Multi-Camera Live Stream on a Computer with OBS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video I describe a method for live streaming with multiple cameras without having to use a physical video switcher. OBS does a lot more then just streaming, it can also switch between multiple video interfaces.
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Hi sir help me
@@muhammadsaleh8080 What do you need help with?
Thx man
Is there any reason I can't have two video stream sources at once within the same scene? I'm waiting for my Elgato Cam Link to be delivered so I've yet to test this out. But my plan for a new channel I'm starting that is coin related is this. One video source will be a USB Scope that shows up as a USB Camera for extreme closeups of the coins. Second video source will be from my Canon 70 D that will show a wider view of everything so people know I'm not switching out any coins that I found within a roll of coins.
Ballast Media oh my !! God !! I found it.. I have been waiting for long to see a channel like this don’t know how i missed . We have to setup more than 4 cameras through OBS brother. 3 cameras with long range (More than 100 Feet each camera ) can you help me with this brother ..
This was exactly the information I've been searching for! For the church I pastor I'm live streaming worship from my living room as we are under stay-at-home orders. But integrating music from our musician has been difficult. We had to stop and start FB Live streams multiple times so we could each broadcast from our homes. With OBS and this very clear tutorial, I can do a single, uninterrupted stream with recorded music and live presentation.
I've learned a lot about OBS in the last couple days but this tutorial answers the exact question I've been asking!
Thank you!
I thought this was really well done. Very clear explanation of how to setup scenes in OBS and change the audio for video sources. 10/10
This is EXACTLY what I need! Thanks a lot! For project, we need to stream for around 50 minutes with interviews, pre-recorded videos, ect. Your videos helping me a ton to understand everything! Thanks a lot!
This video is the best I’ve seen so far. Everything is so PERFECT!
This is excellent. Watching two years later and still very relevant and helpful. Thank you!
Hands down the best explanation of Scenes and running multiple sources efficiently.
Excellent job!
Thank you Steven - excellent, clear, concise presentation of the two-camera stream. OBS takes a bit of setting up and your video is easy to follow and makes it easy to set up OBS. Thanks again
Thanks for the information, sir you provide us better knowledge. Also i am a youtuber, and i watched too many videos on youtube for multi camera setup, but nobody can teach like you. Thank you so much sir.
I am a complete novice on OBS but found this very clear and easy to follow. Many thanks.
The simplest, clearest or most precise tutorial I've come across. Thanks man.
WOW! AJA is proud of their HDMI capture devices. I think they win the contest on whose single channel HDMI capture is the most expensive. I think I search some more.
thank you brother finally we can have live stream worship for who cannot join the worship. GOD BLESS!
Great video! Thank you so much! I am helping a friend stream his wedding to relatives across the country.
This was actually surprisingly helpful. I didn't know OBS did so much. Thank you for this.
Thanks Ballast Media - You rock! Thank you for speaking slowly and allowing us to follow along. Great job!
Excellent video. Thanks!
OMG! Thank you for getting right to the point. No nonsense video. Kept me watching the whole time and answered a lot of questions I had. Bravo Bro!
You're an actual legend at making these videos
Thanks
One of the best OBS tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you :)
Good video. I have been using OBS for years now but learned something new on how to ad a logo and images!
You can also use smart phones which have very nice cameras and connect them through IP webcam. IP webcam gives the address you type in to show your shot. Plus it is remote so you can place them in different locations.
This is the most helpful video on how to set up multicams for streaming. Awesome and thank you.
Thank you! No fluff, straight to the point, and you made it easy to understand. You earned a new subscriber! :) God Bless
Thank you for doing a tutorial like this. I didn't know there was a way to do this but just was not sure how.
Thank you Steven..super straightforward!
This is how a tutorial should be done, no extra bla bla and go straight to the point
Sir!! Nice solution it is. Can you please add the best way to get the viewer display for TV from this OBS setup.
Thanks
Thank you! Best and most affordable solution I've seen! Thanks again.
Super simple. Great video!
Very nice video! Clear explanations and tutorials. Thank you
with my Laptop I connected: the internal camera, 2 webcams usb (1 on each usb port) and 4 NDI cameras: 2 iPhones, 1 iPad, 1 Samsung tablet. It managed all greatly.
