# Video Stream from OBS Studio **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324 "2019-01-31T16:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/johnniewalker.email)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/1 "2019-01-31T16:26:27Z")
Hi everyone, I’m interested in getting a compatible video stream output from OBS studio, to use in the Scheduled Player Setup. I’ve found that by using the ‘Recording’ output settings of OBS, it’s possible to create a stream url that I can open using VLC player on another machine on the same LAN. What I’ve not been able to do as yet, is create a stream compatible with the info-beamer/Pi setup. I was inspired by this post: [https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-send-an-udp-stream-to-a-second-pc-using-obs.455/](https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-send-an-udp-stream-to-a-second-pc-using-obs.455/) I feel I’m very close to getting this working, but finding the right combination of settings is proving difficult! I’ve attached a screenshot of my current settings, but these aren’t working, so I’m guessing I need to change the encoder settings, but there’s a huge list to choose from. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great, and I’ll give them a try 🙂 ![02](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/4dae6148b842e179a479362bf458902ec43c7ea1.png) ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/2 "2019-01-31T16:57:35Z")
I’ve toyed around with similar settings, except using IIRC 10mbit instead of 1 and FullHD. It worked pretty reliably. I can check out the actual settings I used later and get back to you. One thing that has been pretty important is the `Performance` setting on the receiving Pi: ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5f31e4bc502bab7d079779a72f22995bcaa6444e.png) Without that I’ve had a lot of problems. ---
**Author:** ![johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/johnniewalker.email)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/3 "2019-01-31T16:59:11Z")
Awesome, I’ll give it a try 🙂 Thanks Florian ---
**Author:** ![johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/johnniewalker.email)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/4 "2019-01-31T17:43:01Z")
![14](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/23850368a4f22867450086b20f21bd34eb02f492.png) These settings are working, my Macbook is connected to the LAN via Wifi Not getting any audio yet, so still making adjustments. EDIT: Audio is working with these settings, I’mm just capturing my screen/mic and it’s working ok. ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/5 "2019-01-31T17:56:47Z")
I highly recommend **not** using WiFi. RTP is UDP based and thus highly dependent on not losing packets. Even a single lost packet might result in streaming artifacts. ---
**Author:** ![johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/johnniewalker.email)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/6 "2019-01-31T18:05:41Z")
Haha, yes, I know, it’s simply because I’ve left my USB ethernet dongle at the office! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/7 "2019-01-31T19:19:29Z")
Here are my settings: ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/e626480e6ccca830c9323a1d25c92694454c652b.png) ---
**Author:** ![johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@johnniewalker.email](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/johnniewalker.email)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/8 "2019-01-31T19:43:31Z")
Thanks for that. I’m surprised that the ability to use OBS as Streaming Server in this way isn’t better publicised. As I was looking for alternative software solutions for a while, and I never had any luck with VLC streaming on my Macbook. It’s a great way of creating network streams, although a dedicated hardware encoder can be purchased for £200 and once configured, is more plug n play and it can also take any HDMI input, a computer running OBS would need an additional capture device for an external input which can cost a few hundred £. I’m not sure how much demand creating a recording stream via OBS puts on a machine, my Macbook Pro seemed to handle it fine, but maybe it needs to be a reasonably capable machine? ---
**Author:** ![dennis.nielsen](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dennis.nielsen](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/dennis.nielsen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/9 "2021-08-03T10:20:50Z")
Hi. When using these settings, how do you setup the receiving part? e.g. VLC. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 10:25am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/video-stream-from-obs-studio/324/10 "2021-08-03T10:25:19Z")
Use the same url configured in obs as a network stream source url in VLC. For multicast (224.x.x.x) streams, this should work. Note that this is offtopic, as this isn’t a VLC forum. Please refer to [official documentation](https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/Receive_and_Save_a_Stream/) instead.