Install Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop with username: ndi(small letters), networkname should be the machinename you wish in the NDI network, and autoboot enabled Disable lockscreensaver.

Download from here:

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/capture-and-playback

Install:

• desktopvideo
• desktopvideo-gui

Open desktopvideo (Decklink GUI) and setup card for 8 input.

the FFmpeg with NDI-installation is from Luke Plassman (https://github.com/lplassman/FFMPEG-NDI)

sudo apt-get install git

git clone https://github.com/markusnygard/8-channel-NDI-encoder.git ffmpeg_runbook

cd ffmpeg_runbook/StartUpScripts

edit the encodernames in nano

nano encode8HDSDI.sh

if you are using another Decklink-card than Quad2 then edit the cardname in nano

nano HDSDItoNDI.sh

Run script:

cd ..
chmod +x runbook.sh
./runbook.sh

During the installasion there 2 accurencies where you have to answer Yes

chmod +X /home/ndi/runffmpeg/encode8HDSDI.sh

Edit:

sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf

Add line in file:

include /usr/local/lib

Save and run:

sudo ldconfig

reboot machine

This is a project that is a updated version of "8-channel NDI runbook" made and publish by danish TV2 and Olzzon. The FFmpeg-NDI implementation is made by Luke Plassman and can be found on his github (https://github.com/lplassman/FFMPEG-NDI) and the FFmpeg is from the official FFmpeg repo and this repo should comply with all licences.