mmm i didn t know OBS was open source software; Been using xsplit to stream Broodwar and i never really had any problems. My connection isn t good enough to stream at 480p so that doesn t matter anyway, but on xsplit the sound quality is lower if you don' t pay for it so that kinda is bugging. I ll give this a try once i get a new headset (just cracekd open my old one i fixed it with some tape but the angle at which it stands now makes my ears hurt when i listen to it)

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts

February 05 2013 15:55 GMT

#62

All Hail R!CH

Will defo try this and pass it on to friends

Deleted User 135096

3624 Posts

February 05 2013 16:19 GMT

#63

FYI, another reason to maybe switch to obs is that, and idk where this is happening exactly, but when you use animated source files for overlays such as billboard rolls or other potential graphics, XSplit does not output the .gif or .swf correctly. I found that XSplit actually renders them faster than they were originally intended, and sometimes the rendering process is choppy or uneven. Obs does not have this problem with .gif animations (doesn't do swf currently).

DavoS

United States4605 Posts

February 05 2013 16:42 GMT

#64

Is there a local recording option for this program? If there is, I'm getting it now, Xsplit license be damned

RiSkysc2

696 Posts

February 05 2013 17:01 GMT

#65

On February 06 2013 01:42 DavoS wrote:
Is there a local recording option for this program? If there is, I'm getting it now, Xsplit license be damned

Yup there is. In broadcasting settings click "file output only"

Master of DalK

Canada1797 Posts

February 05 2013 17:17 GMT

#66

OBS IS DA BOMB! As a caster, I friggin love the game capture on this. Have game source on XSplit tabbing back into xsplit in the middle of a game to check was SOOOO laggy. Also, the whole "Edit Scene" concept was really good, because sometimes XSplit liked moving sources around for no reason TT, the new function of using arrow keys to move sources pixel by pixel is really great too!

I would really recommend OBS to any streamer, ever.

Master of DalK

Canada1797 Posts

February 05 2013 17:17 GMT

#67

On February 06 2013 02:01 RiSkyToss wrote:

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Yup there is. In broadcasting settings click "file output only"

You can also have it set to local record every time you go live too

EleanorRIgby

Canada3923 Posts

February 05 2013 17:55 GMT

#68

gonna try it out when beta gets back up.

is this better then using unlicensed xsplit and dxtory?

CrazyF1r3f0x

United States2120 Posts

February 05 2013 18:03 GMT

#69

7mk

Germany10157 Posts

February 05 2013 18:12 GMT

#70

Just tried it, works well so far!
Very easy to set up, I only had to google how to find out my stream key (for twitch you find it here http://www.twitch.tv/broadcast )

virpi

Germany3598 Posts

February 05 2013 18:38 GMT

#71

oh I didn't know about this, gonna try it right now. thanks mighty wizard.

UltimateHurl

Ireland591 Posts

February 05 2013 18:52 GMT

#72

I saw this about 4 months ago when it was less stable, great to see it's coming along! So easy to use, I don't stream but I think I'll be using it to record some painting sessions in future.

Oldgrain

Finland165 Posts

February 05 2013 19:08 GMT

#73

Been using OBS for months now and I prefer it instead of xsplit (and I actually paid for xsplit like 2 months before the first reddit thread about OBS ;_; ). It took me a while to realize that if you have aero ENABLED you can actually capture just a single window without anything overlaying it, which is a great feature!

KangaRuthless

United States304 Posts

February 05 2013 19:17 GMT

#74

I'll give it a shot. Everyone here seems happy with it.

WarSame

Canada1950 Posts

February 05 2013 19:20 GMT

#75

Wow, this is amazing. Thanks R1ch!

ramon

Germany4842 Posts

February 05 2013 19:48 GMT

#76

sounds great, trying it out now

HardlyNever

United States1258 Posts

February 05 2013 21:08 GMT

#77

This software let me take the plunge and start streaming some HotS. Very simple to set up and use (took me less than an hour to get the game, overlay, mic and webcam streaming on twitch) and very low requirements. My machine and internet connection are far from amazing and I can stream at 480p with 30fps no problem (could probably do more, but my upload is pretty bad).

Would definitely recommend this to anyone who ever considered streaming but didn't know how/want to get started. This software makes it very painless.

BreAKerTV

Taiwan1658 Posts

February 05 2013 22:17 GMT

#78

I rarely use OBS because it always causes an at least temporary framerate drop that I would not have with xSplit. The framerate seems to just hop up and down whenever it wants. If I could fix this, that would be great, but I'm not at home to check up on it at the moment...

KrazyTrumpet

United States2520 Posts

February 05 2013 22:45 GMT

#79

OBS allows me to stream WoL/HotS in 1080p at 60fps with Game Capture. Amazing program.

Anyway, if anyone has issues or questions, please stop by the forums on the OBS website. Lots of us there will be more than willing to help you out!

GuitarBizarre

United Kingdom332 Posts

February 05 2013 23:27 GMT

#80

In the original thread, you state there is no compelling reason to use the 64 bit version. I'm aware that it cannot, for example, game capture 32 bit programs.

Is this inherent incompatibility between the architectures, or would a 64 bit version POTENTIALLY be superior given the time and development resources?