Win10 April Update - Must Change Camera and Microphone Privacy

Win10 April Update - Must Change Camera and Microphone Privacy
I did not do a show today because I didn't know OBS would need this.

With the new update, if you have EVER turned off access to the microphone and/or camera by ANY app in Privacy Settings, you will find after the update that access is turned off entirely to both by all apps.

The fix is easy - in settings search out "Camera privacy" and "Microphone privacy" and turn on the very obvious switch. However I was caught by surprise by this, and could not broadcast today's show since I could not get audio from Voicemeeter into OBS to do the stream.

This was all I needed to know! Hope it helps!

Terry

I've been remiss in churning out new how-to videos lately.

I've been remiss in churning out new how-to videos lately. So, I invite you all to request tutorials to assist my brain in coming up with topics.

The new Windows version of the Multi-platform OBS is out. I need to do a full review of that and a tutorial showing what is different about the settings. It is still in alpha (pre-beta) but is fully capable. http://obsproject.com (Mac and Linux versions have also been updated.)

Here are the release notes. Don't look at them if you are easily frightened by tech-talk a'plenty!  https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases
http://obsproject.com

Local Recordings With OBS (With Comparisons to Fraps)

Local Recordings With OBS (With Comparisons to Fraps)
Here is a good comparison of OBS with Fraps, but more importantly has some advice I've never seen before for folks only recording and not streaming - namely, the suggestion to change the preset in Advanced Settings to "Ultrafast" to save on CPU resources for recording purposes.

Settings guide:  https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/

h/t to Marshall Dyer at https://plus.google.com/115983072744270454907/posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f16FG_B2zpk&feature=share

Lower Your CPU Usage in OBS Streams and Recordings

Lower Your CPU Usage in OBS Streams and Recordings
This video shows how to lower your CPU "hit" or usage in Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), permitting an older or slower computer to stream with more headroom for running other programs, like browser windows, games or software applications.

The software used to monitor the CPU is Sysinternal's "Process Explorer" for Windows at Microsoft Technet:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Load it up and click the CPU monitor to bring up a full window view. It runs in your taskbar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a274YynXRwI&feature=share

Coming Soon:

Originally shared by Terry Leigh Britton

Coming Soon:
An Experiment in Open Mic Night style Music Performances
Using YouTube Live Events and Multiple Cameras!

I host a show called "The Blue Juice Jamboree Variety Show" on Sunday Nights. I am using YT Live because the audio AND video quality are far superior to hangouts even when hangouts are behaving.

YT Live Events are amazingly stable. I think "Open Mic" nights deserve that kind of stability. AND I do not like the Studio Mode codec that much, even when it works! Though Phil Aston did figure out how to tame it for his wife Sue Aston 's wonderful live violin shows (taming the upper-frequency stridency that Studio Mode has and controlling the peaks to be no higher than -12db), it still suffers the usual Hangout problems with video stability, and getting the voice right!

(Not to mention Studio Mode hangouts-on-air spontaneously dropping OUT of Studio Mode and back into Voice Mode, seemingly on a whim; and Voice Mode is amazingly bad sounding with music!)

One has FULL CONTROL over the sound quality using YouTube Live Events instead. To me, it is worth the extra effort required to have that quality and consistency. Unfortunately, Hangouts are still providing only an unstable and inconsistent hobbyists' tool, while YT Live Events provide us with professional tools.

Enter http://obsproject.com, a free encoding software for sending one's mic and webcam/video camera up to YouTube Live!

I'm making a video showing a minimum-installation of OBS that would enable an Open Mic night kind of event using multiple cameras feeding the same event.  

YT-Live allows up to six simultaneous cameras to stream in, which the audience can select between during the show! 

For the test shows, I'll schedule performers to follow each other, perhaps, but it is conceivable they could all play at once without having to wait their turn, and the audience could switch among them, and rewind to see each person in the order they want to! 

(That is, though we are used to a linear presentation, a non-linear format is possible. One could even have six simultaneous linear programs still giving the audience a non-linear way to experience it!)

More info to come soon! :-)

I need some musicians who want to play with this to come forward! 

I have also figured out a way to keep the social element flying, and have an audience included.

Pings out to Aaron Young Chris Sutton Hangout Records  Christine DeGraff C Bret Campbell Eddie Conlon Cecilee Linke The Dead Shed Rayne Dowell Kathleen Bradshaw (Please ping others!) 
http://obsproject.com

Here is a playlist of helpful OBS videos I and others have made

Here is a playlist of helpful OBS videos I and others have made
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw
Note: since the removal of the Desktop Audio option allowing inputs to be used (rather than the default outputs) one will have to adjust by using the microphone inputs with Voicemeeter, for instance. Voicemeeter can also be the output for Desktop audio by using a virtual cable as an A1 or A2 output. Let me know if you spot other issues with these, made several months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw

Voicemeeter is a versatile "virtual audio mixer" software for Windows*.

Voicemeeter is a versatile "virtual audio mixer" software for Windows*. This is a one-hour webinar covering everything in the Voicemeeter software's manual, for those who would rather watch a video!
*XP, Vista, 7 and 8, both 32 and 64-bit.

Voicemeeter allows two hardware inputs (or more in some cases) to be mixed with system sounds with slider control over each level, and some strip-based processing as well. Output to monitoring devices AND broadcast or recording software can be controlled for each input. I know of no other software offering this much flexibility, and it is free to use, being monetized as donationware - pay what you can according to your means. 

Download the PDF of the manual here, then follow along!
http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/Voicemeeter_UserManual.pdf

Voicemeeter: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/

VB-Audio Virtual Cable: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/index.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7JtF8E85U

Not sure if this affects us, but take note:

Not sure if this affects us, but take note:

Originally shared by Peggy K

Users now must accept the YouTube live streaming terms before streaming using a YouTube API-integrated live encoding device

If a creator has not yet accepted YouTube's live streaming terms of service, or has not been enabled for the live streaming feature, the API's will return an error type of ERROR_FORBIDDEN with error detail of liveStreamingNotEnabled.

We wanted to make sure that you are well aware of this change as this may affect creators that are currently live streaming on the platform using API integrated devices, but who may have not gone through the YouTube user interface to accept the terms of service.

So, if you are experiencing an issue starting a live stream from a YouTube API integrated encoding device, please make sure that you have accepted the terms of service within your YouTube channel.

More about the YouTube Live Streaming API:
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/PTFBLV4zkzc/discussion

This week's community "photo" is from the Terry's Tech show discussing ways to optimize your PC AND camera tricks...

This week's community "photo" is from the Terry's Tech show discussing ways to optimize your PC AND camera tricks with OBS, culminating in a 3-camera mix with a screen share as well!
(View in 720p!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TdbO9KTb0

Robin Hielscher 's OBS blog posts and videos at Hemp-Society:

Robin Hielscher 's OBS blog posts and videos at Hemp-Society:
http://blog.hemp-society.de/search/label/OBS

Dan McDermott's Google Plus Week! and Our Android Week videos.

Dan McDermott's Google Plus Week! and Our Android Week videos.
Great examples of OBS in action bringing in an HOA with a live-stream show.
https://www.youtube.com/user/mcdermottreport
https://www.youtube.com/user/mcdermottreport

Here is my playlist of tutorials I've done and collected so far concerning using OBS:

Here is my playlist of tutorials I've done and collected so far concerning using OBS:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADO0ZcWBBb62Fn-ExV1PwiAliCA-j7Rw