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What's "OBS?" That would be valuable information.

_Microft 7y ago
Following the links leads to the Open Broadcast Studio project at https://obsproject.com/ https://obsproject.com/ I concur that letting non-obvious abbreviations stand is a bad thing because it wastes the time of N readers who would need to look it up while it saves the effort for 1 writer who already knows and only has to write it out. This is inefficient.
- usr1106 7y ago
  I guessed it could not possibly be the only OBS I was aware of https://openbuildservice.org/ https://openbuildservice.org/
zahrc 7y ago
Open broadcaster software (studio) is a open source broadcasting tool, mainly used for recording and streaming videos of: video games, vlogs, video podcasts, etc. Basically an open source version of xSPlit.
cheschire 7y ago
OBS is probably most widely known in the twitch / mixer streaming world. It allows you to layer your inputs and different overlays together to create a single video output that includes things such as video games, webcam feed, etc. The video output is typically either recorded straight to video file for upload to youtube, or for streaming directly to a supported streaming service. It's not purely used for video games, mind you. In this case I believe the idea is that you would use OBS on your local workstation to setup your own web cam and a view of your desktop / work space for the purposes of peer development etc, and then pipe that out as a virtual webcam to other software that only support webcams as inputs. That's my guess for what's going on here. Hope someone gets some good money from this.
- bbrazil 7y ago
  > It's not purely used for video games, mind you. Indeed. I also use it to stream sports with the scores as an overlay, and to record training videos. Basically if you're doing anything "live" with video, it's the tool you want.
  - geerlingguy 7y ago
    Another option that's a little higher end is to use a dedicated video production rig, and feed that into your computer (or use the rig's direct integrations). Something like a Tricaster (https://www.newtek.com/tricaster/ https://www.newtek.com/tricaster/), which is very popular for live event video production. The more complex the setup, though, the more likely you'd need additional people working the controls. (But also, the more flexibility and conveniences you get).
    - dylan604 7y ago
      This is how I use OBS as well. I use a Tricaster Mini, and it has the ability to do a live stream of its output as a feature. However, it taxes this little computer to such an extent that the external power supply gets incredibly hot (too hot to touch). I now use OBS on a laptop to create the stream relieving the Tricaster of that duty. The Tricast power supply doesn't even get warm now.
- antocv 7y ago
  Doesnt Microsoft Teams and other conferencing tools call this feature "screen sharing"? Also, for development, why dont people ssh into a shared server and multi tmux together? Thats a kind of screen sharing.
  - sbarre 7y ago
    This is about having OBS' output appear as a video source on the operating system. You're solving the wrong problem. :-)
    - 7y ago

Following the links leads to the Open Broadcast Studio project at https://obsproject.com/ https://obsproject.com/ I concur that letting non-obvious abbreviations stand is a bad thing because it wastes the time of N readers who would need to look it up while it saves the effort for 1 writer who already knows and only has to write it out. This is inefficient.

usr1106 7y ago
I guessed it could not possibly be the only OBS I was aware of https://openbuildservice.org/ https://openbuildservice.org/

zahrc 7y ago

Open broadcaster software (studio) is a open source broadcasting tool, mainly used for recording and streaming videos of: video games, vlogs, video podcasts, etc. Basically an open source version of xSPlit.

cheschire 7y ago

OBS is probably most widely known in the twitch / mixer streaming world. It allows you to layer your inputs and different overlays together to create a single video output that includes things such as video games, webcam feed, etc. The video output is typically either recorded straight to video file for upload to youtube, or for streaming directly to a supported streaming service. It's not purely used for video games, mind you. In this case I believe the idea is that you would use OBS on your local workstation to setup your own web cam and a view of your desktop / work space for the purposes of peer development etc, and then pipe that out as a virtual webcam to other software that only support webcams as inputs. That's my guess for what's going on here. Hope someone gets some good money from this.

bbrazil 7y ago
> It's not purely used for video games, mind you. Indeed. I also use it to stream sports with the scores as an overlay, and to record training videos. Basically if you're doing anything "live" with video, it's the tool you want.
- geerlingguy 7y ago
  Another option that's a little higher end is to use a dedicated video production rig, and feed that into your computer (or use the rig's direct integrations). Something like a Tricaster (https://www.newtek.com/tricaster/ https://www.newtek.com/tricaster/), which is very popular for live event video production. The more complex the setup, though, the more likely you'd need additional people working the controls. (But also, the more flexibility and conveniences you get).
  - dylan604 7y ago
    This is how I use OBS as well. I use a Tricaster Mini, and it has the ability to do a live stream of its output as a feature. However, it taxes this little computer to such an extent that the external power supply gets incredibly hot (too hot to touch). I now use OBS on a laptop to create the stream relieving the Tricaster of that duty. The Tricast power supply doesn't even get warm now.
antocv 7y ago
Doesnt Microsoft Teams and other conferencing tools call this feature "screen sharing"? Also, for development, why dont people ssh into a shared server and multi tmux together? Thats a kind of screen sharing.
- sbarre 7y ago
  This is about having OBS' output appear as a video source on the operating system. You're solving the wrong problem. :-)
  - 7y ago