gregchicago
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there already may be advice but i want to stream vlc media player but i wanna watch youtube and, i dont wanna hear VLC, can anyone help me to do that?
mute app for myself but not for others
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gregchicago
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i have OBS 27 but i'm gonna use this when I update
That part didn't change. And yes, you should update.
BUT!!! Make sure to back up everything before you do! 27 is the last version to use the outdated graphics framework. Updating *that*, breaks almost *every* plugin. So save all of their settings (screenshot if you have to), re-download the new version of the ones you want to keep, update OBS, DO NOT START IT YET!!!, install the new plugins, THEN start OBS, and put your settings back in.
Some plugins are obsolete now, because their functionality is (mostly) baked into OBS itself. Websockets, for one example. But the details have also changed, so you'll need to update anything else that talks to it too.
That update was not handled very well, and it permanently broke a lot of rigs without warning. Here's your warning. Don't use it to not update; use it to know HOW to update, and do it.
gregchicago
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i do not have any plugins
gregchicago
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cant quite get that can you explain it in a little more detail like how to set this up?
Then the update should be fairly straightforward for you. Just go ahead and do it. It's still good practice though, to fully document everything, just in case something goes sideways anyway and you have to rebuild it from scratch.
Lawrence_SoCal
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I saved these links a couple of years ago. Maybe they will help you OBS Audio related articles
gregchicago
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way too detailed
Learn to understand technical stuff. Or find someone local who can do it for you. 'Cause streaming necessarily is.
If it really was just a single purpose, then it could all be abstracted away and you could "push button, get stream". But only that one specific type of stream with that exact setup, style, distribution platform, etc. Anything else at all, would put you right back to where we are now. And the chances of the devs guessing your exact needs are pretty much zero, let alone making the button that "just does that".
The entire reason that OBS is so popular is *because* it's so versatile, for free. It can be made to do almost anything with live media, and we all share ideas, kinda like Legos. But that exact same versatility means that you have to know the *details* of what you're *actually* doing under the hood, and make it do that yourself.