Fast. Easy. 4K to NDI®.
Capture 4K UHD video directly from the source and translate to NDI® for use with any compatible system, device, or software on your network with the NewTek Connect Spark™ Pro video converter.
Connect Spark™ Pro The fastest, easiest, and most flexible way to acquire 4K UHD video for your IP-based production workflow.
- HDMI video input with embedded audio
- IP output via NDI® with near-zero latency
- Support for 4K UHD and 1080p video at up to 60fps
- Unicast and multicast transfer modes
- Web-based remote configuration and monitoring
- NDI® tally support with built-in tally lights
- Wired Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
- Support for Power over Ethernet (POE)
- Hardware-based FPGA and SoC technology
- Industry-standard, threaded-screw camera mount
4K UHD to NDI®
Turn any compatible 4K UHD device into an IP video source instantly. Simply plug it into Connect Spark™ Pro, and the signal is translated to full-bandwidth NDI®. No complex configuration or excessive cabling required.
Workflow Friendly
From acquisition to delivery, insert Connect Spark™ Pro wherever you need it in your workflow. Compatible with all systems, devices, and applications that support NDI®, it brings valuable versatility to every production.
Configurable Transfer
Set up Connect Spark™ Pro to suit your network configuration and delivery needs, with support for all NDI® transfer modes, to include unicast and multicast UDP with forward error correction (FEC), and unicast TCP.
Sleek Design
Portable and camera-mountable, with built-in tally lights and support for Power over Ethernet (POE), Connect Spark™ Pro integrates effortlessly into any professional production setup or studio environment.
About NewTek NDI®
NDI is in use in millions of devices allowing 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 video mixers, graphics systems, capture cards, and many other production devices. This makes it possible to exponentially increase the number of sources available for live production switching, without directly attaching to devices, changing locations, or investing in expensive, high-bandwidth networks that simply replace SDI-based workflows.
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NewTek in collaboration with Sony is bringing NDI® to the BRC-X400, Sony’s latest 4K Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) Camera to market with support for NDI®|HX, the key technology behind the world’s largest and fastest growing community of IP video products. Customer demand for NDI led to a close cooperation between Sony and NewTek to add NDI®|HX capability to its latest BRC-X400, Sony’s first IP 4K PTZ camera delivering 4K30p high picture quality, powerful 80x zoom in FHD with Clear Image Zoom, Tele Convert Mode and support vast range of camera control protocols including 700 Protocol, CGI as well as VISCA/VISCA over IP. The model comes with broadcast-friendly features such as tally lamps and genlock supports and ensure efficient live production set-up by power supply, image output, camera controls, all over a single Ethernet cable. The BRC-X400 is planned to be available by the end of 2019. The PTZ camera will come in both black and white.
The world’s only integrated solution with built-in Viz software.
Take your production value to the next level with the NVG1 NewTek-Vizrt IP Graphics Server. A powerful 1RU turnkey video system, it combines NewTek’s software-driven video technology with Vizrt’s industry-leading Viz Trio™ character generator and Viz Engine™ compositing software to deliver the highest-quality CG and motion graphics into any production.
The Total Package.
- Deliver real-time, animated 3D graphics in resolutions up to 4K UHD, incorporating text, images, and video.
- Customize ready-made templates, changing color schemes, textures, and styles, or utilize optional design services to align graphics with your brand standards and visual identity.
- Integrate into any professional video workflow with intuitive playlist operation, multi-channel control, and support for macro automation.
- Connect to compatible technologies over IP, including NewTek IP Series and TriCaster® live production systems, and the Vizrt product ecosystem.
Industry-Leading Live Graphics
Leverage the power and flexibility of Vizrt’s industry-leading software tools for graphics generation and playout. Integrating Viz Trio for controlling graphic elements, and Viz Engine for rendering visuals in real time for output and use in your production, the NVG1 IP Graphics Server allows you to apply a signature look and feel to your branding, presentation, and viewer experience.
Native IP Workflow
With native integration of NDI®, NewTek’s innovative Network Device Interface technology, the NVG1 IP Graphics Server interfaces seamlessly with the most prolific IP-based workflow in the industry, including NewTek IP Series and TriCaster live production systems. Residing anywhere on your network, from inside your facility to miles away in a remote studio, it brings broadcast-quality graphics into your production right on cue.
Content to Impress
Hit viewers with high-impact professional graphics right out of the box. The NVG1 IP Graphics Server includes production-ready news and sports graphics packages designed by Polygon Labs that you can customize to preference by changing color schemes, textures, logos, and more.
