BirdDog P200 Video Encoder

New Colour Matrix. Just like Color but Australian.

Dialling in your cameras just levelled up. P200 now has a full colour matrix with individual saturation and hue control over Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow and Magenta, all with 64 levels of control.

72 levels of Gamma.

From negative to positive gamma positions you can now dial in those blacks with an unprecedented level of control.

Video, Detail, Exposure. Enhance all.

All new tool kit to further enhance your pictures. Brightness compensation, Edge enhancement, Highlight compensation, Gamma offsets. It’s all in there.

New Codec Engine.

A totally rebuilt codec engine brings even lower latency to the P200 and computationally higher picture quality. Better pictures, less bandwidth, faster.

Full NDI ® . No compromises.

In the world of NDI ® there are two flavours, NDI ® and NDI|HX. NDI ® is a variable bit rate, I-Frame codec that is reaches around 140Mbits at 1080p60 and is visually lossless. NDI|HX is a compressed, long-GOP, H.264 variant that reaches around 12Mbits at 1080p60. P200 is a Full NDI ® camera.

Tally light that just works.

NDI ® has tally information built into the metadata so when P200 is connected to an NDI ® enabled switcher the tally light on the front of the unit to ensure your on air talent will always know which camera is live. There is no configuration required; it just works.

The Goetheanum goes all in on BirdDog and NDI.

Jesse Osmer , the IT and Video guy over at The Goetheanum , shows how they use BirdDog cameras, converters, and NDI across multiple different rooms and events, and bring that signal into a central location, capturing it into Wirecast on Mac for the production and streaming. There’s a lot of BirdDog gear – 5x P200, 2x P100, 1x PTZ Keyboard, 28x Flex converters, and 2x Mini.

FREE Cam Control. Colour match in seconds.

The Cam Control app is the easiest and most user-friendly way to dial in BirdDog cameras. Simply load on a Windows 10 machine on the same network as your BirdDog cameras and access all functions of the camera through a beautiful interface. Quickly dial in the look you like and copy settings across multiple cameras in seconds. And it’s 100% FREE with all BirdDog PTZ cameras.

Sony Exmor R Sensor. You deserve the best.

The best pictures come from the best silicon. P200 is teams up a world class Sony Exmor R CMOS Backlit Sensor with the BirdDog custom NDI ® chip to form a match made in silicon heaven. Your productions deserve the best.

Sony Image Module. Optics done right.

Lightning auto focus. Insanely fast zoom. Precision optics. The only way to achieve the best picture quality is with image module made by the world’s best. P200 uses a true Sony image module to give unparalleled performance, picture quality, and responsiveness.

Triple output. NDI ® , SDI and HDMI.

With NDI ® , SDI, and HDMI simultaneous outputs the P200 is ready to go live with your full NDI ® workflow today or if you are still in an old school SDI workflow you can control via RS422, RS485, and RS232. No matter which way you like to work, you can rest easy in the knowledge that P200 has you covered for all workflow situations.

30x Optical zoom. Over there is now over here.

Never miss a shot again. 30x optical zoom brings the whole world to you. Now you can zoom in to the other end of a football game and stay locked in on the action. The incredible optical zoom function makes P200 perfect for sports such as football, baseball, hockey, ski fields, basketball, soccer, and more.

PoE or DC. You have the power.

P200 can be powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE) or from the included power adapter.

PTZ Keyboard. Take control.

Combine P200 with the BirdDog PTZ Keyboard and you have total control of all functions remotely. PTZ Keyboard is a full featured PTZ Keyboard that can control up to 255 PTZ cameras on a single network so can scale to even the most complex installations. PTZ Keyboard can control P200 over NDI ® or by RS422 / RS232 when using in SDI mode.

RESTful API. DIY automation.

Download the free BirdDog RESTful API and program your own automation for all BirdDog hardware endpoints, including cameras.

Free Software Tools.

NDI PTZ Control for iPad and iPhone.

Full control of your BirdDog camera, all from a super-easy to use iPad/iPhone app. Pan, Tilt, Zoom, save and recall pre-set PTZ positions, preview your cameras in full screen, and access all the colour matrix tools and settings for your BirdDog camera.

BirdDog Warranty.

BirdDog prides itself on delivering the best possible products to customers, but if something was to go wrong, you can rest assured knowing that no matter where in the world you are, BirdDog has your back.

Pimp your B-Dog.

Enhance your P200 with these essential Accessories .