Question / Help Two PC stream setup - Questions

[Israfael]

I have a working two PC streaming setup. Eveything works fine but some things bother me.

Problem 1:
My streaming PC is not directly next to my gaming PC and because of this I always have to move if I want to control something stream related.
I tried to use Remote Desktop for this but sadly it doesn't work the way I want because if I'm connected remotely to my streaming PC I don't have any audio devices that I can select. Has someone a similar problem and a solution for me?

Problem 2:
The capture card is capturing my desktop without any problem. But if I want to control something on my stream or do something in Twitch my game minimizes and everyone will see my desktop and not the game.
In a one PC streaming setup I can just focus the window of a game with OBS but that doesn't work with my capture card. The OBS on the streaming PC has obviously only access to my whole screen.
A solution for this would be to always blend in an overlay before I do something but I don't really like that.

Having these problems (especially problem two) I can't stop thinking that a streaming setup with two PCs is not that good if the streaming PC is not exactly at the same place as the gaming PC.

 

[Yasaka]

For Problem 1 i think you are good with Teamviewer. For Problem 2 there are some ways how you could do that.
solution 1: buy a second Screen for your Gaming pc and use it for everything else except the game.
solution 2: maybe with a wireless keyboard you can setup a hotkey on the streaming pc for switch scene in obs that you can use a pause screen.

 

[Israfael]

solution 1: buy a second Screen for your Gaming pc and use it for everything else except the game.

Thank you for your answer.

I have a second screen on my gaming PC but the problem is if I open a game on screen 1 and move the mouse to screen 2 and click something the game will minimize on screen 1. So the audience will see my desktop and not the game anymore.

 

[Yasaka]

If the Game supports it then you can run it on the second screen. i think you have everything on the desktop of mainscreen. so the second screen should be free and the viewer shouldnt see to too much if you minimize the game only the background.

 

[alpinlol]

Or just run the Game in Borderless Window Mode.

 

[sam686]

Can mostly solve the first problem by moving your streaming pc's display monitor closer to your gaming monitor using a very long HDMI, DVI, or VGA extension cord. To control streaming computer, either use wireless mouse, or a USB extension cord and USB hub.