I have a beefy laptop GPU, but cannot utilize it with NVIDIA Broadcast because I use Linux! ;(
I hope someday soon I can use it in Linux.
In Windows it is very easy to use the output of NVIDIA Broadcast as a scene in OBS.
OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unless OBS (or FFMpeg or GStreamer) is giving you something you need (maybe correction on your camera or some touch up filters or whatever), I'm not sure if you (the royal "you") really need OBS for this setup. I also have a very similar setup. High quality webcam, high quality headset, and a few lights pointing into my face to offset the lighting in the room. I have Zoom configured to use original audio and turn off…
Nice setup! OBS scenes is the killer feature for me, so it just works well. In addition the AFK one I've also set a couple of zoom levels that frame me better if I decide to slide my seat back a bit. I even have scenes for sprint planning estimation sessions. 1-3-5-8 etc superimposed over my picture. :D (they are numbered buttons on the Streamdeck).
Aha now that's an interesting way to do it. I guess in my setup, and my room geometry, I don't need to generally have specific scenarios ready for, say, planning so just turning my stuff on through Zoom is fine.
I do love reading about all these setups though. I feel like so many tech companies and software engineers are new to remote work that these tips can go a long way to interfacing effectively with coworkers. At least in my case it was trial and error until I got what I wanted.
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#123Have been using OBS for over a year coz Grabilla is not supported on my new company laptop. A huge learning curve is needed to understand OBS. For ex - I have still not been able to figure out how to record audio using AirPods Pro Secondly, whenever I connect an external monitor to my primary laptop, the audio is not recorded. Some challenges I face while using OBS. Many a times it's really frustrating
> A huge learning curve is needed to understand OBS. A big no. You can start streaming or recording with OBS within twenty minutes of installing it. I did. Never used it before. I wanted a simple coding set-up where the whole screen is the main source and my webcam feed is in the corner as a box. > Secondly, whenever I connect an external monitor to my primary laptop, the audio is not recorded. Doesn't happen with me…
I connect to the same external monitor everyday in my office and both are restarted daily - my primary laptop as well as the secondary monitor.
Never has the audio been captured in this setup.
Re: OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
#124For those who haven't tried it, you can mount the output of OBS as a camera, which can be used as input for something like Zoom. So you can add graphics, multiple angles, switch between different views, etc...
unfortunately it does add a bit of lag which I find makes the technique somewhat untenable.
I have a virtual camera going to Zoom and do not have a lag to speak of. The computer is M1 Macbook Air.
I recall that I had some issues. After fiddling a while, I disabled all the 4K options, etc. from camera and selected 1080p output. This is cropped down to 1280x720 output resolution. It's enough.
Generally speaking, video resolution is not important for the sense of quality. Just have decent lighting and don't frame your face like an idiot. To get sense of quality, I recommend investing a little bit to a microphone. People don't realize it but audio quality is the king.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure why this is being downvoted. I have a colleague who uses an OBS virtual webcam setup like this, and it's really disconcerting having a conversation with them, compared to others who don't use it, because of the additional lag. Their setup may have some specific problem though.
That's a configuration problem, and not hard to correct. Tell him to go into the audio settings, then "advanced audio settings", and add the "sync offset" in milliseconds required to bring the audio and video into sync. Also, it's likely that his camera is mostly at fault; OBS with my Logitech camera doesn't have any significant lag. OBS itself has very little lag.
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Re: OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
#126For those who haven't tried it, you can mount the output of OBS as a camera, which can be used as input for something like Zoom. So you can add graphics, multiple angles, switch between different views, etc...
I have an Elgato Facecam which claims to work with Zoom on a Mac M1, but doesn’t (at least on my machine). I proxy it through an OBS virtual camera. Weird work around, but works!
Re: OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
#127For those who haven't tried it, you can mount the output of OBS as a camera, which can be used as input for something like Zoom. So you can add graphics, multiple angles, switch between different views, etc...
This can also be used as a workaround for Teams on Linux not being able to get video input from a laptop's built in webcam.
Also, a bit off topic but has anyone had any luck getting the Windows version of Teams running in Wine? The Linux version is missing a few features I would really like to have (together mode, camera support, being able to view more than 4 participants at a time).
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#128Have been using OBS for over a year coz Grabilla is not supported on my new company laptop. A huge learning curve is needed to understand OBS. For ex - I have still not been able to figure out how to record audio using AirPods Pro Secondly, whenever I connect an external monitor to my primary laptop, the audio is not recorded. Some challenges I face while using OBS. Many a times it's really frustrating
> A huge learning curve is needed to understand OBS. A big no. You can start streaming or recording with OBS within twenty minutes of installing it. I did. Never used it before. I wanted a simple coding set-up where the whole screen is the main source and my webcam feed is in the corner as a box. > Secondly, whenever I connect an external monitor to my primary laptop, the audio is not recorded. Doesn't happen with me…
> > understand
GP's statement is quite true with that wording, though expected for any video software; there's no way a tooltip could adequately explain chroma subsampling choices, frame types, or lavfi filtergraph syntax, for example. Regarding comparatively basic usage, the curse of knowledge still applies; it seems simple to do anything when you already know how.
GP, have you configured your audio sources? Your monitor must be a device selected in File > Settings > Audio > Global Audio Devices, and that device must be unmuted in the Audio Mixer pane. If it's a Mac, you need a separate application to capture desktop audio (https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/mac-desktop-audio-usi...).
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#129I have Google Fi as my phone service, so I can make and receive calls from my PC. I use OBS to record my important calls with big companies. I always smirk when I hear "this call may be recorded". You bet your ass it's being recorded. The recordings have saved me money and aggravation more than once.
Gotta check recording laws, of course! But I’ve done the same. I recorded a transaction between me and another person using OBS. OBS made it easy to add in the discord chat overlayed with our zoom call. It recorded everything to disk in one file, audio video and the chat overlay. All in real time. OBS is just an amazing product.
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#130I do not understand the five-second minimum delay I got..... nginx and obs paired at a 1s key frame interval still gives a five-second delay on football matches, which is very annoying because you heard your neighbors before actually watching the footage, and no, this is not solved by any streaming service.