AJA simplifies modern workflows with new conversion/IP tools
Ahead of IBC 2025, AJA Video Systems has introduced new products and updates that streamline signal flow management across broadcast, production, and proAV environments.
The IP25-R Mini-Converter connects SMPTE ST 2110 networks with 4K SDI/HDMI infrastructures, and UDC-4K provides 12G-SDI/HDMI conversion, 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD scaling, and frame synchronisation.
BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 brings multi-channel Ultra HD (UHD) support to the BRIDGE LIVE line of IP video devices, while a free Desktop Software v17.6 update unlocks powerful new improvements for AJA’s KONA IP25 SMPTE ST 2110 I/O card.
Nick Rashby, President, AJA, said, “From day one, our main goal has been to bring customers practical solutions to common pipeline challenges. This mission has become even more critical given the complexity of modern workflows, between the growth in adoption of IP and higher resolution, higher frame rate, high dynamic range (HDR) production technologies.
“IP25-R, UDC-4K, and BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 enable professionals to keep pace with the latest industry evolutions while maximising legacy equipment, by making it easy to integrate a wide array of signal types and equipment into their pipelines.”
As more productions and installs embrace hybrid baseband/IP infrastructures, IP25-R allows them to de-encapsulate SMPTE ST 2110 video, audio, and ancillary data with frame-accurate synchronisation for output to baseband 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 devices.
The Mini-Converter addresses growing demand for the conversion of SMPTE ST 2110 signals to HDMI 2.0 for confidence monitoring, playout, and routing. IP25-R includes dual 10/25GbE network ports, two HDMI 2.0 outputs, and four 12G-SDI BNC outputs, and can deliver low latency video up to 4K DCI (4096x2160p60) with advanced HDR metadata handling.
The AJA UDC-4K Mini-Converter provides broadcast, production, and AV professionals with a flexible toolset for handling a broad range of signals and equipment in the field. It enables 12G-SDI/HDMI 2.0 conversion, 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD scaling, including frame rate conversion, and frame synchronisation.
Unlocking cost-efficient, multi-camera/source UHD IP video workflows, BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 decreases per-channel video costs. This versatile, high-density IP workflow solution supports a range of applications from synchronous, multi-channel video transport and contribution, to backhaul, direct-to-audience streaming, remote production, and distribution encoding.
Desktop Software v17.6 expands the capabilities of the AJA KONA IP25. With the update, the next-gen IP video and audio PCIe I/O card with 10/25GbE network connectivity, which enables the latest multichannel UltraHD and uncompressed bi-directional SMPTE ST 2110 workflows, will now include Video+Key playout/TX per SMPTE ST 2110-20:2022 for combining programme video with keyed graphics and titles. Explore AJA’s new offerings in more detail at stand 7.B19 during IBC2025, which is taking place from September 12-25 at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre.
