Open Media Transport

[thomas-parb]

Hello dear Isadoras...

Are there already plans to implement Open Media Transport (OMT) /  https://www.openmediatransport.org?
Unfortunately, NDI has now become proprietary software.
Sienna and vMix are already (slightly) relying on it. It would be a nice thing, even if there are currently few or no end devices available.

Best regards from Vienna, Tom

[DusX]

@thomas-parb said:

https://www.openmediatransport...

 It is something I have looked into previously. As you said with little hardware support, it isn't something that is high priority for use right now, but that could change with adoption. I will make sure this is in our feature request database so that it can't be forgotten.

[Skulpture]

@thomas-parb said:

https://www.openmediatransport...

 Yeah I've heard from reliable sources that NDI is on it's way out - moving to a paid subscription. 

[liminal_andy]

@skulpture said:

@thomas-parb said:

https://www.openmediatransport...

 Yeah I've heard from reliable sources that NDI is on it's way out - moving to a paid subscription. 

 Thankfully I can confirm this is not the case. This summer, there was confusing messaging from NDI on this indicating that they may require commercial software to pay for a commercial license of their SDKs, but after the strong negative response, they immediately clarified that the free SDK is here to stay. 

[Skulpture]

@liminal_andy said:

 This helps shed *some* light. BUT... I have heard from two reliable sources that two very big media server companies are working/researching/exploring alternatives because they have heard other news too. As always, I will be happy to be wrong - because I like NDI, and I'm only sharing information third hand here, but two of my graduate students, separately, work in two big media server companies. Sorry to be cryptic but I can't name names or those companies. Any information I hear I will update everyone on. 

I think we just need to be cautious moving forward. 

[Skulpture]

Just to add.

I feel the post is just talking about the SDK, the development tools. Not the end user, or the finished product. Just my interpretation anyway.