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NDI Test Tools

This document describes three NDI test tools: 1. The NDI Sync Test measures audio and video synchronization over an NDI pipeline by transmitting a flash and blip from a source computer through the NDI network to a test computer, which measures any delay. 2. The NDI Latency Test transmits an NDI sync signal through processing devices and measures the separate audio and video latency as it returns to the test computer. 3. The NDIlib_Sync_Send, NDIlib_Sync_Recv, and NDIlib_Latency_Test applications are used on source and test computers to run the sync and latency tests at different video formats and channels.

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NDI Test Tools

This document describes three NDI test tools: 1. The NDI Sync Test measures audio and video synchronization over an NDI pipeline by transmitting a flash and blip from a source computer through the NDI network to a test computer, which measures any delay. 2. The NDI Latency Test transmits an NDI sync signal through processing devices and measures the separate audio and video latency as it returns to the test computer. 3. The NDIlib_Sync_Send, NDIlib_Sync_Recv, and NDIlib_Latency_Test applications are used on source and test computers to run the sync and latency tests at different video formats and channels.

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NDI Test Tools v1

Source Computer NDI Network Test Computer

NDI Sync Test


This test will allow you to check the path through an NDI network and will measure
the degree to which the audio and video remain in synchronization through the
entire NDI pipe-line. This is done by running an application on a Source Computer
which will put out an NDI stream with a video flash and audio blip. On a Test
Computer there is then a measurement application that will then measure how far
out of sync these have become.
Source Computer NDI Network Test Computer

On the source computer you would run :

NDIlib_Sync_Send.exe 1080p60

This will put out an NDI source called “Machine Name (Sync Source)”, you would then use this within any NDI processing
chains and then allow to pass it through to output.

You can specify the video format that you wish, and can be most reasonable video formats.

For instance you could specify formats like 2160p59.94, 480p30, 576p25.
Source Computer NDI Network Test Computer

On the test computer you would run :

NDIlib_Sync_Recv.exe “Machine Name (Sync Source)”

This will now listen to that NDI source and will display the offset between the audio and video streams in milliseconds. It will
also displayed the smoothed value for the offset which is more accurate as an average than any additional sample time.
Test Computer NDI Network

NDI Latency Test


This test allows you to run a computer which will put out an NDI sync signal to the
network. You may then pass this through any number of NDI processing devices
and then the same application will monitor a stream coming back from the
network and inform you of the current latency for audio and video seperately.
Test Computer NDI Network

On the test computer you would run :

NDIlib_Latency_Test.exe –f 1080p60 –i “My Machine (Channel 1)”

This will put out an NDI source called “Machine Name (Latency Source)” which would be at 1080p60, you would then use
this within any NDI processing chains and then receive the video back on this machine under the channel name “My
Machine (Channel 1)”

This application will then tell you in milliseconds what the delay is for the video and audio as it has passed through the NDI
network. This can only measure latencies up to 1000ms reliably. We believe that anything with higher latency is probably
sufficiently “long” that exact measurements are of little use!

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