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ProPresenter Setup

Warning: This is a work in progress

How to send contents to OBS in ProPresenter 7?

Screens > Configure Screens…(Ctrl + Alt + 1) > Audience > New NDI > Select the Mode(1080p29.97, etc.)

  • Rename the NDI output name(Pro7-NDI) - OBS will see this name as its input source
  • Rename the screen name(NDI-Screen) - ProPresenter use this name to identify the NDI screen.

You can customize the NDI screen output by select Screens > Edit Looks...(Ctrl + !). From the Looks screen, you can choose which layers(Messages, Props, Announcements, Slide, Media, Video Input), and what Presentation theme you want to show in the output. See How To Use ProPresenter in OBS + Lower Thirds for more details.

Note: The video used Syphon as example, but the same principles apply to NDI.

Tips

  • You can mirror the main audience screen and configure the mirror screen as NDI(or Syphon) output send to OBS. Or you can create a new NDI screen if you want to have more control(different theme like lower third, etc.).
  • NDI screen can’t be turned off, it’s always on/available. You may need to delete the unused NDI screen to save some local bandwidth.
  • In Mac, you can use Syphon to send video to OBS.

How to capture screen to OBS in ProPresenter 6?

In ProPresenter 6, there’s no integrated NDI support. You can download the NDI Tools and run NDI Screen Capture(or NDI Screen Capture HX if you use NVIDIA GPU-based PC) to send the whole screen as NDI source on the network.

OBS Setup

Installation

Download and install the latest OBS studio and the obs-ndi plugin.

Note: On Windows, you must reboot your computer to make a new or updated NDI Runtime installation effective

Input

OBS can display NDI video and play NDI audio. To show the ProPresenter NDI video:

  1. Select a Scene, click + to add a source
  2. Select NDI Source
  3. In the NDI Source properties window, select the ProPresenter NDI output name(Pro7-NDI for example) in the Source Name popup
  4. (Optional)Add your video source from webcam, video camera or BlackMagic UltraStudio Recorder 3G.
  5. Make sure the appropriate mode is selected (like 1080p60, etc) and click Ok.

Output

If Zoom and OBS are in the same computer, you can click Start Virtual Camera and select the OBS Virtual Camera as video source. OBS also can act as NDI output source to be used in Zoom from another computer(same computer?).

To set NDI output in OBS:

  • Select Tools, click NDI Output Settings
  • Check Main Output
  • Main Output Name: (OBS-NDI-Main or any name)
  • (Optional) Set the Preview Output

Zoom

Note: Zoom can’t recognize NDI video in my computer yet. Why? Does it need to be in different computer? need verify.

How to use video from OBS?

Select the OBS Virtual Camera

Troubleshooting

If you are seeing everything sized incorrectly, go to the OBS menu option and click Preferences. Then click on the video tab and set the Base (Canvas Size) resolution to whatever your ProPresenter Output is.

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