CASPAR server SDI and NDI output best and easiest workflow

FAQ
1

Hello. I am running the latest Caspar server with the Caspar client with Decklink cards for SDI out and all works perfect.
I wanted to have the outputs at the same time as NDI and I followed the instrucions from here

It works fine by only doing the following:
Added the
<ndi> <name>[custom name]</name> <allow-fields>false [true|false]</allow-fields> </ndi>
in the config file.

After that I send the command
“add 1 ndi name xyz”
in the server window

and I got the xyz NDI channel available in my network.

QUESTION: Is it a way to set up the server so it will always produce the NDI output without the need to write the command in the server window each time?
I need to make sure the system will start that way so my colleagues using the server don’t need to write the command.
Many thanks for any help.

Cris

2

You should get rid of everything between square brackets [] so that it becomes valid XML. You can add a text instead of the custom name, but WITHOUT the brackets. That is what is displayed, when you list NDI sources.

You added this XML in the consumer part of a channel, did you?

3

Hej!
I added the code
<ndi> <name>caspar1_studio7</name> <allow-fields>false [true|false]</allow-fields> </ndi>
before the tag and it works now. Many thanks for the advice.
Cris

4

As I said earlier: Everything between [ and ] is wrong. It is there to tell you, what the possible settings are. But it is INVALID in an XML document. So the line <allow-fields>false [true|false]</allow-fields> will currently be ignored.

For your reference: The full channel should look something like this, where a few of the settings for the Decklink can be omitted:

<channel>
	<video-mode>1080i5000</video-mode>
	<straight-alpha-output>false</straight-alpha-output>
	<consumers>
		<decklink>
			<device>1</device>
			<embedded-audio>true</embedded-audio>
			<channel-layout>stereo</channel-layout>
			<latency>normal</latency>
			<keyer>external</keyer>
			<key-only>false</key-only>
			<buffer-depth>3</buffer-depth>
			<custom-allocator>true</custom-allocator>
		</decklink>
		<ndi>
			<name>caspar1_studio7</name>
			<allow-fields>false</allow-fields>
		</ndi>
	</consumers>
</channel>
5

Hi again! Ok got it, changed now and looks good. Many thanks for the help.
Regards,
Badilla