Pixelview Features ​

Pixelview streams the picture from your suite to clients live, with chat, video call, and annotations beside it, in a browser or the Pixelview Player apps. This page lists what it can do, with links to the guides.

Getting the picture in ​

Pixelview fits the setup already in the room. See Stream setup.

  • Pixelview Desktop: Pixelview's own app for Mac and Windows, built on OBS Studio. Pair once with a code from Admin and stream from a Blackmagic capture device with no stream keys or encoder settings, up to 10-bit 4:4:4 on a Mac. Recommended for rooms with a Blackmagic capture device. See Pixelview Desktop.
  • OBS Studio: SDR and HDR, capture cards, NDI sources, and software sources. WHIP is the recommended connection because it usually has lower delay than SRT from OBS.
  • SRT from Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, OBS, and hardware encoders.
  • NDI + OBS when an editing app has reliable NDI output and OBS sends it to Pixelview over WHIP.
  • Magewell encoders, preconfigured, for a simple SDI-to-Pixelview path in SDR.

Image quality and color ​

Each session runs on its own dedicated server in the region you choose. It delivers the stream to viewers, makes thumbnails, measures stream stats, and applies LUTs and watermarks. See How Pixelview Works.

  • Rec.709 SDR for standard review.
  • HDR beta: Rec.2020 PQ/ST2084, Rec.2020 HLG, and P3D65 PQ/ST2084, with max luminance selection. See HDR Remote Review.
  • 3D LUTs from .cube files, where supported by the account and viewer app. See 3D LUT Calibration.
  • 10-bit and 4:4:4: Pixelview Desktop sends up to 10-bit 4:4:4 on a Mac; OBS sends 10-bit 4:2:2 HEVC.
  • Viewer guidance: Chrome and Edge have the widest HDR and high-bit-depth support; Safari is more limited. On iPad Pro use Reference Mode for color-critical review, and turn off True Tone and Night Shift.

Watching ​

Viewers do not need an account.

  • Open a browser link at play.pixelview.io, with the password included or entered separately, or from a private email invite. See Web browser.
  • Scan a QR code or enter the Stream ID and password in Pixelview Player, and reopen saved streams on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV.
  • Receive the session in Pixelview Desktop on a Mac and play it out over SDI to a reference monitor or projector, in 10-bit 4:2:2 or 10-bit 4:4:4 RGB, SDR or HDR.

Viewers see the session title, description, your logo, pause message or pause reel, thumbnails, and reconnect states.

Collaboration ​

See Collaboration tools.

  • Video chat: camera, microphone, and speaker controls, participant list, active speaker, pinning and gallery, and admin mute.
  • Text chat: unread indicators, emoji, and file and media attachments.
  • Screen sharing: an active share can replace the stream area.
  • Annotations: draw over the video or a screen share; strokes sync to everyone.
  • Reference images alongside the live picture.

Running the session in Admin ​

  • Create projects with title, password, expiration, and Activate Now; activate, pause, or resume them. See Create a project.
  • Copy links with or without the password, client instructions, and app login details; send email invites from the address book. See Session access.
  • See online and offline viewers with city, IP, device, call state, and stream stats; kick viewers or revoke access; clear chat. See Viewer management.
  • Restart the server or switch region for troubleshooting.
  • Add a logo, project description, pause message, a YouTube or Vimeo pause reel, or a forced neutral gray background.

Security and teams ​

  • Session passwords, private email invites, and disabled group links.
  • Watermarking on supported plans.
  • Kick and revoke for viewers.
  • A dedicated, isolated server for each session. Streams are passed through live and not stored.
  • Team accounts with shared encoders, roles, two-factor authentication, team branding, and one encoder per room that streams at the same time. See Team collaboration and Security best practices.