Question / Help vm?

[JesseJR]

Hi guys,

I want to stream a 24/7 radio on youtube. With simple animation, but should look sharp, no low res.
I also guess this is best done in a vm, since if at home my internet is bad or lets say power fails I would like the stream to go on.
What are your experiences? Any recommendations for a provider and what kind of hardware/specs should it be?

 

[koala]

You cannot use the usual vm's with OBS, because they neither have hardware GPU devices, nor support for audio devices. Both are a requirement for OBS.

 

[JesseJR]

thanks Koala. That explains why when trying out a vm, the audio stopped when logging out of the rdp session. Any recommendations?

 

[koala]

Windows creates virtual rdp devices that emulate the most important aspects of a hardware as long as a rdp session is connected. These devices are removed by Windows as soon as the session is disconnected, so any running stream is broken the moment the session is disconnected.
Use a physical machine with physical devices. OBS is designed for using physical (non-virtualized) hardware.
Don't use rdp for remote control of machines. Use a remote control software that does not install virtual devices, for example vnc.

As far as I know, there are fat VMs offered for running gaming clients. These include access to physical hardware - powerful GPUs in the host machine and permanent audio devices available in the VM. These might be suited for running OBS, but this is probably overkill and very expensive. But I don't know any hosters and if these kind of VMs are really suited for running OBS.

 

[JesseJR]

Windows creates virtual rdp devices that emulate the most important aspects of a hardware as long as a rdp session is connected. These devices are removed by Windows as soon as the session is disconnected, so any running stream is broken the moment the session is disconnected.
Use a physical machine with physical devices. OBS is designed for using physical (non-virtualized) hardware.
Don't use rdp for remote control of machines. Use a remote control software that does not install virtual devices, for example vnc.

As far as I know, there are fat VMs offered for running gaming clients. These include access to physical hardware - powerful GPUs in the host machine and permanent audio devices available in the VM. These might be suited for running OBS, but this is probably overkill and very expensive. But I don't know any hosters and if these kind of VMs are really suited for running OBS.

so you think those 24/7 radio streams might be using their own actual hardware?
I kinda wonder if that might be the better option, would have to look into better upload speed though.

Thanks for the info though, that really helps!