Send a link.
Review it live.
Your work.
Your team, in the room.
VDO Sessions brings your live picture to editors, colourists, producers and clients. Invite them into Chrome or Safari, or the native VDO Player on Mac, iPad and Apple TV.
- 01 · Source
Start in your suite.
Use the custom VDO Streamer app for macOS or multi-channel Facility Streamer for Linux. Capture Blackmagic SDI / HDMI or NDI; macOS also supports screen capture.
- 02 · Configure
Set the colour path.
Choose Rec.709 SDR, ST 2084 PQ, HLG or a custom setup. Configure 8/10-bit and 4:2:0 / 4:2:2 / 4:4:4 for your source and receiving setup.
- 03 · Invite
Send the link.
Invite your team to the live session. Per-link expiry and a waiting room help you manage access.
- 04 · Review
Watch it together.
Join in a browser or native player. Review the grade, discuss the cut and spot VFX shots as you work.
Every detail.
In the picture.
Use the native VDO Player on Mac for Blackmagic SDI / HDMI or NDI output to your reference display. Configure Rec.709 SDR, ST 2084 PQ, HLG or a custom colour path, end to end.
Available formats depend on the source, player and display. Browser playback uses the receiving device’s display; dedicated Blackmagic and NDI output uses the native Mac Player.
Encoded at source. Forwarded without re-encoding.
Review in a browser, or use native Mac Player output for your reference display.
A review room.
Wherever you are.
From the edit suite to the screening room. Bring the people you need into one live conversation.
Different rooms. One live session.
Bring editors, colourists and clients into the same review. Choose the player and output path that suit each viewing setup.
Inside a Colour session
Share grade adjustments live with the client. Colour rooms support Rec.709 SDR, ST 2084 PQ, HLG and custom colour management, up to 10-bit 4:4:4 on supported source and playback paths. Bitrate limits follow the room profile and transport. Colour rooms try direct peer-to-peer where the network allows, with relay fallback.
Players: macOS, iPadOS, tvOS, browser. Apple TV can be used in a calibrated screening-room setup.
Inside an Editorial session
Check timing, performance and VFX shots together. Editorial rooms use relay delivery for multi-party review, with up to 20 participants on supported plans. 10-bit 4:2:2 is supported; bitrate follows the room profile, transport and receiving capabilities. 48 kHz audio supports Opus stereo, AAC 8-channel and PCM 16-channel paths.
Players: browser, macOS, iPadOS, tvOS.
Works with the apps
you already know.
Feed VDO Streamer from an NDI source or supported Blackmagic capture hardware. For Resolve, the VDO OFX plugin emits NDI from the timeline. Streamer encodes the source for live review through Sessions.
DaVinci Resolve
Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro
Media Composer
Nuke
Flame
Assimilate ScratchBefore you
send the link.
Do my clients install anything?
Most join in Chrome or Safari. For client suites and screening rooms we also ship native players for macOS, iPadOS and Apple TV.
What’s the maximum participant count?
Up to 20 participants per session on supported plans. Contact us to discuss larger rooms.
Is the session recorded?
We do not record or archive live media.* Optional Session Intelligence retains participant speech as transcript text, not recorded audio.
How do Colour and Editorial use direct and relay paths?
Colour rooms try a direct peer-to-peer path and fall back to relay when needed. Editorial rooms use relay to distribute the live feed to reviewers. Latency depends on network distance and routing as well as the VDO pipeline.
What happens if the network is bad?
Colour rooms use a direct path where possible and relay when needed; Editorial rooms use relay. The active path and receiver capabilities set the bitrate ceiling. Limited bandwidth can still affect playback. Both paths use encrypted transport and authenticated room access.
Does it work outside Resolve?
Yes. VDO Streamer takes screen capture, NDI and supported Blackmagic capture inputs. For Resolve specifically, VDO OFX is an OpenFX bridge that emits NDI from the timeline.
Specs
- 8/10-bit chroma: 4:2:0 / 4:2:2 / 4:4:4
- Rec.709 SDR · ST 2084 PQ · HLG · DCI
- Rec.709 / P3 / Rec.2020 / DCI-P3
- Custom-configured colour management end to end
- 48 kHz audio: Opus stereo, AAC 8-channel, PCM 16-channel
- VDO pipeline overhead: <50 ms, excluding network latency
- Up to 20 concurrent participants on supported plans
- Bitrate limits follow the room profile and transport
- Receiver capabilities can lower the effective bitrate limit
- Per-link expiry and waiting room
- Optional fixed-region relay
- Optional IP allow-list
- Browser: Chrome and Safari
- Native players: macOS, iPadOS, tvOS
- Native Mac Player: Blackmagic SDI / HDMI and NDI output
- Custom protocol, QUIC transport
- Colour rooms: P2P where possible, with relay fallback
- Editorial rooms: relay (collaborative scale)
Note on latency.The <50 ms figure describes our pipeline contribution. Glass-to-glass latency also includes the capture and display path, network distance and routing between the suite and the reviewer. Available video formats depend on the source, player and display.
From the rack
or the timeline.
Multi-stream, self-hosted.Linux + NVIDIA or Intel, your hardware
Software you install on a Linux workstation with a supported NVIDIA or Intel GPU. Register up to four channels to feed Sessions from your facility. We’ll help size HD or UHD capacity for your sources, frame rates and host workload.
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An OpenFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve. Drop it on a clip; your timeline emits NDI alongside the render. No capture card, no middleware, no second machine. Available to onboarded VDO teams.
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