Using OBS to have a 'live' (eg webcam stream) background in Chromacam?

llama_thumper

New Member
Dear All

Apologies for what may be an obvious question, but, is the above possible?
I.e. to not have a 'static' background picture or one based on a video file, but, instead, to have it based on a webcam stream from elsewhere.
(random example: https://www.earthcam.com/cams/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsstreet).

Many thanks in advance for any tips (and, if not, what software combination could achieve this?). Apologies again if this is a newbie question, I am asking the query on behalf of someone else and would need to set this up technically myself, just wondering if i am barking up the right tree so to speak.
 

llama_thumper

New Member
hi guys, would anyone have any ideas/tips on this? is this possible at all? to be clear, i don't want to insert a video file as a background, I want a live stream as a background (see link above).
 

koala

Active Member
You can put anything as background in OBS, as long as it is available as source. You just have to put the chromacam source above your background source in the list of sources.
 
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