AJA: BLVE-12G-4 - BRIDGE LIVE High Density SDI/IP Streaming Solutions

Overview

BRIDGE LIVE is a broadcast quality, low-latency turnkey system that enables Remote Production (REMI), Synchronous Multi-Channel Video Contribution, Remote Collaboration, Direct to Audience Streaming, and Multi-Bit Rate/Multi-Format Delivery via a diverse range of IP video standards, SDI, or both. New to the BRIDGE LIVE family is the BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4, a high-density multi-channel UHD version of BRIDGE LIVE that supports up to 4x bidirectional 12G-SDI I/O. 

BRIDGE LIVE, a collaborative effort between AJA and Comprimato, is designed to provide the performance, reliability, and user-friendly interface required for critical live encode, decode, or transcode applications. Via two models equipped with either 12G-SDI or 3G-SDI I/O, BRIDGE LIVE offers the necessary power and flexibility to enable real-time, bidirectional encoding, decoding, and transcoding for demanding UHD or HD workflows. BRIDGE LIVE is an indispensable component of any contemporary video production toolkit.

BRIDGE LIVE, with its compact and robust 1RU form factor, offers redundant power supplies and a comprehensive three-year warranty (with an option to extend it to five-years), providing steadfast reliability for demanding applications such as global live concerts and sporting events.

BRIDGE LIVE empowers reliable and secure workflows across a wide range of productions, encompassing REMI, interviews, live event streaming, synchronous multi-camera backhaul with HDR, cloud contribution, program return, confidence monitoring, collaborative production, and ABR ladder profiles tailored for OTT packaging. BRIDGE LIVE provides simultaneous, dependable, and secure operations via dedicated lines or the public internet.

Video Overview

Discover the immense capabilities of the BRIDGE LIVE family by watching this video. It highlights the seamless real-time encoding, decoding, and transcoding functionalities between 12G-SDI sources and destinations, which include transcoding from one streaming protocol to another, such as NDI to JPEG XS.

With BRIDGE LIVE, you can craft workflows that utilize pairs of systems to enable comprehensive, end-to-end SDI workflows over IP networks or the public internet. Unleash your creativity with BRIDGE LIVE!

BRIDGE LIVE FAMILY I/O Overview

The BRIDGE LIVE family supports the most widely used IP video encodeing formats and transport protocols to solve your workflow needs. The BRIDGE LIVE family supports conversion between SDI and numerous IP video and audio solutions, as well as pure IP conversion and distribution workflows.

For further details on how BRIDGE LIVE facilitates REMI, Contribution, Collaboration, Streaming, and Delivery, please explore the many BRIDGE LIVE example workflows located further down this page.

Transport, Containers, and Protocols

BRIDGE LIVE can be configured to meet your IP video and audio transmission deliverables, whether it’s low-latency or high-quality signal delivery. BRIDGE LIVE gives you the tools to move content and deliver according to your workflow needs.

BRIDGE LIVE supported Protocols

• HLS
• RTP
• RTMP
• RTMPS (output)
• SRT
• UDP
• MPTS (input)
• JPEG 2000 (VSF-TR01)*
• JPEG XS (VSF-TR07)*

BRIDGE LIVE supported Transport Formats

• MPEG-TS
• NDI*
• AVC-TS
• Fragmented MP4

BRIDGE LIVE supported Audio Formats

• AAC-LC (ADTS, LATM)
• AAC-HE v1& v2 (ADTS, LATM)
• AC3
• E-AC3 (input)
• Dolby-E Pass-through
• MPEG-2 Audio
• NDI* (uncompressed float)
• Uncompressed PCM (multi-channel)

*NDI, JPEG 2000 and JPEG XS I/O are available with an optional license.

Supported Encodes/Decodes

BRIDGE LIVE supports the following 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.

H.265 (HEVC):

• 8-bit or 10-bit
• 4:2:0
• BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4: Up to 4x 60p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
• BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8: Up to 8x 60p HD encode/decode to/from SDI
• SRT, RTMP, and MPEG-TS protocol support

H.264 (AVC):

• 8-bit or 10-bit
• 4:2:0 or 4:2:2
• BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4: Up to 4x 60p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
• BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8: Up to 8x 60p HD encode/decode to/from SDI
• SRT, RTMP, and MPEG-TS protocol support

H.262 (MPEG-2):

• 8-bit
• 4:2:0
• BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4: Up to 4x 30p or 60i HD encode/decode to/from SDI
• BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8: Up to 8x 30p or 60i HD encode/decode to/from SDI
• SRT, RTMP, and MPEG-TS protocol support

NDI*:

• 8-bit or 10-bit
• 4:2:2
• BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4: Up to 4x 60p UltraHD encode/decode to/from SDI
• BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8: Up to 8x 60p HD encode/decode to/from SDI

• NDI inputs can be received, transcoded, and output as IP video streams. IP video inputs can be received, transcoded, and output as NDI streams, up to UltraHD resolution

*NDI is available with an optional license.