Streamyard Vs OBS - Best for streaming Guests

Streamyard Vs OBS - Best for streaming Guests
Streamyard and OBS Studio are the two most popular platforms for live streaming guests, but which one is best for streaming with a guest?
I go through each platform and tell you the pros and cons of each so you know which one is best for you.
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[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks for watching! If you want to learn how to create a dynamic overlay for your live stream check this out here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYmzdKOvqZWFfJo

[@ThePreyMantas]

Hi Mike, just found your channel a couple of days ago and been watching everyday. Very good tutorials and the most popular apps full of good info for newbies, not to mention very pertinent right now. Thanks for sharing your experience and talents with us!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it.

[@devosentertainment]

Thank you, Michael! Very helpful.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help

[@CharliesAngelTarot]

well Mike as i said i would try it out, thanks to your help and explaining it calmly and slowly Yahoo! i succeeded in going live and streaming on different channels. thank you so much for making it so easy and successful especially with some that has not born brain damage. I have whiplash and have brain damage, which makes short term memory difficult and hard to remember what to do when some one explains something really fast. your video was really great, step by step and not to fast as so many of these videos are explain obs and other platforms. I feel that you have a heart for people that have a handicap or find it difficult to understand technical things. YOU ARE MY BIGGEST STAR AND INSTRUCTOR. THANK YOU 5 STARS FOR YOU.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help

[@Paulineenewman]

Great job Michael. Right now, I am using Streamyard when I have guests on my Live Show, otherwise, I use KZbin Native app. Thanks for sharing.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Awesome Pauline. I hope this was helpful.

[@CokerAndStratton]

thanks for this vid. it's super helpful! I have read there can be audio sync issues when incorporating Skype NDI into OBS. does streamyard have better audio sync?

[@jellyduck100]

the reason why I put Japanese and real-name at the beginning where can use Skype but I feel like little bit embarrassed, great job Michael! :D

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Don’t be embarrassed at least your real name is interesting. It could be Michael. Lol thanks for your help!

[@jellyduck100]

Michael Feyrer Jr. You’re welcome, I’m really appreciate it! :)

[@markustenkhoff4048]

Hi Michael! You are doing an outstanding job. A job you love. Best Markus from Germany

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!

[@ForeverLearning]

Thank you for this - However I don't have the NDI Selection when adding a source - Has something changed in Streamlabs? I'm ver 0.23.4

[@StreamYard]

Thanks for including us Michael!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

You are so welcome. I hope I did streamyard justice.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

What is the best way to reach out to you about potentially working together?

[@StreamYard]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr [e-mail]

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!

[@andisantoso4155]

Thanks dude

[@Nikalonghisyam]

thanks, nice sharing..tq very much,helpful a lot

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help. :-)

[@XAVE325]

awesome video thank you so much! Where did you get your guest overlay template? Did you make it or are there websites that provide templates you can customize?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I make my templates that I use in obs. Streamyard doesn’t really need one. It just has a background image.

[@WendellLive]

Michael, my live streaming is all about music. I was trying to use Streamyards for a Call In Watch party where people could come on screen with me. But the Streamyards audio quality was terrible as I tried to play YT videos by sharing my screen (Chrome Tabs). I'm thinking of moving to OBS for this because I can get much better audio quality of the videos I play.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

If you are paying for streamyard tell them your issue. They need to fix it. You are not the first person to mention this.

[@SportFlow]

Disable audio processing in the Streamyard settings. You will get even better quality than Skype, belive me.

