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I don't know that there is one. But you can search here if you like:
PPT has an option to export the slides as images, and then you can use those images in OBS. That's fine if nothing moves on your slides, or plays video or sound.
If you do have animations or embedded media, it's probably better to run PPT on its own screen (a cheap one is fine; you're only concerned with the signal going to it, not what it actually displays), and then screen-capture that as a live source in OBS.
PPT has an option to export the slides as images, and then you can use those images in OBS. That's fine if nothing moves on your slides, or plays video or sound.
If you do have animations or embedded media, it's probably better to run PPT on its own screen (a cheap one is fine; you're only concerned with the signal going to it, not what it actually displays), and then screen-capture that as a live source in OBS.
Lawrence_SoCal
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The other option (vs full screen on additional monitor, potential issues on laptops with CPU and discrete GPUs) is to run PowerPoint in a windowed slide show. I have a 1440p monitor, and run PPT in a window a 1080+status bar pixels tall (ie. room to trim status area from window capture and not re-scale a 1080p stream/recording)
The beauty of this setup is that I can have the PPT window in the background, with a small portion always visible, bring the mouse over the PPT Windows Slide Show window, NOT make PPTx the Active Window, and still use mouse Scroll wheel to change slide
The challenge is NOT having a single 1080p monitor, running a 1080p stream, and wanting to capture the Slideshow. Window Capture works fine for that. The issue is controlling OBS Studio (typically in foreground) and then also interacting with (typically, just advancing) that slideshow. I've heard of folks using a PPT dedicated remote control pointer/stick/etc to manage PPT in the background. This would NOT be a typical general wireless remote that acts upon the foreground app
The beauty of this setup is that I can have the PPT window in the background, with a small portion always visible, bring the mouse over the PPT Windows Slide Show window, NOT make PPTx the Active Window, and still use mouse Scroll wheel to change slide
The challenge is NOT having a single 1080p monitor, running a 1080p stream, and wanting to capture the Slideshow. Window Capture works fine for that. The issue is controlling OBS Studio (typically in foreground) and then also interacting with (typically, just advancing) that slideshow. I've heard of folks using a PPT dedicated remote control pointer/stick/etc to manage PPT in the background. This would NOT be a typical general wireless remote that acts upon the foreground app