Question / Help Opening 2 instances of OBS at the same time?
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Frostshocker
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Aiiiiii said:
Creating a shortcut and adding -multi to the end of the target allows you to open multiple instances of OBS
e.g OBS_0471b\64bit\OBS.exe" -multi
Thanks for this. I'd like to take this a step further though. Is there another command line I can use to maybe set the configuration path to another location? I have two streams I run simultaneously, with not only different scenes, but different bitrates, accounts and audio sources. It would be great if I could to -multi -config <config1> and -multi -config <config2> with two shortcuts so depending on which stream I'm starting up my settings are ready to go. I just had a stream run all night with no music last night because it was importing audio from another machine that was off, instead of the local audio because I forgot to update that setting.
ThoNohT
Developer
That's not possible at this time. But you might be able to use profiles for this purpose. You'd still have to manually switch to them in the profiles menu, but at least you can switch between different settings without changing them all.
What you'd then need to be added is something like a -profile commandline argument to specify a profile to load on startup if you wanted to completely automate that.
This doesn't create different scenes though, you'll also have to manually switch between those.
What you'd then need to be added is something like a -profile commandline argument to specify a profile to load on startup if you wanted to completely automate that.
This doesn't create different scenes though, you'll also have to manually switch between those.
shadowoflight
New Member
hey, I tried the -multi thing, it works, but when I activate them, only 1 instance is able to record while the other draws a blank.
I set one to record locally and another to stream downscaled to 1280x720.
v0.584b
am I missing something?
I set one to record locally and another to stream downscaled to 1280x720.
v0.584b
am I missing something?
shadowoflight
New Member
dodgepong said:
okae!
Sapiens
Forum Moderator
Still in development. Still no ETA, though we're getting closer. nginx with the RTMP plugin is still a perfectly workable solution for this. See http://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2651, Windows binaries are available at http://nginx-win.ecsds.eu/.
"If you're capturing a directshow source, then the directshow device can only be in use by one application at a a time.
The rewrite of OBS will make the need for running two instances for OBS moot, so that's something to look forward to."
To get round this, you can use DXtory to output to 2 virtual cams from the game source, then use dxtory cam 1 for stream 1 and dxtory cam 2 for stream 2
The rewrite of OBS will make the need for running two instances for OBS moot, so that's something to look forward to."
To get round this, you can use DXtory to output to 2 virtual cams from the game source, then use dxtory cam 1 for stream 1 and dxtory cam 2 for stream 2
XeiZ
Member
There really isnt a need for this anymore imo, usually people use nginx for multiservice streams now. Its not THAT hard to setup and there are guides in the guide section, it also removes the second obs encoding so it is way better for the performance.
Camera Joe
New Member
I have multiple cameras for multiple channels and this worked perfectly, although I do not need to record the streams.
I would recommend moving the extra OBS folders out of the Programs Folder. I put them in c:\OBS as the root folder, i.e. c:\OBS\OBS1, c:\OBS\OBS2 etc.
C:\OBS\OBS1\OBS.exe -portable -multi
C:\OBS\OBS2\OBS.exe -portable -multi
This way you do not need Administrative rights to run the different instances.
I would recommend moving the extra OBS folders out of the Programs Folder. I put them in c:\OBS as the root folder, i.e. c:\OBS\OBS1, c:\OBS\OBS2 etc.
C:\OBS\OBS1\OBS.exe -portable -multi
C:\OBS\OBS2\OBS.exe -portable -multi
This way you do not need Administrative rights to run the different instances.
Me does not work, the name specified in the target field is invalid.Creating a shortcut and adding -multi to the end of the target allows you to open multiple instances of OBS
e.g OBS_0471b\64bit\OBS.exe" -multi