FREEMONT, Calif.—Streambox has integrated its Spectra and Iris software streaming encoding and decoding solutions for use with Blackmagic Design’s family of UltraStudio and DeckLink capture and playback devices, Streambox said today.

The software works with Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post-production software to create a post-production cloud-enabled workflow that ensures professionals can see the same high-level images wherever they are working as they would in local monitoring, it said.

Streambox products reliably stream and display live, high-quality video, up to 4K 12-bit, across public and private networks, enabling everything from contribution to remote collaborative workflows, it said. 

Streambox’s Spectra and Iris product lines both integrate with DaVinci Resolve Studio using industry standard APIs and can now be used with any model of UltraStudio or DeckLink.

“By giving our customers the ability to work with any of Blackmagic’s capture and playback products, they can have an end-to-end Streambox software workflow,” said Streambox CEO Bob Hildeman. 

The integration supports DaVinci Resolve and other professional products for use on premise or in the cloud, giving users confidence they will be viewing and working on the same high-quality images in either case, he added.

Spectra offers high-performance streaming media encoding to those using cloud-based applications. It provides the ability to view fully accurate, high-quality versions of media with low latency. Spectra also can deliver a high-quality, low-latency stream to multiple remote collaborators using DaVinci Resolve Studio anywhere in the world, Streambox said.

On the remote client side, Streambox Iris allows users to create a software decoder supported by all Blackmagic UltraStudio devices, giving them the ability to connect to any SDI or HDMI professional monitor for the highest quality output, it said.

Demand for easy encoding and decoding high-quality images within Streambox workflows in the cloud has grown with the increased use of DaVinci Resolve Studio and the recently announced Blackmagic Cloud workflow, the company said.

More information is available on the visit Streambox.

SEATTLE—Streambox is logging on to Facebook Live as the company announced it has added native support that will be available immediately. Streambox users will be able to access Facebook Live playout through Streambox Cloud services using all Streambox video encoders.

With Streambox support, Facebook Live users can bond multiple networks—3G/4G/Wi-Fi/internet—to build bandwidth to stream high-quality video when not automatically connected to Wi-Fi. It also can compress live video for low bandwidth transport using a proprietary codec, specifically Advanced Compression Technology – Level 3 combined with Low Delay Mutli-Path network Protocol technology for low latency adaptive bitrate streaming.

In addition, users can add one or more professional level cameras when the mobile app is supported by Streambox technology. Outlets can switch cameras live and vet feeds once it reaches Streambox Cloud or Enterprise servers and handpick what streams go into Facebook Live. Post-production effects can also be added with live team contribution through third party software.

Streambox is a developer of IP-based video streaming and cloud-based streaming services.

SEATTLE—Live streaming company Streambox Inc. has announced that it will now offer live 360 video streaming to YouTube. The company will combine its Streambox Cloud Services with a beta of its Cloud Encoder-360 to provide what it calls a “simplified solution” for live 360 streaming.

The Cloud Encoder-360 integrates real time lens distortion correction, video stitching and ACT-L3 compression while also including automated network bonding technology that uses 3G/4G/LTE, Wi-Fi and internet networks for high bandwidth. The system transmits to Streambox Cloud servers located around the world to provide connection from anywhere.

Hardware required to handle the live 360 streaming is a Ricoh Theta S Camera, Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Recorder, and an Apple Macbook Pro. Streambox Cloud delivers the live stream to YouTube for users to view via headsets, browsers or apps. Streambox says it plans to support Facebook live streaming, as well as other social media websites.

A free trial download of Streambox Cloud Encoder-360 is available at streamboxvr.com.

LAS VEGAS—Streambox is highlighting its support for NewTek’s Network Device Interface with the launch of a new video streaming application.

The open standard for live production IP workflow over Ethernet networks allows the application to receive, de-bond and decode live video and stream it to other NDI compatible devices. This allows for virtual HD-SDI over Ethernet replacement, including distribution over LAN.

Additional features of the new application include the ability to receive live video from any Streambox encoder or server; full HD and SD support; compatible with Microsoft Windows; universal standard IP streaming; and the NDI system automatically detecting incoming streams via IP.

The Seattle-based Streambox is located at booth SU8125 at the 2016 NAB Show.