OBS Studio Vs Prism Live Studio - The results will shock you!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- OBS Studio Vs Prism Live Studio. The results will shock you!
Today I take a close look at how Prism live studio stacks up against OBS studio. This streaming newcomer really shocked me when I tried it, but how does it hold up against the best in the business? I compare the two free streaming softwares feature for feature and talk about how they both work and which is best for you. More options is never a bad thing!
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I've been using prism for a few weeks now and I love it. The fact that I can stream on YT and TV easily has help to double my viewers. There's been plenty of ppl hopping on YT Live (never steamed in YT) that watch my podcast that don't do twitch so it's been awesome connecting with both at the same time. Way worth it for me. THANKS!
Awesome feedback. Thanks!
@@MichaelFeyrerJr how did you do that like and subscribe thing in your videos
Might also want to do a run with OBS plug-ins that duplicate the feature set of Prism's built-in, then compare system usage. Would be interesting to see how much overhead the plug-ins do (or don't) add
Obs with plugins can do infinite more things than this prism is basically just slobs limited features and a different ui
@@expertnuggetclips
I get it, and while I'm not a fan of SLOBS (for various reasons) it did have a system performance advantage, early-on at least, over OBS Studio at the time, when OBS was configured to have mostly the same features.
So if you have to use plug-ins to match a feature set, it's better to do system usage evals with both apps running as close to the same feature set as possible.
I love OBS Studio, but just based on the general performance with my install +plug-ins, I'm not seeing a huge difference vs Prism on total system performance. Prism just makes some things easier/faster to adjust right in the basic UI without needing more plug-ins.
Am I jumping in with Prism? No, not really. I'm pretty invested in OBS, but there are a lot of features in Prism I would love to have be native in OBS as well.
@@Haladmer all they got over obs is a fancy ui, it's not special
@@Haladmer So again, it's about "customization vs ease of use" in general
@@Chu_the_Master Not for my original point, it's about the difference in the system performance hit of the two applications when compared feature to feature equally.
Out of the box, Prism has higher system usage than basic OBS studio (w/o mods or additional downloads applied), but Prism also has a lot more features built-in. So I'm curious as to what the OBS system hit looks like once you add in (and use) all of the same features Prism already includes.
Add-in features/mods can add a lot of system overhead (depending on the feature and version of the code), and for some content creators/streamers, this could be the point that moves them to use 1 application over another.
For me personally, it's why I used Mirillis Action! for so long, as it's what some call a "hook" app (it captures directly from the video channel without a lot of the additional processing apps like OBS inject) so runs much "leaner" in terms of system impact.
Again, I'm not knocking either app, I love OBS, and I also see a lot of potential value in Prism, I'm just curious what others who may have the resources to test, are seeing in their own tests is all.
I have found the live scene thumbnails in Prism to be the cause of high GPU, CPU usage. They can be switched off in settings to be text only as in OBS.
Awesome. I thought that would probably make a huge difference.
Just a FYI OBS now has per application audio like prism, per the last update. Albeit in beta, it is working good for me so far.
Thanks for the feedback. A lot of folks have not gone to obs 28 yet.
I usually use OBS for game stream but I tried PRISM after watching your last video, i love prism's layouts and look, it is easy to use but i went back to OBS for two reasons 1. when stream with prism it drops my in game FPS(fortnite) 2. cannot capture Valorant at all even with display capture, in that case i contacted PRISM and it was a quick reply it is impossible to capture valorant because of vanguard (game security software). since obs has no problems i went back to OBS. i will definitely use prism after they solve that 2 problems, it is an awesome software.
Thanks for the feedback. They are super quick to respond as well which is awesome.
You had me sold on changing to Prism up until the end where resource usage was highlighted, I love its capabilities but man oh man it will require a beefed up PC/Laptop.
Maybe if its resources appetite is highlighted Prism will work on it.
I did approximately 34 DJ Streaming parties during Covid Lockdown, all using OBS/NDI and I would welcome not having to physically setup my Green Screen.
Great video!!! Thanks.
Thanks! Ya know.. your voice when explaining things is a lot more calming when explaining things especially when trying to learn.
Thanks!
Prism live studio works alot better than obs studio. I also stream from a low end laptop. Works great
Awesome. Do you stream games?
@@MichaelFeyrerJr yes I do. I stream alot onto youtube
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr You're welcome
i have no idea why, but hearing your voice just makes feel soothed.
