KILOVIEW NDI NDI Series H.264 1080P HDMI to NDI Wired Video Encoder User Manual
- June 4, 2024
- KILOVIEW
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KILOVIEW NDI NDI Series H.264 1080P HDMI to NDI Wired Video Encoder
KILOVIEW NDI Switcher is a large cluster-type NDI signal managing and switching system designed and developed by Kiloview. NDI switcher is an elastic and clustered system, managing sources from dozens to thousands and building smooth and seamless switching channels for those sources. It supports various formats of NDI stream input and output, NDI signal copy and output, centralized management and higher IP management ability, all make it suitable for such applications as broadcast and TV program production, multi-channel NDI projection, multi-channel NDI conference, etc.
NDI Switcher Introduction
Website for more information about NDI Switcher https://www.kiloview.com/en/ndi/ndi-switcher/
Introduction
NDI Switcher mainly solves the issue that the NDI encoder cannot be pulled by
multiple back-ends at the same time. NDI Switcher virtualizes the video source
into multiple NDI channels for output, and integrate more functions such as
video source switching and video play. By creating a play list, users can
freely set the program source, dynamically adjust the playback sequence,
playback time to achieve the sequence, loop, and switch playback of video
sources.
- NDI video sources support FULL NDI and NDI|HX input compatible with any other software/hardware output NDI to the NDI Switcher system.
- When the Switcher receives NDI|HX, the virtual output is also NDI|HX. If the video source is FULL NDI, the output is also FULL NDI.
- It is recommended to use a 10 Gigabit port at least for the NDI Cluster. If you need more NDI streams, you can choose a higher network port or multiple network cards.
Login to NDI Switcher
Enter http://server IP: 81/ in the browser and log in to the NDI Switcher system. The user name and the password both are admin by default.
Note
- To ensure information security, please change your password immediately after logging in for the first time!
- NDI Switcher login port is 81 by default.
More information about NDI Switcher system deployment https://www.kiloview.com/en/support/docs/kiloview-ndi-switcher-server- deployment-guide/ kiloview-ndi-switcher-server-deployment-guide.
Dashboard
Click “Dashboard” on the WEB page to check the system information includes network status, system status, resources and logs.
Network status
Shows all network device information and traffic statistics on the NDI server.
Introduction
- eno1：Switcher The name of the network card on the Switcher server.
- 49.12G/1.37T：Total upstream traffic/downstream traffic of the current device
- ：The maximum bandwidth of the current device
- ：Real-time traffic output of the current device
- ：Real-time traffic input of the current device
System status
Introduction
When the system memory and CPU are too high, please confirm whether the
performance of the NDI Switcher device is insufficient due to a large number
of transmissions. You may need to update your hardware system.The time line
below shows the memory and CPU usage in the past time, and the current time is
0s.
- Memory Usage：Current memory usage
- CPU Load：Current CPU Load
- Operation Time: Total running time of NDI Switcher system
- Start Time：NDI Switcher start time
Resources
Introduction
Shows the number of inputs and outputs of NDI Switcher.
- Total NDI input：All NDI video sources added by users are counted, but those have not been added are not included
- My NDI input： NDI video sources added under the user
- Total NDI output：All NDI output sources created by users.
- My NDI output：NDI output sources created under the current user.
- My Panel：The control panels created under the current user.
Log
Statistics of all operations on the NDI Switcher system include the time and
the account of the operation, which is conducive to troubleshooting.\
Source Management
Click “Source Management” to enter to the NDI input or output to add and manage video sources.
NDI Input
Click “NDI Input’ to enter the NDI input source management page. Click “Add
Source”, all NDI sources under the same network segment will be automatically
discovered and displayed. Select the NDI video source that needs to be added
and saved.
Introduction
Not all discoverable NDI sources transmitted by the NDI Switcher system. Only
the video sources added to the NDI Switcher can be switched and copied
.
The sources automatically discovered by the above method are the sources under
the same subnet in the LAN, and the sources are in the public group. If the
sources are not in the same subnet or not in the public group, please add it
to the list manually. Click to add it manually.
Introduction
- Group: The group name of the NDI video source is public group by default.
- IP：Fill in the IP address of the NDI source, click to add the IP address to the address list.
- Manually Added Source List: The IP address added to the address list will be displayed in the NDI source, and can be deleted by click the icon
- ：Delete all IP addresses in the list.
NDI Output
Create NDI virtual output, realize NDI output by controlling input NDI source
or play list, and support single NDI source input and output with multiple NDI
channels. Click “NDI Output” to enter the NDI output management page. Click
“Add Source” to create an NDI output channel.
Introduction
- NDI Channel Name: Output NDI channel name. Please use different names to create multiple NDI outputs. The combination of text, numbers and symbols are supported.
