Question / Help Tracking a face/person

[mardisj]

Hello,
I am very new to OBS and trying to get streaming to facebook setup for our church. We currently have one PTZ camera that is RTSP capable. I have been able to get the camera added as a source but would like to add the ability to track the speaker as they move around the stage. Is there a plugin or 3rd party piece of software to make this possible? Thanks for you help in advance!

 

[Narcogen]

Not that I am aware of.

This would have to currently be done with 3rd party methods.

Pan/tilt face tracking with a Raspberry Pi and OpenCV - PyImageSearch

Learn how to perform pan and tilt object and face tracking using a Raspberry Pi, OpenCV, and Python. Full OpenCV + Python source code included.

www.pyimagesearch.com

 

[mardisj]

Is there a camera sub $1000 that could auto track someone?

 

[micahw]

Not that I am aware of. You could make some presets for different parts of a room/stage, but then you wouldn't want to have a super tight shot, as it would be jerking around a lot.

Just find someone to man the camera controls, or pull the zoom out to cover the whole area where the preacher likes to walk.

Hope this helps!
Micah

 

[ultraTay]

try the Kinect?

 

[philipPF]

not really a streaming solution as far as i know, but I just discovered this for like 130$, that seems to be amazing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTCY_B810dg

It's the osmo mobile 3, but there may be other brands / alternatives that are also good

 

[zeus.olymp]

Hi mardisj,
I was looking for the same solution. What I found are two possible ways to do face tracking in OBS:
1. By the SnapChat Cam software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSofoJ4quvY
2. By the StreamFX Plugin in conjunction with a NVidia RTX graphics card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzfW3PSQjms

Let us know, if it worked for you.