Glad to help.
Hi, im a new streamer and watched your last Prism Live studio video, as im on a tight budget i dont have the best streaming pc but it does the job, sadly though after trying Prism ive now reverted back to OBS due to the fact that even with basic scenes set up the cpu and gpu usage that Prism uses makes it nearly impossible for me to stream, my games end up being laggy and so does my stream, yet when i open OBS and use the same settings there is no problem at all, the games run smooth and so does the stream, so until they manage to get both those usage down i'll be staying with OBS, i do hope that they do manage to reduce the usage down to level like OBS. When that happens i'll happily give it another try.
Keep up the great vids, they are very informative
Awesome. Thanks for the feedback. It is a concern especially for gamers who stream. They definitely read the comments here so they know what people are saying. :-)
@@dethkore8682 yeah i have my encoder set to my gpu, i was using Obs and just copied over my settings so both was exactly the same in set up, then while running a game and streaming the usage was up to about 40% against the same setup on OBS which was a usage of max 3% thats a HUGE difference, even Michael pointed that out in his video and his setup would be better than my setup.
@@soultaker0210 thank you for this information coz I also have the same problem as you have, with my pc not enough for streaming. So now I know I will stick to OBS for the moment!
This video answered my question for me, wow so amazing. I'm starting on this later on tonight. Thank you so much.
As far as the interface goes, Prism looks interesting and seems to add useful features that people have been asking for ages in OBS... But what about the impact on performance? After all, streaming is quite intensive and if Prism is not optimized for it, there's not much point in switching. I'll definitely have to try it out, hopefully we'll also be able to find/make/convert plugins soon to make it stand out even more.
Its a new product and designed for streaming. So it not that it isn't optimized for streaming. Thats what its for. Its just not as efficient yet which is not surprising for a new product. There are plenty of plugins that will make OBS unusable from a performance perspective for some machines. :-) Its a great alternative product that I think will be great for new streamers to put together some amazing streams easy.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr I just gave it a try, and... let's just say customization is far from perfect for me. For example, when you set a timer you're forced to display hours even though a timer is usually way under an hour (10-15 minutes at best). I really like the "draw on screen" tool though, I hope someone will make one for OBS because it's pretty handy! Overall it makes mistakes here and there that any advanced user would hate. I tried reproducing my OBS setup and couldn't even come close to it, just from the lack of customization for timers, the audio visualizer and so on... It's nowhere near what OBS can achieve but I agree with you, it's good enough for anyone looking for a "start streaming effortlessly" option. The fact that you can stream on multiple platforms so easily is awesome, OBS should learn from Prism on that part.
@@ShmuPixel There is already Streamlabs OBS out there for all the people who want to stream effortlessly. I wish Prism the best for their future, but they will have to fight an uphill battle.
Mike! We need a tutrial on separate Audio outputs for Prism like you did for OBS please!
I have a pretty beefy pc so I'm gonna stream with Prism on Saturday. I'll also stream from my not so beefy laptop on Sunday and see how it goes. Thanks for continuing to make interesting, valuable videos.
Glad to help! I hope everything goes well.
Yes @DanDMWG make it knowledge when you do that
Totally love watching your videos. They are so helpful. I am definitely considering moving over to Prizm. Thank you for all the help you provide for people like me that has trouble doing this stuff on my own.
Glad to help.
I’ve been using the prizm live app on mobile for 2 years because it let me stream from mobile before I had enough subs. Super easy to set up and a ton of features as well as multistream to different platforms. I’m definitely interested in this for the computer.
Awesome!
You had me at "annotate!" WOW!! And, with the plug-ins that you would normally have to install on OBS being built into Prism, that's pretty big. I see a huge potential for Prism!
it just means they have incorporated that plug in into their build, the only difference is you cannot remove plugins pre-installed, OBS simply gives you more control over what is and isn't added
I just tried Prism. I sometimes play Second Life through the Firestorm viewer. I tried to do a window capture and it just didn't work. I tried the same in OBS and it worked great. It seem Prism still has a ways to go. I'm looking forward to their refinement because they have some nice built-in features.
@Pauls Podcast agreed
You need to start prism as administrator, it worked for me
Yeah, cuz OBS with plugins will get a bigger bite on the memory,
i think you should make an OBS with the Prism plugins.
Than all aspects will be considered.
