To get the audio from your Stream PC, run an aux cable from the line out of your Stream PC to the Line In on your game PC. In the sound control panel of the Game PC you can set your headphones to "listen" to your Line In so that you can hear stream alerts from the Stream PC without the audio being doubled up.
If anyone is reading this, invest in studio box cameras, the Panasonic ones can be powered with just the ethernet cable and can send the video feed anywhere on the network over the same cable. Also you can control up to 12 cameras with just one laptop. And just send the game capture to the streaming PC with standard methods using a capture card or NDI/SRT. This setup is good for making videos about, purely bc you need to come up with solutions to problems you would not even have if done properly.
Amazingly did not click off despite being unwilling to purchase anything Elgato, and was rewarded for my nutty loyalty with a non-card option at the end. Amazeballs. This is why I watch your content whether it currently applies to me or not. Those surprise pearls of wisdom or ideas you spark are hella worth it.
Please help me, why is it that only my mic sound is detected by the streaming PC in the wave link? Why is the sound from my earphones not detected by my streaming PC?
Having 3840x1080 base canvas resolution to record/stream 2 sources in 1920x1080 makes the output stretched. I can't even read the texts on my sources. Are there any fixes for this? Just like in 4:51, cropping it smaller makes the text unreadable.
Thank you for this video! You’re a genius. I quit streaming for 6 months because I was plagued with audio issues. Your solution in this video has got me back at it 🤙
I use a go xlr mini and plug 2 3.5mm aux cables from the xlr mini into my streaming pc aux ports then i hear audio from BOTH computers.. works perfectly
hey nutty, my solution for reverse audio from streaming pc to gaming pc is with a 3.5 audio jack cable from line-out to line-in with a static noise reductor on the line-in end. of course, the quality of the signal is not perfect, but only for alerts it works just fine. for this i just set a line in input in wave link. thanks for the video and keep up the good work!!
Good to know someone is doing this too! So I went the route of mixing audio through NDI (OBS Teleport specially) for my audio sources. I tried to do NDI everything (video and audio) to the streaming PC but kept running into video and audio not syncing with each other. Bought a capture card, done it the same way in the video with the Full Screen Projection. As for audio, OBS Teleport worked the best for me instead of the other NDI plugin. Went in to each audio source adding the OBS Teleport "filter" on my gaming PC OBS (mic, desktop/game, music, etc) and added them into the streaming PC OBS. Both OBS needed the plugin. It's worked for me and I can provide visuals if my setup is complicated to visualize over text 😅
For the alert problem. Cant u just use a alert source on the gaming pc with the same link but it doesnt show up on the feed. Then just turn on monitor so u can hear the audio for the alert.
Having been streaming for over a decade, I have done both single and dual and I much prefer single. Never had an issue once I got the right hardware as far as performance while playing. I do like the concept here though, had not done it that way. But it was all about having all my monitors, controls, etc in one place made my life so much easier.
The audio trick didn't work for me. I've been beating my head against the wall for 3 days now trying to get audio from gaming pc into streaming pc. are there any tips. i've fiddled with the settings, even tried 3 diffrent cards, voice meter, wave link, enabled disabled, cloned my display uncloned double checked settings, diffren cords...i cannot get audio! 😭
For me, Virtual Audio Cables + WinAudio Capture + the Audio Monitor plugin for OBS has given me so much control over my audio chain. You could probably just make a mix bus track in OBS that all your audio runs into via VA-Cables, and then set the audio monitor of the mix bus to the Elgato HDMI output. That's how I would do it, but my audio is a spaghetti of virtual cables and audio interfaces. Easier said than done lol
I've been an Elgato HD60 Pro user for 4 years. I formatted my Gaming PC to upgrade to Windows 11. After that, I wanted to install Sound Capture and Game Capture, but Elgato has removed these. Now, here's the problem: To hear the sound from my Gaming PC on my Streaming PC (OBS), I need to set the speaker on my Gaming PC to Elgato. However, when I do that, I can't hear the sound through the headphones on my Gaming PC; the audio goes directly to the Streaming PC. If I set the speaker on my Gaming PC to GameDAC Game (I use SteelSeries Arctis Pro), the sound doesn't go to the Streaming PC. How can I fix this? Please help.
The audio the way it's being done does not allow you to add a obs filter at the end of it . For eg : the noise reduction from Nvidia audio SDK . This will make the noise reduction act on the gaming audio as well . I use this setting of 2 obs running at the same time since I had 2 pc setup because I love the game capture feature . I don't like to show off my windows to the stream . There's a setting that allows obs to "remember" the full screen projector . So when you open up obs studio the full screen projector is immediately showing without having to do it manually every time .
Nice vid. Question, what if I use an Elgato capture card HD60 X, will that work for dual streaming as well, even if my canvas size is still 1080p? I would love to hear back. Thanks.
Yes but you will only be able to send a single 1080p60 stream. You would not be able to send your camera from your gaming PC. It will need to be connected to your streaming PC.
im having the most difficult time. i have a gaming pc. an an acer nitro 5 with obs on it. i have the card connected right. an all i see on the nitro is its own display. its not displaying the gaming pc. im trying to setup to stream hunt showdown. an its just not working. maybe i can't use the nitro 5. it doesn't show the capture card. despite the usbc being connected. any advice? much appreciated.
going from a 3080ti to a 4080 would be worth the temp drops alone. The ambient temps in my gaming room dropped by 5 degrees farenheit after the upgrade
So, there's an issue with my setup. I have three monitors, but anytime I try to connect my Elgato HD60S+ or the 4Kx, I'm only able to use three monitors at a time. The Elgato devices will give a black screen and show nothing. In the Nvidia control panel, I see the HD60S+, but it's unchecked with my three other displays checked. If I try to check the Elgato, it'll uncheck one of my monitors, therefore leaving me with two displays max. Neither Elgato nor Streamlabs was able to find a fix.
