StreamlabsOBS help & tips

[Hollywood Hitler]

I'm interested in starting a podcast using Streamlabs OBS, and I'm having trouble having the display capture source detecting my 2nd laptop (connected by an HDMI cable). There should be a simple solution, but I'm the type of autistic that's not that great with computers and tech.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

You have a second laptop connected to where?

 

[Dante Alighieri]

So for what you're trying to do you'll need to do something more like what this link explains.

https://www.obs.live/articles/2019/5/1/how-to-stream-with-two-pcs-using-obs-studio-and-the-ndi-plugin

Using a cable you will need a capture device.

 

[Hollywood Hitler]

You have a second laptop connected to where?

To another laptop.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

To another laptop.

And that laptop have just an HDMI port or a HDMI video in?

 

[Hollywood Hitler]

And that laptop have just an HDMI port or a HDMI video in?

It has just an HDMI port.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

It has just an HDMI port.

Aah, the age old gay problem. It's an output not an input.

It won't recieve a signal from that port, they're all outputs unlike USB, you would need a capture device or streaming box to hook up more than one machine to the same thing and get video.

 

[Hollywood Hitler]

Aah, the age old gay problem. It's an output not an input.

It won't recieve a signal from that port, they're all outputs unlike USB, you would need a capture device or streaming box to hook up more than one machine to the same thing and get video.

Thanks a lot, man! I actually was able to find one for under $20 which is good.