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There's already a plugin for that and I've been using it for a while. I use it to combine my webcam with my desktop so that I can watch YouTube together with my family while still looking at each other's face.
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> OBS was a driving factor Why? OBS runs on macOS too
It runs horribly on macOS. Like a night and day difference. If I understand correctly the difference is primarily regarding the encoder. I also switched my streaming machine over to windows recently. Edit: ok, “horrible” is dramatic, but it was honestly shocking the first time I booted into windows and gave OBS a try there. Exact same computer that struggled with OBS in macOS produced a much better output without bre…
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!
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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.
There is no log. OBS "captures" but the image is black while the game sound is there. One common attribute I found for all these games are that they are "true full screen". One example is "Tomb Raider", the series reboot from 2013. OBS 0.659 has no problem capturing my gameplay, while newer versions gives, like I said, black screen on recording. Quick question if you indulge me: Why was classic discontinued?
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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 issu…
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OBS supports hardware encoding ironically on Intel integrated graphics, but doesn't on discrete graphics. So a much better graphics chipset in a macbook is likely to be a hinderance for this.
Nvenc is supported, even says in the change log that they improved the messages they show if you are using old nvidia drivers.
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One of the reasons why OBS got so popular compared to Xsplit is that it is free.
Interesting – Xsplit is reported as a $20K sponsor on the website: https://opencollective.com/obsproject#section-budget (Scroll down to see the list of contributors.)
OBS is such a great tool. It does its job in a clear and specific manner, and exposes as many levers as you need in the controls. The plugin system seems a bit unrefined though, I think it could be a major win if it was somewhat more accessible. Platform-specific stuff kinda sucks but it's the nature of the beast. Unfortunately, at some point they seemed to have removed support for the AMD encoder used with my old GP…
The AMD AMF encoder is still preset in OBS, it just requires somewhat recent GPU drivers to work (19.7.1 minimum, 19.9.2 or newer recommended)
Still no support for my audio interface over USB… You can add it, but no signal comes true. I know about virtual audio routing, but I'm so sad this bug hasn't been fixed after years…
OBS will probably not add any specific code to support non-conforming device(s) without an external maintainer willing to keep the needed code updated over the years.