So question for starters i have a duel pc setup ive had it set up for a few years now and just the other day my el gato wont capture my game now it captures the sound but instead it shows just my desktop screen any fixes for this ?
I have the Audio from my Streaming PC via AUX Cable running back into my Gaming PCs Line In and then listen to that only on my Bluetooth Headphones (so there is no audio loop from the Audio I send from Gaming PC to Streaming PC). Sure there is a bit of Delay but its only for Stream Alerts etc... so it works pretty fine. Not sure if that would be a solution for you cause its a second cable, but lowkey you can just ziptie it to the HDMI Cable and it will seem like one :)
Hi maybe you can help me,i have a VR headset,a VARJO AERO i can only record one eye and stream one eye,ie left image or right image,any ideas on how i can join the two images together and send that over to a second PC so i can then stream the middle part as opposed to the left side or the right side? its very frusttrating as my stream is either to the left or to the right ,any input will be appricieatted thanks ::)
You can also just have obs installed on the gaming pc - add your alert and mute the alert on the streaming pc and then alert and game audio will just passthrough the capture card as if it was all on one system anyway.
I have been looking for a setup like this and was halfway there myself. Just was trying to figure out how to get multiple cameras to the other computer. The source clone is perfect! As for audio, I have a Rodecaster Pro 2, so I can route the audio from both computers into it, and then into my headphones. But that obviously costs like $700. Some of the $200-300 options might work as well, but I don't have them to try.
To get audio from my streaming PC I use NDI Capture from my streamPC and then Use one of my Aux channels on the Wave Link as a channel to input the NDI audio source from the Stream Monitor Using NDI Tools Vst, I think this set up could help out.
I needed to switch back to a dual PC setup to stream Star Citizen, as it will crush most systems. Maybe I'll go back to single PC if I upgrade to a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D (does that even exist yet?)
did the same thing. but its making my stream come out in a vertical format. all aspect ratios are correct. i have no idea why its doing this and cant seem to fix it.
Steel Series Sonar is identical to wavelink but it’s not limited to just their product like Elgato has it setup. Also Sonar Steel Series Sonar is free and you don’t have to own their products to use it.
@@nuttylmao what I’m saying is that instead of Elgato charging for the use of wavelink they should open it to those who have a capture card not just a wavelink device or just open it up to work with any other device like Steel Series has. Voicemeeter is free for the basic program and you can route the sound through the capture card that way as well along with Sonar Steel Series, I’ve routed my stream through them both without Elgato wave link.
If you hit record on that gaming PC you'll add a bit more of a workload but you'll have everything you need to make shorts or highlights or whatever later on. you also might be able to hear notifications if you run Discord on both PC's and have the mic setting on the stream PC set to pick up the audio from the audio output. But the real question is what would you need to power a recording like this in 8k so all 4 scenes are 4k? To get OBS to go 8k you can fake having the monitor with a HDMI Virtual Display Adapter. They are kinda inexpensive. like 10$ on Amazon.
The quad monitor setup is the streaming setup. The other setup is just for recording TH-cam videos, but it has a 1080Ti so I can play games on it too when my streaming PC can't handle both OBS and gaming.
Hey man after seeing this I know this would be up your alley, perhaps even useful to your particular use case, but while messing with my own 2 PC setup I've encountered multiple solutions of varying effectiveness based around 2 particular solutions. One as you know is voicemeeter. But I've actually mixed both of the 2 main methods into my setup purely because one can do what the other cannot. And the other solution I've found has limitations within OBS itself for whatever unknown reason. And I had a particular need to achieve control of all my audio vs the 2 OBS installs separately and with hardware. And also keep all sources of audio separate. Overly complicated in other words. But it achieves both PC's having singular access to each audio source to keep as 6 separate tracks in case of recordings/streams on either PC. Some games don't play nice in one or the other situation as you know. But with wavelink on both PC's and without the utter control I wanted on the other hand. It is actually VERY simple. Perhaps you could even bug elgato about the one downside I've found to using this solution specifically. On top of bugging them to give access to more users of course ;P Perhaps it could be worth you doing a vid on it. I wouldn't post my email here but I joined your discord server. Taxa is my display name. Drop me a message if you want the rundown. I'll include pics, screenshots, explanations, and disclaimers when there's down sides. I'm also in Aus so any time difference isn't OVERLY a factor. I'm not gonna bug you any more than necessary, I work, you have a more public work. I understand either way ;) I'm always nearby.
Hi Nutty. I have a similar setup. The way I worked around not hearing alerts and stuff was by using two instances of Streamerbot - one on each of the PCs - and then connecting each Streamerbot instance to both instances of OBS. This way, when a redeem is triggered on the Streaming PC, it also triggers the corresponding sound on the Gaming PC. For the alerts, i added the alerts on the OBS instance on the gaming pc and when they are triggered, they activate on both instances of OBS. The only issues i couldn't find a solution was - i can't hear shoutout clips (they run random clips on each instance, so the above one does not work) and the second one was separating audio tracks for DMCA purposes, because of the single StreamMix channel that gets sent through. Maybe this helps. Keep up the good work!
