3Play 3P1 is the most cost-effective, easy-to-use, and powerful IP replay solution in the world.

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Bookmarks
Set timecode markers to quickly navigate to key moments during recorded events, independent of marked In and Out points.

Filter
Locate relevant clips and events quickly and easily, filtering content using keywords and metadata.

List Organization
Organize content to preference with multiple Clips List and Play List pages, arranging assets by team, player, play type, time period, and more.

MAM Platform Integration
Integrate with compatible Media Asset Management (MAM) platforms for shared use and management of stored media assets.

Metadata
Enter text notes and descriptions for assets to easily identify, organize, and manage content.

Tags
Save time and effort tagging replay events, entering detailed metadata with fewer keystrokes by using custom numeric codes for keywords and phrases.

AUDIO

Audio Configuration
Designate the sound that accompanies each video input for capture, with independent configuration of audio channel and input type.

Mix-and-Match Audio Connections
Use any combination of supported digital, analog, and network audio devices to input and output high-quality audio.

CAPTURE

Automatic Replay Recording
Activate recording automatically when you set your first Mark In or Mark Out point.

Multi-Channel Recording
Capture every angle of live action for instant replay, playback, or archive, recording multiple, native-resolution video channels simultaneously.

Synchronized, Continuous Capture
Record footage from all active video channels continuously, simultaneously, and in perfect sync, until you manually deactivate recording.

CONFIGURATION

Auto Color
Optionally enable automatic color matching between video inputs to account for variable lighting conditions and camera settings.

Proc Amp Controls
Individually adjust color characteristics and levels for each input source, including brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation.

Recording Options
Choose the destination drive for each active recording and other assets associated with your 3Play session.

Sessions
Configure and store the framework and assets for your productions, including the video standard and resolution, input and output configuration, and more.

Session Templates
Set up and store session settings with your user preferences in reusable templates—and jump right to your custom configuration for any production.

White Balance
Ensure accurate color properties for your video with manual and automatic white balance controls.

CONTROL

Control Panels
Take a hands-on approach to operation with companion hardware control panels that map to the user interface.

Event Marking
Start and end events and clips at the exact frame you want with pinpoint Mark In and Mark Out controls.

Macros
Record, store, and automate favorite settings, frequent commands, and complex operation sequences, triggering with a single action.

MIDI Support
Optionally connect any of thousands of compatible MIDI devices to extend macro control and to integrate video operations with other MIDI-compatible live production elements like sound, lighting, and effects.

Program-Preview Workflow
Sequence and switch between output channels using your choice of transitions, and set up and see the composition of your next shot before you take it live to air.

Transport Controls
Use a simple set of familiar controls to manage playback and list functions, including Play, Stop, Previous, and Next.

User Interface
Operate with point-and-click simplicity, with a dedicated software user interface and the included USB mouse and keyboard.

Web Interface
Optionally enable control from the browser of any supported device on the same network with a system-specific Web-based interface.

INTEGRATION

3G/HD/SD-SDI
Industry-standard SDI input and output connectivity with support for 3G, HD, and SD video formats.

AMP Support
Enable compatible third-party systems supporting AMP (Advanced Media Protocol) to issue commands to 3Play for more fluid and sophisticated workflows.

Genlock
Synchronize the timing with other equipment in your production environment using an external reference signal.

Mix-and-Match Video Inputs
Connect video cameras or devices of any supported connection type, resolution, frame rate, and aspect ratio, with per-input configuration.

Mix-and-Match Video Outputs
Configure video outputs for any combination of supported signals and connection types.

Rackmount Chassis
Industry-standard rackmount chassis integrate into any professional production environment, setup, or workflow.

Router Support
Select and switch between router sources directly from the user interface when connected to a compatible upstream video router.

Scores and Statistics
Display real-time scores and statistics in on-screen graphics using compatible network graphics solutions.

Storage
Import, record, and store hours of video, images, graphics, and more for your production using supported storage methods.

IP

Native IP Processing
True IP production, with software-driven processing maintaining native resolution of every signal from input to output and eliminating the need for conversion to and from baseband video.

NDI^®
Send and receive video, audio, and data over IP to and from compatible production systems, devices, and applications across a network with integrated Network Device Interface (NDI) technology.

MONITORING

Multi-Angle Clip Preview
Preview every angle of recorded events simultaneously with full-time, full-motion clip monitors available for display within the user interface or multiviewer.

Multiviewers
Monitor the multiple input and output signals in your production simultaneously with viewports built into the user interface, and optionally extend monitoring to additional displays.

Production Clocks
View the system clock, generate and display local timecode, and set start and end times for your video program, including countdown, to time productions precisely.

