obs-web vs obs-spout2-source-plugin

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obs-web		obs-spout2-source-plugin
	Project
12	Mentions	16
1,057	Stars	458
-	Growth	0.4%
8.6	Activity	0.8
3 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Svelte	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

obs-web

Posts with mentions or reviews of obs-web. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-08.

FLOSSing for Lent 13/40 - OBS
3 projects | /r/opensource | 8 Mar 2023

OBS-Web remote control - Control OBS remotely from a web browser (on the same LAN)
Controller not responding for P.C when OBS is opened
1 project | /r/obs | 13 Dec 2022
How do streamers use a phone and still run OBS from home
2 projects | /r/obs | 24 Nov 2022

Niek obs-web http://obs-web.niek.tv/ works great combined with noalbs or bot commands for manual scene controls
OBS Scene Switching with Apple Watch
1 project | /r/obs | 7 Nov 2022

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 28.0 with Native Apple Silicon Support Is Here
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Sep 2022

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
How do I hide the OBS interface during livestreaming?
2 projects | /r/obs | 4 Sep 2022

Another option is minimizing OBS and using https://github.com/Niek/obs-web to control OBS from a tablet or phone.
OBS Version 28 Released - Happy 10th Anniversary OBS!
3 projects | /r/obs | 1 Sep 2022
OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jun 2022

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.
looking for an OBS alternative with webui self hosted
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 17 Oct 2021
Guidance for best setup for live theater
1 project | /r/OBSNinja | 22 Mar 2021

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.

obs-spout2-source-plugin

Posts with mentions or reviews of obs-spout2-source-plugin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-21.

(VSeeFace) (Or, other) Is there a way to cast my avatar onto my monitor?
1 project | /r/vtubertech | 27 May 2023
obs turns any color green to grey in stream
1 project | /r/vtubertech | 24 May 2023
Video games into Resolume
1 project | /r/vjing | 12 Sep 2022

you could use OBS and pipe it into spout https://github.com/Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin
OBS – Open Broadcaster Software
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jun 2022
[HELP] "cannot create directx/opengl interop" error when trying to use Nestdrop via Resolume
2 projects | /r/NestDrop | 21 Feb 2022

Does OBS using the OBS Spout plugin function for you smoothly?
Nestdrop sender constantly crashing
1 project | /r/NestDrop | 11 Feb 2022

Can you try instead recording the Spout video stream directly in OBS? You just need to install this OBS Spout plugin. Here is a quick tutorial showing what I mean.
Inject Video into NestDrop using OBS
1 project | /r/NestDrop | 6 Sep 2021

The OBS Spout Plugin was recently updated to include 2 types of Spout output:
Spout plugin for OBS now updated to include 'Filter' for multiple outputs
1 project | /r/VIDEOENGINEERING | 17 Aug 2021

Download: https://github.com/Off-World-Live/obs-spout2-plugin/releases/tag/v1.2
Nestdrop->Spout->Resolume - "pixelated" image in Resolume
1 project | /r/NestDrop | 19 Jun 2021
Q3'21 Tech Support Megathread
1 project | /r/Amd | 10 Jun 2021

Github bug report for OffWorldLive OBS Plugin

What are some alternatives?

When comparing obs-web and obs-spout2-source-plugin you can also consider the following projects:

SRT-Stats-Monitor - Loopy SRT Stats Monitor. Monitors your OBS SRT, SLS, BELABOX, RESTREAMER, RIST, & NGINX connection/s and switches OBS scene on a failed connection. Ideal for IRL/live streaming.

obs-text-slideshow - OBS plugin inspired by the built in image slideshow, except for text sources instead. Both Free Type 2 and GDI+ are supported.

nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-switching - Simple app to automatically switch scenes in OBS based on the current bitrate fetched from the NGINX stats page.

Snap - An easy to use tool to display currently playing song from a media player into a text-file.

srt - Secure, Reliable, Transport

sdk-for-svelte - Appwrite SDK for Svelte 🧡 ⚠️ Warning - this SDK was designed to support Appwrite 0.9 and is not compatible with the latest Appwrite versions. We are planing to refactor it as part of the SDK Generator for better support and maintenance.

obs-studio - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

teams-for-linux - Unofficial Microsoft Teams for Linux client

obs-StreamFX - StreamFX is a plugin for OBS® Studio which adds many new effects, filters, sources, transitions and encoders! Be it 3D Transform, Blur, complex Masking, or even custom shaders, you'll find it all here.

sirix-svelte-frontend - A GUI console for SirixDB, using Svelte/Sapper.

nginx-obs-automatic-low-bitrate-sw