OBS with Zoom on different laptops

[Quez]

Hello I have just discovered OBS and having viewed various You Tube videos think it would be something I could use for a group I belong to.

I would like to be able to use OBS on a laptop with a number of webcams (3 or 4) connected via a powered USB hub and switched from the number keypad on the laptop or even better by a remote keypad which I have seen on You Tube.
My first question is, is it possible to do this? and if so how?
If that can work ok, then I would like to be able to connect the OBS output as a virtual camera to a second laptop running a Zoom meeting.
Could this be done with the OBS feed showing up on the Zoom laptop as a camera?
The idea is to have the person running the Zoom meeting able to concentrate on that and leave the video production stuff to the OBS operator. Who wouldn't have to concern themselves with operating Zoom as well.
From what I have seen on You Tube, the features available in OBS would be ideal for our meetings, enabling us to show graphics ( PowerPoints) with a P in P and perhaps other stuff that I haven't discovered yet.
I would be very grateful for any help/advice anyone here can give me on this
Kind Regards
Quez
p.s. Can't add a log file as I am not yet running OBS

 

[paedlorida]

Hello. You might want to get 2 video capture devices - one for eacjh HDMI out on each laptop. then you can cross feed each laptop to each other without using a network, just USB cable. you than then also share the output onto even a single monitor with an HDMI switch the video captures can then be seen in OBS and/or ZOOM directly and also thru a virtual camera.(OBS) I also have a FIRESTICK in the mix. If you have a pawn shop nearby, I got a 50" tv for $29. you might also like the Streamcontrl app(andriod) for your phone/tablet. tv speakers are fair, but laptop spkrs are garbage. I think this mightl keep u busy for a while, my setup works great and i started out with the above type setup. Have fun.