[@thebloominglotushealing]

Did you figure out the audio with streamyard? I am trying to stream live meditations with live meditation music with a friend

[@drutgat2]

Thanks, Michael. This was great. Another important difference between OBS and StreamYard (as StreamYard exists at the moment, in June 2020) is that the best StreamYard video resolution quality is 720p, and when I spoke with the folks at StreamYard a week or so ago, they said that there is no specific target date for when they will be adding 1080p. QUESTIONS 1. Is it absolutely necessary to use the NDI plugin to establish the video and audio connection between OBS and Skype? 2. Is using the NDI plugin a kind of universal solution to get OBS to accept video and audio connections from any video conferencing software (e.g., Zoom, etc.)?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Restream io studio should have 1080 very soon! Very and it’s similar to streamyard. :-) I have some videos showing how it works. 1: This video shows how to use Skype and any other video conferencing software without ndi. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZC3faKbg8yNrtU 2: yes if possible you will have the best outcome using ndi.

[@drutgat2]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Thanks very much, Michael :)

[@SportFlow]

Great tutorial, but I would add: - You need a great internet connection because all the calls have to reach your local computer - The guests cannot get a return video of the live show (although you can generate a NDI from OBS and feed it to Skype through virtual input) - OBS have limited audio controls for doing a mix minus for each guest (a bus is needed) - In conclusion, it can be done, but it is very very cumbersome and prone to errors during a live show. Cheers.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Absolutely, and live something is bound to go wrong. it always does.

[@SportFlow]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr so true!! Have a nice day!

[@cousc15]

Awesome result Michael, I thought to use OBS to stream band performance. My band mates are in different continents. Is this possible.? And if yes, then what’s the best way of doing it. Thx.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Wow. That would be awesome. Honestly I’m think lag would be a huge issue for musicians in different locations. Having a conversation it’s ok if there is a slight delay. But that won’t work for music. Even professional broadcasts on tv right now are struggling with stream delay a bit so I’m not sure it’s fixable with the current available software.

[@blakepace]

Hey, Michael! Have you made an update to this comparison video? I'm writing this question on January 1st, 2024, and I am trying to decide whether or not to use StreamYard. As of today (1/1/24) it seems that StreamYard DOES address some of the 'X' items in this video, e.g. Guest Volume Control, using OBS Virtual Camera etc. Am I reading things correctly?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

They have for sure. I have done some more refiner updates. I will probably do another round of them this year.

[@freedemradio1]

We are a radio station...and we stream on FB Live to broaden our audience. We’ve just started using OBS(again) but like the simplicity of StreamYard. Different shows have different amount of guests. What’s YOUR best suggestion? We run Mac computers

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Streamyard limits their amount of time you can stream on a free account and also has a watermark for the free software, so assuming you are paying to remove those limitations streamyard may be the way to go UNLESS you have a producer who can monitor and run the stream while you tend to the entertaining. It’s really tough to run a quality obs stream solo if you want to add guests during the broadcast.

[@PJSCENTER]

Hi Michael! Thanks for your channel. you're the only one that does tutorials for OBS with MAC! yes! I'm running OBS streamlabs but I don't have an NDI option in my source list? I enabled NDI usage with skype but it still doesn't show up. Any solutions?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Message me on twitter and I send you a screenshot of where to find it. :-) @feyrerm

[@PJSCENTER]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr I found you on twitter but it says that you can't be messaged. I followed you too and still says that

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Thanks Michael. Speaking of computers. Is there a good place to order a tower?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

It depends what you are looking for. I have some idea. Usually I build all my own stuff when it come to that. But there may be some nice stuff out there.

[@7addisalem77]

Michael my live streaming is all about have open discussion on different topic and my question is that can i add gusts from Facebook and KZbin both the same time to help my KZbin to grow thank you for your tutorials .

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Absolutely! Here is a video that shows you how.

[@diesisbj]

Nice tutorial, very useful. But I still have a question a streamyard user. We're a fan club and we are 4 fixed co-hosts, sometimes plus guests, and screensharing a lot of contents, so streamyard is the best for us, but we want an alternative for periods when the band isn't active, so 1 streaming per month will be enough and paying a whole month for 1 live feels wrong. My question is: how do I get my other guests to see the content I'm sharing so we can comment it all together? Thank you

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Obs is free. You can use it for your other streams. I have lots of tutorials on how to use it here. kzbin.info/aero/PLO4maup2s9t53T65y_fGW46QrJYItW9Zr

[@ATJHTRAVELS]

Great VS. video i use obs but stream labs is alot easier sledgehammered that like button stay safe awsome and blessed

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Thanks!

