When it comes to the streaming world, the most common use-case for NDI with OBS is to transfer video from a gaming computer to a streaming computer on the network to prevent the gaming computer from having to waste CPU and GPU resources for transcoding audio and video, then uploading it. Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) can add NDI sources with minimal effort if the following is available on your computer:īoth the runtime and the extension can be downloaded for free from GitHub.Īfter installing both, you can load Open Broadcast Studio and you should be able to find NDI Source as a source option for your scene. Think IP cameras that record video, but aren’t physically connected to a computer like a web camera. This is what they’re calling network device interfaces (NDI). Instead, a company named NewTek created software that allows network devices to be treated as video sources.

While capturing part of a screen and redirecting speaker output in OBS works, it is inconvenient and becomes more troublesome when you need to manage multiple guests and potentially their screens. Network Device Interfaces (NDI) with Open Broadcast Studio (OBS) We’re going to see how to use a network device interface (NDI) with Skype for easy inclusion into Open Broadcast Studio. In this tutorial we’re going to see how to have guests on your stream without a bunch of complicated hacks. You’re probably streaming your video and audio, but what happens if you need to include a guest? Do you do a Zoom meeting and screen-grab their video using OBS? If you’re capturing the guest video, how do you pipe their audio? What happens if they need to share their screen as well? You’re streaming to Twitch or another platform using Open Broadcast Studio (OBS). To be clear, I don’t mean having guests participate in the chat, I mean having them on the stream with their video, audio, and sometimes screen. This tutorial was updated on to reflect the latest versions of the technologies mentioned.Īs a technical content streamer, one of the most difficult tasks for me to accomplish was with having guests participate on the stream.

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