Magewell Pro Convert NDI to HDMI Decoder

About this product

Every screen that shows network video usually has a computer hidden behind it, and every one of those computers needs power, updates and attention. The Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI takes its place. It turns a video stream on your network into an HDMI picture: connect it to a network socket and an HDMI display, choose a source, and that source appears on the screen. There is no computer to run behind the display, and where the network switch provides PoE the decoder needs no power supply of its own.

What it can decode

• NDI. NDI High Bandwidth (often called full NDI), NDI HX, NDI HX2 and NDI HX3, with support for NDI 6.3.
• Other IP streams. RTSP, HTTP, HLS, RTMP (pull or push) and MPEG-TS carried over UDP, RTP or SRT, so you can show a feed from outside the building as well as NDI on the local network.
• Codecs. SpeedHQ, H.264 and H.265 video, with AAC and MP3 audio.
• Resolution. Sources up to 2K (2048×1080) at 60 frames per second.

This model shows one source full-screen. If you want two or four sources on one display, look at the Pro Convert IP to HDMI 4K, which has picture-in-picture and quad-split layouts.

An HDMI output that fills a 4K screen

The HDMI output runs at up to 4096×2160 and 60 frames per second (4:4:4, 8-bit). The decoder handles sources up to 2K and has up-conversion built in, so an HD stream is scaled to fill an Ultra HD screen with no separate scaler. By default the output follows the format the connected display asks for, which saves you matching each screen by hand, and you can set the resolution yourself if you prefer.

Audio is carried on the HDMI cable: up to eight channels at 48 kHz, with no separate audio cable to run.

What that means on site

• One cable to the screen position. The decoder runs from standard PoE (IEEE 802.3af) and draws about 5 W, so an ordinary PoE switch is enough. Where there is no PoE, power it from the supplied USB power adapter.
• Small enough to hide. The case measures 100.9 × 60.2 × 23.3 mm. An L-bracket is included for fixing it behind a display or under a desk.
• No computer behind the screen. Nothing to boot, log in to or keep updated at each display.
• Local and remote sources. The same unit can show an NDI camera from the studio network or an SRT or RTMP feed arriving from another site.
• 4K screens without a scaler. HD sources are up-converted in the decoder for Ultra HD displays and projectors.

Setting it up

• The Web UI runs in any current browser, so there is nothing to install. From it you choose the source and adjust the output: resolution, de-interlacing, the on-screen display, audio gain, sample rate and channel mapping.
• NDI sources on the network are found for you, and the decoder can discover NDI devices across network segments, which saves typing addresses by hand.
• On site you can work without a laptop: plug a USB keyboard and mouse into the decoder, or use the MENU and SELECT buttons and the rotary switch on the unit.
• For several decoders, Magewell Control Hub manages them from one place, and an HTTP API is available for control systems.

Where it sits in the range

Need an SDI output for a vision mixer or router instead of HDMI? See the Pro Convert for NDI to SDI. This model decodes streams up to 2K, so if the streams themselves are 4K, choose the Pro Convert for NDI to HDMI 4K. You can also compare all Pro Convert decoders side by side.