[CA] [CA11] DVD Camera recording unit to GS195?

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum rtrafford,

Unfortunately, I don't have any recommendations to offer with regard to converting HDMI to SDI. I generally recommend that any third party adapters, IP cameras, or encoders be purchased only with the option to return if found to not be compatible with the system. Please note that the CAM200IP is, as its name suggests, is an IP video camera. As such, the CAM200IP supports streaming video via Ethernet communications. Such cameras may be interfaced to the Ethernet port of a gS-Series MFD or an Ethernet network switch (ex. HS5 RayNet Network Switch, SeaTalkhs Network Switch, etc.) to which the system's MFDs and other compatible Ethernet devices (ex. FLIR thermal camera, fishfinder sounder module, SiriusXM Wx/radio receiver, etc.) will be interfaced. It would be recommended that a company specializing in video processing be consulted regarding the best video product to convert HDMI to SDI and then to split SDI. Alternatively, you may want to consider a HDMI encoder to stream the video, permitting it (like that from the CAM200IP) to be shared with all of the system's MFDs via Ethernet communications. Should a FLIR thermal camera having an NTSC video output be selected, then as indicated within the FAQ found here, an Axis M7011 Video Encoder may be used to encode the video from the FLIR thermal camera to be shared among the system's MFDs.