Add Assimilate Play Pro to your workflow for playback and transcoding of numerous video formats on either Windows or macOS. The software can manage your looks and metadata, and it supports dual-screen SDI output, multiple NDI outputs, VR headset support, and more. It can render ProRes, H.264 at up to 8K resolutions and up to 12-bit H.265. There are numerous built-in tools to monitor your playback, such as vectorscopes, histogram, curves, and waveforms.

One year of support and maintenance is included with the software, which includes access to the support website, forums, software updates, fixes, and downloads. Read more below about all the features of Play Pro.

Software Toolset for Playback/Transcode    Look and Metadata Management    Dual-Screen SDI Output Support    ProRes, H.264 up to 8K and 12-Bit H.254    1-Year Maintenance/Support Included

• Available on both macOS and Windows (including Apple-licensed ProRes encoding on Windows)
• Supports changing white balance, ISO gain, and exposure offset with ProRes RAW
• Supports debayer to all known color spaces and log curves, including ACES
• Reads all and any metadata from the ProRes RAW files, such as camera model, lens used, f-stop number, focal length, and many more
• Forwards all metadata to the transcoded H.264/H.265 and Apple ProRes files
• Allows to export ALE and PDF reports with thumbnails, notes, and all metadata

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is the Ethernet port 100Mbps or 1Gbps?

A: The BirdDog PLAY 4K NDI Player features a gigabit Ethernet port.

Q: 2. Does this item support PoE?

A: The BirdDog PLAY is powered by standard USB-C.

Q: 3. if I want to livestream with my iphone 7plus on facebook, using external mic and irig pro I can control sound for livestream and it would work seamlessly?

A: You can control the input gain on the microphone which would affect the volume in Facebook Live but it's not a pure volume control. But it should still work fine, I know many people using Pro I/O for Facebook streaming with no issues.

Q: 4. I have multiple NDI sources on my network -- 2 PTZ cameras and an app running on a PC. I always want the PC app to display on my TV. Can I configure this BirdDog PLAY to select this source every time it starts up?

A: No the BirdDog PLAY 4K NDI Player will not automatically pick a source on boot up, it will display a list of the sources and you will have to select the one you want.

Q: 5. Will this decode a ndi feed that is 1080i 59.94fps?

A: No it will not. It only accepts progressive signals.

Q: 6. How does one select the NDI source using a non touchscreen monitor?

A: The BirdDog PLAY 4K NDI Player features built in CEC controls. This will enable you to use your television's remote control to select videos/NDI sources on the player.

Q: 7. How do you control birddog play and choose a source if the tv it is connected to does not have a remote?

A: You could work with a Universal IR remote if you don't have a TV remote.

Q: 8. Does an NDI source have to be selected at startup or can it autoplay the previously selected source?

A: The unit has an Automatic Source Detection function that automatically scans your network for NDI sources and brings them up with a thumbnail view. Thus, any NDI source that had been established will automatically be found first.

Q: 9. Is there WiFi built it or how can we add WiFi?

A: No, this product does not support WiFi. You would have to connect the NDI Network via Ethernet.

Q: 10. What is the difference between the birddog play and the birddog flex decoder?

A: The main differences with the Birddog Flex decoder and the BirdDog PLAY 4K NDI Player would be that the Flex offers Tally, and talkback support.