Tips for OBS

[ArianaFoxxx]

Hey there! So I was going to switch to OBS streaming but I’m not very tech savvy so I’m a little hesitant on doing it lol I’ve been reading up on it on MFC Wiki and they stated that a hard wired Ethernet connection is recommended. Does anyone have experience with it working with just your wifi or is it not strong enough for OBS? Any advice/tips are much appreciated

 

[Nigerian Prince]

Hey there! So I was going to switch to OBS streaming but I’m not very tech savvy so I’m a little hesitant on doing it lol I’ve been reading up on it on MFC Wiki and they stated that a hard wired Ethernet connection is recommended. Does anyone have experience with it working with just your wifi or is it not strong enough for OBS? Any advice/tips are much appreciated

If you haven't been experiencing wifi related connection issues than it will be fine. The important thing for OBS is just have have the right settings, but before you choose them, what are you aiming for in terms of resolution and FPS?

 

[Cheeseonmyfriesplz]

If you’re streaming on only one single camsite you should be fine with just using just WiFi for OBS. My internet is sometimes still unstable even with Ethernet connection but lately it’s been pretty stable. Focus more on having high upload speeds to prevent dealing with laggy slow quality live-streams.

 

[ArianaFoxxx]

If you haven't been experiencing wifi related connection issues than it will be fine. The important thing for OBS is just have have the right settings, but before you choose them, what are you aiming for in terms of resolution and FPS?

as far as resolution whatever would give the best quality that it’ll give and I’m not familiar with what FPS is :/

 

[ArianaFoxxx]

If you’re streaming on only one single camsite you should be fine with just using just WiFi for OBS. My internet is sometimes still unstable even with Ethernet connection but lately it’s been pretty stable.

yes it’ll just be for one site oh ok so it totally just depends on your connection. thank you!

 

[Cheeseonmyfriesplz]

yes it’ll just be for one site oh ok so it totally just depends on your connection. thank you!

Correct it takes more power if you livestream on 4 sites simultaneously like me.

 

[Deleted member 37064]

as far as resolution whatever would give the best quality that it’ll give and I’m not familiar with what FPS is :/

FPS = Frames Per Second

If possible, switching to a physical ethernet cable connection instead of wifi will be benficial as sometimes the signal gets intermittent. If you move around, and you don't have many devices on your wifi, you should be okay.

 

[mike_aussie]

Wifi is fine if it's stable and the router is close to where you are camming. You can run speedtest.net on the device you stream from to check. What webcam do you have?

Tweaking settings on my computer, games and software is almost like a hobby for me lol so I've tested OBS extensively.

I posted some settings in another thread recently and I'm happy to help.

https://www.ambercutie.com/forums/threads/will-new-computer-help-quality.37727/post-1075833