Visual Indicators
Obtain real-time feedback from a variety of on-screen visual indicators to easily assess the status of production activities.

Workspaces
Configure the multiviewers to display the desired type, quantity, and arrangement of video signals with a variety of layout presets.

MULTIMEDIA

Animation Buffers
Load multiple video loops, motion graphics, and animations into dedicated memory slots for instant recall and playback.

Background Audio
Import audio files, songs, and sound effects to provide background music and audio for clips and highlights.

Buffers
Load multiple images, graphics, and titles into dedicated memory slots for instant recall and overlay.

Grab
Grab full-resolution still images from your video program for real-time export and post-production use.

Media Playback
Store and playback short-form and long-form video clips, motion graphics, and packages of virtually any file format.

Play List Effects
Add transitions between Play List items and combine real-time, slow-mo, and fast-mo with per-clip playback speed settings.

Titles and Graphics
Store and display titles, graphics, photos, and images of virtually any file format.

OPERATION

Backup and Restore
Protect your system against unforeseen hardware and software issues, using a comprehensive system restore function to return your system to factory defaults or creating a bootable clone of the system drive on an external drive for backup.

Multi-Tiered Failsafe
Ensure productions continue through unexpected circumstances with multiple, redundant failsafe mechanisms that monitor and resolve error conditions with minimal disruption.

Resolutions
Launch your session in any of the supported interlaced or progressive scan resolutions and frame rates, including 3G, HD, and SD selections.

Signal Processing
Maintain signal quality from end to end with video and images processed at their native resolution—no up conversion or down conversion required.

OUTPUT

Clip Playback
Capture and mark live action to create events, then replay clips from multiple angles.

Dual Output Channels
Output live video, replays, recordings, stored media, and more using two fully independent, simultaneous output channels.

List PlaybackCreate highlight reels, clip sequences, or blocks of content, then hit play to roll from one video to the next automatically.

Live Output
Send any incoming video signal directly to one or both output channels to supply a live feed to downstream displays or production systems.

Multi-Speed Playback
Choose to replay captured clips or roll imported media in real time or at variable playback speeds.

NDI^® Output
Supply both output channels to the network via NDI, allowing other NDI-enabled devices connected to the network to use the signals for input or delivery.

Simultaneous HD/SD Output
Output video in both standard and high definition simultaneously with configurable output resolutions.

Simultaneous SDI/IP Output
Output video to local and network destinations at the same time, with outputs configurable for simultaneous SDI and IP delivery.

Slow Motion Playback
Replay the action at half-speed, quarter-speed and more with smooth, interpolated slow motion.

Time-Shifting
Delay the broadcast of live productions or video feeds, initiating playback of active recordings seconds, minutes, or even hours after recording starts.

PUBLISHING

Auto Queue
Optionally enable media designated for sharing to be uploaded and exported to publishing destinations automatically.

File Export
Live export media from your production for local or remote collaboration, delivering to FTP sites, or copying to local or external storage locations, including network servers.

Social Media Export
Login and publish media to popular social media accounts directly from your system, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Trim
Set new in and out points for video clips you plan to share to change the duration or edit for content.

TELESTRATION

First Replay Telestration
Perform live telestration and remote playback from any compatible connected device, with support for annotation, custom graphics, and transport control.

TOTAL SOLUTION

Compatible NewTek Products
Add to your existing workflow or create an entirely new one, building around 3Play with a range of seamlessly compatible, software-driven production solutions.

Developer Network
Outfit your live production ecosystem with partner solutions from a growing list of companies and developers that have integrated their products with NewTek live production systems through NewTek’s SDK program.

Professional Services
Leverage NewTek’s expertise in video production technology and workflows to support your installation, workflow design, systems engineering, and automation programming, as well as production development, project coordination, on-site training and assistance, and more.

ProTek
Obtain premium coverage for all areas of your equipment needs, including expert assistance, product replacement, top-priority 24/7 access, and rapid response. Available only in the continental US with restrictions.

SDK Program
Access the tools needed to build applications and products that integrate with and augment 3Play to serve production needs.

Support
Receive assistance from an experienced, highly trained team of specialists via free phone support, email, and live chat, or utilize online FAQs and knowledge bases for product education and troubleshooting.

Updates, Upgrades and Trade-Ups
Download and install free system updates, add new capabilities with optional add-ons and premium software, and receive credit towards a new model when trading in your existing hardware.

Video Training
Learn about basic and advanced operation with online training videos, including useful tips, tricks, and more that can make production easier and more efficient.

VISUALS

Animated Transitions
Select from a variety of included animation store transitions or create custom transition effects, embedding branding, logos, and other visuals into full-color animated overlays with sound effects.

