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Say Hello to BirdDog's OG4
The World's First NDI®
With Eamon Drew, co-founder and CMO, BirdDog.
T
oday's
broadcasting and
production professionals
need technologies that enable
them to meet the rising
demand
for high-quality
content while maintaining
efficient, productive, and
cost-effective workflows.
This is where the world's
first NDI openGear card, the
BirdDog OG4 comes in.
Unrivalled channel density makes
the BirdDog OG4 a total
changer, bridging the worlds
baseband SDI and NDI®
. In a single
2RU openGear oGx chassis, up to ten
OG4 cards can be installed, providing
up to 40 channels of NDI, in 4Kp60,
in a professionally cooled chassis
with optional redundant power.
Each BirdDog openGear OG4 card
features four 12G-SDI connectors
which can be configured to be an
SDI to NDI Encoder, or NDI to SDI
Decoder.
This
offers
maximum
flexibility while eliminating the need
to buy multiple cards for different
purposes. The SFP+ port allows for
10GbE connectivity over fiber for long
runs, reducing cable costs.
In
BirdDog's
SDI to NDI Encode mode,
OG4 card
independent
channels so each
channel can be configured to Encode
a different
resolution and frame
rate, up to a maximum four 12G-SDI
to 4Kp60. When set to NDI to SDI
Decode mode, the BirdDog OG4
card can also have each channel
independently
configured with a
maximum of two channels of 4Kp60
and two channels 1080 supported, or
four channels of 1080.
The BirdDog openGear OG4 card
also offers
full
Ross
Dashboard
support, allowing for easy
configuration of
sources
and
destinations within the same panel
as other openGear cards.
There are multiple ways to control
the OG4
cards,
the free Ross
including
using
DashBoard integration, users
quickly and easily
to any
DashBoard. With
can
create custom
signal paths, enabling them to send
NDI signals
NDI-enabled
delivers
live
5. Enhanced scalability: NDI
offers an extremely scalable,
cost-effective solution for live
production and
broadcast
workflows. As your production
demands evolve, you can easily
add more devices to your
network without the need
for extra SDI equipment.
The beauty
game
of
device on their network, all
within a unified
from
interface. It also
allows for easy SDI source to NDI
encode settings.
So why use NDI?
Converting baseband
SDI to
NDI offers a host of benefits for
broadcasters and live production
professionals including:
1. Reduced cabling and
infrastructure costs: NDI eliminates
the need for expensive SDI cabling
and associated infrastructure. This
is because NDI utilises
Ethernet
standard
infrastructure, which are
typically more affordable and easier
to install than traditional SDI cabling.
The ability to use fiber optic cabling
also makes long runs lower cost and
far easier.
video
2. Increased flexibility: Live
be
feeds may
gives
easily
transmitted and shared across
networks due to the NDI protocol.
This
you more flexibility
and control over your production
workflow since you can quickly and
easily route video signals to any NDI
enabled hardware or software device
on your network.
3. Improved signal quality: NDI
uses a highly efficient compression
algorithm that
delivers
visually
lossless video. This means you can
transmit broadcast-quality video over
standard Ethernet networks, without
the need for expensive and complex
SDI infrastructure.
4. Simplified setup
for
and
configuration: NDI can simplify
the set-up and configuration of
workflows
broadcast and live
production. You can rapidly deploy
workflows
using NDI's
software tools.
suite of
of NDI is that
it enables users to create a
robust, adaptable, and affordable
video production workflow.
The
BirdDog openGear OG4 card is the
perfect product to bridge NDI to the
traditional baseband SDI world.
BirdDog openGear OG4 began
shipping in January, and has been
extremely well
received
integrating
it
workflows.
For more information on BirdDog
openGear OG4 please visit:
https://birddog.tv/og4-overview
For demos, trials & more, contact
BirdDog at: hello@BirdDog.tv
http://www.BirdDog.tv
by
into
the
market, with customers worldwide
already
their
openGear card

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