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Magewell - What is multiview?

25 Jun 20262 min readForeFront Imaging

Multiview is a single video output that shows several sources at once, arranged in a grid — typically 2-up, 4-up, or a custom layout — rather than one source filling the whole screen. It's how a single monitor on a desk can show four camera feeds at once instead of needing four separate screens.

Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Multiview Decoder 1 2 3 4 One screen, 4-up multiview

It's commonly confused with switching, but they're different jobs: a switcher picks one source at a time to send to the program output; multiview is purely a monitoring layout, showing several sources simultaneously so an operator can see what's available before cutting to it. Many production setups use both together — a multiview output to watch all the cameras, and a separate clean program output that only shows whichever one is currently selected.

Where this fits in our range

Our Pro Convert IP decoders support multiview directly from the network: the IP to HDMI model outputs 1/2/4-up layouts up to QHD from up to 4 simultaneous NDI/SRT/RTMP streams, while the IP to AIO 4K model adds 4Kp60 HDMI and SDI multiview output simultaneously.

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