Question / Help Problem with multiple instances of OBS

Mokado

Mokado

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Hello everyone, i follow the guide for Stream/Record diferent quality using -multi following this guide:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...-stream-and-record-at-different-qualities.74/

But for some reason or that is me doing something wrong, it's not working properly.

On my install OBS i open the x64 and i added the -multi on it.

On my x32 in diferent location i added -multi -portable

All fine, but when i open the streaming OBS (x64) and choose the Projector to Monitor and then open the Recording OBS (x32) and choose to Capture the Projector, he simple begins capturing my Streaming OBS window.

What im doing wrong?

Thanks for some help.
 
Mokado said:
Hello everyone, i follow the guide for Stream/Record diferent quality using -multi following this guide:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resour...-stream-and-record-at-different-qualities.74/

But for some reason or that is me doing something wrong, it's not working properly.

On my install OBS i open the x64 and i added the -multi on it.

On my x32 in diferent location i added -multi -portable

All fine, but when i open the streaming OBS (x64) and choose the Projector to Monitor and then open the Recording OBS (x32) and choose to Capture the Projector, he simple begins capturing my Streaming OBS window.

What im doing wrong?

Thanks for some help.
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I dont think you have to use different version of OBS to do this. you can do two instances of 32bit or whatever but anyway

The "projector" on the stream instance usually needs to go to a second monitor. once this is done you can capture that second monitor with monitor capture on the second instance.

I have also found that this will work best with Windows 8.1 since monitor capture is more optimized.
 
Ok when i get home i just try open two times the same x64 (and yes its Windows 7 x64) and for some reason when i put the two OBS's on my secondary monitor the projector shows in my MAIN monitor. I need to see why is that too.
 
Mokado said:
Ok when i get home i just try open two times the same x64 (and yes its Windows 7 x64) and for some reason when i put the two OBS's on my secondary monitor the projector shows in my MAIN monitor. I need to see why is that too.
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The projector will always go on a window that doesn't hold OBS. it sounds weird, but think inception. this way that doesn't happen. keep OBS on the main monitor under your game.
 
dping said:
The projector will always go on a window that doesn't hold OBS. it sounds weird, but think inception. this way that doesn't happen. keep OBS on the main monitor under your game.
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Yeh but thing is i like my stream OBS open in secondary monitor soo i can see if everything is ok lol but im going test, and if im forced to have it on my main monitor oh well then :)
 
Mokado said:
Yeh but thing is i like my stream OBS open in secondary monitor soo i can see if everything is ok lol but im going test, and if im forced to have it on my main monitor oh well then :)
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One other guy I helped awhile back was able to get rid of the projector all together and just did a monitor capture (primary monitor) on the main screen for instance 1 of OBS and game capture for instance 2 does this work?

EDIT: also to note, that when doing monitor capture, it will only pick up on windowed or windowed no-border games. and windows 8.1 will do window capture more efficiently.
 
Mokado said:
Na the problem is i don't like to show all my monitor and only what i want in OBS, i don't want to be "caught" showing something i don't want to show :D

What i was trying to do is what he does in that part https://youtu.be/0VQ9-Rym7n8?t=11m20s
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Just an FYI, I'm starting to recommend this solution more. OBS MP does support streaming and recording simultaneously at different bitrates and even resolutions. recent update added hotkeys and PTT. the only thing that is really missing at the moment is the plugins and its still in the early phazes.

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/latest-windows-test-build-0-10-0.23342/


EDIT: he also might use a third, "fake" monitor to put the projector in, then capture that display...this way, you sitll have your two monitors to use for whatever.
 
dping said:
Just an FYI, I'm starting to recommend this solution more. OBS MP does support streaming and recording simultaneously at different bitrates and even resolutions. recent update added hotkeys and PTT. the only thing that is really missing at the moment is the plugins and its still in the early phazes.

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/latest-windows-test-build-0-10-0.23342/


EDIT: he also might use a third, "fake" monitor to put the projector in, then capture that display...this way, you sitll have your two monitors to use for whatever.
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Ok im at home and i did some more testing and i notice what was wrong, yeh the Projector on my 2nd monitor need to be "clean" with only the projector. Soo i can't have nothing more open in the 2nd screen :( that sucks then.

Is that OBS MP a diferent program? Do i need to reconfigure all my Scenes/Sources from my OBS?
And again, thanks for helping me out.

EDIT: I try following the Fake Monitor guide, don't work for me too. I click Detect but it just show me my two monitors. This is making me go crasy.
 
Mokado said:
Ok im at home and i did some more testing and i notice what was wrong, yeh the Projector on my 2nd monitor need to be "clean" with only the projector. Soo i can't have nothing more open in the 2nd screen :( that sucks then.

Is that OBS MP a diferent program? Do i need to reconfigure all my Scenes/Sources from my OBS?
And again, thanks for helping me out.

EDIT: I try following the Fake Monitor guide, don't work for me too. I click Detect but it just show me my two monitors. This is making me go crasy.
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Yes, OBS MP is a "from scratch" build of OBS, but because of that, the plugins aren't backwards compatible.

below didn't work? hmm...
http://superuser.com/questions/62051/is-there-a-way-to-fake-a-dual-second-monitor
 
Mokado said:
Yep, don't work. I click Detect and nothing happen, my two monitors only showing and nothing Grey. That was my only solution to have a fake one and my Main/Secondary free for me. Im doomed
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If you have an intel GPU as well, you could just enabled one on that GPU. I think that there is something to enable in the BIOS for that. no promises, but it could work
 
Ok im back to tell that i enable in BIOS cause i have i7 4790 and it comes with Intel Graphics, soo i did the dual monitor that way and it was all fine.

Problem i have is DAMM with 2 OBS even with preset at VeryFast playing H1Z1 my CPU was at 80%. And i have 16GB ram and with my SSD 250gb.

1obs streaming and 1 recording it's soo CPU intense. Never expect it. But it's working :D thanks for all the help
 
Mokado said:
Ok im back to tell that i enable in BIOS cause i have i7 4790 and it comes with Intel Graphics, soo i did the dual monitor that way and it was all fine.

Problem i have is DAMM with 2 OBS even with preset at VeryFast playing H1Z1 my CPU was at 80%. And i have 16GB ram and with my SSD 250gb.

1obs streaming and 1 recording it's soo CPU intense. Never expect it. But it's working :D thanks for all the help
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ok so here's the trick, the local recording session will use quicksync, (which you've enabled in the bios right?)
the streaming session will use x264.
 
Ohhhh i was using x264 for recording too, soo that's must be why my CPU was overloading. Well then i just need to choose QuickSync on my recording OBS and it's all fine. Do you know by any chance a guide for high quality with QuickSync records?

And once again, really many thanks.
 
Mokado said:
Ohhhh i was using x264 for recording too, soo that's must be why my CPU was overloading. Well then i just need to choose QuickSync on my recording OBS and it's all fine. Do you know by any chance a guide for high quality with QuickSync records?

And once again, really many thanks.
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with the local recording just set buffer to 0, dont worry about the bitrate as that will unlock the bitrate that quicksync needs. ther eis a guide to HQ recordings somewhere in the guides part of the forum.
 
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