Currently, when VLC, NDI, OBS and other software do NDI encoding, the encoding format is mostly NDI|HB or Full NDI, ZowieBox does not support NDI|HB and Full NDI decoding as the specification, if you need to decode these NDI sources, please use the Bridge tool of NDI Tools to convert the NDI source to HX...
Yes. Insert a SD card or a USB flash drive into ZowieBox and open the recording in the web page. After entering the alias and video file prefix, click the Save and Open button.
ZowieBox can discover all devices in the same network segment after activating NDI, and please directly select the NDI stream to be decoded.
During the process of video capture, NDI encoding, transmission, NDI decoding and rendering, ZowieBox will be affected by various factors such as network, display, decoder, and operating factors. In an ideal situation, the latency to process a 4k signal is about 170ms.
Yes, ZowieBox supports encoder and recorder simultaneously.
The Tally on the ZowieBox can indicate the Tally working status when it is in the automatic mode. The indicator status as follows： Note: When the mode of ZowieBox is NDI encoding mode and output to other NDI receivers, such as vMix, OBS, etc. ZowieBox will change the color of the tally light according to...
No, it will not. ZowieBox can work normally below 158°F.
Yes, it does. After clicking the “OSD” option on the left column of the web, the page of OSD will be shown as follows. When using the OSD function, please add a canvas first, and the resolution of the canvas can be 3840×2160, 1920×1080, 1280×720, or 720×1280. ZowieBox supports adding up to four canvases. Then you can...
During the process of video capture, NDI encoding, transmission, NDI decoding and rendering, ZowieBox will be affected by various factors such as network, display, decoder, and operating factors. In an ideal situation, the latency to process a 4k signal is about 170ms.
Of course, ZowieBox currently supports HDMI signal sources without HDCP protocol, such as PS5, Xbox, Switch, and so on. ZowieBox supports HDMI passthrough with no latency so that users can have a better gaming experience. Passthrough is enabled by default, users can enjoy zero-latency output without additional operations.
Yes，ZowieBox supports direct use of USB-c power supply or PoE power supply. (1) USB-C Use the USB TYPE C power adapter to power the ZowieBox and then the screen will turn on. It is recommended to use the 25W power adapter configured by ZowieBox for power supply. (2) POE ZowieBox can also be powered by Power...
Yes，ZowieBox has the OSD function, which supports users to add custom text and pictures. To switch to a still image, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Log in to the web console of ZowieBox and click Setting->Video->OSD to reach the OSD setting interface. Step2：Click the Add button to add a canvas, and the resolution of the...
please click Setting->Streaming->NDI and turn on the NDI enable button. Click System-> Default to restart the ZowieBox. After a successful restart, ZowieBox will switch to NDI mode.
When ZowieBox is in decoder mode, it only supports decoding one NDI stream at the same time.
Please log in to the web console and click Setting-> System->Working Mode to switch to decoder mode.
Currently ZowieBox supports using IP Visca, Visca, Pelco D and Pelco P protocols to connect and control PTZ cameras. Please click Setting-> Camera ->PTZ to set parameters. IP VISCA When the camera has network capabilities and supports IP Visca, users can use IP Visca for camera control. Step 1: Enter the IP of the camera...
ZowieBox is set to loop out by default. If you need to switch the output, please log in to the web console first, and click Setting->Video -> Output. Turn the loop put button off and click Save. In decoder mode, all decoding has to be disabed first in order to switch Video Out to HDMI...
The hotspot of ZowieBox is turned on by default. When ZowieBox has no network connection, please use the mobile device to connect to the hotspot of ZowieBox to control ZowieBox. 1. Find the SSID and password on the bottom of ZowieBox, as shown in the figure below. 2. Open the WiFi page of the mobile...
The DC out is turned off by default. If users want to use the DC out function, please log in to the web control interface of ZowieBox first. Click Setting->Dashboard and turn on the DC out button. Please connect to the DC OUT port with a DC5.5*2.1MM male-to-male power cord, and then connected to the...
Connect ZowieBox to PTZ camera. Connect the X-Box controller to the computer. Log in to the ZowieBox web console and keep the page in the Live interface. Make sure the mouse focus is on the ZowieBox web console and you can use the X-Box controller to control the PTZ camera connected to the ZowieBox. The...
ZowieBox supports recording via USB, TF card or NAS. Please insert the USB or TF card into the device first. Log in to the web console of ZowieBox, click Setting->Streaming->Record to reach the recording control interface. Video list Click the first button of the recording task to get the recording video list, where the file...
The video file formats supported by ZowieBox are mov, ts, and MP4. The maximum video file size is 4GB.
Please connect the HDMI output signal of PS5 directly to the screen, enter the PS5 system settings interface and turn off HDCP in the HDMI settings. Enter the PS5 system settings interface, click Screen and Video, and switch the resolution to 1080p in the Video Output. And turn off the Deep Color Output. It is...
1. Please directly connect the signal source to the monitor to see if there is an output signal. 2. Check whether the video input is correct. Currently, ZowieBox only supports resolution signals below 4k30. If it is 4k60/2160p60 input, split screen display will appear, it means that ZowieBox does not support this input resolution....
ZowieBox supports HDMI audio output or line-in audio output. If users need to output line-in audio to HDMI, please log in to the ZowieBox web console, and click Setting->Audio to reach the audio configuration interface. Switch the audio source to line-in and make sure the sampling rate is not 16KHz. After successfully saving the audio...
