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On the Mac, Telestream Wirecast ($599) [1] does this. Not saying Wirecast is better or worse than OBS - although for me, on the Mac platform, Wirecast was way
by BrentOzar 7y ago
On the Mac, Telestream Wirecast ($599) [1] does this.
Not saying Wirecast is better or worse than OBS - although for me, on the Mac platform, Wirecast was way better. I can capture a desktop or app window, overlay my webcam on top of it in the bottom corner, use chroma key to remove my background, and then I float on top of apps. That video feed can be outputted as a webcam stream that works with GoToWebinar, Skype, Hangouts, etc.
You can see examples of what it looks like to attendees via my blog: https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2020/03/free-fundamentals-of-query-tuning-week-part-5-common-t-sql-anti-patterns/ https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2020/03/free-fundamentals-...
One drawback is that some webcasting apps (GoToWebinar in particular) have a max webcam output resolution, like in GoToWebinar's case, 720p. That means you have to be really careful about which apps/screens you try to share as a webcam.
[1]: https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/ https://www.telestream.net/wirecast/
- frankc 7y agoOBS can do all of that except nativley output a virtual camera. I use windows and the virtual cam plugin works well for that, though it doesnt do the audio. I think you can set it up externally to obs using a virtual audio cable driver but I haven't really needed it.
- BrentOzar 7y ago> OBS can do all of that except nativley output a virtual camera. Right, that's literally the title of the article we're commenting on: OBS can't do that thing that we need.
- tyrust 7y agoI think that person's reply was prompted by you saying that Telestream was "way better for you" but then listing all but one feature provided by OBS. Note that I don't have a horse in this race. I've only used basic features of OBS and have never heard of Telestream. I'm just pointing out the possible miscommunication here.