Currently streaming on a 7th gen i5 laptop with OBS Camera, audio through a Scarlett Solo. Not gaming, just your average YouTube stream. Works fine at 1080p30 but not much CPU capacity left for display capture of PowerPoint, videos, browser tabs etc. Plan was to move to a 9th gen i5 desktop and Nvidia GTX 1660Ti to get encoding off the CPU and take advantage of Nvenc. But, I also want to add a camcorder (Canon Vixia HF R800) captured with ElGato HD60 Pro.
Questions: 1) My understanding is the ElGato does its own h.264 hardware encoding. If running only the R800 camera, does that make the 1660Ti / Nvenc useless? 2) Can I run both Canon/ElGato and OBS Camera in different scenes? With the 1660Ti doing the encoding? Or do I need two cameras with a video switch in to the ElGato? My objectives are 1) unload the CPU, 2) add a second camera. 3) not spend money on redundant gear.
Questions: 1) My understanding is the ElGato does its own h.264 hardware encoding. If running only the R800 camera, does that make the 1660Ti / Nvenc useless? 2) Can I run both Canon/ElGato and OBS Camera in different scenes? With the 1660Ti doing the encoding? Or do I need two cameras with a video switch in to the ElGato? My objectives are 1) unload the CPU, 2) add a second camera. 3) not spend money on redundant gear.