I want to stream this game.

WomanWizard · 2018-08-02 23:41:03

I have literally zero streaming experience, but I enjoy this game so much that I looked up how to do it. I want to give it a go, just for fun. To spread the love, you know?

Anyway, long story short, I'm having some trouble with it and could use some help from someone who actually knows what they're doing. I installed OBS Studio and messed around with the settings until things looked right. I tested the recording on Rimworld and was able to get both video and audio working and that was great. I decided to try recording OneLife next, but the game keeps crashing.

I did some more research, and can admit I'm not the most tech savvy, so any input from someone more knowledgeable would be fantastic. The closest I can get is it looks like OBS will cause a game to crash if there is already something recording the game. I understand that OneLife has some kind of recording function that you can later play back so my best guess is that this is what is causing the game to crash.

Any other ideas? Is it possible to turn off the built in recording so I can give that a try? I know it's possible to stream the game because I've watched people do it. But I suppose I don't know what software they're using.

elpargo · 2018-08-03 05:00:23

I have little experience here but maybe this guy wants to help https://www.youtube.com/user/HoneyBunnyGames he's part of the reason I'm here

thegolfpantsguy · 2018-08-03 05:15:04

i can say its not about the game... i can stream it with no issues,
maybe its ur obs version...

maybe you even have bad settings...
always try to get "game captures"!!!
not "monitor captures" or "window captures" cause they are bad in performance

pein · 2018-08-03 06:19:55

you can try playing normally, then put up game replay and narrate it

Lum · 2018-08-03 07:44:00

pein wrote:

you can try playing normally, then put up game replay and narrate it

But the person want to stream. That's what they asked for. Not video narration. Streaming.

FeignedSanity · 2018-08-03 08:30:04

You might want to check out stream elements. I heard that they're really good and will even get you all set up. I don't know much about it, but it was something I was considering whenever I have the time to start streaming.

wondible · 2018-08-03 11:39:32

WomanWizard wrote:

I did some more research, and can admit I'm not the most tech savvy, so any input from someone more knowledgeable would be fantastic. The closest I can get is it looks like OBS will cause a game to crash if there is already something recording the game. I understand that OneLife has some kind of recording function that you can later play back so my best guess is that this is what is causing the game to crash.

I stream the game fine with OBS.

The game's recording feature is more event level, not screen recording in the style of OBS, so I highly doubt it is interfering.

Windows has a built-in recording feature, which I did disable since I saw the OBS logs taking note of it. Look up disabling "Windows Games DVR", one example given.

Beyond that, you might want to try the OBS support forums or OBS Discord support channel. They will probably have better information on problematic hardware and software.

WomanWizard · 2018-08-03 17:17:45

thegolfpantsguy wrote:

i can say its not about the game... i can stream it with no issues,
maybe its ur obs version...
maybe you even have bad settings...
always try to get "game captures"!!!
not "monitor captures" or "window captures" cause they are bad in performance

Game capture is what causes it to crash. I tried window capture as a backup with the game in windowed mode, but it only records my voice and some kind of frozen image of whatever was on screen before I started recording. I haven't tried monitor capture yet.

wondible wrote:

I stream the game fine with OBS.
The game's recording feature is more event level, not screen recording in the style of OBS, so I highly doubt it is interfering.
Windows has a built-in recording feature, which I did disable since I saw the OBS logs taking note of it. Look up disabling "Windows Games DVR", one example given.
Beyond that, you might want to try the OBS support forums or OBS Discord support channel. They will probably have better information on problematic hardware and software.

Looked into that. Is it windows 10 specific? Because I use windows 8 (not by choice, it just came with my computer.) The research I did myself was through the OBS forums and I already tried most of the stuff I was able to find based on what's already up there. But I can give it another go and ask around.

Like I said, I was able to get it to work with Rimworld, but OneLife keeps crashing. I'll try it with some other games as well to see if there are multiple games with this issue. Maybe see if my computer or drivers need any updates. I'm not always as on top of that as I should be.

pein · 2018-08-04 16:21:59

try bandicam
its free and i use bandizip and honeyview from them, they seem to make decent programs with nice easy interface

WomanWizard · 2018-08-06 18:36:58

I got it to work yesterday; I was just a bit behind on my Windows updates. But thanks for all the suggestions!

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