Question / Help Windows on startup as a service

[WiredCanuck]

Hello Folks,

How can I make OBS start on startup as a service so there is no need for a user to be logged in? Like a Headless OBS server? I am setting up an environment that will be streaming 24x7 I don't want the stream to be interrupted if no one is logged on.

plus is there capabilities to have 2 OBS servers running in a master slave config? for redundancy?

Thanks

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[R1CH]

OBS is not designed to be used headless. Consider using ffmpeg or VLC if you don't need the composition features.

 

[WiredCanuck]

That's the thing. We use the scene switching and composition capabilities automatically with a python script based on schedule and other factors. so our feed will play a list of pre-recorded videos until a live feed in introduced, adding lower thirds and other banners/overlays as needed. OBS allows us to gracefully switch between those compositions. Since it's all done by scripts we don't need the UI. and we want to ensure OBS runs in the event of a reboot. (you know, patches and machine faults....)

 

[FerretBomb]

That's the thing. We use the scene switching and composition capabilities automatically with a python script based on schedule and other factors. so our feed will play a list of pre-recorded videos until a live feed in introduced, adding lower thirds and other banners/overlays as needed. OBS allows us to gracefully switch between those compositions. Since it's all done by scripts we don't need the UI. and we want to ensure OBS runs in the event of a reboot. (you know, patches and machine faults....)

OBS isn't designed for that, as a dead-file video jukebox. You'd probably be better-served by looking into something like a RED5 server, which IIRC can play from a stock video pool, and defer/replicate based on an incoming live stream. OBS is meant to be a live streaming production tool. Emphasis on live production.

 

[vapeahoy]

Nginx with rtmp module, no monitor needed. Viewing in can be done from vlc over network.