Sharing OBS setup

[Ellis108]

Greetings,
What is the best way for sharing OBS scenes and the layout of them with another person?
I like to work on the worship service with the pastor, and be able to send components of the service back and forth.
Is it just sharing the scene collection and files? I know this is very basic, but im trying to determine if OBS is right for us.
Thanks,
-E

 

[koala]

For your scenes and sources, you can do Scene Collection->Export to create a file with your scenes and sources you can transmit to someone else. Use Scene Collection->Import to import. The same for your base OBS configuration, which can be managed with profiles. Use Profile->Export and Profile->Import for transfer.

However, a profile is somewhat hardware-dependent, so transferring a profile is only useful if both machines have kind of similar CPU and GPU power. Also, exchanging scenes might not always work for all sources, because sources might also be hardware dependent. Device ID's (Monitors for display capture, hdmi capture cards, webcams) are different between machines, so a device on one machine might not be recognized on the other machine.

 

[Ellis108]

Thank you. The live stream will always be on the same machine, but it doesn't sound as simple as I hoped. Maybe if he builds the scenes, I can import them and put them in the order he says.? I may need to learn OBS more so I can better understand the answers to my questions. Ha

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Your other option would be to set up remote control (via VPN, screen sharing, or other) so you can work directly (though remote) on the streaming computer

 

[koala]

This reminds me of the Quick Assist help built into current Windows 10 versions. Super easy way to remotely connect to another Windows machine and see his desktop, optionally controlling it as if you were sitting in front of it.
See here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...nnection-b077e31a-16f4-2529-1a47-21f6a9040bf3
No 3rd party involved as with Teamviewer, no hassle with difficult remote desktop configurations (which doesn't work with Windows home edition anyway) no hassle with router port forwarding. Quick Assist just works out of the box without any configuration. It's also secure, because it requires interaction and approval by the person in front of the controlled PC for every single support session.

It might be translated strangely in localized Windows versions, in German for example it's called "Remotehilfe".