[@GeorgeFromCy]

That was a great follow up video to my comment Michael. Thank you for doing this. I use OBS to do live Fantasy Craps games every Sunday. I can only accommodate 8 guests at the moment and during my latest one I noticed their video feed was dropping in and out. I adjusted my encoding settings to lower FPS (using a Mac Pro 2013) but still the result was not what I wanted as a host. Do you have any pointers to help me on this ?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

I do actually. In your output settings on obs. Go to advanced. Then change your encoder to Mac hardware. See if that helps. Also if nessasary change the canvas and output to 720 if all else fails. Most watch on a phone anyway. See if ether of these things removes the encoder overload message you are probably seeing. If not you may have just reached the limits of your machine. If you still have the issue but your cpu is below or around 50% and you are getting dropped frames and no encoder overload message it may be your connection speed.

[@GeorgeFromCy]

Michael Feyrer Jr. thank you so much for the rapid response there. Canvas is at 1080 (didn’t think that was relevant). Output at 720p dropped FPS from 60 to 48. I will try GPU encoding if this might help. The machine runs on Dual Xeon processors with 2 video cards. (Should be ok-although it’s 2013 model. Lol). 2 weeks ago I got the overload message but after dropping FPS it disappeared. Truly appreciative of your reply. Thank you Michael. Keep up the great work!!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

That might be your fist problem. Your encoder is downscaling from 1080 to 720. Setting both to 1080 may solve the problem. Also 48 FPS is not a standard FPS for any camera I know so that causes extra work for the encoder. Use 30 FPS if you can’t do 60. The 60 FPS just wreaks havoc on my streams. Can’t get near it.

[@luisdiazn]

What do you recommend when a guest has to share also his computer screen to show a PPT presentation ? so we need to capture guest`s camera and screen ... I use Wirecast and OBS... thanks

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Both wirecast or obs will do it. Both are great pieces of software. I am more familiar with obs so I’d use that. But it is your call.

[@myster_g3226]

Damn I thought you were dropping bars in the beginning.

[@RF_variety_vlog]

Iwant Variety Shows while streaming games with friends like bingo or car racing , fhank you for sharing wigh us . God bless

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Glad to help.

[@estonian44]

this video was 2020, is there any update for OBS, can it compete with streamyard?

[@4TheArsenal]

Hi, awsome video. When i add guests in there is a high pitched noise coming from their audio? Any solutions for this? Thanks

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Yep. Thats feedback. They are listening to you through speakers and it’s feeding back into their microphones. They need headphones.

[@4TheArsenal]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr thank you so much. You have a new subscriber in me

[@luxo199]

Great video! I’m using OBS Studio and I love it...however, when I’m trying to have multiple guests (on screen) using NDI (through Skype) I get a lot of of feedback, but when I only have one of them (on screen) audio goes back to normal...what can I do to have more than 1 guest on screen without the audio doing that? I’m always wearing my headphones, do they have to do that as well?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

If they are listening to the stream yes. Otherwise the audio feeds back into their microphone.

[@luxo199]

Michael Feyrer Jr. Alright, thanks a lot, I’ll try that next time

[@TeddyFoyle]

Actually there is an error in this video. Skype NDI sends the entire call audio to every source. There is no way to isolate individual audio sources. You only need 1 skype NDI source in the mix otherwise you will get delay and feedback in the audio. The video gives incorrect information. Skype NDI does not isolate audio.

[@GulfCoastGeneral]

I know someone that uses stream yards with xsplit . he runs his show on xsplit then brings his guests in thru streamyards . is there a way this can be done with OBS. I have a Mac and can't use split

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Absolutely you can with obs. It’s just a screen capture and crop. But the audio issues doing it like that creates are something you would need a fix for. I did a video on that type of live guest connection here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZC3faKbg8yNrtU This will work for any video software.

