How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam for OBS Live Streaming - using NDI HX (Not Free Anymore)

Update 4 June 2020: NDI HX Camera is NOT free anymore! (There is another free method here...    • How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam fo...  )

My iPhone is a great mobile camera. Can I use it as a webcam for OBS live streaming? Yes, you can, but you will need an app for that... https://www.videolane.com/iphone-webcam/

Chapters:
0:00 How to set up the iPhone as a webcam for OBS Live Streaming.
0:44 Three Reasons Why I Use External Cameras for Live Streaming.
1:29 What Do You Need to Set Up Your iPhone as a Webcam for OBS.
2:03 Step#1 Download and Install OBS-NDI… https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/re...
2:54 Step#2 Check OBS Sources Panel for a New NDI Source.
3:19 Step#3 On the iPhone, Install and Open NDI HX Camera… https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ndi-hx-... (UPDATE 4 June 2020: The app is NOT FREE Anymore!)
4:21 Step#4 Ensure the iPhone and Computer Are On the Same Wifi Network.
4:36 Step#5 Go to the OBS Sources Panel and Select NDI-Source.
5:02 Step#6 Go to Source Name and Select “iPhone (NDI HX Camera)”.
5:29 Step#. Switch Latency Mode to Low. Then click OK.
5:55 Demo... NDI Camera in Action as an iPhone Webcam

Links:
OBS - Open Broadcaster Software
► https://obsproject.com/
OBS-NDI Plugin for OBS
► https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi/re...
NDI HX Camera app for iPhone
► https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ndi-hx-... (UPDATE 4 June 2020: The app is NOT FREE Anymore!)
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Updates*:
4 June 2020: NDI HX Camera is not free anymore
For this method to work, you need to first have OBS, the free live streaming software. Download and install OBS here... https://obsproject.com/
*Watch my latest video on How I set up my iPhone as a wireless WebCam for Zoom on a PC...    • How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam fo...  
The downloaded OBS-NDI plugin cannot be found as a program in the Applications folder... it can only be found in OBS... Take a close look at steps 5 and 6 in the video here...    • How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam fo...  
Cannot find your iPhone in the drop-down menu source name?
Try these solutions...
From Christopher Celaya: "...Uninstall OBS, NDI, restart, then reinstall both. Make sure you also check the box "User Settings" when prompted during the installation process."
From Laura Melanie Collins: "SOLVED: Turn off any VPN and make sure in your network settings Ethernet Network profile is set to PRIVATE."
Check out their full comments below.
At this point, this method does not work on Android phones.

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