- NDI Group：Assign the group of the NDI stream. The public group is the one by default. The group name can be a combination of English letters, numbers, and special symbols. Supports sending to multiple groups, please use commas to separate groups
- Smooth Switch：When switching between different sources, to ensure a smoother stream output, it is recommended to set a switching delay. If the resolution and frame rate of the switched NDI video sources remain the same, the switching output can be smoother as well.
Panel Control
Click “Panel Control” to create a control panel, configure the NDI input and output, provide cross and IO panel switching options, support single play and loop play configurations.
Add Panel
Click “Add Panel” under the “Panel Control” to create a switch configuration
panel associated with NDI input and output.
Introduction
- NDI Input Click to select the input video sources that added to the source list in Chapter 3.1.
- NDI output Click to select the output video sources that added to the source list in Chapter 3.2.
- Alias: The Alias of the video sou r ce can be changed
Panel Management
Enter the panel created, click “General” to check the information of the NDI
input and output and the status and the configuration of the play list.
Intersection and IO Panel are two different styles of operation panel with
same function, you can choose the one you like. You can configure and switch
the NDI input and output, and configure the play list of the NDI output
.
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NDI Input Source Status Select the video source and the information status of the source will be displayed at the bottom.
Introduction- The resolution and frame rate of the source
- The real-time bit rate of the video encoding
- The real-time bit rate of the audio encoding
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NDI Output The NDI output channel created when the panel is added, if there is a device at the back end to pull a certain output, the output status will display the decoded resolution, frame rate, video and audio bitrate.
Introduction- Connected：The number of the back-end streams have been decoded by the NDI output channel.
- Play list：Click the down button to select the play list. When you want to change, please stop the current one first. Please refer to the “Play List” chapter for more details.
- Operation：Set the mode of the play list to “Loop” or “Single” play. After the end of a single play list, the loop playback will continue to play the last NDI source by default; after the loop is played to the end of the last NDI source, it will return to the first NDI source to continue the loop play.
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Play List When the NDI output channel selects “Loop”, all the NDI input video sources in the list will be displayed. A circle of time progress status will appear on the right side of the video source.
Introduction- The play list is used to establish an automatic switching relationship between input and output. According to the set time, the output channel automatically switches to different NDI sources.
- The play list consists of multiple NDI sources and playing time
- NDI sources can be added repeatedly, and the playback time is as low as seconds.
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Intersection Crosspoint and IO Panel (only available with NDI Switcher Pro version) Configure the NDI input and output by the intersection. The green square indicates that the NDI input sources will output from the NDI output channels.
Introduction
One NDI input source can be copied to multiple NDI channels outputs.- Select and stop the play list
- Under the unlocked state, the NDI video source of multiple outputs can be switched. When in the locked state, the NDI output channel cannot be manually switched. When the output channel is used by multiple control panels, the NDI output can be switched on any panel. To prevent mis-operation, you can use the locked state.
- The play list selected by the NDI output channel, and the NDI video sources played will show the current playing time.
- The functions of the IO panel are the same as the intersection.
Output Play
Download Kiloview Multiview for free
Visit the website https://www.kiloview.com/en/ndi/multiview, click “Get it
now” to download Multiview, and install the software step by step.
Kiloview Multiview is a free NDI video discovery, management and multi-screen monitoring software.
- Step 1：Enter the management page of Kiloview Multiview Player
- Step 2：Find the NDI channel output by the NDI Switcher in the “Discovery”
Introduction
The rules for the name of the output NDI streaming from NDI Switcher：NDI（dst-
channel name），the channel name was created in chapter 4.2.
Play List
According to actual needs, the input videos are played under Loop mode. You
can configure the playback time and sequence of each video source. Click “Play
List”-“Add Play List” to create a play list. Click to add the NDI source that
needs to be played into the play list.
Introduction
The NDI video source can be added to the play list many times, click before
the NDI source under the “Already Select” to sort the NDI sources.
- Play Duration：Configure the playing time of the NDI source, it will automatically skip to the next NDI source if the playing time ends.
- If the play list is being used, please stop it first and then modify it.
- The same play list can be used by multiple NDI output channels at the same time.
Network Status
Introduction
Please see Chapter 3.1 for details.
User Management
In user management, you can add new users and modify and delete existing
users. There is an admin account by default.
Introduction
- Management account: The management account is admin. It can modify and delete all accounts.
- Ordinary users：Ordinary users can only change their own password and all configurations under their account.
- All accounts can only see the configuration of the control panel, input, output and play list created by themselves.
Log
Introduction
Please see Chapter 3.4 for details.
For more questions, please contact us via：
https://www.kiloview.com/en/support KILOVIEW Electronics CO., LTD.
Tel：86-18573192787 Email：support@kiloview.com Web
www.kiloview.com/en Address: B4-106/109, Jiahua
Intelligence Valley Industrial Park, 877 Huijin Road, Yuhua District, Changsha
City, Hunan Province, China.
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