NDI
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@Wrightyrx7 - Im not positive on this but in OBS you can open the mixer and mute specific parts you dont want to hear. On my end its called Advanced Audio Properties or something like that. You would just mute which track you dont want to hear anymore while still keeping Video.
wdapunisher
Member
I have been playing around with NDI and for the most part it works well. What are people using for output settings on the game rig? I'm trying a host of settings to see which is the best. Currently using x264, CBR, 1000 bitrate, custome buffer at 2500, crf=17 CPU preset at very fast.
wdapunisher
Member
"Simple NDI" and restream (russian manual) https://goodgame.ru/topic/101878/
OBS-1PC (nvenc-capture) > nginx-rtmp-server 2PC > OBS-2PC (x264-compression) > twitch-server
OBS-1PC (nvenc-capture) > nginx-rtmp-server 2PC > OBS-2PC (x264-compression) > twitch-server
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This isn't NDI, it's just local streaming, which is a janky solution that NDI is intended to replace. I'm not really sure what the point of posting this here is.
rusty Doobie
New Member
Hi Dodgepong,
I have installed the NDI plugin on my streaming PC no problems, but on the gaming pc in which i would like to use to stream to the streaming PC, the plugin doesnt seem to install. After the plugin installation, it asks to restart my PC...I do that...Then the next time im in OBS the NDI TOOL isnt in the drop down file menu.
I have tried to uninstall OBS and reinstall and then reinstall plugin, but still is not working.
Thanks so much for your help.
Jonathan Gale
New Member
Hey guys,
Can anyone who's gotten the plugin working on Mac post a quick tutorial on it? I'm missing something, because I download/install the .pkg, but there's nowhere in OBS to add NDI inputs.
Can anyone who's gotten the plugin working on Mac post a quick tutorial on it? I'm missing something, because I download/install the .pkg, but there's nowhere in OBS to add NDI inputs.
Narcogen
Active Member
I'm currently using v4.1.3 of the NDI plugin on OBS 20.0.1 on MacOS 10.11.6.
When installed, do you see a new menu item called "NDI Output Settings" under the Tools menu?
Is there an obs-ndi folder in /Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins ?
Might be a silly question but when I go to the sources menu in OBS and click to add a new source, NDI is not listed. I'm very familiar with NDI as I run a Tricaster 460AE for my production, and I have NDI tools installed on this computer. I have the computer networks properly. In fact I am using NDI scan converter right now to send a recording of two overhead replay goals to my officials box. I'm sure I am just missing something simple here!
lebaston100
Member
You have to install the ndi plugin first: https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/releases
Nobodyhearsyou
New Member
Hey all, I just wanted to get some clarification on a couple things about the NDI plugin for OBS. I hope someone can help! ;)
1. This is the main thing: Do the settings anywhere in OBS actually affect the "output" quality of NDI? In other words, what is my streaming rig actually seeing? The preview window of my canvas on the gaming pc? If so, wouldn't the only setting that matters be the "base canvas resolution" under video? Does fps actually matter in this instance? I mean, my gaming rig doesn't seem to be encoding anything....so why would output settings make any difference?
2. The above leads into my second question.....or...my second question might be why i have the first question in the first place........ What exactly is NDI doing? To me, it seems like it's not actually "outputting" anything. It seems like it just makes my preview window in OBS available on the network as a source for my streaming pc.
For example, over a windows network, I can share a folder on my gaming pc so that everyone on the network can see it. The gaming pc is literally doing nothing other than allowing access to said folder. Then, on my streaming pc, i can navigate through the network, find the shared folder, and use it's contents. Most the work in this instance is being done by the streaming pc. The only thing the gaming pc is doing, is allowing access (and maybe spooling up a hard drive...if I still had hdds). I mean, whenever I use NDI, it seems to use almost no processing power. With OBS running, my cpu usage is 2.1 percent. If i turn NDI output on, it might go up to 3 percent. Doesn't seem to matter what settings I use in obs. The quality viewed in the preview window on the streaming rig is the same.
3. So, all that being said, are there any settings in OBS that affects the streaming quality? Or, what settings will give me the BEST QUALITY. I have the processing power on all (5) rigs. I want the streaming rig to receive the highest quality possible to encode and stream.
I hope I didn't lose you, and thanks!
1. This is the main thing: Do the settings anywhere in OBS actually affect the "output" quality of NDI? In other words, what is my streaming rig actually seeing? The preview window of my canvas on the gaming pc? If so, wouldn't the only setting that matters be the "base canvas resolution" under video? Does fps actually matter in this instance? I mean, my gaming rig doesn't seem to be encoding anything....so why would output settings make any difference?
2. The above leads into my second question.....or...my second question might be why i have the first question in the first place........ What exactly is NDI doing? To me, it seems like it's not actually "outputting" anything. It seems like it just makes my preview window in OBS available on the network as a source for my streaming pc.
For example, over a windows network, I can share a folder on my gaming pc so that everyone on the network can see it. The gaming pc is literally doing nothing other than allowing access to said folder. Then, on my streaming pc, i can navigate through the network, find the shared folder, and use it's contents. Most the work in this instance is being done by the streaming pc. The only thing the gaming pc is doing, is allowing access (and maybe spooling up a hard drive...if I still had hdds). I mean, whenever I use NDI, it seems to use almost no processing power. With OBS running, my cpu usage is 2.1 percent. If i turn NDI output on, it might go up to 3 percent. Doesn't seem to matter what settings I use in obs. The quality viewed in the preview window on the streaming rig is the same.
3. So, all that being said, are there any settings in OBS that affects the streaming quality? Or, what settings will give me the BEST QUALITY. I have the processing power on all (5) rigs. I want the streaming rig to receive the highest quality possible to encode and stream.
I hope I didn't lose you, and thanks!
Jonathan Gale
New Member
The folder is there, but there's nothing NDI in the Tools folder.
I did a tutorial video on OBS NDI a while back if anyone was interested, or if anyone was wondering about it. Also there is a ton of help in the comments as many people have commented there with their issues and i've responded to try to help everyone.
https://youtu.be/AH_ECDLkKEA
https://youtu.be/AH_ECDLkKEA