jit.ndi feedback
I would like to get feedback from anyone who is having issues with David Butler's jit.ndi objects. There seems to be inconsistency regarding NDI Tools v. 5, causing the objects to not activate, as related to the NDI Runtime. I have a successful installation on my MacBookPro M1, but my iMac Pro Intel will not install. Currently I am using Vidvox's NDISyphon, but it would be better to have a stable jitter platform for NDI. I welcome thoughts on this critical use of Jitter for routing NDI.
Many thanks,
Randall Packer
When you say 'will not install' on your iMac, what exactly do you mean? The NDI runtime won't install? The jit.ndi Max objects aren't recognised?
The runtime goes through the installation process, but it won't successfully install, since the jit.ndi objects are still not active after the installation. In fact, the getruntimeurl doesn't trigger the download as it does on my M1, so I had to use the download on the intel machine that came from the M1. So that could even be the problem.
Thanks David for following up.
Does the runtime installer complete the installation process successfully and report success? The 'getruntimeurl' message just returns a URL from the NDI headers, either "http://new.tk/NDIRedistV4" or "http://new.tk/NDIRedistV4Apple" depending on OS (this links to V5 even though it specifies V4 in the URL). So the download not being triggered just suggests that the link isn't opening in your web browser. I've checked the headers and there's no different link for the Intel vs Apple Silicon runtime.
When you say the objects are not 'active', are they not recognised by Max, or do they post an error to the console upon instantiation (e.g. "Unable to load NDI runtime library" or "This machine does not meet the specification required to run NDI")?
-- yes the runtime completes the installation, successfully but I may be using the wrong download because I had to use a download launched from my M1 computer
-- the runtime link doesn't launch the download on the Intel machine, whereas the NDI Tools and ndi.tv links do launch the browser and correct web pages, so I don't think it's a browser problem
-- the objects are not recognized by Max
Which runtime download should I be using and how I can download it??
If the objects are not recognized by max at all (ie, you get a 'no such object' message in the console), then the problem is nothing to do with the NDI runtime, and is to do with Max not loading the externals. Check that you've installed the package in the correct location. If you have, then try adding the externals folder in the package to the Max file path manually, then restart Max.
OK, at last, I removed the installation of jit.ndi from the package manager and replaced it and now it's working. Both were the latest version 3.0. Go figure!!
Thanks for working this through with me David.
Hi!
I have an issue...
I'm working with a Max Project to create a M4L device, that device will have a `jit.world` outputting a matrix and then I want to be able to send it through NDI with [jit.ndi.send~ ---matrixworld]the problem is that I HAVE TO open the M4L device as a patch so the [jit.ndi.send~] object works...
is it impossible to make it work just as a M4L device without open it on max?