These integrations mentioned here can indeed be achieved with the streamkit and programs like voicemeeter Banana.
Although some features I would like to see included, althought this would probably need both Discord and OBS to work together ,is 3 things:
- A way to have your Discord Call be added as a source, with only the part of the screen featuring the call
- All the black backgrounds transparent so it ends up shining through your obs background.
- For the streamer to select an image that when the camera's are on, can be used as a border (similarly like how some streamers have a frame, this would allow the streamer to give borders to his participants, fitting the aesthetic of the stream.
I believe this could lead to new imaginative ways in this new world to create for instance talkshow-like experiences, and overall better integrate multi person streams/videos.
Personally, I know of someone who duostreams with the same person, getting with his partner in a call, cropping everything but the camera from an application source, in theory this could be a solution, were it not that:
- Streams featuring more people will consume considerably more resources because every person would need his own source.
- When streaming with a variable amount of people, adding a new source and cropping would need to happen everytime someone joins or leaves.
I believe this to be possible, as Discord and OBS already have a tight integration allowing features like Streamer mode, where certain parts of info are hidden on stream.