@@Oatmeal_TVx which part? most computers have a audio in port ethier the blue (linein) one or red (mic in) one or the wave link/xlr, you can use steelseires (but i'm unsure if you can send the audio to the capture card)
@@Btomaek the alerts back to gaming pc? I have a elgato HD60 capture card I’m about to receive in the mail and I have a wavelink (stream deck plus). Seems easy to send the audio to my stream pc (laptop) but still don’t understand how to do it the other way like alerts? Since OBS is open on the gaming pc also would the sound already be there? I also hope that the elgato hd60 I can split the scenes up like he did with the 4k one
@@Oatmeal_TVxthe elgato hd60 if i remember correctlly can only do 1080p for sending the audio back to the gaming pc you have three options (from what i know there could be more and better options ) 1:have the browser alerts opened in the gaming pc but mute it for "stream audio" 2: use a audio cable to send the audio back to the gaming pc (if you are using a desktop you can use the blue (line in) or red(could be pink microphone port) 3.5mm port on the motherboard and turn it on within the windows settings to get the audio in and the green(speakers) port to send the audio out from the streaming pc to the gaming pc) 3: some bluetooth headphones allow you to connect 2 devices at once, or you can get some sort of earbuds like monitos to have within your overthe ear headphones
Dumb question, does it use resources to have OBS running on Gaming PC as well as Streaming? I hate the cloning monitor method so if the impact is minimal I will definitely try this.
have you tried Audio Relay for your audio issue its leaps and bounds better and more efficient and easier to use than voicemeeter and it works flawlessly ..
i was wondering if the projector mode nowdays is better performing than some years ago where it has much lower frames than using the clone to HDMI capture solution
PAX East is later this month hoping to get a good coupon from Elgato. What I was wondering is if you don't have a wave mic...what if you sent just audio over ndi? I'd imagine you'd have to mess with delays but might be an alternative.
I know basically nothing about how to set things up correctly. But your videos have made it fun to mess around with it. I'm a poor-man's streaming "messer''. I stream from the same PC I play on. The most expensive thing I use is prob a webcam for like $150. I work with selling technical stuff though so I get a lot of crap from work. So I use two galaxy tab a with touch portal since I got them from work (custom from on demos we were about to throw away. I play with light using a couple of $10 light rings I got from work as well and have them pointed away from me and have made a reflective cardboard making them reflect softer light. My largest problems is I have no order to things so making nested scenes get really messy and I need to keep it so it doesn't take to much power from my crappy computer. I'm trying to find out how to make the cam on a stream sorted up with scenes and filters to be able to change between cams (I use a couple of phones I got from work with obs cam app). I want to be able to have different frames, make the cam window change to fit each frame, make frame and cam movable on screen (move filter?) and be able to switch between cams and still have them fit each frame. I've started messing around with a dedicated frame for the webcam positions so I can have that scene nested in streaming scenes so I only need move filter on that scene and not filters for each scene. I always run into something not working when I mess with this, always need to change something in scenes between messing everything up. A setting worked basically with move filter but later showed to cripple what I could do so needed scenes for each part instead and so on. Do you have a good guide through how you make your cameras work together with filters and stuff? Like, the effekts where you split your cam, have you made it so that effect works no matter what cam you're showing? If so, how?
Definitely would love to see a good way to send audio back to the gaming PC. Granted, folks like me have both PCs sitting next to each other, so I'm not exactly far away (and I don't use noise isolating IEMs), but it would be good to at least hear alerts and messages.
Voice meter banana can send both audio feeds via network . And then on the gaming pc you have both feeds separated as well . Or you can send windows audio via the hdmi and you can send the mic audio locally with Lan with voice meter. The software is really hard to understand but it's really powerful and allows to almost anything you can imagine .
I'm currently recording my HDR 4K videos with Obs while I'm playing. I would like to relieve the load on my PC without any loss of quality and without latency. Can my PC be the signal transmitter (like PS5) and at the same time the receiver via USB? should i buy internal or external card
I’m confused wouldn’t running OBS on your gaming PC defeat the point of offloading to your streaming PC? I just got capture card but am a little confused on the setup. I’m using a laptop for streaming and PC for gaming. The laptop has OBS on it, the gaming PC does not.
I've seen some people run OBS on both PC's just by having OBS open you already lose some FPS because of the preview window needing to capture gameplay in real time. I would just duplicate the gaming monitor and the fake capture card monitor
Fantastic video! And killer setup!. I need some advice, I just have a gaming pc and would like now to assemble one for gameplay recording and streaming. Here the scenario: Given a 2-PC streaming setup where my main gaming PC is running a 4K 240Hz monitor (with two additional 4K 60Hz monitors), and I’m using an RTX 4090, would you recommend using OBS’s projector mode on the gaming PC to send a 4K 60Hz feed to a capture card in the streaming PC, like the Elgato 4K X or Elgato 4K Pro? My goal is to capture gameplay on the streaming PC in the highest possible quality for local editing, while also being able to stream to TH-cam at 1440p 60fps. Or would you suggest a different approach, such as display cloning or another setup, to maintain optimal gaming performance and high-quality streaming? Thanks!
How much GPU usage does OBS take projecting to a 4K “display” ? I’ve been considering going back to 2PC set up since OBS + UW1440p make my 4070ti sweat a little
Have you tried just using Steam stream ? With 2 PCs on the same network you can just click stream in steam, instead of play. Ive watched your other video "Easiest TWO PC SETUP Ever! - No Capture Card/NDI Required!" And im considering my options, but a capture card seems to be an issue with Audio sync
Hello, do you know if having this capture card will solve problem with obs stutter. I just have one pc with RTX 4090 where i play and record and 4k tv with 120hz and vrr but my games runs at 4K 90-100fps so when i record videos on obs at 60 fps it makes video stuttering i guess because of out of sync frames, but when i cap my games to 60fps I don't have video stutter anymore... I heard its VRR problem with obs...I want smooth video at 60 fps and want to play on 120 fps. What should i do? How you manage to record 120 fps games without stutter? Thanks a lot in advance!
Hi Nutty just watched your video about your duel setup with the elgato capture card amazing video as always. I have a solution to not hearing your alerts on your gaming pc you can run a jack cable from the line out on your streaming pc to the mic in or line in on your gaming pc, add the input to wavelink and then mute the input to stream mix set your alerts audio source to output and monitor that will then bring the audio back over and is still controlable via wavelink. Keep up the amazing tutorials
Hi Nutty. Im fine tuning our multiple PC set up so I'm trying this method. I have a PC sending gameplay & camera in a 3840x1080 format to the streaming PC which has a Cam Link Pro but the quality is quite poor. Definitely not getting 4k and doesnt even seem like 1080. Eg if i were to send across a window capture i would not be able to read this text properly. Any idea where Im going wrong? Was hoping this method could help me as I have 3 PCs & 3 cameras to figure out how to bring together. Thanks!