And of course, how important built in are to newbies
Obs plugins are generally not as easy or comprehensive as the built in features in prism. It’s really an awesome tool especially for new streamers. It’s not really a competition though. There is room for both applications and it’s ok to like either one. They are both great.
THIS TUTORIAL REALLY WORKS I AM FROM PHILIPPINES! THIS MAN DESERVES A SUBSCRIPTION!
I'm from Indonesia,, thank you for you sir because I got the answer to the problem my currently experiencing..
Even though I have a laptop with high specifications, it doesn't even run well when live in Prism Live Studio..
It's time for me to switch and leave Prism Live which has proven to be very heavy on CPU and GPU usage..
Thanks full ❤
Great video, Michael...
But, Prism to me (on this moment) get more troubles with hardware than OBS...
By the way, Prism offer more native functions, filters and social media, features and some plugins more intersting which I must consider soon than as possible to migrate...
Thx for share. Sucess and cherers from Brazil.
Thanks!
Oh NOOOOOOO, not another new software system. I only have two brain cells. So very glad to have you Michael to go ahead of me and try out software and teach me how to use it. Thank you so much. My two brain cells tank you also. // So much work to set up a brand new system. I love it though. Great video, thank you AGAIN !
Glad to help.
OBS 28 has now been released and has features built in that previously needed plug-ins to do. You should compare OBS 28 to Prism
The only features are win audio capture, and a green screen feature only if you have an Nvidia graphics card.
Thanks for this, will have to check it out for sure. Wish I hadn't just signed up for Restream's service now since this does both the multi-stream and the chat.
👍
Nice comparison. I wish there was more testing on the cpu usage. On open vs Med Usage vs Heavy Usage w/multiple resolutions. But that sounds like an in depth vid .. lol... Good stuff
Make sure to check the properties of everything you add
For browsers and media source you can make it to unload them to save CPU and RAM when they are not visible/you are using another scene
At one point OBS used 4-5 gb of RAM after launching it, but then it got reduced to 1 ore below gb RAM depending on the scene (sometimes more)
yeah but then they, in my experience, become unresponsive. Sometimes they don't reload when they are supposed to after they're unloaded
This tutorial is amazing and you are really good at teaching !! great job sir !
Glad to help.
Hi, I just installed Prism Live Studio, but there is no Application Audio Capture in it, are you using a different version? (I'm using OBS which already has the feature in it, but I want to change to a different software to stream as I'm having some frame drops with no reason latelly after the last update).
EDIT:
Solved, it is necessary to activate Prism Lab.
IT'S ALWAYS THE UNDERRATED VID THAT'S LEGIT! THANK YOU!
I have quite literally hundreds of sources and around 30 scenes on OBS and a bunch of plugins and my memory usage isn't anywhere near as high as yours, very strange, still interesting program might check it out at somepoint in the future once it's have some more development time, nice video.
Thx Michael, really good video as always.👏👏
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your tutorials It went from 'nice tutoet science' to simple logic! You have a new subscriber
Im on it! Thanks for showing me a new software to use. I went from obs to streamlabs but i think prism is going to be the winner.
This is cool! Is the Prism Live free, too?
Yes
Thanks! 👍👍
Thanks for this Video. I was all ready thinking to use Prism but that CPU usage stats and all drop that idea away...
Thank you so much Sensei! You are a blessing!
I wonder why your cpu and memory usage is so high. I have heavily animated layouts, and Prism sits at 3% CPU, 645MB memory, and 14% GPU. Granted, rig setup will play a big role but since OBS ran so low, I can't see it being just a difference in the two apps. So far for me, resource usage wise, there's no difference between OBS and Prism
Thanks for this. Couple of questions:
1) Multistream out of the box is nuts! However, when we're doing that, do the chats for those different sources all go into the chat box as well in Prism? I stream to YT / Twitch / DLive and use Restream specifically so I can have the chats from all 3 in one spot.
2) Are stinger transitions available? I may have missed that.
I still like the tircaster 460 by NewTek.
NDI, Multi-camera, NDI and multi camera monitors, scene layout and so much more.
With obs, and prism.. you have to get a capture card by Blackmagic design, or THE AJA Kona device.
I personally would like to see how OBS and Prism compares to Tricaster.
I am using a dual pc setup for streaming I have used obs, streamlabs desktop and now Prism. I have not been able to reliably stream and record at the same time on either obs or streamlabs desktop. With Prism I can stream and record WoW at medium with about 40% cpu usage. I am going to try and see how it does with Ark Survival Evolved this week.
