Product capabilities
Sessions, Workstation,
players and origins.
Use VDO Sessions for live review and VDO Workstation to control the suite. Native players give reviewers dedicated playback endpoints; Facility Streamer sends feeds from your own hardware into Sessions.
01 · Sessions
Colour-managed review, live in the room.
Video
- 8-bit and 10-bit video on supported source and client paths
- 4:2:0, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 chroma, by room profile and client
- SDR, HDR PQ/HLG and theatrical workflows with compatible playback and displays
- Editorial and colour room profiles
- Bitrate limits follow the room profile and transport
Playback
- Browser playback in Chrome and Safari
- Native Mac player
- Native iPad player
- Native Apple TV player
- Mac player output through Blackmagic SDI / HDMI hardware
Rooms
- Editorial and colour review rooms
- 48 kHz audio for Sessions
- Opus stereo, AAC up to 8 channels, PCM up to 16 channels on supported paths
- Authenticated room access
- Direct onboarding for your review rooms
02 · Workstation
Remote suite access, tuned by host.
macOS hosts
- Apple Silicon host agent on macOS 13 or later
- Native Workstation client on macOS 14 or later
- 10-bit HEVC 4:2:0 / 4:4:4 on supported native paths; browser canvas output is eight-bit
- Display P3 wide colour support
- Browser-based access to creative suites
- Pair with Sessions for colour-managed review
Linux hosts
- x86_64 Rocky 8/9 with GNOME/GDM X11
- x86_64 Fedora 43/44 with GNOME/GDM Wayland and normal host consent
- 8-bit 4:2:0 / 4:4:4 on supported encoder paths; NVIDIA for 4:4:4
- Read the Linux setup article for hardware and lifecycle qualification limits
- Browser-based access to creative suites
- Pair with Sessions for client review
Input + audio
- Up to two display routes on supported host/client paths
- Pen pressure, tilt, twist, eraser and barrel-button events where supported
- 48 kHz stereo Opus audio
- Physical GPU, tablet, audio and multi-monitor qualification is separate from VM readiness
- Setup support for onboarded teams
03 · Facility Streamer
Self-hosted origins, feeding Sessions.
Origin
- Linux origin with supported NVIDIA or Intel hardware
- Multiple HD or UHD streams, sized to the hardware
- Designed for facilities with managed infrastructure
- Feeds VDO Sessions rooms
Workflow
- Editorial rooms
- Colour rooms
- Multi-stream review
- Direct onboarding for facility-specific topology
Security
- Encrypted transport for browser, native and workstation paths
- Authenticated, token-scoped room access
- Relay rooms forward live media
- Standard Sessions uses transport encryption, not application-layer media end-to-end encryption
How to choose
- Where does colour-managed review fit?Use VDO Sessions for colour-managed SDR, HDR and theatrical review in editorial and colour rooms.
- Where does remote desktop fit?Use VDO Workstation to control supported macOS or Linux hosts through a browser or native macOS client. On supported Linux hosts, add a separate Blackmagic or NDI reference feed to the native client; use Sessions when clients and collaborators need a live review.
- Which players are covered?Sessions playback is available in Chrome and Safari, with native players for Mac, iPad and Apple TV. The Mac player can output through Blackmagic SDI or HDMI hardware.
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