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OBS is such wonderful software. It's immensely powerful yet approachable and performant. I am not a streamer, but I've found it really useful as an audio/video

OBS is such wonderful software. It's immensely powerful yet approachable and performant. I am not a streamer, but I've found it really useful as an audio/video swiss army knife. Many thanks to the team and community behind it!

skrowl 5y ago
Same. Not a streamer, but I use it together with https://catnip5.itch.io/mouse-highlight https://catnip5.itch.io/mouse-highlight to record demonstrations / tutorials.
- ehsankia 5y ago
  Absolutely, before this you had to use stuff like FRAPS, Camtasia, proprietary webcam software, etc. There was no all-in-one way to record any webcam/desktop. OBS does it seamlessly and across all combinations. And the staging is neat too.
Buttons840 5y ago
Agreed. PSA: OBS can be used to create videos as well. I first used OBS to create a video presentation for school. Most of the time I was showing slides, but occasionally I would switch to a full view of myself (as required by the assignment). Or you can do the common view of big slides and a small video of the speaker in the corner.
chrisweekly 5y ago
Yeah; I'm not a streamer either, but it took me all of an hour to go from "what's OBS?" to enabling use of my iPhone as the video camera for Zoom calls. Haven't had time yet to do anything interesting with OBS "scenes", but it looks similarly, surprisingly straightforward. A+!
- 1_player 5y ago
  > use of my iPhone as the video camera for Zoom calls FWIW I've used iVcam until recently, and I'm now an happy user of Reincubate Camo
  - llimllib 5y ago
    (which will appear as a camera source on its own, no OBS required. I was for a while a happy Camo user too, but eventually bought a webcam so I didn't have to hook and unhook my phone; it's good software)
    - 1_player 5y ago
      I'm an iPhone webcam user because commercial webcams are incredible worse in quality than modern day smartphones. I regret purchasing one of the better rated Logitech ones and appearing like a washed out zombie on video calls. Meanwhile we walk around with a quasi-DSLR in our pockets.
      - llimllib 5y ago
        it drives me crazy! I posted a comparison on twitter: https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680 https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680 but the convenience of the webcam is too much for me to ignore
        1_player 5y ago
        It's awful. I've got a C920 as well, and it turns me into a washed-out green/yellow goblin. There's an exposure slider in the driver but it's buggy so if you set it to manual exposure, after a few minutes the whole image goes super exposed as if pointing straight at the sun and you can't see anything anymore until I unplug and plug it back again. I bought it at a premium at the height of the COVID-related hardware shortage and I regret it every time I see it in my drawer.
- josephg 5y ago
  That sounds great - I need a webcam for my desktop workstation and I’d love to just use my iPhone. Can you share more about your setup? What software are you using on your phone to connect it?
  - mikewhy 5y ago
    OBS is of course more powerful, but if all you're looking for is "phone as computer webcam" then something simple like Iriun Webcam might work.
- cout 5y ago
  Which software did you use on the iPhone side to get this to work?
  - opan 5y ago
    You can display RTMP streams in OBS. I don't have an iPhone, but once helped a friend get a GoPro working with OBS this way using its wireless streaming. Just plugging it in didn't work, it wouldn't just be a USB webcam. So, anything that'll let you stream with RTMP will probably work, and then you just have to input the URL on the OBS side.
  - telesilla 5y ago
    EpocCam has been working great for me, we're using the iPad as a mobile camera for various remote workshops. It's fantastic. OBS is a treat.
shados 5y ago
It really is. It's hard to believe its free too. When I started using it, I was convinced it was commercial software and I had just missed the "Buy now" button. I got into that stuff in the earlier days of Streaming when OBS wasn't even out/was too new. I have perpetual licenses for XSplit and other softwares, but OBS still usually come up on top. It's impressive how good it is.

skrowl 5y ago

Same. Not a streamer, but I use it together with https://catnip5.itch.io/mouse-highlight https://catnip5.itch.io/mouse-highlight to record demonstrations / tutorials.

ehsankia 5y ago
Absolutely, before this you had to use stuff like FRAPS, Camtasia, proprietary webcam software, etc. There was no all-in-one way to record any webcam/desktop. OBS does it seamlessly and across all combinations. And the staging is neat too.

Buttons840 5y ago

Agreed. PSA: OBS can be used to create videos as well. I first used OBS to create a video presentation for school. Most of the time I was showing slides, but occasionally I would switch to a full view of myself (as required by the assignment). Or you can do the common view of big slides and a small video of the speaker in the corner.

chrisweekly 5y ago

Yeah; I'm not a streamer either, but it took me all of an hour to go from "what's OBS?" to enabling use of my iPhone as the video camera for Zoom calls. Haven't had time yet to do anything interesting with OBS "scenes", but it looks similarly, surprisingly straightforward. A+!

1_player 5y ago
> use of my iPhone as the video camera for Zoom calls FWIW I've used iVcam until recently, and I'm now an happy user of Reincubate Camo
- llimllib 5y ago
  (which will appear as a camera source on its own, no OBS required. I was for a while a happy Camo user too, but eventually bought a webcam so I didn't have to hook and unhook my phone; it's good software)
  - 1_player 5y ago
    I'm an iPhone webcam user because commercial webcams are incredible worse in quality than modern day smartphones. I regret purchasing one of the better rated Logitech ones and appearing like a washed out zombie on video calls. Meanwhile we walk around with a quasi-DSLR in our pockets.
    - llimllib 5y ago
      it drives me crazy! I posted a comparison on twitter: https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680 https://twitter.com/llimllib/status/1361752629882183680 but the convenience of the webcam is too much for me to ignore
      - 1_player 5y ago
        It's awful. I've got a C920 as well, and it turns me into a washed-out green/yellow goblin. There's an exposure slider in the driver but it's buggy so if you set it to manual exposure, after a few minutes the whole image goes super exposed as if pointing straight at the sun and you can't see anything anymore until I unplug and plug it back again. I bought it at a premium at the height of the COVID-related hardware shortage and I regret it every time I see it in my drawer.
josephg 5y ago
That sounds great - I need a webcam for my desktop workstation and I’d love to just use my iPhone. Can you share more about your setup? What software are you using on your phone to connect it?
- mikewhy 5y ago
  OBS is of course more powerful, but if all you're looking for is "phone as computer webcam" then something simple like Iriun Webcam might work.
cout 5y ago
Which software did you use on the iPhone side to get this to work?
- opan 5y ago
  You can display RTMP streams in OBS. I don't have an iPhone, but once helped a friend get a GoPro working with OBS this way using its wireless streaming. Just plugging it in didn't work, it wouldn't just be a USB webcam. So, anything that'll let you stream with RTMP will probably work, and then you just have to input the URL on the OBS side.
- telesilla 5y ago
  EpocCam has been working great for me, we're using the iPad as a mobile camera for various remote workshops. It's fantastic. OBS is a treat.

shados 5y ago

It really is. It's hard to believe its free too. When I started using it, I was convinced it was commercial software and I had just missed the "Buy now" button. I got into that stuff in the earlier days of Streaming when OBS wasn't even out/was too new. I have perpetual licenses for XSplit and other softwares, but OBS still usually come up on top. It's impressive how good it is.