Good point re using iDevices as cameras, I do this with 2 iPhones but that’s my limit really as I only have a late 2012 Mac mini. You must have a pretty powerful computer to cope with all that processing; would be interesting to hear about your setup.
@@MikeFloutier well it's just an i3 with 4GB RAM by Lenovo. Nothing really special. Not even bought for this purpose, when I purchased it.
Any sample tho
@@jxybsktbll4205 After 2 years coming up with such comment it's pretentious. However I mainly work for Corporations, and the material is internal. So I can't publish stuff.
Thanks for a very helpful video. You mentioned BM ATEM. Do you have a tutorial video on that?
This tutorial is very useful 🙏🏻. Thanks very much
Thanks for making this video, I was looking for a solution to record/stream with 2 webcams, and it works fine! Thanks
Glad you found it useful!
did you need a video interface or just plug in directly into a usb slot on the computer? thnkx in advance for your help..
Man, the AJA U-TAP HDMI is almost USD 350! You're right - it makes more sense to either buy or rent an HDMI switcher.
Very informative and to the point. I use x2 Blackmagic Design UltraStudio via thunderbolt and must total bill is barely $400 as compared to Roland's entry level switcher that costs nearly $1000. But you get what you pay for and that is a bit of extra work.
Can you make a video how to setup hardware for NDI live streaming? Thank you
I use the Elgato Cam Link. Its half the price of the AJA and works great. Only downside is that it works only with progressive video.
Pretty helpful but assumes a greater knowledge than I have. Talks about video switchers; What are they?
Thanks about interface units; what are they?
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Thank you so much!!! Will this work with any camera?
As long as it outputs HD video on HDMI, and the hdmi is able to not have text from the camera display on it.
Very helpful and precise. Thank you
I found it is a really helpful video. keep it up
Thank sir. Very helpful. Im still having a problem with being able to keep same audio when switch camera. Can you help
Thank you for making this easy!
Thank you for very useful information
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Ridiculously helpful! !! Thanks.
Now.........can I use my R800 with cap card and also use sl1 with USB input and it work or do i have to get another capture card for sl1? Thanks
If you can get video from it's usb then the two should work together.
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Thank you Stephen. Very helpful.I'm a singer songwriter. Lost all my upcoming gigs with COVID pandemic, so I'm trying to stream shows online instead. This seems like a good option to set up a 2 camera stream. Since I would be playing, at the same time can the software switch automatically from one camera to the other while broadcasting on TH-cam ? Thanks for your help ! Much appreciated 😀
Yes! There is a plugin for OBS called automatic scene switcher that you can set a timing and it will switch between the scenes you specify.
@@BallastMedia Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. 😀
Very amazing 👍👌
I just found you and have subscribed. Looks like this will be a great resource as I expand my podcast to a videocast. Blessings & THANK YOU.
Very informative. I really appreciate your work /online solution.
I would like to know if it's possible to connect multiple wireless mobile phones as camera sources on OBS for live stream
Kindly give me the link to the video, if you have any sir
I don't have a video about it, but you can use the NDI plugin in OBS, and the NDI app on phones www.ndi.tv/products/ndi-hx-camera-app/
Hello Bro your videos are just Awesome please can you solve my problem i need a budget capture card for both mac and windows as aja u tab is very costly and i need blackmagic don’t Support windows and elgato too not support mac with obs please help
Take a look at the Elgato hd60s. amzn.to/2jPb0nS
Interesting I have a 4 camera setup with 3 action cameras as USB webcams and a eos utility screen capture on a dslr works perfectly fine on my entry i7 pc.
Excellent explanation I will learn to use OBS.
Check out my other video on how to optimize your settings in OBS: th-cam.com/video/yTt5IxFWaEM/w-d-xo.html
Another option for a camera could be using skype or facetime (for mac) and set a source of camera "b" to be the skype/facetime window on computer running OBS. Wifi is of course needed for this.
Great post! Is it possible to record all the cameras coming into ATEM tv studio individually on the pc/Mac?
Hi Steven, I have a question about this setup. I need this exact setup for show-cooking, so 2 camera, and a monitor/projector. i use vmix as software. My question is: Can i connect 2 aja utap in a single usb port, via an appropriate USB HUB (with power supply)? will it support them? because my laptop has only one USB 3.0 port but i need at least 2 cameras for this show. Thanks for your very informative videos. Professional, and easy to understand.
