OBS Studio: Open-source software for video recording and live streaming

Post by noyesno » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 5:42 AM UTC

blattimwind wrote: post #253

mkl wrote: post #249

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Are there any existing plug-ins for virtual microphone? I want to use OBS'S realtime noise suppression and noise gating in another app (mainly online lecture platform Echo360). I got it working using VoiceMeeter in what seems like a hacky way, but only with high latency so far.

Use Equalizer APO with a noise-reduction VST. This is by far the best option on Windows if you are concerned about latency×compatibility×underruns as a figure of merit. It is far superior to using "virtual audio cables" and a VST host (like Lighthost or SAVI) or voicemeeter. It's not well known, but it really works spectacularly well compared to those other options. For me it never has had any audible buffer underrun…

Post by noyesno » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 6:05 AM UTC

fenrirthviti wrote: post #271

jjeaff wrote: post #231

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OBS is awesome. I love being able to switch scenes on the fly. But I have one suggestion that would save a lot of embarrassment for a lot of people. Tldr; There needs to be a master audio level display or at least some sort of master indication whether a stream is getting an audio signal or not. Or at the very least, audio sources should be muted by default in new scenes. We have an Intro screen scene that just displ…

This is something we want to do, but there are some complications both in the design of the program and getting the UI balance between "normal" users and users familiar with professional equipment/DAWs. There's been some proposals, but we haven't reached a consensus yet.

Post by jjeaff » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 6:46 AM UTC

fenrirthviti wrote: post #271

jjeaff wrote: post #231

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OBS is awesome. I love being able to switch scenes on the fly. But I have one suggestion that would save a lot of embarrassment for a lot of people. Tldr; There needs to be a master audio level display or at least some sort of master indication whether a stream is getting an audio signal or not. Or at the very least, audio sources should be muted by default in new scenes. We have an Intro screen scene that just displ…

This is something we want to do, but there are some complications both in the design of the program and getting the UI balance between "normal" users and users familiar with professional equipment/DAWs. There's been some proposals, but we haven't reached a consensus yet.

Post by anonymoushn » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 7:04 AM UTC

r1ch wrote: post #121

I'm one of the core contributors for OBS. Our website traffic has more than doubled over the last couple of weeks due to the COVID-19 situation - when we released the v25 update we accidentally killed our site due to a cache stampede after purging the CDN (oops). We're seeing all kinds of new uses, especially users who are integrating the OBS Virtualcam plugin to do presentations and other content sharing with apps t…

Post by icelancer » Thu, Apr 02, 2020, 9:14 AM UTC

rexpop wrote: post #316

xal wrote: post #193

I randomly learned OBS a while ago for doing some twitch streams in the evenings. I'm so glad I did. I run a 6,000 people company during the day and have OBS setup to push into Google Meet. I've done townhall with live on-screen Q/A voting, hosted podcast discussions, done PIP product reviews. I use its video record feature to react to figma prototypes and post the MP4s in the respective channel for discussion. OBS i…

> "Video quality is the new presence in 1:1s". That's the stupidest thing I've heard all day. "Presence" in terms of 1:1s should be about listening to, understanding, and empathizing with the person opposite you. Performing "theory of mind," which has nothing whatsoever to do with video quality. This is exactly the kind of aphorism a cold, calculating executive would comfort himself with while orchestrating the hiera…