I don't have my streaming pc specs off hand and will update when I get home.
Awesome!!
I dual pc stream but the ndi source isn't working for me like it does in obs can anyone help with that. In Obs I have it set up and I don't use the capture card just ndi how do I set that up in prisim
Please give a brief description of the plugin, how to use it. How to use the plugin. How to use it.
congratulations fam!!!
thank you for showing me this!! omg its amazing!!!
I've never heard of Prism before, but I'm liking a lot of what I see.
It definitely looks promising. I like inbuilt stuff, because messing with plugins is always annoying. However heavy load is pretty bad if you want to stream intensive games. If i am on the edge of having encoder overload problems in OBS, then i assume i would have even more problems with Prism.
Thank you Michael for a great video. I would love to see a comparison of prism with the OBS plugins installe. that would make it more apples to apples comparison to see then what the obs CPU and memory usage would be like. A lot of those built-in features in prism I would require the obs plugins installed. Thanks!
Interesting. But since we don't know if OBS overhead increases just with the plug-ins added or with them loaded into a running instance, it would be a bit more tricky to measure the relative impact.
Some obs plugins can effect performance, but generally it depends on how you use them.
@@TheSeeking2know Totally fair. I'm just saying if Prism Studio has all this stuff built in - it's not surprising the memory usage is higher. Just wondering what OBS would be like with a similar setup.
@@jeffunrau3958 Exactly. I would add that if there was a theoretical way to disable the extra features in Prism such that they wouldn't affect performance, would the system resource use come down to that of OBS?
@@TheSeeking2know Interesting point and I 100 💯 agree. I've tried prism and it's really good. That being said I'd love like you said to see prism offer basic like obs with the option to download/install through prism Extra features as needed. OBS gives you a solid base and just install 3rd party addons as needed. Downloading prism developed add-ons with the option to download through prism is a huge advantage -maybe even more stable than the obs third party addons.
It’s like OBS + Built in After effects. So sweet. OBS’s text tools are terrible in my opinion. Also OBS 28 has caused my entire stream to lag out including my macros from my Stream Deck & Loupedeck. OMG, App Audio Capture! For sure trying Prisim Out. ❤🤘
Glad to help. Just keep in mind it is not as efficient as obs yet.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr Yes I saw that in your video. I appricate you being straight forward about it. Makes me like your videos all the more.
This is awesome! Thank you so much.👍🏼👍🏼
Glad to help.
my cpu only goes to 5.5% when streaming 1080p60 so i mean it really doesn't matter to me since mine can handle highloads but very good and informative video! helpful tips and and good comparison! :D
Thanks!
You have taught me a lot. Thank you. 👏
Glad to help.
Man Prisim write on the screen tool is legit
Yeah. One of my favorites.
The only thing I'm interested in is a way to cut out silence. I've been looking for it for a while.
Thank you for this video! Its really interesting and enlightening. I would most like try Prism after this. Again...big thanks!
Absolute legend. Nice one
I appreciate all of your vids!
Wow ! This is wonderful! Thank you for the video. I WILL TRY PRISM ASAP!!! Salamat!
Prism is definitely the way to go if you have a 2 pc set up for streaming. Unless you have a monster of a pc that can do both I wouldn’t recommend switching until they optimize it better.
Just insane Michael ! Thank you for your help with your video. I'll directly try this out. Do you know if we can export the scenes from OBS to import them to PRISM ?
Thanks works fine. Greetings from Italy
great video, I'm on a 2012 macbook running Pioneer Rekordbox to DJ. OBS runs at about 30% cpu with just a couple of cameras and auto scene switcher. Prism looks really good but might have to wait till i can afford a new M1 macbook, Looks easy enough to test though and see if my old 2012 can handle it lol
I gave Prism Live Studio a try. I like it. But I'm into deep with OBS. Some of there features you gotta watch out for though. I would definitely recommend it to new streamers!
Great video, and it looks like a great product. However, I don't see a Mac version available. Looks like they used to do a Mac version, pre-Apple-Silicon, but have since deprecated it.
Thanks for your great Ideas
Glad to help.
I have downloaded and using it. Thanks.
You're wrong, application audio capture is built into OBS in OBS 28, please get it updated (ik u made a video telling not to update)
It is. And in that video I say it is in there. :-) you musta missed that part….