My experience is that video interfaces do not work well through hubs. The limiting factor on how many you can connect (besides bandwidth on the USB3 bus) is also how much power can be supplied to the devices on the bus. These video interfaces take a lot of power, so AJA doesn't recommend doing 2 at the same time - although I've gotten away with it working. Do you have a USB-C port that is available on your laptop?
Also, check out my latest video about the ATEM Mini. For roughly the same price as an AJA u-tap, you can get a 4 channel video mixer with the video interface built in. And it only takes one USB to operate. amzn.to/2SwcSjP
video here: th-cam.com/video/kK4CFwJB7u0/w-d-xo.html
It is so understandable my friend thanks
Very good video, thanks.
Very nice sir, I wanna give live stream from different places by use two or more devices, ex I am sitting in my studio and some of my friends are shooting some events from different places,, so how can I mix that in OBS and give live stream in TH-cam? If it's not possible from two different places, can I use at least one place ( event recording different place) from that can I give live stream from my studio..
Amazing tutorial. Thank you.
Congrats for amazing video.but i have question s for you,my questions is that : if i want to go live and then i won't to show up that mean live video,i just want to show up only the banner where i have to go..
You can make a new Scene in OBS with just the content you want to show. Add a "Image Source" to the scene and you can use any image you want.
Thanks, Steven very straight forward and it's helpful all informations
Thank you for your help keep making these videos
My support is with you from pakistan
I’m going to be helping a friend set up 1 or maybe 2 cameras with a digital whiteboard for his presentation videos in a small office. Do you have to use a video interface? I know you don’t for a webcam. For a camera like you have and I also have one similar, does it require a video interface? Great video!
Most video cameras only use the USB connection to transfer already recorded files, they don't send live video out. (some new very recent cameras are starting to add this feature, but it's not very widely done yet.) So, yes you need some kind of interface to bring video in to the computer.
@@BallastMedia Yeah I pretty much figured that. I just searched and you can get video capture cards for around $15.00 to $30.00. I don’t think you have to spend hundreds of dollars for one.
Thank you very much, i was just looking for a similar solution!
This was insanely helpful, thanks!
Great stuff. How to do a insert video with the remainder of screen as Open Office Impress (Slide Show)?
Just add a Display Capture source in OBS and select the display that your presentation is running on. (Assuming the presentation is on the same computer you are running OBS.)
Great video , well explain , Thank you .
This was incredibly helpful and well done.
Excellent video. Cheers
Another great video. You’ve been very helpful in my setup process. I already had a cam link 4K and have everything running smoothly with one camera. Now of course I want to add a second camera. I have a line on a cheap second cam link. Obviously I’d like to have a nice single unit, but it’s not in the budget right now. How disappointed am I going to be if I try to run 2 camlinks at once? I have a pretty beefy gaming computer that can handle a heavy load. However, I think it’s silly for me to compromise quality if this is not really a viable option.
The issue is the amount of power the USB Controller has to supply to the Camlink. Elgato says to only use one Camlink per USB Controller you have in your computer. If you are using a desktop computer, just install another USB Host Controller and connect the 2nd Camlink to that. Or, a card like this claims to be able to power 2A/per USB connection. amzn.to/2t0YuFY
Thanks. After rolling the idea around for a day, you’ve just inspired me to pull the trigger on something better. I just ordered the Blackmagic atem mini!
Thank you so much for this helpful video! I've never heard of this software before. Real quick question, is it possible to have a smart phone as a video source for the software wirelessly?
Yes, you can use ndi. There are lots of videos here on TH-cam that show how to set this up. Just search "OBS iphone camera"
I'm part of a public access TV station. My dream someday is to experiment live-streaming from a small-size helicopter (Rotorway A600 or Schweizer S300). WHY? To see how BIG capabilities can come from a small size chopper. Cost-effective but STRONG abilities to go LIVE. Yes, TV news helicopters can cost a commercial station an arm & a leg, especially the standard Bell JetRanger and Eurocopter AS350. But I wanna experiment with your setup and live stream from a small size chopper. For the outside, it would have PTZOptics robotic camera with a weatherproof outdoor enclosure. That setup you're showing is perfect for minimal space in the cockpit.
thanks for the information
Great video. It would be great if you added "How to share your screen" as well.