[@GulfCoastGeneral]

Michael Feyrer Jr. thanks for replying

[@thebloominglotushealing]

My goal is to become a full-time live streamer I do live meditations, Oracle readings and now I want to start bringing guests to talk about their spiritual journey. I started with stream yard but I wish I had more options. I am just starting out and I do have a crappy computer so I am stuck with streamyard for now until I can purchase a new computer. Can you make content on how to mix audio on Streamyard? I am conducting live meditations and I want to bring a live musician in to play through the stream, we tried recording one and it was terrible. Is this a steamyard thing or is it just a streaming thing?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Streamyard has very low quality audio at the moment. There is no way to change the mix either.

[@thebloominglotushealing]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr so sad about that :( do you have any recommendations on how to set up a better camera with an old mac book pro from 2010? Don't have the capital right now for a new computer but would love to be able to provide a better experience to my audience with what I have.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Monday’s video will show you how to walk through the process of trouble shooting your live streams for the best results.

[@thebloominglotushealing]

Michael Feyrer Jr. Awesome! Thank you!

[@NatalieGarciaMayor]

Well, personally I would like to livestream when I play a game. But my i believe my computer is... a dumpster fire. I cant get the game to not be choppy, no matter how low my setting are on obs or the game itself. any tips or advice would be appreciated!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

If it’s a pc game there isn’t much you can do. Try selecting hardware encoding in the output > advanced > encoder. Turn down the bit rate a bit or lower the resolution and frames per second on the stream. Don’t go below 30 FPS though.

[@ChrisGeeReacts]

For Streamyard, what’s the maximum amount of guests you can add using the free version. Thanks

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

5 or 6 I think.

[@martialbodiestv5041]

The live streams we do are for our Patreon supporters. The live streams supplement our general content for everyone.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

That’s awesome. Thanks.

[@clothedwithlove]

We are a church and need to livestream our services now that we are all at home. Which would be your best solution?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

The easiest solution is probably streamyard. But it does have a watermark and a monthly streaming limit on the free product. Obs has a bit of a learning curve but it’s totally free and has a lot more versatility. There are lots of tutorials here if you want to learn obs.

[@luxo199]

Go with OBS, dedicate a few hours, maybe a day to learn the basics and you’ll be set...we use it in my church, then Skype whoever you want to add to the livestream

[@fortunatusfranklin5678]

If you want to go live on more than one platform, Streamyard is the way forward. We are a church and we use Streamyard for our mid-week content and go live on FB and YT simultaneously. Also, Streamyard has my 👍🏽 for curating comments from the livestream. :)

[@WoodyCollins]

Streamyard is only choice I seen to stream from mobile!

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Streamlabs also has a mobile app.

[@WoodyCollins]

I don't Facebook as a destination.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

You can stream to any location from streamlabs.

[@WoodyCollins]

On my Android (Note 9), I didn't not see Facebook as a option. I'll reinstall but it said I had the latest version.

[@songueroproductionsllc5963]

Instead of Skype, can this be used with zoom as well?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Obs can. I show you how here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYnQYWVnftplia8

[@PastorRub]

Instead of skype, can it be done with zoom?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Zoom currently does not output ndi BUT there is another way. I show you how in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZC3faKbg8yNrtU

[@Jubigamerok]

What about streamlab obs?

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Streamlabs obs is a commercial version of obs studio. It is nearly identical. Any tutorial for one will work on the other. In this case streamlabs obs had the ndi plugin already built in so you don’t have to do the install. You just click the plus and select ndi source. :-). Hope that helps.

[@kristakomondor]

@@MichaelFeyrerJr Hi Michael, I am loving your videos. So helpful! Can you tell me what version of streamlabs you are running? I downloaded mine a week ago and it doesn't have the option to add 'NDI' as a source. Thanks!