STUDIO NDI

Studio NDI is the world's flagship NDI® Encoder and Decoder. BirdDog Studio enables your existing cameras to be included into a new IP workflow for your live productions. Once you convert your HDMI or SDI signal to IP the possibilities of live productions are magnified. Any network connection becomes a live video input into your switcher.

Built around BirdDog's custom NDI® silicon chip and housed in an aircraft grade aluminium case, Studio NDI has been engineered from the ground up for real-world users. Featuring SDI and HDMI inputs and outputs, built-in cross converter, active loop outs, dual NDI® encoding, audio intercom system, return feed, NDI® tally system, PoE, and compatibility with BirdDog's Comms and Central Apps, Studio NDI is the perfect addition to any live producers toolkit.

NDI® Encode or Decode. Choose your own adventure.

Built with total flexibility in mind Studio NDI can be configured as an NDI® Encoder or NDI® Decoder with a simple click of a button. Studio NDI is the World's Only NDI® Hardware capable of Encoding resolutions up to 1080p60 SDI and HDMI to NDI® and Decoding NDI® resolutions up to 1080p60 to SDI or HDMI.

Full NDI®. No compromises.

In the world of NDI® there are two flavours, NDI® and NDI|HX. NDI® is a variable bit rate, I-Frame codec that is reaches around 140Mbits at 1080p60 and is visually lossless. NDI|HX is a compressed, long-GOP, H.264 variant that reaches around 12Mbits at 1080p60. Studio NDI hardware only Encodes and Decodes Full YUV422 NDI®.

Extreme Speed. It's all about the silicon.

BirdDog's revolutionary custom silicon chip is what drives the best NDI products on the planet. Only BirdDog's hardware can do line-based processing to give the fastest possible NDI® Encoding or Decoding technically possible.

Dual Processing. Twice the fun.

Featuring the world's only dual processing technology Studio NDI is capable of Asynchronous Dual Encoding and Asynchronous Return Feed*.
(1x NDI® Encode and 1x NDI® Decode).