NDI Insights | Sumble

What is NDI?

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a royalty-free software standard developed by NewTek that enables video-compatible products to communicate, deliver, and receive high-quality, low-latency video over standard IP networks. It's commonly used in live video production workflows, allowing multiple video systems to identify and communicate with each other over IP. This facilitates switching, distribution, and streaming of live video and audio.

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What other technologies are related to NDI?

NDI Competitor Technologies

Dante

Dante is primarily an audio-over-IP solution, directly competing with NDI's audio capabilities and also offering some video capabilities, though generally less video functionality than NDI.

mentioned alongside NDI in 12% (484) of relevant job posts

SMPTE 2110

SMPTE 2110 is a professional standard for transporting uncompressed video over IP networks, positioning it as a competitor to NDI, which is compressed.

mentioned alongside NDI in 18% (154) of relevant job posts

ST 2110

ST 2110 is another name for SMPTE 2110, a professional standard for transporting uncompressed video over IP networks, positioning it as a competitor to NDI, which is compressed.

mentioned alongside NDI in 25% (55) of relevant job posts

AES67

AES67 is an audio-over-IP standard that can be seen as a competitor to NDI's audio transport capabilities. While NDI also transports video, AES67 is strictly audio.

mentioned alongside NDI in 14% (89) of relevant job posts

SDI

SDI (Serial Digital Interface) is a traditional broadcast video standard that predates IP video. While NDI is IP-based, SDI is coaxial cable-based, so NDI offers an alternative transport method for video signals.

mentioned alongside NDI in 6% (191) of relevant job posts

AVB

AVB (Audio Video Bridging) is a set of IEEE standards for transporting audio and video over a network. It's a competitor as it provides an alternative means of achieving similar goals to NDI.

mentioned alongside NDI in 9% (55) of relevant job posts

NDI Complementary Technologies

SRT

SRT is a video transport protocol that can be used alongside NDI for reliable streaming over lossy networks. NDI handles encoding and local transport, SRT can handle WAN transport.

mentioned alongside NDI in 18% (254) of relevant job posts

vMix

vMix is a software vision mixer that directly supports NDI inputs and outputs, making it a complementary product in a live production workflow.

mentioned alongside NDI in 12% (160) of relevant job posts

RTMP

RTMP is a protocol for streaming media, often used for distribution to CDNs. NDI can be converted to RTMP for wider distribution.

mentioned alongside NDI in 10% (163) of relevant job posts