Latest version running well?

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Ambientdave

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Hi
I am thinking about the possibility to update OBS studio, to the latest version. And would like to ask the following questions:
Is it running smoothly with Windows 10 64bit ?
Is it worth the upgrade or stay with my current version?

Only I have the Reastream audio network plugin. In Studio One 6 and into OBS current version 27.2.4 .And everything I record is running well,the set up is smooth.
I have my own Youtube channel for which I record my videos to and just wanted to check its safe to upgrade, or any issues I should be aware of.
Also I have checked the compatibility information, but as far as I can see no mention of Cockos Reastream audio network plugin. And cannot find the latest info on this plugin either
Appreciate the help
 
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rockbottom

Active Member
Fine here, absolutely no issues. But, you may want to do more reading.

I un-installed all of my plugins, OBS, rebooted, reinstalled. I'm only using the Multi-RTMP plugin now, nothing else.
 
Zidakuh

Zidakuh

Member
Reastream as in the VST plugin right?
In that case it should be perfectly safe to upgrade. I use it myself aswell.

You might run into the very odd behaviour of the plugin though, it won't play audio on a desktop/output souce. You will have to use it on an empty input channel instead. If you don't use the Motherboards line-in, you can use that. Also if there is excess noise on the channel before adding the plugin, just apply a gain filter before the plugin and turn the gain all the way down.
 
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Ambientdave

New Member
Zidakuh said:
Reastream as in the VST plugin right?
In that case it should be perfectly safe to upgrade. I use it myself aswell.

You might run into the very odd behaviour of the plugin though, it won't play audio on a desktop/output souce. You will have to use it on an empty input channel instead. If you don't use the Motherboards line-in, you can use that. Also if there is excess noise on the channel before adding the plugin, just apply a gain filter before the plugin and turn the gain all the way down.
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Hi Zidakuh
Thank you
My current setup is that audio coming out of the computer,is via my audio interface Focusrite Scarlet 4i4 MK3.
I am not using the computers audio card as its not good quality for my purposes ( this is a refurbished ex office PC)
Monitoring the audio via headphones,plugged into the audio interface
The Reastream VST plugin is on the main mixer output of my Studio One 6 software. With some mild compression and gain control
On the OBS side ,I have my Scarlett audio coming into the OBS mixer ,and on that is another instance of Reastream VSt plugin with a gain plugin,also
 
Zidakuh

Zidakuh

Member
Ambientdave said:
Hi Zidakuh
Thank you
My current setup is that audio coming out of the computer,is via my audio interface Focusrite Scarlet 4i4 MK3.
I am not using the computers audio card as its not good quality for my purposes ( this is a refurbished ex office PC)
Monitoring the audio via headphones,plugged into the audio interface
The Reastream VST plugin is on the main mixer output of my Studio One 6 software. With some mild compression and gain control
On the OBS side ,I have my Scarlett audio coming into the OBS mixer ,and on that is another instance of Reastream VSt plugin with a gain plugin,also
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Ah okay.

I personally had the issue where Reastream refused to recieve audio if it was on a desktop output source (in OBS), so I tried putting it on an empty/unused line input (in this case my capture card) and that seemed to fix Reastream.

I just wanted to point it out in case you ran into a similar issue. I used to have Reastream on my main Desktop output, but after OBS version 28 that just didn't work anymore.
 
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Ambientdave

New Member
Hi Zidakuh
Thank you,appreciate the help and advice.I will look into the new version a bit more. Before I decide to upgrade
 
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JohnPee

Member
Old age and the pain of past experience with software upgrades tells me that unless the version/set up you have does not meet your current needs or the later versions of OBS have a fabulous "must have" feature, don't waste your time and effort upgrading..
 
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AaronD

Active Member
JohnPee said:
Old age and the pain of past experience with software upgrades tells me that unless the version/set up you have does not meet your current needs or the later versions of OBS have a fabulous "must have" feature, don't waste your time and effort upgrading..
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The only exception to that would be online security. Someone will find a weakness that has always been there, and now that it's become known, not updating leaves you open to that attack. (another source of that knowledge is the updates themselves: there are people who study them so that they can get into people's systems who choose not to update) And because it's not worth supporting old feature sets and paradigms indefinitely, the security fixes also come with the new toys...and their new problems...

If you can guarantee that you'll never get attacked, it's fine. But good luck in today's world.

If you don't see why someone would want to attack YOU, you're probably right. They don't. They really don't want to attack anyone specifically. They only want a bunch of machines that they can control, in lots of different places, and yours just happens to be available. Their goal is to flood a server somewhere with so much data that it crashes, or send spam e-mail, etc., and they really don't care what the side-effects are to you. Or they might try to hold a bunch of random systems for ransom with the idea that maybe 1% actually pays, but that's enough to justify their (amazingly low) operating cost......

That's more for the operating system itself than it is for OBS or any other app, but it's not *entirely* segregated like that. Especially when you follow the terrible advice to run the app as Admin to "fix problems". When you do that, the app is practically an extension of the OS itself, which is why "the problems are fixed", but it also means that an attack on the app (or just a bug) can easily spread to the OS. But even if you don't run it as Admin, an attack on the app can still wreck your personal stuff as either a side-effect of what it's really trying to do, or directly as an attempted ransom. (that goes for *every* app, not just OBS)

And when a newer OS decides to drop support for what an older app needs, or in other words, break backwards compatibility for the sake of easier maintenance going forward, that can also force you to update the app or get hacked.

Welcome to the modern jungle. It's not all fun and games.
 
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