ndi-python

NewTek NDI Python wrapper

Installation

ndi-python is support pypi package now. https://pypi.org/project/ndi-python/
So you can install it using pip if it is a supported environment.

pip install ndi-python

The supported environment is as follows.

• Windows x64 Python(3.10-3.14)
• macOS arm64(>=13.0) Python(3.10-3.14)
• Linux x64,aarch64,armv7l Python(3.10-3.14)

Setup Avahi

Linux requires Avahi to search for NDI sources.
Please install according to your environment.

Ubuntu

sudo apt install avahi-daemon
sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S avahi
sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon

Run examples

I've ported some examples to python.
You can try it by running the ndi-python examples.

git clone https://github.com/buresu/ndi-python.git
cd ndi-python/example
pip install -r requirements.txt
python find.py

Development

Install NDI SDK

NDI SDK is required for development.
You should install according to your environment.

Windows, Mac, Ubuntu

Donwload and install NDI SDK.
https://ndi.video/for-developers/ndi-sdk/download/

Arch Linux

yay -S ndi-sdk

Build

git clone https://github.com/buresu/ndi-python.git
cd ndi-python
pip install .

If you need to set the NDI SDK directory explicitly:

CMAKE_ARGS="-DNDI_SDK_DIR=/path/to/ndisdk" pip install .

To build for a specific Python version:

CMAKE_ARGS="-DNDI_SDK_DIR=/path/to/ndisdk" /path/to/python3.12 -m pip install .

License

ndi-python is MIT License
NDI follows NDI's license