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4K FAMILY
IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS.
USER GUIDE

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Summary of Contents for NDI BirdDog 4K Series

  • Page 1 4K FAMILY IT’S ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS. USER GUIDE...
  • Page 2 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE.
  • Page 3 Accessing on a network without a DHCP server PASSWORD MANAGEMENT Default password A/V SETUP NDI ENCODE Video Input Format Chroma Subsample Rate Bit Depth NDI Output Bandwidth Loop Out Tally MISCELLANEOUS NDI Stream Name NETWORK Device naming IP configuration method DHCP IP address...
  • Page 4: Getting To Know Your Device

    GETTING TO KNOW YOUR DEVICE Thanks for purchasing BirdDog 4K Converter. Please take some time to read this document to allow you to get the most out of your purchase and familiarize yourself with the features available in the unit. Physical connectors Powering your 4K Converter This converter is equipped with a sophisticated system allowing power from various sources:...
  • Page 5 BOOTING UP YOUR BIRDDOG DEVICE Indication of system boot process As soon as the converter detects a power input the fan will begin to spin. After approximately 20 seconds you will notice the network activity indicator will begin to flash indicating that the device is now able to see the computer network. After a further 20 seconds the OLED display will illuminate.
  • Page 6: Password Management

    Video Input Format This converter is capable of accepting many different video formats to encode to NDI. For the most part it is recommended to leave Video Input Format set to AUTO, you can manually override this setting and choose whatever resolution your source...
  • Page 7 When your BirdDog converter generates an NDI stream, it can be identified via it’s name on any NDI-capable receiver. You are able to nominate the NDI stream name here to give you a more descriptive name of the source you are connecting to. This can...
  • Page 8 You can name each unit with a friendly name that makes sense for each production (Camera 1, Camera 2, etc). This name will appear on any NDI receiver when it looks for video coming from Mini over the network. The name must not include any special characters and can be any combination of ‘a-z, 1-0, and –‘.
  • Page 9: Firmware Update

    Setting default system target... Rebooting... RECEIVING NDI STREAMS There are many applications that support receiving the NDI signal that the unit produces. Each application will vary slightly on how you choose your source. NewTek Studio Monitor NewTek provide a free Studio Monitor application that allows you to monitor many NDI sources on a standard Windows computer.
  • Page 10 bird-dog.tv hello@bird-dog.tv...

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