Question / Help OBS or Hangouts for simple webcam live stream?

[Al Ches]

I have been using Hangouts into YouTube Live, to stream church services privately to half a dozen elderly viewers for 6 months or so and it has basically been working well. Internet speeds in the area are very poor, so high quality is not possible or expected by the viewers but they are happy to still feel as though they are part of the program. I use 3 Logitech USB cameras, into a low spec laptop, switching between them occasionally using the simple Hangouts interface.

The question is, will OBS Classic or Studio (which?) do a better job, or will it impose greater strain on the limited laptop and internet resources? Hopefully someone who has used both systems can offer some suggestrions.

Thanks,
Allan

 

[C-Dude]

My guess is that hangouts would work better on a really low end for what you are doing. OBS studio is always better than classic. Classic is the old version and studio is programmed much better.

As for settings I would need to know what hardware your laptop has.