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Livestreaming Video with NDI and PTZ

NDI连接和PTZ摄像机使生产商能够最大限度地减少电缆需求,同时增加了摄像机放置和使用的创造性机会. A setup like this can do more with less, 它让我们看到了未来现场生产的样子.

制作和传送直播视频现在比以往任何时候都更经济实惠. 采用NewTek的网络设备接口(NDI)技术和远程控制的平移倾斜变焦(PTZ)相机, 用最少的人员需求来设置和操作复杂的产品甚至更容易.

传统的现场制作设置可能需要数英里的电缆连接到每个摄像机, radio headset systems, and at least one person for each camera. NDI连接和PTZ摄像机使生产商能够最大限度地减少电缆需求,同时增加了摄像机放置和使用的创造性机会. A setup like this can do more with less, 它让我们看到了未来现场生产的样子.

Definitions and Details

So, what is NDI? San Antonio, Texas-based NewTek, developer of the TriCaster live production system, unveiled NDI at IBC in 2015, making it a relatively new technology. In a nutshell, NDI允许用户利用现有的千兆网络基础设施,通过标准以太网电缆和端口将各种设备连接在一起. 由于许多PTZ摄像机现在提供以太网供电(PoE), this also means that control, signal, and power can flow through a single cable rather than three. NDI使用组播域名系统(multicast Domain Name System, mDNS)发现标准,对网络中的源进行广播和定位. Once sources are set up on the switcher, there is video, uncompressed audio, and metadata being sent from each source. 通常,摄像机将发送1080i信号,比特率在100Mbps左右. NewTek’s newest TriCaster, the TC1 (Figure 1, below), can handle 4K at 60p.

Figure 1. The NewTek TriCaster TC1

ndi兼容设备可从广泛的制造商阵列, although NewTek offers the most options. The company sells cameras, converters, live production systems (such as the TriCaster series), graphics packages, and other tools and accessories. Many other manufacturers including PTZOptics (Figure 2, below), Streambox, Panopto, Magewell, vMix, Panasonic, 和马歇尔都提供一系列NDI设备,如相机和转换器. 像NewTek Connect Spark这样的转换器确保即使是现有的或较旧的相机系统也不必为了利用NDI而更换. Producers can convert HDMI, SDI, 甚至摄像头上的4K超高清摄像头,并将它们添加到网络上的可用百家乐软件列表中.

Figure 2. 2018年流媒体读者选择奖获奖PTZOptics 20X-SDI

NDI最重要的方面是任何人都可以获得免版税许可. NewTek甚至维护了一个与手机、Windows、Linux和macOS兼容的SDK. 软件开发人员和硬件制造商可以将NDI集成到他们的产品中,前期成本或持续成本为零.

PTZ是一种相对较老的技术,大多数生产商已经熟悉. Even so, 可归类为PTZ的摄像系统近年来出现爆炸式增长,并模糊了界线. At its core, PTZ摄像机是典型的圆顶式或杆上镜头式,就像你在许多礼拜堂和中小型会议室看到的那样. These compact systems are quite capable for most scenarios. 它们可以通过墙壁插头或以太网电缆供电,可以永久或临时放置在几乎任何地方. Image-flipping for inverted-ceiling installations, IP control, 长光学变焦是所有制造商的常见功能. 对于绝大多数现场制作设置,基本的PTZ摄像机是足够的.

有人可能会说,还有其他不符合标准定义的PTZ摄像机可供生产商使用. 例如,越来越多的无人机被添加到实景拍摄中,以提供独特的角度. In the auto-racing world, 2018年全国热杆协会的道奇英里高NHRA全国赛生产中包括一架大疆无人机. There was also a camera positioned on the track against a side wall. No doubt, 赛道上的摄像机很便宜,以防它被一辆走失的顶级燃油赛车摧毁, 但PTZ摄像机可以很容易地取代它,并增加了兴趣的能力,跟随汽车,因为他们通过. 即使是较新的系统,如Spidercam和FlyLine,也具有PTZ摄像机的功能,同时还具有通过电缆进行远程旅行的优势.

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