Question / Help OBS thinks two sources is one

[smbdoggy83]

Long story short, I have two windows that have the same name, so obviously OBS would see them as the same name.

Because of this, no matter which stdin I click on, OBS will only show the first window.

Here, you can see that only one is showing up, even though I have both "stdin's" selected.

I've also tried a program that renames a window (stdin), but it doesn't work with the program i'm using.

Can anyone help me?
Thanks!

 

[Sapiens]

Is using the video source plugin and adding the streams directly an option, as opposed to window capturing two instances of MPC-HC?

 

[smbdoggy83]

I'm not sure if that's physically possible, it just appears black when I try to add a livestream to the video playlist.

Also, I need to be able to sync the two livestreams, since it would be me and another person in the same game. This means I would either need a delay or be able to pause and play the livestream to add a manual delay.

Side note, I just tried using two seperate vlc players, and it does work like that. However, I would like to keep looking to see if theres an easier way to do this.

Again, thanks

 

[Sapiens]

Maybe try using game capture on MPC-HC instead? Are you able to give the two MPC-HC windows names other than stdin? It sounds like you're crafting a personal nightmare of sync issues. :P

 

[smbdoggy83]

The same problem happens with game capture, and unfortunately, I can't rename the windows, I'm assuming because its constantly being updated, as the videos on mpc-hc are actually livestreams - I probably should've mentioned that.

However, that gave me an idea. If I pause the livestream, It gives me time to rename it, so I can add it to obs and then fast forward to it being live. However, you're still right, this truly is a headache to sync the streams, especially when one of them freezes or buffers :P.

I don't mean to change subjects, but although my problem is technically solved, I'm just trying to see if I can put my livestream and my friend's livestream onto this livestream. Is there any easier way to do this still? (try saying that 10 times fast)