Ive just tried recording in the 4k capture utility and it looks much better so must be something with OBS on my streaming PC end. Now i gotta figure out what that is
Ok well i figured it out myself so for future reference for anyone else. I changed the video format to basically anything else except for "any" and straight away im getting a 4k feed
cool idea using 4k like that. i was trying something similar once but struggled with the audio aswell. If i did send off the audio to the stream (hdmi), i couldn't listen to it on the gaming pc .. I then used an analog splitter cable so i had 3.5mm for my headphones and 3.5mm for the audio input on my stream, but then i had issues syncing that up, cause even though i fed HDMI, it still was a bit behind. Tried compensate with advanced audio settings and negative delays, but was such a hassle.. I think the best option would be if the "splitting of audio for monitoring purposes" happens at the gaming PC. The route to HDMI shouldn't dictate how you listen. As for notifications: Maybe use screenshare with audio monitoring? Minimize the window but "host audio" should still be heard. Maybe just have a Discord Call with your other PC and stream you OBS.
Hey nutty - found your video - What nobody told you about this webacm (Insta360 Link), and that was great, exactly what I want to do with my Insta360 Link. But I cannot find that filter in Move. I installed OBS 3.20 on a Mac mini M2 Pro, then Move 2.10.1 - insta360 Link works great, but there is no "move video capture device" in the filters. Found someone in the forums with same problem - said it was resolved by going back to Move 2.8.2. I tried that - still no filter. I uninstall OBS, reinstalled, installed Move 2.8.2 - still no "move video capture device" in the filters. Do you happen to know a solution?
Having issues getting the audio from Game PC to Stream PC. Wavelink is showing that it is going to the 4k capture card, but not sure what the issue is for the Streaming PC? Something I am missing? Changes the audio options to hear device etc....any advice would help :)
Idea for hearing stream alerts on your main PC: You're already running OBS in the background. So why not just add a source for alert sounds? and you can set it to only you hear it, and not be sent through to the 2nd PC so it won't double up on audio.
Love your videos , considering having a dual pc setup . What mixer would you recommend in 2024 that will be best for dual pc streaming and easy to setup?
Just recently swapped over to using the Teleport plug in for obs and ran much better than NDI for me. Now i would still love to use a cap card but i just cant beat free at this point lol
Thing is. I have the capturecard, but i'm missing the 2nd pc, so hah! Also I watch vid cuz u make valid points and good content. Also great ideas and showcases of potential future setups. So, yea. Great job Nutty :)
this is just awesome ^^, what you could do would be aux into the gaming pc and use the aux on the streaming pc as the main out ^^ adding the aux into the weve link as only monitor :D i also looking for a good solution but i also have requirements like: using each PC on its own without being both powered. Having all Audio Devices / routing in OBS so i can split the audio in 6 parts :D i rly like elgato wavexlr but the thing is i cant find a away to rly use it without using both pc at the same time :/
How is the latency? I want the latency between gaming pc and streaming pc to be zero and i read about celebrating and on stream they would see you celebrating on cam for example but gameplay would be delayed would really appreciate an answer
Its like a 30 millisecond latency. Its barely noticeable, and you can always set a delay to your camera and mic for 30 milliseconds to make it match perfectly
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To get the audio from your Stream PC, run an aux cable from the line out of your Stream PC to the Line In on your game PC. In the sound control panel of the Game PC you can set your headphones to "listen" to your Line In so that you can hear stream alerts from the Stream PC without the audio being doubled up.
wires and also i have a wireless headset
If anyone is reading this, invest in studio box cameras, the Panasonic ones can be powered with just the ethernet cable and can send the video feed anywhere on the network over the same cable. Also you can control up to 12 cameras with just one laptop. And just send the game capture to the streaming PC with standard methods using a capture card or NDI/SRT. This setup is good for making videos about, purely bc you need to come up with solutions to problems you would not even have if done properly.
I'm using the zcam e2c and you're 100% right.
Well out of my price range unfortunately considering the number of cameras I have in my setup lmao
You mean BHG1 Right? Because that’s the Panasonic that I use also with ethernal cable.
So POE?
Amazingly did not click off despite being unwilling to purchase anything Elgato, and was rewarded for my nutty loyalty with a non-card option at the end. Amazeballs. This is why I watch your content whether it currently applies to me or not. Those surprise pearls of wisdom or ideas you spark are hella worth it.
Thanks for making this video Nutty. I’ve been looking for a good tutorial for dual pc setup.
Please help me, why is it that only my mic sound is detected by the streaming PC in the wave link? Why is the sound from my earphones not detected by my streaming PC?
Finally we got to see nutty's setup!!! Let me give you my seal of approval of cables management.
Having 3840x1080 base canvas resolution to record/stream 2 sources in 1920x1080 makes the output stretched. I can't even read the texts on my sources. Are there any fixes for this? Just like in 4:51, cropping it smaller makes the text unreadable.
I cannot believe the world has come to a point where he has to blur their feet in the intro 💀
Don’t know why🤷I just started beating my Shi to the pixels 😤💯💯💯🙏
You want to see them so bad
Tbh, I would’ve clicked away if I saw some dudes feet in a video, so I appreciate the blur
Why do you want to see them so bad
Thank you for this video! You’re a genius. I quit streaming for 6 months because I was plagued with audio issues. Your solution in this video has got me back at it 🤙
This is a wild setup! I love efficiency and this is pretty top tier stuff. GG on keeping your feet pure too, it's a tough world out there.
What is your overhead rig mount setup? Especially the horizontal bar, that doesn't seem like the Elgato mount?
It's just a bar spanned between two Elgato Multi Mounts.
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@@nuttylmao Nice, that's clever. I have to visit a hardware store :-).
