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Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by zwarag »

ww520 wrote: post #53

OBS is great, with lots of useful feature. One setup to combine multiple computers into one video stream I don't see often is to run OBS virtual camera on each computer to capture the local screen, and then feeds the OBS virtual cam videos over NDI to other computers. One of the computers running OBS acts as the combiner to take in all the remote video sources and combine them into the final output video.

It sounds awesome but also kinda hard on the network. How much bandwidth do you need to make that work?

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by roboyoshi »

nonbirithm wrote: post #84

Seeing as OBS is now ubiquitous for livestreaming, I have to wonder if there's one or more software companies out there who see all that usage as lost revenue from a proprietary solution and are kicking themselves over it. I almost can't believe how good OBS is for being open source.

I think streamlabs [0] is that "proprietary" solution making money with an even more user friendly UX and useful extensions.

[0] https://streamlabs.com/

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

fredleblanc wrote: post #27

My favorite OBS feature is that you can bring in transparent browser windows all over the place. As such, I have my work conferencing set up so my time appears in the upper-right corner. I’m on the east coast and everyone I work with is on the west coast. It’s a nice way to remind them of my current time. (It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me.) I also ha…

> It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me.

I wouldn't call it passive-aggressive; it's a pertinent bit of information that could be easily missed by some otherwise.

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by reassembled »

nonbirithm wrote: post #84

Seeing as OBS is now ubiquitous for livestreaming, I have to wonder if there's one or more software companies out there who see all that usage as lost revenue from a proprietary solution and are kicking themselves over it. I almost can't believe how good OBS is for being open source.

Wirecast has been around since the mid-2000s and has a very similar feature set to OBS. It is lacking in some areas and ahead of the curve in others (Wirecast has GPU-accelerated scene preview thumbnails instead of OBS’ flat text list). VMix is another successful proprietary desktop streaming software. You could also probably add the OG, TriCaster, to the same list as it solves many of the same problems (video switching on commodity PC hardware, real-time layering/compositing, desktop capture, etc) but is married to NewTek’s hardware.

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by dodgepong »

roboyoshi wrote: post #102
nonbirithm wrote: post #84

Seeing as OBS is now ubiquitous for livestreaming, I have to wonder if there's one or more software companies out there who see all that usage as lost revenue from a proprietary solution and are kicking themselves over it. I almost can't believe how good OBS is for being open source.

I think streamlabs [0] is that "proprietary" solution making money with an even more user friendly UX and useful extensions. [0] https://streamlabs.com/

Streamlabs is a fork of OBS, and as such, is also open source: http://github.com/stream-labs

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by llimllib »

1_player wrote: post #97
llimllib wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(which will appear as a camera source on its own, no OBS required. I was for a while a happy Camo user too, but eventually bought a webcam so I didn't have to hook and unhook my phone; it's good software)

I'm an iPhone webcam user because commercial webcams are incredible worse in quality than modern day smartphones. I regret purchasing one of the better rated Logitech ones and appearing like a washed out zombie on video calls. Meanwhile we walk around with a quasi-DSLR in our pockets.

it drives me crazy! I posted a comparison on twitter: https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680

but the convenience of the webcam is too much for me to ignore

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by 1_player »

llimllib wrote: post #106
1_player wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm an iPhone webcam user because commercial webcams are incredible worse in quality than modern day smartphones. I regret purchasing one of the better rated Logitech ones and appearing like a washed out zombie on video calls. Meanwhile we walk around with a quasi-DSLR in our pockets.

it drives me crazy! I posted a comparison on twitter: https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680 but the convenience of the webcam is too much for me to ignore

It's awful. I've got a C920 as well, and it turns me into a washed-out green/yellow goblin. There's an exposure slider in the driver but it's buggy so if you set it to manual exposure, after a few minutes the whole image goes super exposed as if pointing straight at the sun and you can't see anything anymore until I unplug and plug it back again.

I bought it at a premium at the height of the COVID-related hardware shortage and I regret it every time I see it in my drawer.

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by fredleblanc »

ShakataGaNai wrote: post #88
fredleblanc wrote: post #27

My favorite OBS feature is that you can bring in transparent browser windows all over the place. As such, I have my work conferencing set up so my time appears in the upper-right corner. I’m on the east coast and everyone I work with is on the west coast. It’s a nice way to remind them of my current time. (It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me.) I also ha…

Very cool idea. Is the code public? I'd love to see how you implement it.

My code isn't public because it uses jQuery and I don't need the feedback about how old I am because I like jQuery. :)

But generally speaking, if you can get JavaScript to display the current time in a browser, you can pull in that file via a browser source (using a file:// protocol) and show it on the screen. From there, it's a matter of doing anything else you can get JS to show in a browser. Or, if you have a local server running, you can display entire websites along side your face.

At that point, it's an interesting shift in mindset — you're not designing stuff for the browser, but to be displayed next to you.

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by fredleblanc »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #103
fredleblanc wrote: post #27

My favorite OBS feature is that you can bring in transparent browser windows all over the place. As such, I have my work conferencing set up so my time appears in the upper-right corner. I’m on the east coast and everyone I work with is on the west coast. It’s a nice way to remind them of my current time. (It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me.) I also ha…

> It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me. I wouldn't call it passive-aggressive; it's a pertinent bit of information that could be easily missed by some otherwise.

It does it at lunch times too, adds a little fork and knife, dropping the word "LUNCH" underneath. :)

Re: OBS Studio 27.0

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Post by fredleblanc »

waymon wrote: post #42
fredleblanc wrote: post #27

My favorite OBS feature is that you can bring in transparent browser windows all over the place. As such, I have my work conferencing set up so my time appears in the upper-right corner. I’m on the east coast and everyone I work with is on the west coast. It’s a nice way to remind them of my current time. (It also passive aggressively animated to purple with a moon when its “after hours,” a/k/a 5pm for me.) I also ha…

...share? :)

As I mentioned in another comment — I used jQuery, and chose not to share anything because I don't need everyone's feedback on how old and dumb that makes me. :)

But basically, anything you can render in a browser can happen on the screen. Get JavaScript to show your current time in a browser, then pull in that URL into your OBS scene. The background will be transparent.

I think it's using Blink to render things underneath, that's what it seems like at least.

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