Question / Help Multiple smartphones feeds connected to obs

[JohnC]

Hi there!

I got a question and after reading some threads, I know that there are quite some techwizards on this forum. I want to do the following and am looking help and advice.

I want to livestream an event using multiple smartphones and all connected to OBS and broadcast it with OBS to Facebook. With OBS I would like to switch between those smartphone feeds. Smartphones will use their cameras as it were 'regular cameras'. Ill draw it out below:

Smartphone 1
Smartphone 2 --> Wifi --> OBS on MAC-OSX --> Wifi/Cable --> Face book
Smartphone 3

How could I get the three smartphones as separate feeds/sources into OBS? Do I need to make use RTMP server? Or is there an other way?

All the help will be very very very much appreciated!

 

[DigitalTA]

I'd probably use something like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam&hl=fi and add them as media sources to OBS. Can't vouch for how well it might work especially if the event is crowded and wireless networks are congested but that is really a problem beyond anything OBS related.

 

[JohnC]

The wireless network is been taking care off, I got my own personal section of bandwith. So that's covered. However with IP cam I got quite a lot of audio lag and video quality reduction. Would I also get that with an RTMP setup? Thanks for the quick response though!