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A lot of DSLR cameras are not prepared for AV over IP workflows.

So if you want to use an NDI signal and bring that into your vMix or your switcher, most DSLRs just don't have that option.

A lot of the newer cameras now are trying to kind of follow suit and make sure that they offer AV over IP.

But a lot of times you're going to use an adapter that might not be reliable, that you might need to kind of also worry about being a failure point in your workflow.

That's a great point.

Let's dive into a question now about connections.

So how do you connect? I guess which connection makes the most sense, would you say, for a podcast? How do you advise someone when it comes to evaluating, do I want to connect via SDI, NDI, IP, USB? How do you help someone navigate that decision in terms of getting everything interconnected? Yeah.

I truthfully think the answer is not one of these, right? You can certainly do one of these.

Uh, we're using it for a little bit of everything.

We're using the NDI stream to send to the pyro guys.

We're using, uh, OBS and Chatein to, for like little notes.

So we even have a full, uh, I think it's a minute and a half long introduction video to follow me on the screen so that all of the operators can know exactly what they're in for.

To me, to be 100% novel is almost impossible, especially when you're doing things in an industry that have standards and norms and all of that kind of stuff.

So the argument is, let's just say I I don't know, I build a piece of software that can do HDMI or SCI instructions over the wire, right? I can send info frames or whatever, right? Am I reverse engineering that? No, there's some standards of it, how the communication protocol works, like NDI, for example, would be another one, right? And I've just chosen to implement that because the company allows me to through a software development kit.

They have rules about it.

So I'm not reverse engineering SCI or HDMI or NDI or whatever.

I'm implementing it, right? And so that's another kind of line here.

But I think...

You can have a background behind the video panes and the presenter pane.

Streamline switchboard for NDI sources.

So event producers can select and stream up to eight NDI sources during meetings and events.

So not only can you have teams dial in users and rooms dialing in and all this kind of stuff.

Obviously you can have your, and your RTMP that goes into it, but you can have NDI sources.

So you can have your, you know, black magic doobie.

What's it's all streaming NDI or, um, OBS studio, all that kind of stuff, streaming your NDI into stuff.

So a lot, a lot more kind of, uh, granularity for, for, um, big events where you'd need, you know, professional cameras and, uh, you know, all that kind of

Or you can record the preview.

Or you can send it out to NDI or SRT.

You can do all sorts of stuff.

ISO, for those that don't know, that means you can record.

Hi everyone, this is Victoria from the NDI Marketing team and welcome to the NDI Podcast.

One of my favorite things about NDI is hearing what people actually do with it, and this episode has a bit of everything.

University campuses, live concerts, football matches, and a few surprisingly strong opinions about cables.

There will be a prominent stage with NDI.

So definitely, you know, if you have time, stop by and you can see how it all works together.

Patrick, thank you for joining the NDI podcast.

Thank you for having me.

Francois, welcome to the NDI podcast.

Eric PP has given the split kit some major upgrades this Saturday at 7 p.m. Central.

We've been working on bringing OSC and NDI to the table, and it works now.

What is OSC and NDI? I have no idea.

OSC and NDI.

I don't know.

Well, they put them on the table and it works.

When we stream live at www.pixelpalace.party, there are camera scenes that the producer will be able to select and change live and did not require a boost to trigger.

There's also lighting cue stacks and triggered video content from SplitKit via OSC.