Question / Help Face Cam and Picture-in-Picture

[theeoddname]

My understanding of the OBS software is such that a video capture device can only be used in a single scene. Thus, if I understand correctly, to have a face cam scene and a PIP scene simultaneously accessible in OBS then if the PIP scene were for a face shot and a overhead product shot I would need three cameras total: on for the face cam scene and two for the PIP scene.

Am I correct on this? Is it possible at all to have OBS use the Face cam scene within another scene to avoid needing three cameras?
Thoughts?

 

[Narcogen]

No, this is not true.

Each video capture device is only accessible as a single source within an OBS scene/scene collection.

In this case, a source is a single combination of a video capture device with a specific set of settings (resolution, frame rate).

You are free to have the same source in different scenes, scaled to different sizes and different positions, and superimposed upon other sources.

What you can't do is what many people try: to have a camera configured for its full resolution for fullscreen use, and then a smaller resolution for PIP use. You can't do that, because the same device can't be made into multiple sources with different settings.

So either you have to use the camera's full resolution and scale down for PIP, which may create more rendering load than you would with lower camera settings, or use a resolution for the camera appropriate for the frame size in your PIP shot, and then scale UP for fullscreen and take the quality hit.

 

[theeoddname]

No, this is not true.

Each video capture device is only accessible as a single source within an OBS scene/scene collection.

In this case, a source is a single combination of a video capture device with a specific set of settings (resolution, frame rate).

You are free to have the same source in different scenes, scaled to different sizes and different positions, and superimposed upon other sources.

What you can't do is what many people try: to have a camera configured for its full resolution for fullscreen use, and then a smaller resolution for PIP use. You can't do that, because the same device can't be made into multiple sources with different settings.

So either you have to use the camera's full resolution and scale down for PIP, which may create more rendering load than you would with lower camera settings, or use a resolution for the camera appropriate for the frame size in your PIP shot, and then scale UP for fullscreen and take the quality hit.

A very helpful replay. Thank you for the time! I’ll have to see where it is I’m going wrong and make the requisite fix. I’m happy to hear I won’t have to buy a third camera and unhappy that I don’t have an excuse to buy a third camera