Play List Transitions
Roll from clip to clip in the Play List using cuts, or optionally insert transitions between clips for added effect.

Program-Preview Transitions
Transition between A and B outputs using custom effects or hundreds of industry-standard wipes, dissolves, trajectories, and more.

Real-Time Layering
Apply titles, graphics, and animations to live output and video playback, layer one playback angle over another for picture-in-picture replay, or capture the game clock and layer over playback for official review.

Warping Effects
Generate animated transitions with sophisticated video effects, like real-time cloth dynamics, 3D warping, and transformations.

WORKFLOW

Channel Info
View critical information about the signal currently assigned to the output channels, including the control mode, timecode, playback speed and more.

File Format Interoperability
Work with a wide range of stored media file formats natively and interchangeably, including video, images, graphics, and audio, with optional transcoding to optimize real-time performance.

Media Browser
Use a familiar browser interface to explore and select media, transitions, and effects from accessible storage locations.

Media Export
Easily convert and export media files from your production, including batch export, with file format preset and destination configurable per asset.

Media Import
Easily import and optionally transcode media assets, including batch import, with files automatically categorized according to type and assigned to the appropriate locations for production use.

Play List Export
Build a sequence of clips or a highlight reel in the Play List, then render as a single file available for playback from the Clips List and export for transfer or archive.

Real-Time Production Engine
Simultaneously perform the combined functions of multiple individual components in a single, all-in-one integrated production platform with high-performance system architecture.

Timecode
Time productions, cue video files, synchronize and log recorded media, and more, using multiple timecode fields and settings.

Video Codecs
Download and install free codecs for Microsoft^® Windows^® and Apple^® OS X platforms to enhance media file compatibility between your system and third-party software applications.

Video Inputs	4 x simultaneous external video inputs, supporting any combination of compatible sources
Network Video Input	4 x resolution-independent IP video inputs via NDI®
SDI Video Input	4 x 3G/HD/SD-SDI connections supporting video input in any combination of standard formats, resolutions, and frame rates 1080p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976 1080i: 59.94, 50 720p: 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, 24, 23.976 576i 50 480i 59.94
Video Output	2 x session-format video outputs, with simultaneous delivery via IP and SDI
Network Video Output	2 x session-format IP video outputs via NDI®
SDI Video Output	4 x 3G/HD/SD-SDI connections supporting redundant delivery of 2x session-format video outputs
Multiviewer Output	1 x DVI user interface with multiviewer 1 x HDMI multiviewer 1 x DisplayPort multiviewer
Recording	4 x simultaneous recording channels
Recording Format	QuickTime® (XDCAM HD compatible, 4:2:2 encoding, 24-bit audio, with timecode)
Storage	3 x 3TB internal drive (capacity varies by format, resolution and file specification)
Grab	Grab full-resolution, deinterlaced still images from inputs and outputs
Export	Export video and image files to social media, FTP, local or external volumes, and network servers, with optional transcoding
DSK	1 x DSK channel per output, with independent source selection and transition
Transitions	Supports custom transitions between output channels and playlist clips
Telestration	Integrated NDI® Telestrator Pro technology supporting real-time telestration and transport control from compatible devices over the network
Asset Management	Asset management system supporting metadata entry, tagging, filtering, organization, navigation, bookmarking, and integration with compatible MAM platforms
Local Audio Input	4 x SDI embedded 1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair (Line) 3 x Balanced 1/4” stereo pairs (Line)
Local Audio Output	4 x SDI embedded 1 x Balanced XLR stereo pair 1 x Balanced 1/4” stereo pair 1 x Stereo 1/4" (phones)
Network Audio	Native support for network audio input and output via NDI®
Processing	Video: Floating Point YCbCr +A 4:4:4:4 Audio: Floating Point, 96 kHzg
Throughput Latency	~1.0-1.5 frames
A/V Standards	3G-SDI video conforms to SMPTE 424M (Level A) HD-SDI video conforms to SMPTE 292M SD video conforms to SMPTE 259M and ITU-R BT.656 Analog audio levels conform to SMPTE RP-155
Genlock	Genlock input supporting SD (Bi-level) or HD (Tri-level) reference signals
Macros	Record, store, edit, and automate commands and user-configured operation sequences, including support for cross-platform automation between supported systems
AMP	Supports Advanced Media Protocol for remote control via compatible third-party production systems
GPI	Supports GPI signals via JLCooper Electronics eBox GPI interface
MIDI	Support for standard MIDI protocol enabling third-party device control
System Drive	120GB SSD
NIC	2 x 1 Gigabit NIC
System Physical	19.0 x 3.5 x 19.57 in (48.3 x 8.9 x 49.7 cm) with rack ears attached ~ 26 lbs (~12 kg)