NDI Video Tool

The NDI Video Tool analyzes and validates NDI streams across a network to ensure broadcast reliability. It discovers available sources, measures metrics such as latency, jitter, packet loss, and available bandwidth, and can map validated feeds to multiple destinations. Conceptually, the tool samples stream timing and delivery characteristics over a defined window, aggregates statistics, and flags sources that fail to meet configured thresholds. This enables operators to detect delayed feeds, unstable connections, or congested paths before committing to playout or recording. Key value lies in early detection of degradation and in routing decisions driven by quality metrics rather than manual inspection. Core features include source discovery, metric collection, threshold-based status, per-source diagnostic reports, and optional exports for integration with monitoring systems. Use cases span multi-destination live events, remote productions, and studio environments where multiple NDI routes must be validated in parallel. The tool is designed to be non-transcoding and non-transformation oriented; it focuses on validation, routing decisions, and data export. Its unique value is the combination of lightweight measurement, immediate insight, and simple routing primitives that support proactive quality management in NDI-based workflows. Users benefit from faster issue isolation, standardized reporting, and the ability to automate checks as part of a broadcast continuity plan.