ZowieBox HDMI Encoder
A pocket HDMI encoder that pushes RTMP or SRT from a camera without a phone or laptop in the chain. The budget field encoder.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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What it contributes to the stream
This part alone, with every other slot assumed generous and a platform that allows the tier. Your build's real verdict is the lowest ceiling across all its slots, which is what the configurator computes. Conservative planning budgets, not measurements: methodology.
Our take on the ZowieBox HDMI Encoder
The ZowieBox is a small HDMI encoder that streams without a PC, for streamers who want a console or camera to go live on its own. At a tracked $199 it sits at the top of its $171 to $199 range across nine points from August 25 to October 19, 2026.
It works as an RTMP hardware encoder, converts HDMI to NDI, and has an LCD screen and tally light. You control it with a web page on a PC, phone or tablet. The decode side supports up to 4K at 30fps and 1080p at 60fps. It weighs 5.9 ounces. The price was $28 lower at its low. It has 4.2 across 300 retailer ratings.
- Streams from a console with no PC
- Converts HDMI to NDI as well as RTMP
- Controlled from a web page on any device
- Tracked price is at its high, $28 over the low
- 4.2 average is modest for the price
- Decode tops out at 4K30 or 1080p60
Where it fits in a build
Turns the feed into a stream and sends it out. App on a phone, DIY board, or hardware. See every encoder pick
| Stream contribution | Encodes 1080p60 · H.265 |
| Form | Pocket box, USB-C powered |
| HDMI in | 1 |
| Bonding | No |
| Codec | H.264 / H.265 |
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ZowieBox HDMI Encoder
$199Tracked 2026-10-19
Buy links are affiliate links: we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices are tracked estimates, not live prices. Full disclosure
We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.