Make sure to restart VLC by fully exiting and re-opening the application… you’re now ready to begin turning content into NDI™ sources on your network. Make sure to click the “Save” button to commit this as the VLC output method. Now move down to the “Output” drop-down menu and select the “NDI video output” option. (This can also be opened using the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl + P) Launch the VLC application and navigate the top menu bar until you find the “Tools” drop down… click “Tools” and now locate the “Preferences” option to be greeted by the “Simple Preferences” window. Now that everything we need is installed we need to setup VLC so it creates an NDI™ Source for your content. Ĭonfiguring VLC to create an NDI™ Source. Make sure you have downloaded and installed, making sure to check the VLC Plugin option, the latest NewTek NDI™ Tools.Make sure you have downloaded and installed the latest version of VLC Media Player.
With the introduction of the NewTek NDI Tools that include a VLC Plugin we now can leverage VLC to turn any of the content it can “play” into an available NDI™ Source on your network.
VLC is a free and open source application that allows you to view web streams, input cards, personal DVDs, local files and so much more. In case you’ve never heard of VLC, Video Lan Client, let me take a moment to introduce an wonderful swiss-army knife for the modern world of digital Audio Visual solutions. As the world of NDI™ continues to evolve we are sometimes left needing to fill in the temporary gaps in products and solutions that are currently under development… other times we are simply looking for an inexpensive option to fill a specific use case and that’s what I hope to introduce you to today.
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