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# NDI for Video

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As a technology designed to connect video, ensuring interoperability across all NDI products—both hardware and software—is one of the fundamental principles that NDI strives to uphold for its growing user community.

In this guide, we will explore how NDI can connect video while maintaining interoperability and consistent performance at the heart of any workflow. We will cover some of the basics of digital video and explain the various ways NDI-enabled devices and NDI formats can work together to create a seamless networking environment.

## Contents

1. [Digital Video Basics](/all/using-ndi/ndi-for-video/digital-video-basics.md)
2. [NDI Video Codecs and Format Matrix](/all/using-ndi/ndi-for-video/ndi-video-codecs-and-format-matrix.md)
3. [NDI Encoding Support Matrix](/all/using-ndi/ndi-for-video/ndi-encoding-support-matrix.md)
4. [Interoperability Scenarios](/all/using-ndi/ndi-for-video/interoperability-scenarios.md)


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