this might be a bit winded but maybe it will help others that want to try OBS,
Finally got the chance to try OBS and so far I think it is a huge improvement. No matter how I configured manycam I could never use the full potential of my cameras resolution and maintain high performance streaming. OBS and all the tutorials for it made it easy to fine tune for an HD stream. Mind you this also has to do with your own equipment (camera quality, internet speed, computer power) so not everyone will have the same experience.
Unless I'm doing something wrong (which is quite possible
) it took some time to get used to fact that the window on my chaturbate screen where I normally see my cam feed now displays live performance stats and alerts you if you need to adjust anything. The audience still sees you just as they would before but you do not.This means if not seeing what you look like freaks you out, and um yeah it does, you need to keep both the CB window and the OBS window in view. If your battle station consists of two monitors you are golden. Again, I may be having a blonde moment here and maybe there is a way to toggle the stats and the camera view but I have not found it yet. Additionally when I followed the set up tutorial it makes no mention of this but instead it says that the stats will be displayed on a tool bar below your camera view window. That's not what I'm getting but everything seems to work just fine.
The other nice advantage is it will save all of your settings and scenes and you do not need to set that up every time. When I had manycam I needed to manually put my text/water mark on at the start of every show, select my resolution, set up a picture in picture etc. ... even though I paid for the ability to overlay text and have multiple cams in the first place. was not too pleased with that.
Overall I am happy and hope things continue to run smoothly. The whole interface kind of feels like Photoshop since you create scenes and each scene treats your equipment and overlays like layers. Soooo yeah I think that's about all I can say so far.