NDI HX Camera

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3/5 rating based on 62 reviews. Read all reviews for NDI HX Camera for iPhone.
NDI HX Camera is paid iOS app published by NewTek, Inc.

It works great

Sound-Guy-8

I have been using this for 3 weeks now with OBS. It has a consistent 1300ms latency on my rig. Once I set the external audio interface with the correct delay, it has been great. The video did freeze a little at first and I was very disappointed. I put the WiFi in low data mode and that completely corrected it. I use it at 1080 without the ndi audio. I cannot thank you enough for this. Flawless.

No Mac Support

SkyMakai

BEWARE! I spent the whole morning trying everything to get this to work on my Mac, only to find that NewTek does NOT provide the necessary driver (NDI Virtual Input) for Mac! I had to search in the comments to forum posts to find this out after trying everything! Don’t waste your time or money if you’re on a Mac!

For 4K output, get a Lightning-to-Ethernet adapter

voxxit

I just picked one up for $22 from Amazon, and now I am getting true 2160p output from the phone to my Mac Mini... completely blows my GoPro Hero 8 + UltraStudio Mini Recorder 1080p webcam solution out of the water :)

Great app

BrettInMaryland

I think this is intended for ‘pro’ use but it’s a good solution for using an iOS device as a webcam should you need one.

Was working great, started to get choppy

Ian S. (musician)

I was using this to connect my iPhone 11 to OBS on my Mac to record 1080p. I’m also planning to use this to stream. The video recording that came out was nice and smooth for the most part. However, today the video seems to be choppy. I tried using another app called EpocCam to connect to OBS also through NDI and the connection was much more smooth - and there was a lot less latency from what I could monitor on my phone to what OBS was monitoring - it was almost instant. The issue with EpocCam is it was not recording audio. Although I am recording audio separately from video, I use the iPhone audio in order to sync up the video after the recording. I am wondering if this choppiness was introduced because of the most recent update... my internet speeds are well above 200Mbps albeit on WiFi. I can’t really explain why just two days ago the app was working much better than now. Can anyone from NewTek help out? Otherwise the app and functionality are great. I do wish they would add ultra wide support for the iPhone 11 though.

Fantastic App

Tdawg_83

This is a great app if used correctly. Yes you will need 5ghz wifi. It can be used on 2.4 however found it optimal on 5ghz. Also it can be used with ethernet on same network. Make sure to use the appropriate drivers/software on your machine. Again i recommend this app. Excellent work NDI.

Great when you optimize connection

Forsoothful

I’ve been using with an old iPhone 6 and Ecamm running on a good MacBook Pro (2012). Best results when connecting the iPhone to MacBook with Ethernet cable. Also had good results when connecting a 5g TP-Link WiFi to MacBook with Ethernet cable and having the iPhone as the only device on the WiFi. I think it would be better with a modern phone but the connection is key. I like to think of the Ethernet cable as a very inexpensive HDMI on a free video camera. Try this with Ecamm. I have used this for streaming church services for 4 weeks. Just got the Ethernet connection working. Recorded excellent video to Ecamm using an Ethernet connection for over an hour.

Don’t buy

Elliesan

It didn’t work! I had hope that this would help me but nooo! Waste of $10!

Works great (as long as you don’t use Zoom)

Radioguy100

One thing you have to keep in mind is that you need a strong WiFi signal for the phone to send video to your pc to make things work. Also, as of right now (5/6/2020) the video format doesn’t appear to be compatible with the Zoom videoconference app that’s becoming popular and highly used. If you use Skype or the Microsoft application then it appears to work just fine. Hopefully enough people complain and Zoom will get with the program.

Good App Could Be Better

Hank the Handyman

We’re using this app via a dedicated local area network with OBS (with the NDI plugin) We connect 3 cameras to the network via lightning to Ethernet adapter. We use OBS with the NDI plugin. Pros: Can control exposure and focus. Can mute the audio if unneeded. Can switch between different output bandwidth. Can use the front facing camera. If using multi cam, a red box around the frame turns green. Can switch between UDP and TCP (network stuff) Cons/Wishlist: No selecting specific frame rate. No selecting specific output resolution (it’s not clear) No selecting different lenses (zoom ultra wide) It would be great to be able to turn down resolution when source isn’t being used to conserve network bandwidth. It would be great when using multicam to turn on flash to show when source is live. This might be a long shot but remote control zoom, focus, exposure would be amazing. I would pay for in app purchases/pro version with these extra features. All around, it’s a pretty capable app, but a little more control would be clutch.