detect any other active NDI sources on the same network, so the system running Media Composer is visible on the File menu for NDI Studio Monitor. With one click, the NDI stream can be selected for viewing and goes live on NDI Studio Monitor.

Among the workflow applications this offers is to speed up the review and approval process. A project does not need to rendered to a file and the file sent to the reviewer, uploaded to shared storage or walked over on thumbdrive. The editor can simply play it live in Media Composer with NDI on, and any networked system can view it. This also makes it possible to use Media Composer as a resource in live production, as there are many live production systems that are now NDI enabled, NewTek VMC1, TriCaster^® TC1, and 3Play^® 3P1 being examples. If an edited package is needed on quick turnaround, it can be created on Media Composer and played live to the switcher or production system as soon as ready….[continue reading]