I use a go xlr mini and plug 2 3.5mm aux cables from the xlr mini into my streaming pc aux ports then i hear audio from BOTH computers.. works perfectly
hey nutty, my solution for reverse audio from streaming pc to gaming pc is with a 3.5 audio jack cable from line-out to line-in with a static noise reductor on the line-in end. of course, the quality of the signal is not perfect, but only for alerts it works just fine. for this i just set a line in input in wave link. thanks for the video and keep up the good work!!
This won't send the mic audio . Only the normal audio .
He is sending mic and audio from the gaming pc together into a single audio feed at the end .
Good to know someone is doing this too! So I went the route of mixing audio through NDI (OBS Teleport specially) for my audio sources. I tried to do NDI everything (video and audio) to the streaming PC but kept running into video and audio not syncing with each other. Bought a capture card, done it the same way in the video with the Full Screen Projection. As for audio, OBS Teleport worked the best for me instead of the other NDI plugin. Went in to each audio source adding the OBS Teleport "filter" on my gaming PC OBS (mic, desktop/game, music, etc) and added them into the streaming PC OBS. Both OBS needed the plugin. It's worked for me and I can provide visuals if my setup is complicated to visualize over text 😅
For the alert problem. Cant u just use a alert source on the gaming pc with the same link but it doesnt show up on the feed. Then just turn on monitor so u can hear the audio for the alert.
For audio. You can use elgato sound capture to do the same thing. Without have to buy a elgato mic.
Do you have a download link as I'm sure they have discontinued it
my whole setup works, but on stream output audio is robotic in game and desktop?
Having been streaming for over a decade, I have done both single and dual and I much prefer single. Never had an issue once I got the right hardware as far as performance while playing.
I do like the concept here though, had not done it that way. But it was all about having all my monitors, controls, etc in one place made my life so much easier.
How did you hook up the 4kx to a single pc
The audio trick didn't work for me. I've been beating my head against the wall for 3 days now trying to get audio from gaming pc into streaming pc. are there any tips. i've fiddled with the settings, even tried 3 diffrent cards, voice meter, wave link, enabled disabled, cloned my display uncloned double checked settings, diffren cords...i cannot get audio! 😭
For me, Virtual Audio Cables + WinAudio Capture + the Audio Monitor plugin for OBS has given me so much control over my audio chain. You could probably just make a mix bus track in OBS that all your audio runs into via VA-Cables, and then set the audio monitor of the mix bus to the Elgato HDMI output. That's how I would do it, but my audio is a spaghetti of virtual cables and audio interfaces. Easier said than done lol
I've been an Elgato HD60 Pro user for 4 years. I formatted my Gaming PC to upgrade to Windows 11. After that, I wanted to install Sound Capture and Game Capture, but Elgato has removed these. Now, here's the problem: To hear the sound from my Gaming PC on my Streaming PC (OBS), I need to set the speaker on my Gaming PC to Elgato. However, when I do that, I can't hear the sound through the headphones on my Gaming PC; the audio goes directly to the Streaming PC. If I set the speaker on my Gaming PC to GameDAC Game (I use SteelSeries Arctis Pro), the sound doesn't go to the Streaming PC. How can I fix this? Please help.
what size are your monitors?
Nutty, you are a genius! This is incredible.
The audio the way it's being done does not allow you to add a obs filter at the end of it . For eg : the noise reduction from Nvidia audio SDK .
This will make the noise reduction act on the gaming audio as well .
I use this setting of 2 obs running at the same time since I had 2 pc setup because I love the game capture feature . I don't like to show off my windows to the stream .
There's a setting that allows obs to "remember" the full screen projector . So when you open up obs studio the full screen projector is immediately showing without having to do it manually every time .
Nice vid.
Question, what if I use an Elgato capture card HD60 X, will that work for dual streaming as well, even if my canvas size is still 1080p?
I would love to hear back. Thanks.
Yes but you will only be able to send a single 1080p60 stream. You would not be able to send your camera from your gaming PC. It will need to be connected to your streaming PC.
Thinking another option for audio may be to select the capture card as an audio monitor device in OBS
What monitor mount do you use?
im having the most difficult time. i have a gaming pc. an an acer nitro 5 with obs on it. i have the card connected right. an all i see on the nitro is its own display. its not displaying the gaming pc. im trying to setup to stream hunt showdown. an its just not working. maybe i can't use the nitro 5. it doesn't show the capture card. despite the usbc being connected. any advice? much appreciated.
i would to know how to set up the audio please
im using a pass through to my monitor 5:26 but my screen turns black so ima try this
Had to watch this a few times to understand but this is exactly what I was looking for , thanks !!
going from a 3080ti to a 4080 would be worth the temp drops alone. The ambient temps in my gaming room dropped by 5 degrees farenheit after the upgrade
I did this now I hear double everything. Please help
Look at the Roland Bridge Caster X if you’re looking for a go xlr audio interface.
So, there's an issue with my setup.
I have three monitors, but anytime I try to connect my Elgato HD60S+ or the 4Kx, I'm only able to use three monitors at a time.
The Elgato devices will give a black screen and show nothing.
In the Nvidia control panel, I see the HD60S+, but it's unchecked with my three other displays checked.
If I try to check the Elgato, it'll uncheck one of my monitors, therefore leaving me with two displays max.
Neither Elgato nor Streamlabs was able to find a fix.
So question for starters i have a duel pc setup ive had it set up for a few years now and just the other day my el gato wont capture my game now it captures the sound but instead it shows just my desktop screen any fixes for this ?
I have the Audio from my Streaming PC via AUX Cable running back into my Gaming PCs Line In and then listen to that only on my Bluetooth Headphones (so there is no audio loop from the Audio I send from Gaming PC to Streaming PC). Sure there is a bit of Delay but its only for Stream Alerts etc... so it works pretty fine. Not sure if that would be a solution for you cause its a second cable, but lowkey you can just ziptie it to the HDMI Cable and it will seem like one :)
Hi maybe you can help me,i have a VR headset,a VARJO AERO i can only record one eye and stream one eye,ie left image or right image,any ideas on how i can join the two images together and send that over to a second PC so i can then stream the middle part as opposed to the left side or the right side? its very frusttrating as my stream is either to the left or to the right ,any input will be appricieatted thanks ::)
that first shot was so nice.
