Instant replay with Magewell’s Director Mini

Described as its most extensive feature update yet for the Director Mini, Magewell has reportedly added more than 50 enhancements in the version 3.0 firmware upgrade for the all-in-one production and streaming system.

The Director Mini combines multi-input switching, graphics, streaming, recording and monitoring in one compact device. Version 3.0 enhancements to its production toolset, remote control capabilities and input flexibility include new scene presets – including picture in-picture, side-by-side and quad-splits – and more versatile remote control options. The free Director Utility mobile app now incorporates live programme video and audio monitoring, multi-step shortcut creation and editing, instant replay control and replay event sharing. The Director Mini’s browser-based web UI has also been expanded to include instant replay controls.

The Director Mini’s input flexibility – which already included HDMI, USB, NDI, SRT, RTMP and mobile camera inputs – has been further expanded with support for RTSP streams and HTML webpage sources. Version 3.0 can also use NDI High Bandwidth sources with alpha channel as motion overlays in the Director Mini’s graphics engine.

Additional new features include the ability to encode the Director Mini’s multi-view output (comprising programme output, preview output and multiple input sources) for recording, streaming or NDI distribution, support for captive portal authentication in shared Wi-Fi environments, USB tethering to use a smartphone’s cellular data connectivity and “dozens” of other fixes and enhancements.