Magewell Ultra Encode AIO

About this product

Venues rarely have just one kind of source. The cameras are SDI, the lectern laptop is HDMI, and the stream needs both. The Ultra Encode AIO is a standalone hardware streaming encoder with both an HDMI input and an SDI input, built for AV teams, houses of worship, education and events. It can encode whichever of the two you choose, or combine them into a single picture, and send the result to streaming platforms, an NDI network or another site, with no computer involved.

One encoder, two inputs

The AIO produces one programme from two inputs. It encodes one live source, either HDMI or SDI, or mixes video from the HDMI and SDI inputs as picture-in-picture or side-by-side into a combined output. For two independent programmes, use two encoders.

The two inputs give you flexibility. You can switch between an HDMI source and an SDI source without re-cabling, or put a presenter camera on SDI and slides on HDMI into one picture-in-picture stream without a vision mixer.

What goes in

• HDMI. HDMI 1.4 input up to 4096×2160 at 60 frames per second, with HDMI loop-through, and up to eight channels of embedded audio. The loop-through keeps the projector or confidence monitor working while you stream.
• SDI. SD, HD, 3G or 6G-SDI input up to 4096×2160 at 30 frames per second, with SDI loop-through, and up to 16 channels of embedded audio.
• Analogue audio. 3.5 mm line input and line output, so you can bring in sound from a desk as well as from the video sources.

What comes out

• Encoding. H.264 or H.265. The main stream goes up to 4096×2160 at 30 frames per second, and a sub stream of up to 1080p can run alongside it for a second, lighter version. A 4Kp60 HDMI source is accepted, and is encoded at up to 30 frames per second in 4K.
• Protocols. RTMP and RTMPS, RTSP, SRT (caller or listener), NDI HX2 and HX3, HLS, MPEG-TS over UDP or RTP, RIST (caller or listener), Zixi and TVU ISSP. One box serves as an RTMP streamer, an SRT contribution encoder or an NDI encoder.
• Destinations. Up to six sessions at once across those protocols, including one NDI HX3 session or two NDI HX2 sessions, which saves running a separate encoder per platform.
• Bitrate. Up to 62 Mbps for NDI HX3 and up to 32 Mbps for the other protocols.
• Overlays. Up to eight, including text, images and a clock, so you can add a logo or title in the encoder.
• Recording. To an SD card, a USB drive or a network share (NAS), in MP4 or MOV, with loop recording and a scheduler.

Where it earns its place

• Mixed HDMI and SDI venues. One encoder covers a room where some sources are HDMI and others are SDI.
• Presenter and slides in one stream. Picture-in-picture or side-by-side from the two inputs, done inside the encoder.
• Built for a rack. The unit is 214.9 × 128.2 × 44.55 mm and the 1U rack-mounting kit is in the box, so there is no shelf to buy.
• Status at a glance. A 1.9-inch LCD on the front shows system status and the input signal, so you can check it is receiving a picture as you walk past.
• Flexible power. PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) over the network cable, or the supplied screw-locking DC adapter (9 to 18 V). Consumption is about 11.5 W.
• Wired or wireless. Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi are both built in.

Setting it up

• Everything is configured in the Web UI from a browser: input mode, encoding, destinations, recording and overlays. There is nothing to install.
• Several encoders can be managed together with Magewell Control Hub.

Where it sits in the range

If all your sources are SDI and a single input is enough, the Ultra Encode SDI Plus is smaller, runs from standard PoE and has recording storage built in. The other models are listed on the Ultra Encode range page.