Sharing Scenes to Another Computer

lgl020

New Member
Hi all, hope you're well.
I'm new to OBS and haven't been able to figure out if there's an easy way to share my scene collection with other collaborators. I know how to export a scene collection, but I'm wondering if there's a way to bundle all the scenes and media included together. Ideally I'd like to be able to share a scene collection with multiple people in a way that's easy for them to open without having to redo all the file locations.
Thanks for your help!
 

Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
An automated generally supported way... not that I'm aware of
Why, the Scene collection points to sources which are file path specific
so you need to either
- export/import scene collection and have the EXACT same filesystem path on the destination PC (and Your My Documents isn't the same path as someone else's My Documents... think/understand NFTS file path)
- or Export, edit the path references (search & replace)

As most Window (and Mac) users are oblivious of things like exact file path, I personally find it easier to create a specific path and use it
Now, I always partition my drives (OS & Apps on C:\, Data on D:\), so easy to create a specific path on D:\ and easy to replicate... but I realize that is beyond most Windows users (though simple)....
And using root of C:\ is a bad idea
so, instead, a common path to use might be what I chose for a group I work with, something along the lines of
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stream {or whatever}
then for the really cognitively challenged users (or the lazy, impatient, etc ;^), create a shortcut in their own user profile to that path so they can find it more easily. Oh, and you may have to adjust NFTS security permissions on the folder

So now, you can export Scene Collection to C:\Users\Public\Documents\StreamContentPath
then copy that entire folder structure to other PC.
Now have that user Open that Scene Collection and you're pointing to same sources. good to go, or at least fairly close to that
beware any settings (plugins, or OBS profile related that aren't in the Scene Collection that you might need)
For example, I use Advanced Scene Switcher, which has its own export/import ability for its settings. ymmv

Not this approach could also be used for multiple Users on same PC (with no need to copy move files) just applying settings [though there are other approaches as well, but have their own security implications].
I hope that give you some ideas
 
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