“special nutty time” 🥰
You can also just have obs installed on the gaming pc - add your alert and mute the alert on the streaming pc and then alert and game audio will just passthrough the capture card as if it was all on one system anyway.
I have been looking for a setup like this and was halfway there myself. Just was trying to figure out how to get multiple cameras to the other computer. The source clone is perfect! As for audio, I have a Rodecaster Pro 2, so I can route the audio from both computers into it, and then into my headphones. But that obviously costs like $700. Some of the $200-300 options might work as well, but I don't have them to try.
I have the HD60 CC, can I still use split the 4 screens like you did?
Even you only just keep OBS open on your gaming PC and not recording or streaming anything it still gonna use some CPU, keep that in mind.
I am trying to get the video from my gaming PC which is at 3440x1440 to the OBS Streaming PC at 1920x1080. Any suggestions there.
Its an issue with the monitor size i think; i have the same, it doesnt fit the twitch window
To get audio from my streaming PC I use NDI Capture from my streamPC and then Use one of my Aux channels on the Wave Link as a channel to input the NDI audio source from the Stream Monitor Using NDI Tools Vst, I think this set up could help out.
Is it possible that the 4k x capture card could be causing screen tearing?
hey need help i have the 4k pro and have a dual pc but wont let me get 1080p 240fps saying no signal need help
Is there a difference when using Projection (preview) vs. Projection (source)?
I needed to switch back to a dual PC setup to stream Star Citizen, as it will crush most systems. Maybe I'll go back to single PC if I upgrade to a 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X3D (does that even exist yet?)
did the same thing. but its making my stream come out in a vertical format. all aspect ratios are correct. i have no idea why its doing this and cant seem to fix it.
Steel Series Sonar is identical to wavelink but it’s not limited to just their product like Elgato has it setup. Also Sonar Steel Series Sonar is free and you don’t have to own their products to use it.
That doesn't allow you to send audio over through a capture card so it wouldn't help in this case.
@@nuttylmao what I’m saying is that instead of Elgato charging for the use of wavelink they should open it to those who have a capture card not just a wavelink device or just open it up to work with any other device like Steel Series has. Voicemeeter is free for the basic program and you can route the sound through the capture card that way as well along with Sonar Steel Series, I’ve routed my stream through them both without Elgato wave link.
I have a question can you capture all your scenes from your gaming pc to your streaming pc
If you hit record on that gaming PC you'll add a bit more of a workload but you'll have everything you need to make shorts or highlights or whatever later on. you also might be able to hear notifications if you run Discord on both PC's and have the mic setting on the stream PC set to pick up the audio from the audio output. But the real question is what would you need to power a recording like this in 8k so all 4 scenes are 4k? To get OBS to go 8k you can fake having the monitor with a HDMI Virtual Display Adapter. They are kinda inexpensive. like 10$ on Amazon.
How do you have 4 monitors on your gaming set up, and then add another HDMI out from your graphics card to streaming PC?
The quad monitor setup is the streaming setup.
The other setup is just for recording TH-cam videos, but it has a 1080Ti so I can play games on it too when my streaming PC can't handle both OBS and gaming.
@@nuttylmaothanks for taking the time to reply. Good man.
What are the advantages of this instead of NDI?
Hey man after seeing this I know this would be up your alley, perhaps even useful to your particular use case, but while messing with my own 2 PC setup I've encountered multiple solutions of varying effectiveness based around 2 particular solutions. One as you know is voicemeeter. But I've actually mixed both of the 2 main methods into my setup purely because one can do what the other cannot. And the other solution I've found has limitations within OBS itself for whatever unknown reason. And I had a particular need to achieve control of all my audio vs the 2 OBS installs separately and with hardware. And also keep all sources of audio separate.
Overly complicated in other words. But it achieves both PC's having singular access to each audio source to keep as 6 separate tracks in case of recordings/streams on either PC. Some games don't play nice in one or the other situation as you know.
But with wavelink on both PC's and without the utter control I wanted on the other hand. It is actually VERY simple. Perhaps you could even bug elgato about the one downside I've found to using this solution specifically. On top of bugging them to give access to more users of course ;P
Perhaps it could be worth you doing a vid on it. I wouldn't post my email here but I joined your discord server. Taxa is my display name. Drop me a message if you want the rundown. I'll include pics, screenshots, explanations, and disclaimers when there's down sides. I'm also in Aus so any time difference isn't OVERLY a factor. I'm not gonna bug you any more than necessary, I work, you have a more public work. I understand either way ;) I'm always nearby.
Hi Nutty. I have a similar setup. The way I worked around not hearing alerts and stuff was by using two instances of Streamerbot - one on each of the PCs - and then connecting each Streamerbot instance to both instances of OBS. This way, when a redeem is triggered on the Streaming PC, it also triggers the corresponding sound on the Gaming PC. For the alerts, i added the alerts on the OBS instance on the gaming pc and when they are triggered, they activate on both instances of OBS.
The only issues i couldn't find a solution was - i can't hear shoutout clips (they run random clips on each instance, so the above one does not work) and the second one was separating audio tracks for DMCA purposes, because of the single StreamMix channel that gets sent through.
Maybe this helps. Keep up the good work!
wave link can be used on the wave XLR, and you can use the audio in on the pc to send the alerts audio back
I'm still confused on this part..
