MetaLink
Professional remote desktop device with SDI/HDMI output.
A compact media-specific zero-terminal delivering low-latency remote cloud desktop access, professional 4K HDR local monitoring via 12G SDI/HDMI, and secure cross-network transmission for remote office, production and AI creative workflows.
Overview
MetaLink is a lightweight dedicated remote desktop hardware tailored for media practitioners, supporting cloud-based remote office, professional video production and AI creation, paired with native 12G SDI and HDMI local monitoring output. It adopts multi-standard encoding and exclusive NVI/vGTP transmission protocols with lossless high-bit-depth image processing, built-in hardware security hardening and anti-loss transmission mechanisms, and supports flexible point-to-point / one-to-many cloud deployment across LAN and WAN for unified management of multimedia cloud desktops. MetaLink brings broadcast-grade 12G-SDI local monitoring; MetaLink-s is a lightweight dual-screen desktop.
Challenge
Remote production stalls on trust: editors working outside the facility can't judge color, HDR, or field-accurate output on consumer displays, and moving media out to them creates security and bandwidth problems that get worse with every camera generation.
Monitoring fidelity
Craft editing and QC need true broadcast output — SDI, HDR, 10-bit — not a compressed window on an office laptop.
Media exposure
Copying hi-res media to remote machines multiplies attack surface and versions; the safest media is media that never leaves the machine room.
Transmission quality
Remote desktops built for office work stutter on frame-accurate timelines and drop quality exactly when the picture matters.
Deployment spread
Operators sit on LANs, home networks, and WANs — one terminal has to adapt to all of them without bespoke setup.
Solution
MetaLink terminals move the operator's seat, not the media.
Key Features
- Efficient transmission — Supports H.264, H.265 and AVS-HFM encoding, uses NVI and vGTP protocols for separate monitoring and desktop stream transmission, and carries USB ports for uploading external storage files to cloud hosts over the network.
- High-quality monitoring — Independent NVI transmission for monitoring video streams, 12G SDI + HDMI 2.0 output up to 4K HDR, and YUV422 10-bit encoding for authentic color reproduction.
- Stable and reliable — A hardware-hardened local system prevents unauthorized tampering, while retransmission and forward error correction ensure smooth transmission.
- Flexible deployment — Point-to-point and one-to-many cloud connections adapt to LAN/WAN via gateway conversion, with centralized management for cloud desktops and professional multimedia channels.
Model Lineup
- MetaLink — The full-size terminal with broadcast-grade 12G-SDI local monitoring alongside HDMI 2.0, up to 4K HDR.
- MetaLink-s — A lightweight dual-screen desktop terminal with 4K HDMI monitoring, for office-side and travelling operators.
Scenarios
- Remote work — Low-latency transmission supports remote operation of mainstream office and design software including WPS, Photoshop, and Acrobat.
- Remote production, private or public cloud — High-quality 4K low-latency streams, with bypass streaming for local 10-bit SDI/HDMI monitoring and adjustable compression options.
Result
Editors get a broadcast-grade seat into the cloud from wherever they work — true SDI monitoring where craft review demands it, dual-screen portability where it doesn't — while the media itself stays in the machine room.
Local monitoring output up to 4K HDR on MetaLink.
Dual Screen for Professional Editing
MetaLink-s travel weight
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