DroidCam OBS and Processing Power

[RavenStreamer]

Hi all,

I've been streaming with a Core i5-7200U CPU with Intel HD 620 integrated graphics (8Gb RAM, Win10-64). It's been fine with a single camcorder connected via an Elgato HD60S, but we've added two smartphone cameras using DroidCam OBS and now I'm experiencing rendering lag and encoder overloads. Considering putting a second older laptop into play as a two-PC stream setup. Does it make sense to run all 3 cameras through the second laptop and send as an NDI source to the streaming laptop? Cam anyone suggest minimum specs for the "camera" laptop? TIA

Log file from the last live stream: https://obsproject.com/logs/CGLwmFmgMyEmFymX

 

[RavenStreamer]

Or does it make more sense to run everything into the computer with the better specs and send the OBS Program output to the lower-spec machine for streaming? Likely a noob question. Bear with me while I wrap my head around the 2-PC setup. :-)

 

[konsolenritter]

Which one is the one with the better specs?

 

[deFrisselle]

Make sure the cameras are not active when not in the displayed scene
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[RavenStreamer]

Make sure the cameras are not active when not in the displayed scene
Run as Admin

Analyzer | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

I'll give that a try. I had set the to Always Active in an attempt to avoid dropouts, but I can see how that eats resources. I have also set OBS to always run as admin. Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[RavenStreamer]

I'll give that a try. I had set the to Always Active in an attempt to avoid dropouts, but I can see how that eats resources. I have also set OBS to always run as admin. Thanks for the suggestions!

Just by way of follow-up, setting the Droidcams to Inactive when not Visible introduced a second or two of lag when switching. Not so good in a live setting, so I switched them back to Always Active.

Running as Admin helped. I also found that I had a rogue audio input that was causing OBS to max out the audio buffer. Sorted that out today (hopefully). All these small things help smooth out the operations but I'll still be pushing this laptop to the edge until a new one is purchased. Sadly the budget is not mine to control - the joys of streaming amateur sports!

 

[konsolenritter]

Try to avoid a U-model CPU and go for a Nvidia Ti-grade GPU if you want. I had an i7 4th gen without usable gpu before and have no a Lenovo Legion (although i'm no gamer) and am lucky with the plenty ressources of this thing.