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Artists: why aren't you using OBS yet?
12 years ago
While it can be a bit of a hassle to set up, OBS is totally worth it. Sure, you've used XSplit/Livestream Procaster/Manycam etc etc, for so long. and it's on-par with every other broadcaster out there as far as you're aware. Why change?
The reason is, OBS is more than just any old broadcaster. It's the most efficient, productive and effective broadcaster I've ever used. I paid for 2 years of XSplit membership, and switched to OBS after about 4 months because, put plainly, it's just better.
So you're worried about how hard it is to set up? Well, I've taken care of that step for you! This step-by-step tutorial, complete with complimentary images, explains exactly how to set up your stream to work with Tigerdile and/or Livestream. It may seem like a lot of text, but honestly, most of it's the images. I've included a little demonstration of my favourite feature of OBS near the bottom too, along with a tiny picture of swizzle! Go take a look. :D
Hopefully this motivates people to use OBS more. It is especially useful for individuals with only one monitor to fit all their windows on, and this set-up only needs to be done once! It's totally worth it, trust me on this. :D
Get on SAI and figure out just why it's the best broadcaster, besides the fact that it doesn't cost anything for High-Definition streaming!
EDIT: Putting these here 'cos nobody wants to click the tutorial and see them in there instead!
-Completely open-source; this means the program's code is available to anyone at all times, so everyone can make mods or customizations. It also means that they won't charge money for it ever, because the program's code is literally out for everyone to see. It wouldn't take much for someone to compile their own, free version of the program from that code, if they did. Either way, I'm never going to make mods for this program myself, but the amount of open-ness the developers have with their users is comforting, at least.
-Completely free; I may have emphasized this above but it deserves its own bulletpoint. This program will never charge you for anything. All its features; full High-Definition video and audio support, window scaling and successful use with multiple stream services, so on, so forth; will always be free.
-Minimal performance drain; I've been streaming for damn near 5 years now, and of all the programs I've used, OBS has been the least demanding on my processor. This was a godsend with my last computer, and the fact I can simply switch on streaming without having to worry about how much it will ruin my computer's performance is comforting, to say the least.
Another little factoid near the bottom of the tutorial explains how you can stream specific windows that won't be obstructed by any other windows you bring up in front of the selected one; this means, for example, you can have your art program streaming, and if you need to switch to Skype and don't want your viewers to see what you're typing, they won't see Skype even if you brought it up over the art program. That's something I have yet to see another broadcasting software do and is more than anything one of the reasons I love OBS the most. x3
The reason is, OBS is more than just any old broadcaster. It's the most efficient, productive and effective broadcaster I've ever used. I paid for 2 years of XSplit membership, and switched to OBS after about 4 months because, put plainly, it's just better.
So you're worried about how hard it is to set up? Well, I've taken care of that step for you! This step-by-step tutorial, complete with complimentary images, explains exactly how to set up your stream to work with Tigerdile and/or Livestream. It may seem like a lot of text, but honestly, most of it's the images. I've included a little demonstration of my favourite feature of OBS near the bottom too, along with a tiny picture of swizzle! Go take a look. :D
Hopefully this motivates people to use OBS more. It is especially useful for individuals with only one monitor to fit all their windows on, and this set-up only needs to be done once! It's totally worth it, trust me on this. :D
Get on SAI and figure out just why it's the best broadcaster, besides the fact that it doesn't cost anything for High-Definition streaming!
EDIT: Putting these here 'cos nobody wants to click the tutorial and see them in there instead!
-Completely open-source; this means the program's code is available to anyone at all times, so everyone can make mods or customizations. It also means that they won't charge money for it ever, because the program's code is literally out for everyone to see. It wouldn't take much for someone to compile their own, free version of the program from that code, if they did. Either way, I'm never going to make mods for this program myself, but the amount of open-ness the developers have with their users is comforting, at least.
-Completely free; I may have emphasized this above but it deserves its own bulletpoint. This program will never charge you for anything. All its features; full High-Definition video and audio support, window scaling and successful use with multiple stream services, so on, so forth; will always be free.
