# NDI® settings Source: https://mimolive.com/user-manual/using-mimolive/ndi-settings/ Last updated: 2023-03-10 Section: Core Interface & Show Basics ### Configure NDI® send and receive settings that apply to every mimoLive document. > **Note:** NDI® Receive Settings and NDI® Send Settings Are Optional > > NDI® discovery automatically searches the local subnet for NDI® senders. The following settings are additional options to broaden or narrow the search. > **Note:** mimoLive Overrides the NewTek NDI Access Manager > > The NDI® Settings window in mimoLive predates the release of the NewTek NDI Access Manager for macOS and always overrides any Access Manager settings. Note, however, that this override only affects mimoLive. The Access Manager can still be used to globally configure other NDI® capable applications on the same macOS system. #### Opening the NDI® Settings Window All of the following actions will open the NDI® Settings window: - Select **NDI® Settings…** from the Window menu. - Select **NDI® Receive Settings…** from the device popup menus in [Audio Sources](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/audio) or [Video Sources](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/video). - Click the action button to the right of the **Failsafe Source** menu in the [NDI® Output Destination](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/nditm-playout). #### Receive Settings ![](https://mimolive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1f837f76-f6a8-42db-8b8d-e6bbbc8c4cd9.png) > **Important:** Editing Receive Settings Restarts NDI® Discovery! > > Restarting the NDI® discovery service causes mimoLive to temporarily lose all NDI® senders. This is especially dangerous for any Video or Audio Sources using an NDI® sender as an input device. If such a Video or Audio Source was currently live in a layer, its output would vanish until the NDI® discovery service found the respective NDI® sender again! > Note: Every change in the NDI® Receive Settings restarts NDI® discovery. ##### Network Add IP addresses that you want to be searched for NDI® senders. This can be IP addresses from other local subnets as well as from remote locations. While you must add a valid IP address, the description is completely optional but should help you add some context. Click the **+** button in the upper-right table header to add an IP address or click the **–** button right next to it to remove one or several selected IP address(es) from the list. Check **Include Local NDI Sources** to allow searching your local host for NDI® senders, i.e. other NDI® enabled software running on the same machine. Your local IP address will be displayed in parenthesis as additional information. ##### Receive Groups Add the names of groups that you want mimoLive to search for NDI® senders. Other instances of mimoLive, or any other NDI® enabled software or hardware, can specify these groups as their send groups. Adding a description is optional. Click the **+** button in the upper-right table header to add a group name or click the **–** button right next to it to remove one or several selected group names from the list. Check **Include Public Group** to allow searching the default group for NDI® senders. Unchecking this option may be helpful in networks crowded with NDI® senders where you are interested only in senders from specific send groups. ##### Discovered NDI® Senders This table lists all NDI® senders that the NDI® discovery service was able to find with the given settings, i.e. looking up the specified IP addresses, searching the specified receive groups and including or excluding local senders according to your selection. It is the same list of NDI® senders that is available from the devices menu in [Audio](doc:audio) and [Video Sources](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/video) and from the Failsafe Source in the [NDI® Output Destination](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/nditm-playout). #### Send Settings ![](https://mimolive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/450793f9-8acd-4019-a9dc-889b9fcac4c5.png) > **Note:** Editing Send Groups While NDI® Output Destination Is Active > > When an NDI® Output Destination starts, the currently specified send groups are passed to NDI®. While an NDI® Output Destination is live, changes to the send groups will take no effect. A restart of NDI® Output Destinations is necessary to pick up any changes. ##### Send Groups Add the names of groups that you want [NDI® Output Destinations](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/nditm-playout) to appear in. Other mimoLive instances or any other NDI® enabled software or hardware, can discover the mimoLive NDI® output by adding the same group name to its receive groups list. Adding a description is optional. Click the **+** button in the upper-right table header to add a group name or click the **–** button right next to it to remove one or several selected group names from the list. Check **Include Public Group** to publish NDI® Output Destinations in the default group. Unchecking this option may be helpful in networks crowded with NDI® senders where you want to isolate NDI® Output Destinations in specific send groups. > **Important:** Groups Are Not a Privacy Feature! > > Don’t mistake send groups as a measure to allow for private NDI® senders on a public network. NDI® senders may still be discoverable on the network by other means. Once a sender’s NDI® signature is known a receiver can easily connect to it. #### NDI® Version Starting with mimoLive 4.5 the currently used NDI® SDK version number is displayed in the top right corner of the NDI® Settings window. The version number does **not** correlate with the version of the NDI® HX driver if one is installed on the system.