By default, NDI uses the mDNS (Bonjour / Zeroconf) discovery mechanism to advertise sources on a local area network, such that the NDI receiving device, which in this case is Zixi Broadcaster, can automatically discover and offer those sources. This means that there are different requirements depending on the type deployment:
Using NDI within a local area network – on a local area network NDI will use the discovery mechanism to advertise the sources and Zixi Broadcaster will automatically discover these streams, while listing them in the Stream parameter of the NDI input stream.
Using NDI in the cloud – to make the streams discoverable in the cloud, you need to deploy an NDI Discovery Server and configure the NDI plug-in with the settings included in the following example:
