We use Skype with NDI 8 times a night- many times a week. We have a few issues though things are pretty good.

1- I have notice I have to go into settings every day and switch on Skype's NDI. Is there a way to turn on NDI so it stays on?

2- Sometimes during a show, it will turn on and off NDI. Sometimes it will disconnect and when we reconnect, NDI is not on. We have to hang up, go into settings and turn it back on. Also, it will send a message to the host that we are not broadcasting and then we are broadcasting. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Anyone got Skype (8.34.0.78), NDI Tools (3.8), and vMix (21.00.60) working together in a reliable way?

Skype will only give me an NDI stream for the first call out, and only if the call is initiated by the PC with NDI (ie not when the remote end calls in).
And Newtek's Virtual input is not recognized by Skype as a camera (but vMix recognize it).

NDI Tools 3.8 was updated last night and is supposed to improve mDNS issues. Worth a try for Skype's erratic behaviour imho.

Ah ah ! Don't try to understand! Kane announced it on FB groups.
When it comes to website/versions/updates management, Newtek really sucks, not new! Basically, as always, we have to download to know which version it is! So lame!

Here's Kane's post (and first comment as he is aware of the lack of valuable information on the website)


ndi-update.jpg (73kb) downloaded 3 time(s).

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Just tested with Skype v 8.38.0.161 and updated NDI Tools v3.8 on one PC. Now Skype sends NDI both when the call is initiated on local Skype and when its initiated from the remote end.

Note: below is some intermettent issues on one PC. Might be just for this one, have not tested with other PCs.
Sometimes Skype does not get any audio when microphone "Line (NewTek NDI Audio)" is selected. I have a very vague suspicion that this might happen if there is no audio playing in the NDI source selected in the NDI Virtual Input (Skype consideres it not working and reports a problem with the mic). I tried adding an Input with the same NDI Source in vMix, there I got audio. Back to Skype, no audio ("Problem with mic" said Skype).
Furthermore, when this problem occurs Newtek's NDI Virtual Input becomes unresponsive and Windows have to be rebooted.