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OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), is a software package designed for video recording and live streaming, supporting a limited version of HLSL for implementing custom pixel shaders. GENERAL OBS SUPPORT IS OFF-TOPIC. QUESTIONS NEED TO BE PROGRAMMING RELATED. Question about the usage of OBS may be asked on https://superuser.com.

OBS, short for open broadcaster software, is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. It supports a limited version of HLSL allowing users to write their own effects as pixel shaders.

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macOS: Accessing a virtual Cameras (OBS) as AVFoundation CaptureDevice

On macOS, is it possible to see a virtual Camera, such as OBS, as a CaptureDevice? I see that, for example, Google Chrome or Zoom can use this camera, but using AVCaptureDevice.DiscoverySession I am unable to see it. Am I doing wrong? var…
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send nginx rtmp fragments to WebRTC

I'd like to use OBS to stream via RTMP to a nginx server, and then locally send the RTMP fragments to WebRTC, so that they can be transmitted to the client via a MediaStream. I think this possible as it is essentially described here. I'm doing…
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Sending audio output from OBS to microphone on linux

I am currently using OBS in my home office setup in order to be able to add cool effects and backgrounds to my video calls and meetings. I am using obs-v4l2sink (https://github.com/CatxFish/obs-v4l2sink) in order to stream to a virtual webcam, but I…
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How to load python scripts to OBS Studio

How do I load my python scripts into OBS Studio? I used the Tools/Script and click the '+' and tried to navigate to my python script but it is greyed out. Only Lua scripts are allowed.
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Stream static image to v4l2loopback using obs with v4l2 plugin, ffmpeg or gstreamer

I want to stream a static image to the android studio emulator. To do that I created a virtual camera using v4l2loopback v.12.5 in linux ubuntu 20.04. The virtual camera is created in /dev/video2. I can stream there using obs and a plugin, ffmpeg or…
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Get video frames programmatically

I'm trying to write an obspython script, that would get frames from the source, change them and output them back. Right now I managed to get the needed source with source = obs.obs_get_source_by_name("Screen") but trying to get a frame just outputs…
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Nginx RTMP Pull to HLS Streaming

I've followed this guide on setting up RTMP to HLS streaming - https://web.archive.org/web/20221205201139/https://docs.peer5.com/guides/setting-up-hls-live-streaming-server-using-nginx/ RTMP streaming works just fine but for some reason I can't get…
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OBS - black screen while capturing display

I have a problem with OBS. I'd like to make tutorials how to do programming, teach people basics & show them, for example, how to write neural network in Java (without any ML libraries) but in order to do so, it would be great to show them my…
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Stream multiple RTMP IP Cameras with OBS and ffmpeg

I created a streaming server using Nginx and the RMTP module on a VPS running CentOS 7. I am trying to stream multiple IP cameras using OBS for broadcasting the stream. My question is how to create multiple m3u8 stream files for each camera, using…
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Capture from OBS dshow filters

I'm a C++ developer working on a 3rd party windows software. My software streams from webcam, capture cards and external applications (vmix). Some of our customers do not want to pay for vmix licenses anymore and want to use OBS (as camera) with our…
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How to get an Android Virtual Device to recognise a OBS virtual camera in Linux?

I'm trying to test an Android app that makes use of OpenCV for object detection. I have an Android virtual device (AVD) in Android Studio (on Ubuntu) - this device can use a webcam as a camera, and it works fine. To speed up testing, I've recorded…
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How do you make a css class inherit all values from another class without changing the original class

I am trying to import a website into OBS Studio via the browser source. Unfortunately the website I am importing is set to light theme via giving the html element of the website the class tw-root--theme-light. This can be changed very easily by…
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OSB/Desktop audio on Ubuntu cannot be directed to Streamyard/Chrome microphone

I have setup OBS on Ubuntu. I have virtual webcam working on OBS with Streamyard. However, I am not able direct audio from OBS into Streamyard/Chrome browser. I need a software/virtual microphone. Has anybody found a straight forward…
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OpenCV Load Video from a capture card or OBS Studio FaceRecogition

I'm creating a proof of concept, I have a CCTV Setup & the only output i have access to is a HDMI port, can I use say a capture card or OBS, as an input for openCV all the code i've looked at uses a raspberry pi with a PiCam an. so im just a little…
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Importing text from an external file without CORS interfering

I'm trying something fairly simple that used to work in OBS studio which uses the Chrome CEF. All it would do (locally) was ask the browser to open a file in a child directory, read it and then allow it to be used however I saw fit. The code I used…
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