NDI Monitor

NDI Monitor is an application that connects to any Full NDI stream and displays the output on a connected display

Features

• Manage NDI sources using the integrated web server
• Nearly zero latency
• Uses the latest version of NDI - NDI 5

Ensure a version of FFMPEG with NDI support is installed on the system

• If FFMPEG not installed, follow instructions here to do so: Install FFMPEG-NDI

Download required installation files

Make sure git is installed.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git

Clone this repository and cd into it.

git clone https://github.com/lplassman/NDI-Monitor.git && cd NDI-Monitor

Install on Raspberry Pi 4 64-bit

Run this compile and install script

sudo bash ./easy-install-rpi4-aarch64.sh

Installation is now complete!

Install on Raspberry Pi 4 32-bit

Run this compile and install script

sudo bash ./easy-install-rpi4-armhf.sh

Installation is now complete!

Install on Raspberry Pi 3 32-bit

Run this compile and install script

sudo bash ./easy-install-rpi3-armhf.sh

Installation is now complete!

Install on x86_64 bit (Intel/AMD)

Run this compile and install script

sudo bash ./easy-install-x86_64.sh

Installation is now complete!

Install on generic ARM64

Compiling on generic ARM64 requires use of the NDI Advanced SDK. Due to licensing restrictions, the NDI Advanced SDK must be downloaded manually from NDI's website: ndi.tv Extract the downloaded NDI Advanced SDK .tar file and copy it to the NDI-Monitor directory on the target device. This can be achieved by using FTP, SCP, or Samba.

Compile and install

sudo bash ./easy-install-generic-aarch64.sh

Installation is now complete!

Usage for NDI Monitor

Once the installation process is complete, it will create an executable file located at /opt/ndi_monitor/bin/ndi_monitor

The installer also creates a symlink to /usr/bin so that it can be run from a normal terminal.

To run and start the web server while specifying a path to where the recordings should be stored:

ndi_monitor

Install service file for starting ndi_monitor on boot

By default this service file runs ndi_monitor as the "ndi" user. Customize the default user before installing:

sudo nano ./ndi_monitor.service

Install the service file

sudo cp ./ndi_monitor.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable ndi_monitor.service
sudo systemctl start ndi_monitor.service