NDI Source

Network Device Interface (NDI) is a combination of delivery/transport protocol and encoding. It is used to move uncompressed content that does compression/decompression internally. The source detection is based on mDns which is an essential requirement for NDI to work as expected. The fields below and some pre-defined configurations (for scanned sources) are available if you scan or manually add an NDI source.

There are three screens Common, Receivers, and Profiles, as shown below.

If you make any changes, click on the save icon for changes to apply.

Common

Fields	Description
Label	A user-defined name for caption-display on the mosaic and system messages.
Device	MCM9000 device the source is being monitored on.
Access Type	Type of channel source (RTMP).
Service Type	Service type settings (SD/HD/Radio, etc.); used for system resource allocation. Please note that altering this affects the resources used by the system and the quality of the monitoring. Service type* refers to the number of hardware resources that should be allocated for monitoring the channel. Service type is usually measured by SD point (0.5,1,5,10,20...) depending upon the required hardware allocation which is usually detected during the scan.
Recording	Not relevant for NDI.
Monitoring Level	Select the Monitoring level (Full, Light, Extra Light). Full Monitoring: One full license and the full amount of SD points will be consumed by the system, and full monitoring will be done. Light Monitoring: One full license and a third of the SD points will be consumed, and the monitoring level will be for a third of the time. Extra Light Monitoring: One full license and a fifth of the SD points will be consumed, and the monitoring level will be for a fifth of the time.
Tags	Specifying Tags enables filtering the sources based on tags. (E.g. Tag1)
Note	General free text notes about the channel.
Content
Audio Loudness Monitoring	Select the desired audio loudness measurement standard. EBU R 128 or ATSC A/85 (no gating).
Hide Overscan	By default, overscan lines are hidden from the mosaic. Uncheck the checkbox for the full-frame display.
Miscellaneous
Profile Automation Mode	Automatically chooses the profile from PMT Auto-Matching. If you want to choose Scheduler, enable the Scheduling Group
Tally Mapping	Configure tally settings for the source.
Snooze on Profile Change	Set time slot after profile change (in seconds), where errors related to the change are ignored.
Unconfigured Component	Select the system response on detection of a PID which is not defined in the static channel configuration on the PMT: Monitor Undefined: The device will monitor all PIDs on the PMT without producing an "extra PID" message. Ignore Undefined: The device will ignore the existence of extra PIDs. Raise Error: An "extra PID" channel event error will be sent.
Adhoc Activation Group	Enabling Adhoc activation groups allow automatic monitoring/unmonitoring of source. To configure, please refer to Adhoc Monitoring Workflow (Resource Grouping).
Scheduling Group	Enabling scheduling groups, allows profile change in specific time zones. To configure, please refer to How to configure the scheduler on MCS.

Recievers

Fields	Description
Publish Point URL	Publish point URL string in NDI. Url naming conventions that are supported. empty field - Uses the system name and encoder name as the NDI Url - and “Public” as the Group. ndi://local - Uses the system name and encoder name as the NDI Url - and “Public” as the Group. ndi://testing - Uses “testing” as the system Url and encoder name as the NDI Url - and “Public” as the Group. ndi://testing/demo - Uses “testing” as system name, “demo” as channel name - and “Public” as the Group. ndi://ggg@testing/demo - Uses “testing” as system name, “demo” as channel name - and “ggg” as the Group.
Networks
Network	The NIC used for this stream. Network configuration can be set Auto, not limiting to one network.

Profiles

There is a default profile. Click on the save icon to save the changes.

Fields	Description
Label	Identification name for cross-system notifications; if the activated profile is not the default one, the profile's name will be displayed next to the channel's name on the mosaic.
Default	Set the profile as default. Only one profile can be set to default; setting a profile as default overrides previous settings.
Thresholds	Channel monitoring thresholds set. To reconfigure, please refer to Thresholds.
Notifications	Channel monitoring notifications set. To reconfigure, please refer to Notifications.
Title Color	Select the font color of the channel box title in the mosaic.
Border Color	Select the border color of the channel box in the mosaic. Change of border color due to error notification will override this setting.
Pixelization Level	Select the pixelization masking level from the dropdown (mostly used to mask adult content over the mosaic channel).
Service Bitrate	The total service bitrate of all PIDs, including the PMT itself. Use the toggle switch to specify minimum and maximum values allowed or choose Auto for automatic selection. The values set are used for the service bitrate detection rules.

Components

To add components, click on Add Component and choose from the options listed.

Video

Fields	Description
Type	Component type. Based on the selection, additional configurable fields will be displayed.
Resolution	Specify the video resolution. Format : [width]x[height][i/p]. For example, 720x576i, 1280x720p. Leaving this field empty will disable related error notifications.
Aspect Ratio	Select the aspect ratio for the video content from the dropdown. For non-constant content, select Don't care.
Color Space	Select the color space for the video content from the dropdown.
Frame Rate	Specify the video frame rate (frames per second). Leaving this field empty will disable related error notifications.

Audio

Fields	Description
Type	Component type. Based on the selection, additional configurable fields will be displayed.
Language	Specify the configured language of the component (for display purposes only).
Samplerate	Samples per second.

Click on the save icon to save the changes.