1、Open the webcam software in the NDI tool. 2、Open the webcam software in the lower right corner. 3、In the pop-up Webcam window, click the settings button in the lower right corner and select the required ZowieBox source. If the required NDI source cannot be searched, please click the link to ensure that ZowieBox has switched...
Connect the HDMI signal source of the computer to the HDMI In interface of ZowieBox. Open computer settings, enter the Display settings interface, and slide down to enter Advanced display settings. Change the display screen that needs to be modified to ZowieBox, and then click Display Adapter Properties. In the pop-up window, select to List...
WiFi is designed for easily setup, control and preview video of the ZowieBox basically.
The serial port chips currently supported by ZowieBox are FT232 and PL2303. Please use different connection methods for different serial lines: 1. USB to RS232 The pin definition of RS232 is as follows: To ensure that RXD at one end is connected to TXD at the other end, please first check the RS232 interface of...
USB to Gigabit Ethernet adapter or USB Type-C to Gigabit Ethernet adpater are very popular and can be bough anywhere at online or local store. It is compact, very cheap and easy to use
Please prepare two ZowieBox for point-to-point video transmitter and receiver. One acts as an encoder (eg: 192.168.5.11) to convert the HDMI input signal source to NDI, and the other acts as a decoder (eg: 192.168.5.12) to decode the NDI source and output it to the display. 1. Connection method ZowieBox supports two connection methods for...
Please prepare two ZowieBox for point-to-point video transmitter. One is used as an encoder to push streaming to the Internet through RTMP/SRT protocol, and the other is used as a decoder to decode the RTMP/SRT URL and output it to the display. 1. Connection method Please connect two ZowieBox to the PoE switch respectively, as shown in the figure below. 2....
Please plug the storage device into the computer to see if the file can be played. If it can be played, then please check whether the audio format of the video recording is MP3, if it is MP3, then it is a normal phenomenon. At present, the video preview does not support the preview of...
Please log in ZowieBox web control interface, click Setting->Streaming->Local. Click the button on the right side to copy the RTSP URL directly.
1、 Please check the input resolution and output resolution of Feelworld, it is recommended to keep both input and output resolution at 1080p60/50. 2、 Please try to plug the HDMI cable again. 3、 Please output Feelworld’s signal to other displays to see if it is correct 4、 Please download Feelworld’s software and change the Bits...
By contacting Apple technical support, the Mac mini’s actual signal resolution is always the maximum resolution supported by the display. Changing the resolution through display settings can only actually change the visual image size. Therefore, Mac mini will always recognize ZowieBox as a 4k60 display, and ZowieBox currently cannot support 4k60 output and encoding. Currently it...
1. Please open the SRTMiniSever software and select the streaming method. It can stream to the LOCALNET or INTERNET. 2. Open the start button on the right. Choose the streaming line and copy the SRT URL and Stream ID of the line. 3. Log in to the ZowieBox web console and click Setting->Streaming->Internet. Click +Add to add a new streaming task. Enter...
1. Click the link below to make sure ZowieBox’s NDI is turned on https://zowietek.com/knowledge-base/how-to-switch-to-ndi-mode/ 2. Enter the URL below to download the OBS NDI plugin https://github.com/obs-ndi/obs-ndi/releases/tag/4.13.0 3. Download the plugin 4. Restart OBS after installing the plugin 5. Click ‘+’ to add an NDI source 6. Click the drop-down arrow to select the required NDI...
1. Open AMD Settings by right-clicking on your desktop and select AMD Settings. 2. Click on Gaming->Display 3. Change the color depth to 8bit. 4. Change the Pixel format to 4:2:2 5. Close AMD Settings, when done.
After the upgrade, if the LED screen is displayed on the logo interface, the web control interface keeps loading and cannot obtain information after logging in. Please click Setting->System->Default and click Restore Factory Settings.
This is due to our comprehensive upgrade of ZowieBox. To distinguish New Gen ZowieBox or ZowieBox, please log in to the web control interface and click Setting to view the current hardware version in the lower left corner. If the hardware version number is 3.1.4, it means it is a New Gen ZowieBox, and if the hardware version...
To distinguish New Gen ZowieBox or ZowieBox, please log in to the web control interface and click Setting to view the current hardware version in the lower left corner. If the hardware version number is 3.1.4, it means it is a New Gen ZowieBox, and if the hardware version is 3.1.2/3.1.3, it is a ZowieBox. This table specifically...
Please check the color bit supported by the monitor/switcher first. If it is a Feelworld series video switcher, please try to set the color bit to 8bit. https://zowietek.com/knowledge-base/feelworld-output-cannot-be-detected/ If you are using an ATEM mini pro, please check whether you are using the input 1 of the ATEM. Please try using other input ports. Currently,...
Please make sure that you do not use mDNS to log in to the webpage during the upgrade process. To ensure stability during the upgrade process, the mDNS function will be turned off after the upgrade is detected, resulting in upgrade failure. When using a USB flash drive or TF card for upgrade, please make...
In order to continuously improve and optimize the functions of Zowietek products, All Zowietek products has gone through multiple hardware version iterations. The specific hardware versions and corresponding functions are as follows: ZowieCam y=1(M12),2(CS),or 3(AF) Hardware Version UVC Out Fan Mode SDI Output 4k30->1080p30 4.y.2 × × √ 4.y.3 × × √ 4.y.6 × ×...
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