@@MichaelFeyrerJr Mb then :) great video otherwise... Not to be discriminatory or anything but it's always refreshing to see a vid of yours jus cus it makes me happy that a guy from the older generations is into streaming and really knows how cool it is to stream, record and edit... Thanks for helping the community!
Another great video thanks for the info 👍
Thanks. Glad to help.
Great information, thank you! Does this app make it any easier to have guest or do you still have to use a secondary source?
Still a secondary source.
it worked! thank you so much!!
I checked - everything is clean
subscribed--love your vids
Thanks!
great content Michael, thanks for covering these stuff. I like your approach to explaining things very much!
Thanks! Glad to help.
So thankful for this
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Thanks!
Really great video, thanks! Does Prism have the ability to run a dual PC streaming setup as can be done with OBS (27) and NDI?
You're a lifesaver... Thank you so much
Respect to your good work, thanks a lot
awesome video thank you definitely going to check this software out.
Brilliant tutorial, thank you.
Glad to help.
Great video I may give Prism a try!!
Hey thanks for the comparison. May i give a little idea to you. Timestamps would be very useful and perfect if you rewatch things or wanna point out certain things to friends
Prism has 0support for 2k or 4k video. Only has support for 1080p streaming.
A triumph for viewers who watch on a cell phone.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr No doubt, i would have switched to prism myself too if they have 2k streaming natively itself. Just for their native multiple-platform streaming facilities. Guess waiting for next update as OBS now allows HDR content as well.
It will be interesting to see how much of it gets integrated.
Is Prism free? and if it is Free, are all the components you went through free because Obs is completely free, so to beat them, you have to start there.
It’s totally free. Everything I show in the video is also free.
I tried and it is installed thank u very much anda
Thank you for sharing this tutorial
thank you for the very simplistic explanation of how tNice tutorialngs work. tNice tutorials is the best explanation I have co across on you tube.
Thanks
thank u soo much it helped a lot
Great comparison. Prism is a solid alternative to OBS.
Thanks
in filter AudioMonitor missing now beacause new obs update. no t propeties ..
This is great, thank you!
Would love a video on all the plugins to make obs equal to prism!
There is no plugin that will add those text features, or the draw on screen features just to name a few.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr There's a script for OBS called "Whiteboard Source" that allows for drawing on the screen. It's not as advanced as Prism's but it does the job of letting the streamer draw on the stream.
@@superplex25 cool
You should maybe try to fix the framerate on your footage, its a bit distracting when it feels like its stuttering
Your content is always amazing Michael. I agree that that only pitfall of Prism is the usage... otherwise, it's a big threat to OBS and a legitimate competitor.
There are a lot of good features better than OBS，I think I'll give it a try Prism Live Studio when I get a chance.
I should not upgrade to OBS28, many plugins are still easy to use
Thanks for the feedback.
Your videos have helped reach over $200,000 in stocks by age 23! Thanks In The setup. Keep the videos coming.
Thank you for this video
wow thank you, now i can have fun!
Interesting software, but no software for the Mac.
yes, The Mac guy is back complaining about the lack of Mac software 😀
By the way, I am having very good luck with OBS 28.0.1 on my Macbook Air M2 to do recordings (I don't live stream, just make training videos and OBS does quite well since I use Browser and iPad screen recordings. I only had one issue with Microsoft Edge on my Mac recording how to use the software. I clicked on a drop down menu and it looked like nothing happened, but when I moved the mouse over the area where the drop down was, I was able to 'paint' the drop down menu into existence.
I switched over to Safari and that worked just fine.
One more thing. On my test Macbook Air M1, I am able to record desktop audio running Monteray Beta in OBS 28.0.1
Have a great day
Thanks for the feedback! Its good to know.
Maybe good to mention, Prism is in fact OBS studio (like for real, it is using obs core components under the hood) with lot of plugins baked in with maybe more polished UI. Thanks for the video tho, didn't know about prism at all...
Dosent prisim cam separate from what your showing now,it's called prisim lens , saying this was done a year ago.
Yes they seperated it a while ago.
@@MichaelFeyrerJr thanks just saw your answer after I edited 😅 great work btw ,I watch your videos often and they are clear and straight to the point ,I appreciate your work and giving to the Internet world 🌍
I really thought I was the only one. Like I was buggin'.