OBS is probably used most often for live streaming.

Besides being free and open source, it works the same across all desktop platforms. I gave it a few tests at 1440p and it seemed to work well and noticeably better quality for the same bitrate with not to much extra load on the cpu and no frame drops.OBS Studio Alternatives: 25+ Screen Recorders and Screenshot Capture Tools | AlternativeTo (function()() Skip to main contentSkip to site searchPlatformsCategoriesOnlineWindowsAndroidMaciPhoneLinuxiPadAndroid TabletProductivitySocialDevelopmentBackupRemote Work & StudyLoginSign up HomeVideo & MoviesOBS StudioAlternativesOBS Studio AlternativesOpen Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a rare gem in the world of screen recording and streaming. In the streaming OBS instance add teleport as a source and select the loopback address 127.0.0.1 In the recording OBS instance enabled teleport as per teleport instructions as a server. I use NVENC HEVC encoding for both stream and recording, 16000Kbps and CQP 18, Youtube setup with a HLS stream profile. Setup each OBS with your preferred stream/rec settings, 30fps for stream and 60fps for rec. Install the teleport plugin in both obs portable folders. Please see below for the basic steps to get this working.Ĭreate 2 separate OBS portable folders e.g. Some more info on config setup can be found via EposVox channel on YouTube What I found was a plugin called Teleport which is primarily used for dual PC streaming setups but I thought that maybe it will work using the network loopback address 127.0.0.1 so I could send the OBS Recording 60fps instance via teleport to the Streaming OBS instance and what do you know, it worked :-) The issue is that OBS by itself cannot record and stream at different framerates and I wanted to record at 60fps for edits after the stream and live stream at 30fps for the better quality. In my case, sim racing broadcasts, my max sustainable upload bandwidth with no packet loss is 16Mbps but it's just not quite enough for the fast motion 60fps and looks very blotchy while a 30fps stream looks much better. The problem is that when you do this you need to make sure you have ample upload bandwidth if you intend to stream at 60fps. As you may be aware when streaming to YouTube it's ideal to stream at 1440p to get the better quality VP9 codec.

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