NDI and ramp up to realtime playback

Experimental Flame bay we just built. When I have Flame set to NDI output it takes 20ish frames to ramp up to realtime. You can see the playback bar flickering colors until it locks in. Turning NDI off, everthing is normal and realtime.

UHD timeline, outputting to either UHD or 1080. M3 Ultra. Kiloview NDI hardware.

2025.2.2. macOS 15.5

I guess my followup question is how many people are using NDI and have you had any playback issues?

It works great, just a little stutter when you hit play which can be awkward with clients watching the TV

Maybe add 2 secs of black frames at the beginning…?

We’re scrubbing around, reviewing small sections, so I just pre-roll a bit. Looping seems ok once it gets to speed.