Final Cut Pro ​

Final Cut hands its picture to OBS Studio on the same Mac over NDI, sound travels through the free BlackHole tool, and OBS sends both to Pixelview. It takes about 20 minutes to set up once.

If Final Cut feeds a monitor through a Blackmagic or AJA device, Pixelview Desktop with a capture device gives better quality. See Choose How to Stream.

1. Install the software ​

  1. Install OBS Studio.
  2. Close OBS, then install the NDI plugin for OBS (DistroAV) for your operating system.
  3. Install NDI Tools.
  4. Install BlackHole.

2. Send Final Cut's output to NDI ​

  1. In macOS System Settings → Sound, choose BlackHole as the output.
  2. In System Settings → NDI Output, set the resolution to 1080p and the frame rate to match your project.
  3. In Final Cut Pro, open Settings → Playback and select NDI as the A/V output.
  4. Choose Window → A/V Output to turn it on.

3. Receive picture and sound in OBS ​

  1. Under Sources, click +, choose NDI Source, select the A/V Output source, and set Latency to Low.
  2. Click + again, choose Audio Input Capture, and select BlackHole.

4. Hear your audio ​

Your Mac's sound now goes to BlackHole, so turn on monitoring in OBS to hear it.

  1. Open Settings → Audio and set Monitoring Device to your headphones or speakers.
  2. Right-click the audio meters and choose Advanced Audio Properties.
  3. On the Audio Input Capture source, set Audio Monitoring to Monitor and Output.

5. Stream to Pixelview ​

  1. Follow Connect OBS to Pixelview to paste the Server and Bearer Token from Admin.
  2. Use the quality values in OBS Studio Setup: about 5 Mbps (5000 Kbps), no more than 12 Mbps. With the x264 encoder, set CPU Usage Preset to ultrafast and Tune to zerolatency.
  3. Click Start Streaming and check the thumbnail in Admin.
  4. Open the viewer link to check picture and sound, then invite your viewers. See Watch in a Web Browser.

For the most accurate color, viewers can use Pixelview Player on iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV: download it on the App Store and enter the Stream ID and Password.

Need help? Email hello@pixelview.io.