Add the BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 Turnkey System with 1 RU Appliance + 8 Bidirectional 3G-SDI I/O from AJA to your streaming content distribution network for high-quality, low-latency video streaming. This turnkey solution comes in a 1 RU appliance that features BRIDGE LIVE HD software to encode and decode SDI video content to IP streams and IP to SDI in real time.
BRIDGE LIVE Product Family
The BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 supports the most widely used IP video compression schemes and transport protocols to solve your workflow needs. The BRIDGE LIVE family supports conversion to/from SDI to numerous IP video solutions as well as pure IP conversion and distribution workflows.
For example, with a pair of BRIDGE LIVE systems, a broadcast facility can receive three incoming encoded camera sources from a remote location and decode them back into SDI for editing and production while simultaneously providing program return to the remote location. BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 supports up to 8 HD channels.
NDI Support
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 includes support for NDI (Network Device Interface), the high quality, real time, low latency IP video standard developed by NewTek. BRIDGE LIVE can support up to 8x simultaneous 60p HD NDI encodes/decodes to/from SDI. BRIDGE LIVE's NDI functionality offers:
- SDI to NDI (encode)
- NDI to SDI (decode)
- IP Video Streams to NDI (transcode)
- NDI to IP Video Streams (transcode)
- Multiple Discovery Servers
Synchronous Multi-Channel Transport
BRIDGE LIVE and BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 support independent SDI source inputs and maintain their synchronous relationship while transporting the content to end-point destinations.
This functionality can take place between a pair of BRIDGE LIVE units for a synchronous end-to-end SDI workflow, often referred to as SDI backhaul, or site-to-site SDI workflows.
SRT Ready
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 supports SRT v1.5.3, enabling redundant stream support over an ISP to ensure hitless delivery of the originating source. SRT is an open source video transport protocol and technology stack that optimizes streaming performance across unpredictable networks with secure streams and easy firewall traversal, bringing the best-quality live video over questionable networks.
Metadata, HDR, Timecode, and Closed Captioning Support
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 fully supports Closed Captioning as well as additional metadata, including:
- MPEG-2 ancillary packet support, SMPTE ST 2038
- SDR/HDR Transfer Characteristics, Colorimetry, Luminance via SDI
- SCTE-35/SCTE-104 Ad insertion markers
- CEA-608/CEA-708 Closed Captioning
- Timecode
- Embedding Closed Captioning/Subtitles into H.264 SEI messages
- Metadata pass-through
- Electronic Program Guide (EPG) on input
- SEI (supplemental enhancement information) timecode insertion
Protocol Support
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 can be configured using multiple protocols to meet your workflow requirements, whether it's low latency or high-quality signal delivery. Supported protocols include HLS, RTMP, JPEG2000, NDI, AAC-LC, and more.
Encoding/Decoding
BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 supports numerous configurations for encoding and decoding between SDI and streaming formats as standard. Multiple streams, formats, and destinations can be derived from a single SDI input. It supports various configurations using NDI, H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC), and H.262 (MPEG-2).
Optional JPEG XS (TR 07) and JPEG 2000 (TR-01) encode/decode licenses can be purchased separately.
Video Preview
A video preview feature provides a visual check, so that operators can ensure they have the correct SDI input/content for encoding. It promotes basic confidence while providing customers who cannot "go live" to check their content with added peace of mind.
Hardware
The BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8 supports up to eight 3G-SDI ports simultaneously for multi-channel HD in a 1 RU chassis. Dual 10 GigE ports provide network connectivity, and it has dual power supplies for redundancy. See below for the comparison to the original BRIDGE LIVE: