We’ve been busy expanding SDI capabilities in Nimble Streamer, and today we want to share what’s coming next.
Earlier this year, we introduced native SDI support for Blackmagic DeckLink devices, both SDI input for direct signal capture and SDI output for output, bringing professional broadcast hardware directly into the Nimble processing pipeline without any third-party conversion layers.
The response from the community has been great, and one question kept coming up: what about AJA?
AJA SDI support is in active development
We’re pleased to confirm that AJA SDI device support is currently in active development for Nimble Streamer. Just like with the DeckLink integration, our goal is to provide native, first-class support — no workarounds, no external tools.
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The planned scope covers both directions:
- SDI input: capture signals from AJA hardware directly into Nimble’s live processing pipeline for encoding, transcoding, packaging, and delivery.
- SDI output: send streams from Nimble back out over SDI to AJA devices for downstream broadcast equipment, monitors, or playout chains.
Why AJA?
AJA is a staple in professional broadcast and production environments worldwide. Their capture cards and I/O devices are trusted in studios, OB vans, and post-production facilities where signal reliability is non-negotiable. Bringing native AJA SDI support to Nimble Streamer means teams running AJA hardware will be able to connect their existing infrastructure directly to IP-based streaming workflows, the same clean, low-level integration we built for DeckLink.
We’re working on it
We don’t have a release date to share yet, but development is underway and we’ll announce availability as soon as it’s ready. Follow this blog and our social networks for updates.
In the meantime, if you’re running AJA hardware and want to be among the first to know, or if you have a specific use case you’d like us to keep in mind, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us via our engineering helpdesk.