My OBS setup is a nightmare!

[Tikkakoski]

Hello everyone! :)

I'm an Ubuntu Mate user with a YouTube channel. I used PRISM Live for streaming for a long time but recently made the switch to OBS. I also bought a new 27" LG monitor and a Rode AI-1 audio interface and enthusiastically started experimenting with the setup. However, it proved to be a complete disaster.

First of all one reason I decided to switch to OBS was I wanted to start doing gaming streams. I currently only use one monitor ("27 LG) so I did some research into the OBS Game capture plug in. Apparently the plug in is mainly for Windows but I did find a video of someone talking about also being able to install and use it on Linux. Can someone help me with this? I didn't understand any of the install instructions. Of course another option is to just use the Screen capture but I think it's not nearly as smooth for switching between scenes when doing gaming. Unless I'm mistaken?

Secondly - and this is the main problem - I couldn't switch on my microphone. The Rode AI-1 audio interface started working right out of the box so initially I was really happy about it. Of course it's not *officially* a Linux device but it does have Android support. So I tested it on Steam with various games and it was working beautifully. I then switched over to OBS and the sound was working there as well - or so I thought. However when I tested the microphone (Maono PD-100 dynamic XLR podcast mic) on OBS and elsewhere it was totally dead. I contacted the Rode customer support and went through all their suggestions but it was still dead. Unless someone is familiar with these issues related to OBS and has some new suggestions to help resolve this issue I have to change the audio interface?

Thirdly another huge issue I have is for some reason when I start OBS my internet connection gets insanely choppy. For instance when I was watching YouTube tutorials for OBS the videos were loading so badly they were practically unwatchable - super choppy, slow, freezing and some of the YouTube graphics kept disappearing. So I had to shut down OBS and switch between YouTube and OBS to watch the tutorials. Very annoying and difficult and I assume OBS totally should not do that. I tried it several times and every time I launched OBS the problem persisted so I don't think it was a coincidence. It absolutely makes no sense to me. Obviously I can't stream on YouTube with OBS if I practically lose my internet connection while doing that. Could someone help me with this issue?

Lastly, is it possible to use Stream Labs alert and chat boxes with Linux OBS? Can I find instructions on how to do that somewhere?

I know this is a lot of stuff but I would really appreciate if someone could kindly help me out to solve these issues. Thanks. :)

~Tikkakoski

 

[AaronD]

Secondly - and this is the main problem - I couldn't switch on my microphone. The Rode AI-1 audio interface started working right out of the box so initially I was really happy about it. Of course it's not *officially* a Linux device but it does have Android support. So I tested it on Steam with various games and it was working beautifully. I then switched over to OBS and the sound was working there as well - or so I thought. However when I tested the microphone (Maono PD-100 dynamic XLR podcast mic) on OBS and elsewhere it was totally dead. I contacted the Rode customer support and went through all their suggestions but it was still dead. Unless someone is familiar with these issues related to OBS and has some new suggestions to help resolve this issue I have to change the audio interface?

As you might already know, Linux has built-in drivers for pretty much every chipset. (not manufacturer) So if a manufacturer uses a known chip, the way it's meant to be used, then at least the basic functions will also work in Linux, even if the manufacturer doesn't say so. It's when they roll their own or otherwise get creative that things don't work without a specific driver, and not everyone takes Linux seriously enough to write a custom driver for that one product.

Ubuntu is in the middle of switching its audio engine from PulseAudio to PipeWire. Ancient, well-known, and intentionally limited; to new, completely different but tries to emulate the old thing, and supposed to be lightyears more flexible. Which do you have?

Thirdly another huge issue I have is for some reason when I start OBS my internet connection gets insanely choppy. For instance when I was watching YouTube tutorials for OBS the videos were loading so badly they were practically unwatchable - super choppy, slow, freezing and some of the YouTube graphics kept disappearing. So I had to shut down OBS and switch between YouTube and OBS to watch the tutorials. Very annoying and difficult and I assume OBS totally should not do that. I tried it several times and every time I launched OBS the problem persisted so I don't think it was a coincidence. It absolutely makes no sense to me. Obviously I can't stream on YouTube with OBS if I practically lose my internet connection while doing that. Could someone help me with this issue?

You have lousy internet???

Up and down speed are often different, the idea being that you send a small request and get an entire page back full of content. Very asymmetrical, and not at the same time, and so the typical home service reflects that.

Streaming video, then, from you to a server, on that connection, could very well be painfully bad AND kill your download speed. Talk to your ISP about that; there's not much we can do here.

Lastly, is it possible to use Stream Labs alert and chat boxes with Linux OBS? Can I find instructions on how to do that somewhere?

Stream Labs is not us. If you got their version of OBS, then you need to go over there for support. We don't know what they did to it, and what bugs they caused in the process.