DistroAV - Network Audio/Video in OBS-Studio using NDI® technology

DistroAV - Network Audio/Video in OBS-Studio using NDI® technology 6.1.1

Reviews 3.90 star(s) 49 reviews

As soon as I install it in obs 28.2.1 and obs 29 the program doesn't open anymore
this is unfortunate... I echo Habster81's thoughts, this is a huge minus for OBS Studio :-/
For those wonder on the state of NDI https://obsproject.com/kb/obs-studio-28-plugin-compatibility . It's currently listed as just a work in progress.
Works quite well on Windows, as far as the time is synchronous on all systems (difference <1 sec!).
With Linux, unfortunately, it does not work very well. Picture and sound freezes every 2 seconds.
A fixed LAN connection is required, WLAN should not be used.
NDI plugin stop working with Sienna NDICam v6 - support NDI 5. Version v5.1 on iPad still working. NDI Source selection not displaying v6 stream from iPhone.
from what i can see this is only for outgoing. with vmix, for example, NDI resources can also be used as an input. or am i missing something?
This plug-in is super easy to setup and use and having NDI support in OBS to get around clunky capture card setups for two PC streaming is fantastic.

However, I've had major issues with being unable to hold consistent 60fps via NDI, even with machines well beyond what's required and a solid gigabit network. My main PC also has to be frequently restarted because after every stream, game audio goes out of sync when using the NDI plug-in. The only way to fix it is to restart.

While I do appreciate this is a free plug-in being made by a hobbyist, support for this is also virtually non-existent (though in keeping with the general OBS support experience.) The author only responds to a handful of support threads and if you have any problems with this at all, expect to be left to figure it out yourself.

I still use this plug-in (especially since the alternative is XSplit which just, no) but it still needs a lot of refinement.
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