Check out some highlights from this article on Web RTC utilizing NDI to improve live broadcasts, below.

This pandemic we’ve all been living in these past few months forced many people and companies to change their daily patterns. Most of us have been forced by circumstances to stay and work from home for long periods of time. This clearly had an impact on the broadcasting industry in general. Just think, for instance, of interviews or any kind of live interaction in News or Talk Shows: without the ability to have guests (and often even hosts!) in the studios, production teams were forced to find solutions that would still allow them to do their job.

This may seem a relatively straightforward answer to us folks working in the real-time business. In practice, it’s really not that easy, and most comes from how production teams actually work with streams they need to edit and broadcast, and the tools they employ. As it often happens, I was actually enlightened by the smart people we interact with every day on Twitter. In particular, Dan Jenkins from Nimble Ape (and mastermind behind the amazing CommCon events, make sure you watch the latest Virtual edition that just ended!) made an interesting observation related to BBC News, and Sam Machin’s answer was revealing to me, as it introduced a new “player” I wasn’t aware of:

This was the first time I ever heard of NDI, and it was kind of a revelation: it reminded me how some choices are often driven by how easy they make it to keep on using your existing workflow. This sparkled my interest, and led me to contribute to the discussion, where I wondered how easy (or hard!) it could be to perform an RTP-to-NDI translation of sorts:

The mention of OBS was quite interesting as well, since our friends at CoSMo Software actually did implement a version of OBS capable of talking WebRTC. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a red herring, since as Dr. Alex clarified, OBS-WebRTC doesn’t support WebRTC input, which is what could have helped translating the incoming stream to NDI from there:

I was really curious to investigate NDI as a technology after these exchanges (especially considering I knew nothing about it), but then life and work got in the way, and I forgot about it.

A few weeks ago, though, a private chat with Dan sparkled that interest again. He mentioned how a video production company he knew was really struggling with getting proper live feeds from the Internet to be used in what they were producing every day. Once more, NDI was mentioned as pretty much a standard de facto in that line of business, and how a proper way to bring in WebRTC streams is still sorely missing, which forces editors to basically capture the source material in “hacky” ways.

As such, I decided to start looking into NDI, to figure out if the RTP-to-NDI translation I wondered about was indeed feasible or not.

Check out the full article HERE.

One of SlingStudio’s most powerful features is its ability to easily import custom graphics and pre-recorded video clips allowing you to add pre-roll, mid-roll & post-roll video clips, ads, bumpers and more live during your livestream productions. SlingStudio also makes importing and post-production incredibly easy when using graphics and pre-recorded footage.

To get you started, we’ve assembled 6 easy tips which will have you well on your way to creating superior quality content:

1. Create and Import for Easy Access: First, create your custom graphic JPEG/PNG files and video/MOV files. Once they are ready, import them by inserting a SD card into the Hub OR by connecting your USB storage drive to the SlingStudio unit using the SlingStudio USB-C Expander.

2. Always Ready and Available: Once you have imported your graphics and video clips, there is also the option to store the clip/graphic into SlingStudio’s internal storage. This option will make the graphic or video clip available to ANY project you work with, including the currently open project. This is a great option for clips or graphics that you’ll use on more than 50% of your productions.

3. P.C. As a Video Source:  SlingStudio can connect with up to 10 video sources, with up to 4 active at any one time. If you are looking for the simplest way to add video clips to a production, using a separate computer or device for video playback could do the trick. Simply change your video source and switch the associated input to the device, press play, and you’ve got video from your P.C. as an input for your live event or production.

4. SlingStudio Saves Time – Ever wanted a system to remember the custom placement for every graphic including the lower thirds? SlingStudio allows you to do this by simply saving the graphic to your preferred location on the display. When the graphic is added to preview or program the Console app will remember your saved graphic’s location.

5. Unlimited Video Clips Effect – SlingStudio allows you to manually queue up to two pre-recorded videos at a time (clips or even full length). These videos will play automatically once the previous video has concluded. This feature is perfect for event intermissions or halftimes during sporting events, allowing you to add another to the queue continuously.

6. Go Pro on School and Local Sports: Another professional quality touch, SlingStudio allows you to pull in or create your own custom scoreboards and then easily apply scoring graphics. For more info on how you can easily import custom scoreboards visit our Knowledgebase article on the subject: https://www.myslingstudio.com/Help/KB/KB-1204.aspx

Video how-to:

SlingStudio also supports motion graphics by importing keyed graphics as a video source. For more on that topic, please click the following link: https://www.myslingstudio.com/Help/KB/KB-1215.aspx

Visit us at MySlingStudio.com to learn more about how SlingStudio can bring your livestream and video productions to the next level.

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