This article explains how to set up Nuendo as an audio and video streaming source for Playback, including timecode syncing for Timecoded Markers. Template projects with stereo through 7.1 audio tracks are available for download HERE to help with setup and troubleshooting. Test audio files are also provided.

The setup process is the same whether working with a new or existing Nuendo project.

Note: Neundo and any other third party programs mentioned in this guide must be open before launching Playback.

This article contains 5 Chapters:

1. How to configure Nuendo to generate and Send MTC to Playback
2. How to Capture Audio and Video using Blackmagic Hardware
3. How to Capture Audio using a Virtual Audio Device  
4. How to Capture Video Using Screen Capture
5. How to Capture Video Using VidPlayMTC

How to configure Nuendo to generate and Send MTC to Playback

Nuendo can generate MTC (MIDI timecode) and send it to Playback, enabling robust sync between the applications and use of Playback's Timecoded Markers feature.

Nuendo Set Up

Step 1: In Nuendo’s Transport menu, choose Project Synchronization Setup. In the Sources tab, ensure that “Internal Timecode” is selected as the Timecode Source.

Step 2: In the Destinations tab, ensure “Remoto_out” is checked.  

Playback Set Up

Timecoded Markers Setting:

This setting must be configured before a stream can be launched. Currently, the only available option to select is “Remoto MIDI Device Input Port”.

How to Capture Audio and Video using Blackmagic Hardware
 

Nuendo Set Up
 

This setup will vary depending on your Blackmagic hardware and will require the use of a Blackmagic Design device that features multiple SDI inputs and outputs. The SDI video and audio output from the device is connected to secondary video and audio inputs, looping the SDI signal back to the source machine running Playback for capture.

Playback will detect and allow streaming of any Blackmagic audio/video sources connected to the Playback machine at the operating system level. No additional configuration is required within Nuendo itself.

Playback Set Up
 

Video Settings

Select “Video Input Type: Blackmagic SDI” as the video source in Session Settings.

This reveals additional settings specific to Blackmagic. Configure to mirror your Blackmagic hardware set up.

Audio Settings

When configuring the audio source for the stream in Session Settings, select Audio Input Type: Blackmagic SDI.
Select the Blackmagic hardware device being used, and the desired channel layout.

How to Capture Audio using a Virtual Audio Device  

The best way to send audio to Playback from Nuendo is to split the monitor feed through a virtual audio device such as the free one from BlackHole Audio.

Nuendo Set Up

Step 1) Configure Audio Driver

In our example using Blackhole Audio, in Nuendo’s Studio Menu:

1. Navigate to  “Studio Setup”
2. Change the “ASIO Driver” to “Blackhole 16ch.”

Step 2) Create a bus for Playback

In Nuendo’s Studio Menu:

1. Choose “Audio Connections”
2. Navigate to the “Outputs” tab
3. Click on “Add Bus”
4. Name the new bus for Playback (e.g. “RP 5.1” bus)
5. Select the desired channel format to match the project’s channel width.
6. Right click on the device port field to assign output channels.

7. Right click on the bus name and ensure “Set “RP 5.1” as Main Mix” is selected.

This bus will route the audio stream to Playback.

Step 3) Assign tracks to Playback bus

In Nuendo’s MixConsole tab, ensure sends are visible. Add the previously created Playback bus to each track to be streamed.

Playback Set Up

Audio Settings

In Playback's Audio Session Settings, select “Virtual Audio Device” as the Audio Input Type, and select “BlackHole Audio” (or any other virtual audio device being used) as the “Audio Device”, matching the monitor output device and format previously set in Nuendo. Ensure it corresponds to the virtual audio device and channel width configured in Nuendo.

Once the session is started in Playback, a prompt to configure Preferences will appear, enabling the configuration of a local monitoring destination for the stream audio.

How to Capture Video Using Screen Capture

There is no straightforward way to stream Nuendo's video via the operating system. This is a limitation of Nuendo, as Nuendo's video window disappears when another app is in focus. As a result, it is not possible to admit guests, enter chat messages, or interact with other Playback features during a session without interrupting the stream.

For these reasons, using a hardware device configured to loop its SDI output into its input is generally recommended over screen capture streaming when using Nuendo as a video source in Playback. If not using hardware, screen capture for video can still be used–with caveats.

Nuendo Set Up
 

The best way to set up Nuendo’s video for screen capture is to open a new Finder window and size it to cover the area that the Nuendo playback window occupies. The Finder window can now act as a "guide" to set the screen capture area in Playback. This bypasses the  issue caused by the Nuendo video playback window disappearing while configuring the Playback screen capture area to be streamed, since the Finder window will remain visible at all times.

Playback Set up

Video Settings

In Playback’s Video Session Settings, select "Screen Capture" as the Video Input type. Then select the area of the screen that contains the Finder window previously set as a guide for the Nuendo video playback window.

While Nuendo appears as an option if "Application" is configured as the input, selecting it would stream the entire Nuendo window rather than the desired video area. Selecting screen capture resolves this issue.

How to Capture Video Using VidPlayMTC
 

There is a simplified workflow that we recommend using a free third party program to stream Nuendo video into Playback, while avoiding Nuendo's window disappearing issue:

1. Generate MTC (“Internal Timecode”) from Nuendo
2. Load the video file into VidPlayMTC , which receives MTC from Nuendo
3. Configure VidPlayMTC as the streaming video source in Playback, and receive MTC from Nuendo so that all is in sync.
    

This allows VidPlayMTC to act as a stable hosting window for the video stream without disappearing, while all three programs are in sync.

Nuendo Set Up

Nuendo can generate MTC (MIDI timecode) and send it to both Playback and VidPlayLTC, allowing for robust sync between the applications. This enables the use of Playback's Timecoded Markers feature.

Step 1: In Nuendo’s Transport menu, navigate to Project Synchronization Setup. In the Source tab, ensure that “Internal Timecode” is selected as the Timecode Source.

Step 2: In the Destination tab, make sure “Remoto_out” is checked, and that “Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 1” is also checked:  

"Remoto_Out":

“Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 1”:

VidPlayMTC Set Up

1. Open VidPlayerMTC
2. Open the source video
3. In the Configure menu, click MIDI In
4. Select “Euphonix MIDI Euphonix Port 1” as the MIDI device
    

No need to adjust the sync offset or MIDI lock fixed tempo settings (these should already be set by default)

Playback Set Up
 

Video Settings

In Playback’s Video Session Settings, select "Application" as the input type. Then select “VidPlayMTC” as the Streaming Video Source.