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OBS Studio 26.0

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Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by deathtrader666 »

worldmerge wrote: post #25

If you haven't just used OBS you definitely should check it out. It's an incredible piece of software. I can screen cap multiple browsers and get a webcam feed and be at ~4% CPU usage. To put that in perspective I just made an app with OpenFrameworks (C++) that just gets my camera and it uses ~6% of my CPU. OBS is amazing.

As a counter anecdote - my 2015 MacBook Pro stutters within 30-40 seconds of OBS streaming a 1080p feed to YouTube.

Is there anything to tweak? Or is my machine too old?

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by r1ch »

unnouinceput wrote: post #9

I don't get it. Why in newer versions of OBS Game Capture is not working for some games, while older version of OBS works without a problem. Same system, same game, OBS version 0.659 (that I have it for like ~2 years) captures games and newer OBS versions all fail. For this purpose I have to keep around this old version while for all other stuff I have the latest and greatest. Is it some DRM problem? Because otherwis…

OBS 0.659 is "Classic" OBS which has been discontinued for years. If you're having issues capturing games with OBS Studio, stop by our forums or Discord with a log and we may be able to help. If the game uses any kind of anti-cheat engine, it's possible the developer only whitelisted older capture DLLs but this is rare.

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by taurath »

1_player wrote: post #2

Just noticed that the OBS project makes about 2.5k per month on Patreon. That's a bit sad, considering basically all of Twitch and the most of the YouTube scene uses it to record and stream their videos, and they tend to use and recommend Patreon to their own viewers. They'd be in a pickle if tomorrow OBS Studio were to disappear.

I know of adult games making orders of magnitude more :(

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by taurath »

jjcm wrote: post #15

I'll be very interested to see what happens to OBS now that Nvidia is directly competing with them with Nvidia Broadcast: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-broadcast-a... While it's community supported (though only at 2.5k/mo) I highly suspect that NB is going to outperform OBS in the coming years, just given the market Nvidia is trying to capture. Most youtubers / streamers don't need the full configu…

OBS is worlds ahead - Nvidia only wins if they somehow cripple OBS on Nvidia graphics

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by akerl_ »

choward wrote: post #30
ghaff wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That mostly works if the owner isn't also the person doing most of the work on the project.

Even then though, you can continue to keep using it as is and not have to worry about them doing some shady updates now that they sold out.

I feel compelled to point out that selling software isn’t “selling out”.

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by worldmerge »

deathtrader666 wrote: post #31
worldmerge wrote: post #25

If you haven't just used OBS you definitely should check it out. It's an incredible piece of software. I can screen cap multiple browsers and get a webcam feed and be at ~4% CPU usage. To put that in perspective I just made an app with OpenFrameworks (C++) that just gets my camera and it uses ~6% of my CPU. OBS is amazing.

As a counter anecdote - my 2015 MacBook Pro stutters within 30-40 seconds of OBS streaming a 1080p feed to YouTube. Is there anything to tweak? Or is my machine too old?

Not sure, you may want to drop to 720p and maybe lower your bitrate. For my latest project I was using a Macbook pro 2015 to test it, running my app and streaming at the same time fine. I was running Windows 10 though on the mac. If you're running Mac OS try using a utility like SMC Fan Control to set the fan RPM high. Mac OS by default wants to be as silent as possible which could be leading to some performance issues.

I'm very new to streaming so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by corytheboyd »

Love me some OBS, I use it for piano practice with my tutor. Simultaneous video feeds (face, hands) and window capture of VMPK mirroring the MIDI out of my digital piano piped into a virtual camera, then VBcable pipes the OBS monitor audio to an input source. Put those two together as the audio and recording devices in zoom and were off! If there is interest I’d love to write more about it and share, let me know!

Re: OBS Studio 26.0

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Post by corytheboyd »

corytheboyd wrote: post #39

Love me some OBS, I use it for piano practice with my tutor. Simultaneous video feeds (face, hands) and window capture of VMPK mirroring the MIDI out of my digital piano piped into a virtual camera, then VBcable pipes the OBS monitor audio to an input source. Put those two together as the audio and recording devices in zoom and were off! If there is interest I’d love to write more about it and share, let me know!

One day they will figure out how to implement undo without impacting performance too much :p
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