BirdDog · NDI®
Broadcast-quality video, anywhere your network reaches
BirdDog builds NDI® from the ground up — cameras, converters and software that all speak the same IP-video language. One network cable carries professional video, and any source can appear on any screen, switcher or encoder in the building. As BirdDog puts it, “NDI® has never looked so good.”
The problem
Cabling is what holds live video back
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Cable is the bottleneck
SDI and HDMI runs hit distance limits, and every change means pulling new cable — the layout you install is the layout you’re stuck with.
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Sources trapped in silos
Getting any source onto any screen usually needs a matrix of dedicated hardware — expensive, fixed, and hard to grow.
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Live production is staff-heavy
Multi-camera production is complex and takes people — a barrier for worship, education and corporate teams doing it themselves.
How it works
One network, one video language
BirdDog is NDI®-native end to end. Cameras, converters and software all run over the network you already have — so any source can reach any destination, controlled from one place, and it scales from a single camera to a whole facility.
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NDI®-native, end to end
Cameras, converters and software all speak NDI® over one network — professional video on the cabling you already run.
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Bridge old & new
Converters move NDI® to and from SDI, HDMI and Dante — so existing gear joins the network without a rip-and-replace.
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One software layer
CENTRAL, COMMS, CamControl, NDI® PTZ Control and Multiview run the whole setup from one place — discovery, routing and control together.
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Scale one camera to a facility
Add sources and screens as you grow — the same platform runs a single studio or a whole building.
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Extend to the cloud
BirdDog Cloud and Cloud Connect carry NDI® beyond the building — remote production and multi-site, future-proofed.
Why it works
Professional live production, on your network
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Broadcast quality over IP
Professional video across the network you already have — no dedicated video cabling to install.
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Any source, any destination
Any camera can appear on any screen, switcher or encoder — routing in software, not a hardware matrix.
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Unified NDI® control
One software suite discovers, routes and controls the whole setup — fewer people, less complexity.
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NDI®-first, software-rich
NDI® from the ground up plus a full software suite — a coherent system, not a bag of adapters.
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Cloud-ready
Cloud and Cloud Connect extend production beyond the building — remote and multi-site when you need it.
The kit
BirdDog for NDI® production
Cameras, converters, control software and cloud — the pieces of an NDI® workflow, all built to work together. Tell us the room and the job and we’ll design the workflow with you.
NDI® PTZ & box cameras
Eyes A-Series, X-Series and the MAKI and MAX box cameras — NDI® sources from a single network cable.
Converters & encoders
The 4K Family, FLEX 4K, MINI, Studio NDI, PLAY and the Dante NDI Bridge — bring existing SDI, HDMI and audio onto the network.
Control software
CENTRAL, COMMS, CamControl, NDI® PTZ Control and Multiview — run discovery, routing and control from one place.
Cloud & AV-over-IP
BirdDog Cloud and Cloud Connect, plus WALLPLATE, POD and VideoWall — extend NDI® across the building and beyond.
Designing an NDI® workflow?
Tell us about the room, the cameras and how you want to produce, and we’ll design the BirdDog workflow with you — and flag anything you don’t need.