Trying (unsuccessfully) to get OBS Blade to connect and control OBS Studio on Win10

[cymruchris]

Hi to everyone that's clicked in to read. I'm new - as many are - when we hit a brick wall of a problem - and then try and find some helpful forum people to see if we've made some obvious mistake as an OBS newbie. So do treat me gently - and hopefully your expertise might point me in the right direction. Lots of internet searching and trying different paramaters hasn't worked yet - so just hope someone will be kind enough to have a scan through what I've done to see where I might have gone wrong. I'm going to put as much relevant info into the post as I can - so please forgive me if I've waffled too much.

I have OBS Studio 64 v27.1.1 on a relatively modern spec Windows 10 pro PC connected via a LAN socket on a fairly new (but basic) Plusnet router - and I've got my head around how to use it, and have successfully live streamed to you-tube. So really like the software and what it can do.

When I try to 'autodiscover' my OBS session on my Iphone X through OBS Blade in order to control streaming via my phone - I get a message 'Could not find an open OBS session in your local network......' - I've also tried manual connections and get the same message.

I've tried adjusting various parameters in the OBS websocket - with or without authentication - with or without ipv4 lock - and always get the same message.

Having read the FAQ in the app - I can confirm that:

• The Iphone is connected to the same broadband network (tried both 2.4 and 5ghz in case it made a difference)
• The desktop is connected via LAN cable
• The IP address of the phone and the pc are in the same range with only the last digits different
• OBS Websocket appears in the log file (see attached) - so I can see it's active
• Using 'Portforward Network Utilities' I can see port 4444 is being used by OBS
• I have a rubbish Plusnet standard router - which although has port forwarding - OBS isn't on the list of things to forward (So this has confused me somewhat)
• Everything has only just been downloaded this week - so I believe I'm on the latest version of everything
• When I run a web based general test to see if port 4444 is open - I get the response that it's not
• I've enabled OBS blade in ios privacy

So from what I've posted so far - any ideas where I could be going wrong? I have a feeling there's something in terms of port forwarding that might be the issue - and this is where I might need a few pointers if anyone agrees - but if it's something else will also be very glad to hear any ideas to try.

 

[cymruchris]

I've come back to answer my own question as I've now found the solution - in case anyone else has the same issue. It was related to Windows 10 and its firewall. The OBS app/program wasn't in the 'allowed' list, and hadn't been added during installation - it had to be added manually - on doing so I got an instant connection.

I found the following video incredibly helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJnffOnWtIE

 

[R1CH]

You should absolutely NOT set up any port forwarding for obs-websocket - this will let anyone on the internet access it and potentially execute code on your PC.

 

[cymruchris]

You should absolutely NOT set up any port forwarding for obs-websocket - this will let anyone on the internet access it and potentially execute code on your PC.

Yes - at the time of the original message I was clutching at straws trying to work out what was wrong, hence asking for help here - but thankfully I've now found the solution - and hopefully it'll help someone else who might face the same issue.