The openGear Video + Audio Podcast

As broadcast and production workflows evolve, you’re being asked to deliver greater capability without adding greater complexity.  So which trends are worth your attention? And what could they mean for your next workflow upgrade? On this webinar, you’ll hear from engineers at AJA, Apantac, Cobalt, MultiDyne, and Ross Video as they explore 7 key trends from the 2026 IBC Show that are shaping audio...

When you’re moving a lot of SDI signals over fiber, things like rack space, cabling, and complexity can add up fast. The new MultiDyne MDoG-8800 gives you a high-density way to simplify fiber conversion in an openGear frame.  Choose dedicated fiber for each SDI signal, or use the CWDM version to put multiple signals on a single fiber. You can cascade cards and carry up to 16 signals on one fiber w...

If you need to get multiple signals to travel a distance over a single strand of fiber in stadiums and other large venues, you’ll want to check out Apantac’s new CWDM card for openGear. The OG-CWDM-MUX multiplexer is accompanied by a receiver card that demuxes everything, the OG-CWDM-DeMUX.  The Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexer card provides a convenient way to transport 4 inputs of SDI up t...

If you use DashBoard with your openGear signal processing equipment, you’ll want to hear about the new Ross Platform Manager. It’s a server-based technology that gives web access to DashBoard-enabled products. Everything is centralized, so in distributed scenarios, where you’re working with custom panels and things like that, now it's all in one place. And with secure access from the remote p...

If you’re in the market for low-cost signal processing cards, you now have new options from Cobalt Digital. The first is a 12G SDI single-channel frame synchronizer, the 9925-FSx. It starts with 1 path at a very affordable price, and you can upgrade via software license options to 2, 3, and 4 independent paths. There's also an audio processing license option that gives you AES, MADI, and Dant...

DisplayPort is getting more popular for high-performance broadcast workflows. So Apantac has expanded their openGear lineup to include 2 scan converters that allow you to scale and sync in 4K with DisplayPort to SDI and SDI to DisplayPort. The OG-US-5500-RM and OG-US-6000-RM UHD Bi-directional Universal Scalers with Genlock feature DisplayPort 1.2 and 12G SDI inputs/outputs up to 4096x2160p60. Tho...

Want to cut costs while getting better performance? And use one company’s encoder with another company’s fiber card in the same frame? No problem. Your facility, your choices.  On this webinar, you’ll find out how video facilities like yours are mixing and matching the best signal processing gear from openGear manufacturers for specific use cases like live air chains where reliability and latency...

If you have one or two sources that need 3G-SDI to HDMI 2.0 conversion for monitoring, Mini-Converters do the job really well. But beyond a few sources, you’re going to start needing serious capability. And that’s where AJA’s OG-Hi5-4K-Plus comes to the rescue. It handles straightforward 3G-SDI to HDMI 2.0 conversion up to 4K/UHD 60p with HDR metadata support. You can put up to 10 of them on a sin...

You can simplify your whole signal chain using MultiDyne’s openGear ecosystem. With the MDoG-6060 series 2110 gateway card, you can take SDI sources and move them directly onto either an ST 2110 or JPEG XS network. In the same openGear frame, you could install a SilverBack camera system connected to an OG-7800 series fiber transport card, which brings in 4 channels of 12G-SDI, 8x8 audio, Ethernet,...

You can simplify your whole signal chain using MultiDyne’s openGear ecosystem. With the MDoG-6060 series 2110 gateway card, you can take SDI sources and move them directly onto either an ST 2110 or JPEG XS network.  In the same openGear frame, you could install a SilverBack camera system connected to an OG-7800 series fiber transport card, which brings in 4 channels of 12G-SDI, 8x8 audio, Ethernet...

If cloud is part of your workflow these days, you’ll want to know about Ross Video’s solutions for ground to cloud SDI to SRT and SRT to NDI.  Darren Ward from Ross Video speaks with Simon Tillyer from KitPlus at IBC 2025 about an openGear card that has been popular for high-density SRT encoding and decoding for a while now, the OSG-8971. What’s new this year is that using the openGear DashBoard,...

Senior Product Consultant Abe Abt speaks with Simon Tillyer from KitPlus at IBC2025 about AJA’s long-standing commitment to openGear and how the platform enables high-density, flexible workflows. From fiber converters and distribution amplifiers to the OG-DANTE-12GAM and OG-ColorBox, AJA continues to deliver powerful tools in modular form factors for a wide range of broadcast environments. Abe exp...