In OBS add a "Display Capture" source and select the display you want to share.
Thank you a lot, it is all I would like to know to start my own stream project.
Thank you very helpful
Thanks so much for this video! I just started using OBS last week for our church service and this week I would like to add a second video input. I’d like to be able to show the the content (ex: song lyrics) that is being displayed on the monitors. I can get connect to a spare HDMI output form our splitter at the computer running ProPresenter but I need to figure out how to show two feeds simultaneously in OBS. For example, have the lyrics displayed larger during song time and have a smaller picture in picture of the worship band. Have you done this before? Thx.
Check out this video on using NDI for a great way to do that. Specially if your are using ProP7 the ndi part on that end is even easier now! th-cam.com/video/prYWKrxQ3EM/w-d-xo.html
thank you for this! Is there a way for OBS to automatically switch between different scenes after a pre-determined time?
Yes, there is a plugin called Advanced Scene Switcher" that will do that.
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Great useful video, is it possible that my cameras are changing from time to time automatically?
Yes, take a look at the advanced scene switcher plugin. obsproject.com/forum/resources/advanced-scene-switcher.395/
Thank you for the help you provide with your videos. One question, I have a Helo stream device and I’m trying to use it with obs but it’s not recognized by it. How can I make it work or is it not compatible with obs software. Please let me know and thanks again for all your help.
The Helo is an encoder, so it's going straight to facebook or youtube, it doesn't need a computer/OBS to work. It's not a video interface (to connect to a computer) it's a standalone encoder, so it doesn't need a computer to operate.
Great tutorial, thank you very much
thanks so much
Thank you
Good video. Can I use 2 usb webcams to do this?
Sure!
That is it. Thanks so much man
Thank You so Much 🤟❤️
Amazing vid! Thank you brother
This is very helpful, being that I'm so new to this, I'm gonna try this with our older Zoom Q3 & Q2hd cameras, great video, thanks, & I just subscribed.
try Yolobox. It can help your cameras and DSLR Livestream to Facebook and TH-cam at the same time. th-cam.com/video/xD5AvooYIEA/w-d-xo.html
Wow, you have realy rich and quality content! I am a beginner and wondering what happens if you have 4 different video signals feed to a switcher, then the output goes into a computer trough the AJA U-Tap. Can you use that signal to mix the 4 cameras i.e. do custom pip in obs?
You would need to do the pip in your video switcher since it has access to all the unique video feeds. In the setup you described, OBS would only be receiving the final content from one video source, the output of your switcher.
Thank you Steven! So it seems the only way on a budget is to install a capture card to a pc (like the bm decklink duo 2) then do the switching and mixing in OBS. Maybe adding an elgato streamdeck to still have phisical switches for lower thirds and camera switches.
@@gezakammer9486 that would be a good solution. Do some googling on the card you choose and compatibility with OBS. Not all multi input cards will work, it depends how the driver was written. I do think the blackmagic cards work though, but haven't done this myself.
is it necessary to have the Aja u tap or similar device? Could you just run two hdmi signals directly into the computer?
The HDMI ports on your laptop are outputs, HDMI is a one way street, you need inputs, that's what devices like the u-tap are.
Do you have a video that shows how to use a Mevo Start with OBS?
Does it work with Mac?
Yes, the USB 3 on macs is a little funky because they use the small USB-C connector, so you may end up needing some sort of dongle to adapt it to a regular size USB3 connector. (On a side note, for some reason my experience has been that OBS is a little more stable on a PC, go figure.)
Pero el Mac se calienta, el uso de CPU aumenta al 170%!!
Necesitas mínimo 4 nucleos y 4 a 8 g en Ram
Thank you so much for you videos. My question is, our Pastor is very enthusiastic and gets quite loud at times is there a way to limit the level of audio coming out of the mixer?
Greg Shuck perfect use for a compressor. Insert a compressor on his channel with a fairly low ratio (2.5:1) and set the threshold so that it's almost always reducing volume. Then put another compressor on the mixer output at a high ratio (8:1) and set the threshold so that only the highest peaks are getting reduced.
thank you.
Hello, I would like to see what I record with my Panasonic AG-DVX200 camera on the laptop (HDMI) to avoid purchasing a video monitor. What is your advice?
You could just get a cheap HDMI interface like the Elgato HD60s. amzn.to/37d9q27