obs-web VS nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching

OBS-Web remote control - Control OBS remotely from a web browser (on the same LAN)

Niek obs-web http://obs-web.niek.tv/ works great combined with noalbs or bot commands for manual scene controls

I use http://obs-web.niek.tv/ connected to OBS Websockets to control scene switching from my Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. If the Apple Watch has a reasonable web browser, you may be able to do the same. This really is designed for a mobile phone or tablet, but works fine on my watch.

OBS v28 is amazing. It's bundled with the obs-websocket v5 plugin now. I have updated OBS-web [1] to be compatible with this, so you can now control OBS remotely without any additional setup.

1. https://github.com/Niek/obs-web

Another option is minimizing OBS and using https://github.com/Niek/obs-web to control OBS from a tablet or phone.

Self-promo:

In case anyone is interested in controlling OBS remotely, you can use OBS-web: https://github.com/Niek/obs-web

It's not a full reimplementation of the UI, but offers the most often used controls so you can manage a livestream from e.g. a tablet or phone.

About how the director is controlling the scenes. I've one assistant connected on the GC VM via remote desktop to monitor the transmission and do the audio cues. For the director I've obs-websocket set up and the director is connecting through [obs-web](https://github.com/Niek/obs-web). I am also an actor in this play. Not 100% happy with this setup though. Perhaps the best would be the assistant in a zoom call with with the director and changing the scenes for her as commanded.

Look into this software via GitHub and start doing some of your own research into the latest and greatest in IRL streamer setups NOALBS

Now, these are great upgrades however they don't fix your original issue about source freezing -- that's where NOALBS https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching comes in. NOALBS monitors your RTMP or SRT relay and automatically changes OBS scenes between "live" (good connection), "low bitrate" (poor connection) and "brb" (no connection) as your phone hiccups through the mobile network. NOALBS also offers chat commands (when used with twitch) to manually change scenes and do some other stuff.

You'll want to give Larix Broadcaster https://apps.apple.com/us/app/larix-broadcaster/id1042474385 a try, and especially look into sending the feed into your home OBS or a paid OBS service instead of sending directly to twitch. This allows for robust overlays and, using NOALBS https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching , will give auto scene switch capability when the feed hiccups or drops entirely

While it is possible to stream directly to twitch using either of these apps, you're much better off learning about SRT or RTMP relays which act as a middle man between your phone and OBS. The relay helps stabilize quality of the remote feed and affords the ability to use automatic scene switching (NOALBS https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching ) to kick OBS over to brb when the feed goes bad.

Use that in combination with NOALBS https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching

As an outdoor streamer, I love OBS! It's hosted in the cloud [0] for me, so I don't have to leave a PC running at home when I'm out streaming. I can control it through NOALBS [1], which basically means I type !start in my chat and my OBS starts streaming for me.

[0] https://antiscuff.com

[1] https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-sw...

PS, I have no affiliation with either of these companies / projects - I just use their services and wanted to praise OBS.

https://github.com/715209/nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching If your intent is to use OBS, that will help with situations where your connection between the IRL streaming setup and your home streaming server drops.