High-Performance Hardware and Software
From the streamlined 1RU chassis with redundant power and dual Gigabit network interfaces, to the software platform’s built-in intelligence and Transition Logic, to the intuitive user control for manual and automated workflows, the NVG1 IP Graphics Server is purpose-built to handle even the most demanding production workflows—and look good while doing it.
Professional Tools for Any Production Environment
Fully compatible with the entire suite of Vizrt solutions*, the NVG1 IP Graphics Server integrates seamlessly into advanced workflows for graphics authoring, data visualization, interactive election coverage, MOS newsroom production, collaborative NLE pipelines, video wall installations, and more. Visit www.vizrt.com or contact your local Vizrt representative for more information.
*Viz TrioTM and Viz EngineTM are trademarks of Vizrt
Hardware Specifications
1RU chassis with 280W redundant PSU • 19.0 x 1.75 x 16.75 in (48.3 x 4.5 x 42.5 cm) with rack ears attached .
Your workflow, Your choice.
NewTek Spark Plus™ video converters are the fastest, easiest, and best way to video over IP. Ultra-portable enclosures with resolutions up to UHD 60p, the groundbreaking benefits of NDI®, and a host of tools and capabilities makes NewTek Spark Plus video converters the right choice for the full spectrum of video production needs.
- NDI® Compatible Workflows
- NDI® Transfer Modes
- NDI® Input and Output
- Portable and Mountable
- Program and Preview Tally
- Easy Network Identification
- Web-Based Interface
- Multicast Mode
- NDI® Virtual Input
There is a NewTek Spark™ that’s perfect for you
Our family of Spark™ Plus IO converters all offer bi-directional conversion from 4K HDMI, 3G-SDI to 12G-SDI. Catering to the full spectrum of video production needs, each NewTek Spark™ offers Tally support, are portable and mountable, and offer the groundbreaking benefits of NDI®.
Spark Plus IO 4K
Spark Plus IO 3G-SDI
Spark Plus IO 12G-SDI
Spark Plus 4K
Add Spark to your gaming
Plug into the action and get video from games, cameras, and other devices distributed to viewers on-site at events, or watching from the other side of the world, putting them right at the center of the competition.
Add Spark to your company communications
Easily connect your camera, laptop or webcam to Spark and deliver live video to your meetings, training, conferences, and more through Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting™, Skype™, Skype for Business, WebEx, Zoom, and other communication platforms.
Add Spark everywhere: your venue, your classroom, your event & more
Whenever, wherever you need to get video signal from here to there, NewTek Spark is the fastest, easiest way to get it done. Just connect your device and like magic it appears on your network and is accessible to show and share.
Portable. Affordable. Efficient. There is a NewTek Spark that’s perfect for you.
NewTek Spark™ Plus
About NewTek NDI®
NDI is in use in millions of devices allowing 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 video mixers, graphics systems, capture cards, and many other production devices. This makes it possible to exponentially increase the number of sources available for live production switching, without directly attaching to devices, changing locations, or investing in expensive, high-bandwidth networks that simply replace SDI-based workflows.
Technical Specifications
Video Input
8 x simultaneous external video inputs, supporting any combination of compatible sources
Network Video Input
8 x IP video inputs via NDI, resolution-independent, with support for key and fill
SDI Video Input
4 x HD/SD-SDI connections supporting video input in any combination of standard formats, resolutions, and frame rates 1
- 1080p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976
- 1080i: 59.94, 50
- 720p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976
- 576i 25
- 480i 59.94
1Available frame rates determined by session video standard (NTSC or PAL)
PTZ
Support for Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) robotic cameras via serial and network protocols, including RS232, RS422, and IP, with integrated controls and preset system
Skype TX
Native support for Skype® video call input via Skype TX software integration
Network Video Output
4 x independent IP video mix outputs via NDI®
SDI Video Output
2 x independently configurable HD/SD video outputs, with support for up to 4 simultaneous external connections
Stream Output
2 x resolution-independent streaming video output, independently configurable, with simultaneous stream archive
Multiviewer Output
1 x DVI user interface with multiviewer
1 x HDMI multiviewer
1 x DisplayPort multiviewer
1 x HDMI multiviewer
1 x DisplayPort multiviewer
Mix/Effect Buses (M/E)
4 x M/E buses supporting video re-entry
- 1 x Mix/Effect channel per bus with support for up to 4 sources
- 4 x KEY layers per bus
DSK Channels
2 x DSK channels
Media
