Obs-ndi Alternatives

Reviews and mentions

• Tried everything...NDI source problems
  1 project | reddit.com/r/VIDEOENGINEERING | 28 Nov 2021

  I haven't used OBS for awhile, but I had to install this plugin when I used it last, as well as the NDI runtime, which can be found in the instructions section of the site I linked.

• App for streaming 4K video from iPhone 8 to Mac?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Twitch | 14 Oct 2021

  Larix Broadcaster https://apps.apple.com/us/app/larix-broadcaster/id1042474385 or NDI HX Camera https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ndi-hx-camera/id1477266080 if you're on the local network, NDI will be a little easier to use. For this method you'll also need the OBS NDI plugin https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/releases. Streamlabs OBS supports NDI source on Windows, but I don't know about Mac...it's strongly recommended to abandon SLOBS in favor of regular OBS Studio. If you're mobile and not on the local wifi/network, Larix is what you want (although Larix can be used locally as well) using SRT/HEVC

• Dual PC obs streaming help
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 19 Sep 2021

  What you lose in a dual PC setup is that you just have to have your preplanned mental map of where all your pieces are going - your microphone, your computers themselves, the monitor setup, audio to monitor your alerts, and any external control surfaces you have for both computers. Because the second OBS is just receiving your capture card - effectively just display capture - you lose the control that per-app game capture gives you and the granular audio control you could have with App Based Audio Capture or Virtual Audio Cables. You can circumvent this by skipping a capture card entirely and sending a precise OBS feed of just your game over OBS-NDI, but that can undo some of the benefit because the gaming PC still has to composite a simple scene.

• How do I hook up one laptop to the other and stream together with them?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Destiny | 31 Aug 2021

  With a LAN cable and use https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi

• NDI not working. I set output on one pc and on the second pc I add ndi source, but nothing shows up. No screen capture, no audio, no picture. Nothing, just a red resizing dot on the top left but that does't help either.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 21 Aug 2021

  In my opinion, NDI is not a viable option in OBS. Something is wrong between OBS and the NDI plugin that causes numerous problems. Once you get through the configuration issues, there are intermittent video issues and if you get those resolved you should run into the audio issues. I believe this is why there is a full rewrite of the obs-ndi plugin going on: https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/tree/rewrite

• View OBS output on Ipad via wifi (no internet) NDI?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 18 Aug 2021

  Yes, it's an extra plugin available for all platforms: https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/releases

• Help with Windowed Preview Not Playing Sound
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 8 Jun 2021

  The first is what I use: download NDI Tools and use NDI Studio Monitor with the OBS-NDI plugin to send your OBS output - audio and video - to the Studio Monitor app. With it installed in OBS, that's Tools -> NDI.Plugin.Menu.OutputSettings and tick the box next to the first output, 'main', then load it up in the Monitor app. It's been a while since I set it up and it was a bit finnicky but I did use it recently to put OBS output to a window and stream that to discord. However, do note that installing the OBS-NDI plugin leads to a known bug that stops OBS minimising to System Tray. It is unlikely to be fixed. If for whatever reason your other, 'normal' use of OBS has you rely on minimising to system tray and you can't adjust, I'd float the idea of installing a second, portable instance of OBS for when you want to use NDI activity.

• Need help for a two person streaming setup OBS
  1 project | reddit.com/r/streaming | 5 May 2021

  NDI capture - PC to PC very low impact on your performance https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/releases

• Why is screen sharing on iPadOS limited to 480p on non-Nitro accounts?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/discordapp | 1 Apr 2021

  My workaround so far is to stream the screen to PC and then restream it via Discord PC app. I'm using obs-ndi + NDI capture, though I heard that Screen Mirroring+ also works fine. This setup works fine (stream resolution is near 720p), but setting it up every time is pretty annoying.

• Alternative to NDI: Use your phone instead!
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 17 Mar 2021

  I have yet to try NDI, but there seem to be linux packages in a project which seems to be GPL. Unless it requires a proprietary library from the NDI SDK, in which case I'm even doubt that the GPL is a compatible license.

• Can I run OBS on a separate computer for my Twitch streaming?
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 23 Feb 2021

  This is because Display Capture requires data to be sent from the game buffer, to the windows buffer, then to OBS. Meanwhile Game Capture just has it send directly from the game buffer to OBS. This is also how you can tell true full-screen games from fake full-screen games, which is evident from this OBS issue which perfectly represents the windows display buffer versus the game graphics buffer.

• 2 people in a stream but different room
  2 projects | reddit.com/r/Twitch | 15 Feb 2021

  Different room or different house? Different room I'd play around with NDI (obs-ndi plugin, apps for mobile vary in price)

• I want to capture video from my Macbook Pro and Stream (OBS) from my PC. Is this possible? I am only seeing the inverse of this.
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Twitch | 12 Feb 2021

  Then on your PC/whatever you are running OBS on, get the NDI Plugin for it. This will allow you to see the NDI source on your Macbook and bring it into your OBS canvas.

• Streaming in the same room/separate PCs
  1 project | reddit.com/r/Twitch | 19 Jan 2021

  Install this obs-ndi plugin on both

• Refresh Rate Stuttering when I active the FullScreen Projector
  1 project | reddit.com/r/obs | 13 Jan 2021

  You could also look into using the OBS-NDI plugin by Palakis https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi