NDI

CuePoints > Settings… > NDI

NDI sends video over your ordinary network cable instead of a video cable. This pane streams your selected media types over NDI® to other devices on your network, so another computer, a video switcher, or a projection server can see what CuePoints is playing without any video hardware at all.

Broadcast

Three switches, one for each of your media slots:

• Broadcast Primary Media

• Broadcast Secondary Media

• Broadcast Tertiary Media

Turn on the ones you want other machines to see. Each one becomes its own named source on the network, so the far end can pick which it wants.

They're independent. Broadcasting your primary video to a projector while leaving your backup video off the network is a perfectly normal thing to do.

Only switch on what you actually need. Every feed costs your computer some work and your network some traffic.

Output

Network interface: which network card the video goes out of. If your computer is on Wi-Fi and a wired network, pick the wired one; video needs the steady bandwidth a cable gives it.

Broadcast resolution: how big the picture is:

• Native: exactly the size of your media. Best quality, most network traffic.

• 1080p: a sensible middle. Right for most people.

• 720p: smaller and lighter. Good for a monitoring feed, or a busy network.

• 480p: small. Fine for a confidence monitor where you only need to see that something is playing.

Smaller is not worse if nobody is looking closely. Match it to what the far end is actually doing.

Broadcast media with overlay: includes your overlay (the text, timers and cue names you built in the Overlay Editor) burnt into the picture.

• On: the far end sees the video with your overlay on it. Right for a monitor feed to the stage manager or a video village.

• Off: clean video only, no text. Right when the picture is going to a projector or into a mix.

Finding Your Stream

On the receiving machine, open any NDI-capable app and look at its source list. CuePoints appears under your computer's name. If it isn't there:

• Both machines must be on the same network.

• The receiving app needs NDI installed. Vizrt's free NDI Tools is the usual way.

• Wired is far more reliable than Wi-Fi for this.

When It Isn't Working

A warning appears under Network interface. NDI couldn't start. The usual cause is that NDI isn't installed on this computer, or another app has already taken the name. Restart CuePoints and try again.

The picture stutters. The network can't carry the feed at that size. Move onto a cable if you're on Wi-Fi, then drop Broadcast resolution to 1080p or 720p.

The overlay isn't showing. Turn on Broadcast media with overlay. If it's already on, check the overlay itself is switched on in the Overlay Editor.

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