Do I use OBS screen to upload images to my Facebook Live?

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cherokee girl

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I have all of my graphics and videos ready for Facebook Live. Because I will be switching the graphics and lower thirds, do I keep OBS up and make each switch for Facebook live via OBS? Example: Do I use OBS to make all changes for Facebook live?
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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Yes, speed of light is not your friend. You'll work in OBS, live stream, and 15-45seconds later, the video stream frame will appear via streaming platform (FaceBook, in this case. YouTube and others work the same, essentially)
Be aware that the device and your Internet connection will have a material impact on that lag timeframe, and won't always be consistent.
So, I use FB's /live/producer to monitor stream (with sound off, obviously), but otherwise focus on what is on OBS. I do have someone else, connected elsewhere, monitoring my live stream that will TXT me if audio or other issue in need of immediate attention
 
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cherokee girl

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
Yes, speed of light is not your friend. You'll work in OBS, live stream, and 15-45seconds later, the video stream frame will appear via streaming platform (FaceBook, in this case. YouTube and others work the same, essentially)
Be aware that the device and your Internet connection will have a material impact on that lag timeframe, and won't always be consistent.
So, I use FB's /live/producer to monitor stream (with sound off, obviously), but otherwise focus on what is on OBS. I do have someone else, connected elsewhere, monitoring my live stream that will TXT me if audio or other issue in need of immediate attention
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Lawrence you broadcast directly from OBS, correct and then just let it stream through Facebook? What if you have a guest on the show, does that guest need OBS as well? My apologies, I am new to OBS.
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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Mine is for a House of Worship, so no remote guest.
Yes, I livestream directly from OBS to FB, and I record locally (at a higher resolution, just 'cuz)
No, in yoru scenario, a remote 'guest' woudl not use OBS. You use OBS in ONE locaiton to do video compositing (ie putting together various sources, and all the features of OBS like overlays, multiple inputs and ability to control placement, etc of those sources

Handling audio/video sync from local and remote sources is NOT something OBS is designed to do. OBS.ninja is one tool to enable connecting a remote video subject (and there are others). But, if you are talking about an interactive sync'ed audio/video link, there are other tools for that (OBS is NOT one of them, that I'm aware of.. wrong tool for the job). And recognize how hard long-distance audio sync is... think overseas phone calls decades ago... and the latency involved... just an example.
What you will find instead is reference to is people using Video conference systems (where all traffic goes to one place/server hence relatively- speaking easy to sync, with tools like Skype, WebEx, Teams, Zoom, etc) and then use OBS to capture/overlay for streaming/recording, but you will have to manually account for the delay from when you (or person locally) speaks and when it will show up in a video feed from a conference tool.. not a lot, but not 0... just something to be aware of depending on what else you are doing

so ... remote video participant is not a use case I've implemented, so not my area of expertise. just be aware that it can get complicated, and you have to be careful about not creating audio loops (echo). It may be useful to literally hand draw out audio path and be very careful about any assumptions regarding noise cancellation (and the slight audio echo we use on phone (and later mimic'ed in video) to self-monitor our own voice). Most systems can handle audio from a remote source (ie web conf) and your own mic without creating an echo (have you ever been in a conference room where two people turn on their mic to same conference call, and the ugly echo that follows). Cancelling speaker noise from be processed by microphone is old hat.... when using one audio system (ie web conf s/w on one device). but add a separate channel and that no longer works without getting fancy (beyond scope of this forum), hence my caution.
 
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cherokee girl

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
Mine is for a House of Worship, so no remote guest.
Yes, I livestream directly from OBS to FB, and I record locally (at a higher resolution, just 'cuz)
No, in yoru scenario, a remote 'guest' woudl not use OBS. You use OBS in ONE locaiton to do video compositing (ie putting together various sources, and all the features of OBS like overlays, multiple inputs and ability to control placement, etc of those sources

Handling audio/video sync from local and remote sources is NOT something OBS is designed to do. OBS.ninja is one tool to enable connecting a remote video subject (and there are others). But, if you are talking about an interactive sync'ed audio/video link, there are other tools for that (OBS is NOT one of them, that I'm aware of.. wrong tool for the job). And recognize how hard long-distance audio sync is... think overseas phone calls decades ago... and the latency involved... just an example.
What you will find instead is reference to is people using Video conference systems (where all traffic goes to one place/server hence relatively- speaking easy to sync, with tools like Skype, WebEx, Teams, Zoom, etc) and then use OBS to capture/overlay for streaming/recording, but you will have to manually account for the delay from when you (or person locally) speaks and when it will show up in a video feed from a conference tool.. not a lot, but not 0... just something to be aware of depending on what else you are doing

so ... remote video participant is not a use case I've implemented, so not my area of expertise. just be aware that it can get complicated, and you have to be careful about not creating audio loops (echo). It may be useful to literally hand draw out audio path and be very careful about any assumptions regarding noise cancellation (and the slight audio echo we use on phone (and later mimic'ed in video) to self-monitor our own voice). Most systems can handle audio from a remote source (ie web conf) and your own mic without creating an echo (have you ever been in a conference room where two people turn on their mic to same conference call, and the ugly echo that follows). Cancelling speaker noise from be processed by microphone is old hat.... when using one audio system (ie web conf s/w on one device). but add a separate channel and that no longer works without getting fancy (beyond scope of this forum), hence my caution.
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Wow thank you so much. This was extremely helpful. Now I feel that I understand the best way to use OBS. I will use it just for my lower third graphics, but all of the audio will go directly through Facebook. It really is a good idea to have someone monitor Facebook to ensure the videos are playing, graphics are being displayed, etc. This helped me so much. I really appreciate you taking the time to give me detailed examples.
 
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