Magewell Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI 4K Module

About this product

When your sources are 4K and travel over the network, every 4K monitor, television, projector or video wall processor needs something to turn the stream back into HDMI. The Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI 4K Module is the 4K NDI decoder for integrators who would sooner keep that equipment in a rack than behind each screen. It takes one video stream from the network, at up to 4K resolution and 60 frames per second, and turns it into an HDMI signal. It is a decoding module made for rack-mounted, centralised deployment: it slides into the Magewell Modator 2U chassis, so a row of 4K displays can be fed from one tidy rack.

What goes in

• From the network. One stream of up to 4Kp60: NDI High Bandwidth, NDI HX, NDI HX2 and NDI HX3, plus H.264 and H.265 streams over RTSP, HTTP, HLS, RTMP (pull or push), MPEG-TS over UDP, SRT or RTP, and TVU ISSP. With that range, you can point the same module at an NDI source in the building or a compressed feed from outside it.
• NDI version. NDI 6.2 is supported.
• Plan the network. A full NDI High Bandwidth stream at 4Kp60 is large, so allow capacity for it on the network between the source and the module. NDI HX, SRT and the other compressed formats need far less. Ask us if you would like help sizing it.

What comes out

• HDMI. One HDMI output, up to 4096×2160 at 60 frames per second, 4:4:4, 8-bit. Lower resolutions such as 1080p and 720p are also available, so the same module suits an HD screen today and a 4K one later.
• Audio. 8 channels, 96 kHz, 16-bit, embedded in the HDMI output, which saves a separate audio run to the display.
• Picture controls. Image flip for inverted projector installations, and safe area controls.
• USB. A USB Type-A 3.0 port for connecting peripherals.
• Delay. Latency is very low.

Why choose this module

• True 4K decoding. This is the module for 4K sources: it decodes 4Kp60 streams and shows them at full resolution. For streams of up to 2Kp60, the Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI Module is the lighter choice.
• Comfortably inside the slot budget. At 9.85 W it sits well inside what a chassis slot provides.
• HDMI output. The picture leaves on one HDMI socket, ready for a display, projector or video wall processor.

How it fits in the chassis

• Powered by the chassis. The module slides into a slot of the Modator 2U chassis, which holds up to ten modules and supplies their power, so there is one rack to power instead of a supply at every screen. Order the chassis with it if you are starting a new rack.
• Hot-swappable. It connects to the chassis through its Modator interface and can be swapped while the rack is running, so the other displays keep their pictures.
• Its own network socket. The module has its own Gigabit Ethernet port (RJ45), as well as a USB Type-C port for configuration.
• Power and size. It draws at most 9.85 W, inside the chassis limit of 20 W per slot. It measures 184.4 × 30.0 × 81.5 mm and weighs about 316 g.

Setting it up

• Pick whichever suits the moment: the touch screen on the Modator chassis, the Web GUI in a browser, or Magewell Control Hub for managing many devices from one place.
• HTTP-based APIs are provided for custom integration with a control system.

Where it sits in the range

The same specification is also available in a standalone form. If one or two channels are all you need, see the standalone Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI 4K. The other modules are listed on the Modator range page.