@@Oatmeal_TVx which part? most computers have a audio in port ethier the blue (linein) one or red (mic in) one
or the wave link/xlr, you can use steelseires (but i'm unsure if you can send the audio to the capture card)
@@Btomaek the alerts back to gaming pc? I have a elgato HD60 capture card I’m about to receive in the mail and I have a wavelink (stream deck plus). Seems easy to send the audio to my stream pc (laptop) but still don’t understand how to do it the other way like alerts? Since OBS is open on the gaming pc also would the sound already be there?
I also hope that the elgato hd60 I can split the scenes up like he did with the 4k one
@@Oatmeal_TVxthe elgato hd60 if i remember correctlly can only do 1080p
for sending the audio back to the gaming pc you have three options (from what i know there could be more and better options )
1:have the browser alerts opened in the gaming pc but mute it for "stream audio"
2: use a audio cable to send the audio back to the gaming pc (if you are using a desktop you can use the blue (line in) or red(could be pink microphone port) 3.5mm port on the motherboard and turn it on within the windows settings to get the audio in and the green(speakers) port to send the audio out from the streaming pc to the gaming pc)
3: some bluetooth headphones allow you to connect 2 devices at once, or you can get some sort of earbuds like monitos to have within your overthe ear headphones
@@Btomaek thanks for the help, I’ll have to try it out this weekend and see what happens.
Dumb question, does it use resources to have OBS running on Gaming PC as well as Streaming? I hate the cloning monitor method so if the impact is minimal I will definitely try this.
Voicemeeter is 100x more versatile than anything else out, I'd go through the learning curve to use it
have you tried Audio Relay for your audio issue its leaps and bounds better and more efficient and easier to use than voicemeeter and it works flawlessly ..
I have a 2 pc set up. I use a Yamaha 10 channel audio mixer to hear both pcs.
i was wondering if the projector mode nowdays is better performing than some years ago where it has much lower frames than using the clone to HDMI capture solution
The projector mode is the best option, although many criticize it
@@lordfixitexept you can´t choose resolutiuon/framerate/etc
PAX East is later this month hoping to get a good coupon from Elgato. What I was wondering is if you don't have a wave mic...what if you sent just audio over ndi? I'd imagine you'd have to mess with delays but might be an alternative.
the 4K pro, does not show up in stream mix, odd?
I know basically nothing about how to set things up correctly. But your videos have made it fun to mess around with it. I'm a poor-man's streaming "messer''. I stream from the same PC I play on. The most expensive thing I use is prob a webcam for like $150. I work with selling technical stuff though so I get a lot of crap from work. So I use two galaxy tab a with touch portal since I got them from work (custom from on demos we were about to throw away. I play with light using a couple of $10 light rings I got from work as well and have them pointed away from me and have made a reflective cardboard making them reflect softer light.
My largest problems is I have no order to things so making nested scenes get really messy and I need to keep it so it doesn't take to much power from my crappy computer. I'm trying to find out how to make the cam on a stream sorted up with scenes and filters to be able to change between cams (I use a couple of phones I got from work with obs cam app). I want to be able to have different frames, make the cam window change to fit each frame, make frame and cam movable on screen (move filter?) and be able to switch between cams and still have them fit each frame.
I've started messing around with a dedicated frame for the webcam positions so I can have that scene nested in streaming scenes so I only need move filter on that scene and not filters for each scene. I always run into something not working when I mess with this, always need to change something in scenes between messing everything up. A setting worked basically with move filter but later showed to cripple what I could do so needed scenes for each part instead and so on.
Do you have a good guide through how you make your cameras work together with filters and stuff? Like, the effekts where you split your cam, have you made it so that effect works no matter what cam you're showing? If so, how?
Definitely would love to see a good way to send audio back to the gaming PC. Granted, folks like me have both PCs sitting next to each other, so I'm not exactly far away (and I don't use noise isolating IEMs), but it would be good to at least hear alerts and messages.
Voice meter banana can send both audio feeds via network . And then on the gaming pc you have both feeds separated as well .
Or you can send windows audio via the hdmi and you can send the mic audio locally with Lan with voice meter.
The software is really hard to understand but it's really powerful and allows to almost anything you can imagine .
I'm currently recording my HDR 4K videos with Obs while I'm playing.
I would like to relieve the load on my PC without any loss of quality and without latency.
Can my PC be the signal transmitter (like PS5) and at the same time the receiver via USB?
should i buy internal or external card
This is INSANEE!!!!....Brilliant idea
I’m confused wouldn’t running OBS on your gaming PC defeat the point of offloading to your streaming PC? I just got capture card but am a little confused on the setup.
I’m using a laptop for streaming and PC for gaming. The laptop has OBS on it, the gaming PC does not.
I believe it's more about unloading the encoding portion
I've seen some people run OBS on both PC's just by having OBS open you already lose some FPS because of the preview window needing to capture gameplay in real time. I would just duplicate the gaming monitor and the fake capture card monitor
Fantastic video! And killer setup!. I need some advice, I just have a gaming pc and would like now to assemble one for gameplay recording and streaming. Here the scenario:
Given a 2-PC streaming setup where my main gaming PC is running a 4K 240Hz monitor (with two additional 4K 60Hz monitors), and I’m using an RTX 4090, would you recommend using OBS’s projector mode on the gaming PC to send a 4K 60Hz feed to a capture card in the streaming PC, like the Elgato 4K X or Elgato 4K Pro? My goal is to capture gameplay on the streaming PC in the highest possible quality for local editing, while also being able to stream to TH-cam at 1440p 60fps. Or would you suggest a different approach, such as display cloning or another setup, to maintain optimal gaming performance and high-quality streaming? Thanks!
I bout it set it up and the cut 1080 squares are much blurrier than the captures on my gaming pc
How much GPU usage does OBS take projecting to a 4K “display” ?
I’ve been considering going back to 2PC set up since OBS + UW1440p make my 4070ti sweat a little
OBS went from 1% to like 8% gpu usage for a display for me
Have you tried just using Steam stream ?
With 2 PCs on the same network you can just click stream in steam, instead of play.
Ive watched your other video "Easiest TWO PC SETUP Ever! - No Capture Card/NDI Required!"