5 x media players
- 2 x DDR
- 2 x GFX
- 1 x Sound
Media Buffers
15 x media buffers
- 10 x animation buffers
- 5 x graphic buffers
Keyers
Integrated LiveMatte® chroma and luma keying technology on all source channels and M/E buses
- 8 x input keyers
- 4 x media player keyers
- 4 x M/E keyers
- 1 x PREVIZ keyer
- 15 x buffer keyers
COMPs
Integrated video composition engine on the switcher and each M/E bus to create, store, and apply layer configuration and DVE-style motion sequences
- 16 x configurable COMP presets per bus
Virtual Sets
Integrated LiveSet® technology with 30+ live virtual sets and box effects included
DataLink
Integrated DataLink® technology enabling real-time, automated data input from internal and external sources, including webpages, spreadsheets, scoreboards, databases, RSS feeds, watch files, XML, CSV, ASCII and more
Macros
Record, store, edit, and automate commands and user-configured operation sequences
- Attach to control panel buttons, keyboard shortcuts, hotspots, MIDI, and X-keys® buttons or GPI triggers
- Attach to internal events and state changes, including audio, media playback, tally, and specific switcher actions
- Supports control via web-based interface
Recording
6 x configurable video recording channels via IsoCorder® technology
- 4 x QuickTime® archival video recorders (XDCAM HD compatible, 4:2:2 encoding, 24-bit audio, with timecode)2
- 2 x H.264 local video recorder (multiple profiles)
- Ability to trigger up to 6 additional recordings on select NDI-enabled devices
- 1 x MP3 audio recorder
Storage
1 x 3TB internal drive
- Capacity varies by format, resolution, and file specification
- Supports recording to external storage via USB 3.0
- Supports shared storage integration and third-party partner solutions
Grab
Grab full-resolution, deinterlaced still images from external video sources and outputs
Export
Export video and image files to social media, FTP, local or external volumes, and network servers, with optional transcoding
Audio Mixer
Integrated multi-channel audio mixer with support for quad-channel audio, DSPs, 4 x 4 x 4 audio input channel routing
Local Audio Input
4 x SDI embedded
1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair (Line)
3 x Balanced 1/4†stereo pairs Line)
Support for USB audio device input via compatible WDM audio drivers
1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair (Line)
3 x Balanced 1/4†stereo pairs Line)
Support for USB audio device input via compatible WDM audio drivers
Local Audio Output
4 x SDI embedded
1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair
1 x Balanced 1/4†stereo pair
1 x Stereo ¼†(phones)
1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair
1 x Balanced 1/4†stereo pair
1 x Stereo ¼†(phones)
Network Audio
Native support for network audio input and output via NDI®
Embedded audio supported for all NDI® input and output video signals
Integrated support3 for Dante® networking protocol from Audinate® Support for AES67 protocol via compatible WDM audio drivers 3 Requires Dante Virtual Soundcard license from Audinate (sold separately) 4Requires third-party virtual sound card license (sold separately)
Embedded audio supported for all NDI® input and output video signals
Integrated support3 for Dante® networking protocol from Audinate® Support for AES67 protocol via compatible WDM audio drivers 3 Requires Dante Virtual Soundcard license from Audinate (sold separately) 4Requires third-party virtual sound card license (sold separately)
Supported Media File Formats
Import, store, and play back multimedia files, with optional transcoding, including:
- Video: AVI, DV, DVCPro, DVCProHD, FLV, F4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, MKV, MJPEG, MPEG, MP4, WMV, WebM, and more
- Image: PSD, PNG, TGA, BMP, JPEG, JPEG-XR, JPEG2000, EXR, RAW, TIF, WebP, and more
- Audio: AIFF, MP3, WAV, and more
Monitoring
Support for up to 3 multiviewer displays with configurable workspaces and viewports
Signal Monitoring
Integrated waveform and vectorscope, full field rate with digital calibration, color preview and support for ITU-R Rec. 709
Processing
Video: Floating Point YCbCr +A 4:4:4:4 Audio: Floating Point, 96 kHz
Throughput Latency
~1.0-1.5 frames
A/V Standards
HD-SDI video conforms to SMPTE 292M SD video conforms to SMPTE 259M and ITU-R BT.656 Analog audio levels conform to SMPTE RP-155
Tally
Support for hardware tally via HD15 GPI connector, network tally via NDI®, and Blackmagic Design® SDI tally standard
Genlock
Genlock input supporting SD (Bi-level) or HD (Tri-level) reference signals
GPI
Supports GPI signals via JLCooper Electronics eBox GPI interface
MIDI
Support for standard MIDI protocol enabling third-party device control
System Drive 250GB SSD
System Drive 250GB SSD
NIC
2 x 1 Gigabit NIC
System Physical
2RU chassis with 400W PSU and multi-tiered hardware and software fail-safe
- 19.0 x 3.5 x 19.57 in (48.3 x 8.9 x 49.7 cm) with rack ears attached
Subject to change without notice.