If you use Apantac’s popular DisplayPort, you’ll be happy to know that they’ve expanded their line of openGear scan converters to handle distribution and conversion from DisplayPort to SDI, and SDI to DisplayPort.  Because the US military has decided that the DisplayPort is more secure than HDMI, these two new universal scaler cards, the OG-US-5500 and OG-US-6000, will be especially useful in setu...

If you need to sync dozens of sources without filling racks with gear, you’ll want to know about Cobalt’s new quad-channel 12G frame sync. The 9924-4FS, one of Cobalt’s openGear cards, adds to their line of frame syncs with this higher density option.  That was one of many openGear cards Suzana Brady of Cobalt Digital highlighted on the show floor at IBC 2025. In addition to the quad-channel frame...

When you want a flexible, reliable, modular platform that lets you combine exactly the solutions you need for all kinds of broadcast, AV, and OB truck applications, openGear is the clear choice. That’s why the popular MultiDyne OG-4600 series has gotten a number of enhancements and is now the OG-7800 series. It can serve as the hub for many of MultiDyne’s solutions, allowing you to pick the exact...

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak to Ryan Wallenberg from Cobalt Digital about the latest openGear updates. Discover how Cobalt is expanding its offering with a new 2110 input interface for the PACIFIC 9992 encoder, an ultra-low latency decoder for REMI workflows, and a new range of simple but essential fibre converter cards. As one of the founding members of the openGear ecosystem, Cobalt continues...

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak with Bill Cassidy from VITEC about their latest openGear innovations. On show is the MGW Diamond C1 — a compact, cost-effective entry point into openGear encoding and decoding, ideal for remote or small-scale deployments. Also featured is the new Diamond C10 controller card, offering a unified interface for multi-channel monitoring and control across openGear chassi...

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak to Darren Ward from Ross Video. Explore the latest advancements across the openGear ecosystem, including updates to the MC1 Master Control and Gator Toolbox, plus a powerful cloud-to-ground graphics workflow using the OSG-8971 SRT encoder. With over 55,000 openGear frames now deployed worldwide, Darren shares how Ross Video is continuing to evolve its modular platfo...

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak to Ryan Wallenberg from Cobalt Digital about the latest openGear updates. Discover how Cobalt is expanding its offering with a new 2110 input interface for the PACIFIC 9992 encoder, an ultra-low latency decoder for REMI workflows, and a new range of simple but essential fibre converter cards. As one of the founding members of the openGear ecosystem, Cobalt continues...

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak to Jesse Foster from MultiDyne about the company’s growing support for openGear across its fibre-based broadcast solutions.

Join us at NAB 2025 as we speak to Thomas Tang from Apantac OG. Explore the latest additions to their openGear lineup, including sync generators, auto changeover, and audio distribution modules.

No need to get locked into one vendor’s ecosystem. On this webinar, you’ll find out how video facilities like yours are breaking free by mixing and matching the best gear for their needs. You’ll hear from industry leaders from AJA, Apantac, Cobalt, MultiDyne, Ross Video, and VITEC as they show you how openGear lets you pick the right tools – regardless of who makes them – for these applications an...

Reliability is always mission critical, and it’s especially important toward the end of the air chain with the last pieces of hardware before you go to transmission or go to air.  That’s why Ross Video’s MC1 Master Control switcher has added an automatic smart failover functionality. This update is available through a free firmware upgrade, and it gives you a rock solid air chain. Watch Ross Video...

If you work in live production and you don’t have much rack space, but you do need to use a lot of ColorBoxes, you’ll be excited to hear about the latest innovation from AJA.  You can fit 10 of the new openGear ColorBox advanced inline color transformers in 2 rack units, so it’s convenient for a truck or compact production space. Abe Abt from AJA spoke with Matt Robbins from KITPLUS at IBC2024 abo...

Reliability is always mission critical, and it’s especially important toward the end of the air chain with the last pieces of hardware before you go to transmission or go to air.  That’s why Ross Video’s MC1 Master Control switcher has added an automatic smart failover functionality. This update is available through a free firmware upgrade, and it gives you a rock solid air chain. Watch Ross Video...