-Minimal performance drain; I've been streaming for damn near 5 years now, and of all the programs I've used, OBS has been the least demanding on my processor. This was a godsend with my last computer, and the fact I can simply switch on streaming without having to worry about how much it will ruin my computer's performance is comforting, to say the least.
Another little factoid near the bottom of the tutorial explains how you can stream specific windows that won't be obstructed by any other windows you bring up in front of the selected one; this means, for example, you can have your art program streaming, and if you need to switch to Skype and don't want your viewers to see what you're typing, they won't see Skype even if you brought it up over the art program. That's something I have yet to see another broadcasting software do and is more than anything one of the reasons I love OBS the most. x3
Note: SAI's window name changes often as it does when you save a canvas. Since OBS uses window names to indentify what gets streamed, sometimes it will not find SAI upon startup. This will not affect what's on-screen if the name changes whilst streaming, but at the start of each stream, make sure SAI's source is correctly selected; doubleclick 'SAI' under your sources and confirm that the dropdown menu has SAI selected, before streaming. If you have started your stream and SAI is not visible, simply double-click the SAI Source, select SAI from the dropdown and click 'OK', and to refresh the window in OBS, untick and retick the checkbox next to SAI under Sources. SAI should appear in your preview and confirm it's being streamed.
ANYway, I'll try it again some day, 'cause Livestream Procaster is a bit of a resource hog~
Nevertheless, I'm sorry to hear OBS doesn't work for Macs, maybe sometime someone will make a mod for it!
Cuz like.... whenever I used LiveStream Procaster it always shoots CPU usage too high and complains that CPU is over 80% and makes everything lag. =A=
I'd be willing to give this a shot though to see how much of a difference it'll be to use ^-^
I've also used the likes of ManyCam and Ustream, the ManyCam is alright, but has a complicated way of setting up the video its to capture from, and Ustream has connection issues which likes to randomly disconnect every so often when broadcasting.
Hmm and seeing OBS is Open-Source I think I might give it a crack at compiling the binaries under Linux to test drive it. ^-^
I would also often experience other bug glitches like I'd get a sudden loud feedback noise after Procaster goes live, which was also annoying too.
sorry if this seems like rambling nonsense! ...I can get a bit carried away. x3
'x';;
And because I am lazy and you didn't give a link! :o Link me and I might put it on my laptop, which is only a dual core.
Just... don't make me be the one to write them!
Monday - Thursday - Tuesday - Friday - loop
Since the last stream was Thursday, the next stream will be Tuesday night. if you're from Europe, it might be a little difficult to join the sketch streams due to the time they are usually scheduled (midnight UTC) but I'm working on ways around that. That's still a work-in-progress though, and I appreciate your patience. ^^
-Completely open-source; this means the program's code is available to anyone at all times, so everyone can make mods or customizations. It also means that they won't charge money for it ever, because the program's code is literally out for everyone to see. It wouldn't take much for someone to compile their own, free version of the program from that code, if they did. Either way, I'm never going to make mods for this program myself, but the amount of open-ness the developers have with their users is comforting, at least.
-Completely free; I may have emphasized this above but it deserves its own bulletpoint. This program will never charge you for anything. All its features; full High-Definition video and audio support, window scaling and successful use with multiple stream services, so on, so forth; will always be free.
-Minimal performance drain; I've been streaming for damn near 5 years now, and of all the programs I've used, OBS has been the least demanding on my processor. This was a godsend with my last computer, and the fact I can simply switch on streaming without having to worry about how much it will ruin my computer's performance is comforting, to say the least.
Another little factoid near the bottom of the tutorial explains how you can stream specific windows that won't be obstructed by any other windows you bring up in front of the selected one; this means, for example, you can have your art program streaming, and if you need to switch to Skype and don't want your viewers to see what you're typing, they won't see Skype even if you brought it up over the art program. That's something I have yet to see another broadcasting software do and is more than anything one of the reasons I love OBS the most. x3
But yes, OBS is pretty awesome, it lets me stream games in HD on Twitch so that alone makes it an awesome program!
Thanks for doing the step by step tut for setting it up on Livestream, I got it to work with help from my bf (before I saw this post) but it's a bit of a pain in the neck if you don't know what you're doing.