And im considering my options, but a capture card seems to be an issue with Audio sync
The input delay is horrible.
@@nuttylmao ok thanks, Im yet to test.
Hello, do you know if having this capture card will solve problem with obs stutter. I just have one pc with RTX 4090 where i play and record and 4k tv with 120hz and vrr but my games runs at 4K 90-100fps so when i record videos on obs at 60 fps it makes video stuttering i guess because of out of sync frames, but when i cap my games to 60fps I don't have video stutter anymore... I heard its VRR problem with obs...I want smooth video at 60 fps and want to play on 120 fps.
What should i do? How you manage to record 120 fps games without stutter? Thanks a lot in advance!
Hi Nutty just watched your video about your duel setup with the elgato capture card amazing video as always. I have a solution to not hearing your alerts on your gaming pc you can run a jack cable from the line out on your streaming pc to the mic in or line in on your gaming pc, add the input to wavelink and then mute the input to stream mix set your alerts audio source to output and monitor that will then bring the audio back over and is still controlable via wavelink. Keep up the amazing tutorials
On a regular dual pc setup should I duplicate or do the extended for display?
Hi Nutty. Im fine tuning our multiple PC set up so I'm trying this method. I have a PC sending gameplay & camera in a 3840x1080 format to the streaming PC which has a Cam Link Pro but the quality is quite poor. Definitely not getting 4k and doesnt even seem like 1080. Eg if i were to send across a window capture i would not be able to read this text properly. Any idea where Im going wrong? Was hoping this method could help me as I have 3 PCs & 3 cameras to figure out how to bring together. Thanks!
Ive just tried recording in the 4k capture utility and it looks much better so must be something with OBS on my streaming PC end. Now i gotta figure out what that is
Ok well i figured it out myself so for future reference for anyone else. I changed the video format to basically anything else except for "any" and straight away im getting a 4k feed
Thanks for this video, helps me a lot!
What pc do you have
Flawless timing good Sir. JUST got my official gaming PC and gotta try to figure out this dual setup thing now >__>
Question, what can i do if i dont have USB type C on streaming PC?
I think hd60x is probably good for that
What are you using to hold up your desktop
cool idea using 4k like that. i was trying something similar once but struggled with the audio aswell. If i did send off the audio to the stream (hdmi), i couldn't listen to it on the gaming pc .. I then used an analog splitter cable so i had 3.5mm for my headphones and 3.5mm for the audio input on my stream, but then i had issues syncing that up, cause even though i fed HDMI, it still was a bit behind. Tried compensate with advanced audio settings and negative delays, but was such a hassle.. I think the best option would be if the "splitting of audio for monitoring purposes" happens at the gaming PC. The route to HDMI shouldn't dictate how you listen. As for notifications: Maybe use screenshare with audio monitoring? Minimize the window but "host audio" should still be heard. Maybe just have a Discord Call with your other PC and stream you OBS.
Hey nutty - found your video - What nobody told you about this webacm (Insta360 Link), and that was great, exactly what I want to do with my Insta360 Link. But I cannot find that filter in Move.
I installed OBS 3.20 on a Mac mini M2 Pro, then Move 2.10.1 - insta360 Link works great, but there is no "move video capture device" in the filters. Found someone in the forums with same problem - said it was resolved by going back to Move 2.8.2. I tried that - still no filter. I uninstall OBS, reinstalled, installed Move 2.8.2 - still no "move video capture device" in the filters. Do you happen to know a solution?
Nutty, I have so many ideas for videos! Like maybe a video on wave mic arm vs wave mic arm lp
This was a great video i tried doing this but the audio from my gaming pc is slightly delayed any idea why?
Having issues getting the audio from Game PC to Stream PC. Wavelink is showing that it is going to the 4k capture card, but not sure what the issue is for the Streaming PC? Something I am missing? Changes the audio options to hear device etc....any advice would help :)
did you ever fix this? Im trying to figure out why its not working for me
you should put some Carpet and Sound Panels in your room. It sounds super reverbing
I cannot have carpet as I have a severe eczema and I'm highly allergic to dust.
You can deal with a bit of reverb, I cannot deal with carpet.
Idea for hearing stream alerts on your main PC:
You're already running OBS in the background. So why not just add a source for alert sounds? and you can set it to only you hear it, and not be sent through to the 2nd PC so it won't double up on audio.
Yep, that would work.
Nutty, what about using a BEACN Mix Create to send audio back to your gaming PC from your streaming PC for things like alerts or music?
Love your videos , considering having a dual pc setup . What mixer would you recommend in 2024 that will be best for dual pc streaming and easy to setup?
Just recently swapped over to using the Teleport plug in for obs and ran much better than NDI for me. Now i would still love to use a cap card but i just cant beat free at this point lol
I didn't have a lot of success with Teleport or NDI but glad it works for you!
Thing is. I have the capturecard, but i'm missing the 2nd pc, so hah! Also I watch vid cuz u make valid points and good content. Also great ideas and showcases of potential future setups. So, yea. Great job Nutty :)
Where did you get that supreme mouse pad!!? Btw awesome set up good job !
Why not just use NDI?
this is just awesome ^^, what you could do would be aux into the gaming pc and use the aux on the streaming pc as the main out ^^ adding the aux into the weve link as only monitor :D
i also looking for a good solution but i also have requirements like:
using each PC on its own without being both powered. Having all Audio Devices / routing in OBS so i can split the audio in 6 parts :D
i rly like elgato wavexlr but the thing is i cant find a away to rly use it without using both pc at the same time :/
Hooray a setup video!
How is the latency? I want the latency between gaming pc and streaming pc to be zero and i read about celebrating and on stream they would see you celebrating on cam for example but gameplay would be delayed would really appreciate an answer
Its like a 30 millisecond latency. Its barely noticeable, and you can always set a delay to your camera and mic for 30 milliseconds to make it match perfectly