Gear Question broadcasting/streaming

[LokiTV]

Hello,
Looking for some advice/feedback on streaming software. OBS and Ecamm Live are the two choices I'm looking at. Specifically I want to make a Skype (or facetime,etc) call and have the ability to record the call and also show split screen, or picture in picture of the person I'm interacting with. II want to footage to be recorded so that. can post edit. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge regarding the 2 platforms? Thank you.

 

[AussieBangerz]

The only one I've played around with is StreamYard..
You can stream live on both YouTube and Facebook at the same time, getting comments from both.
Haven't tried but apparently you can use it to record split screen interviews etc without streaming so you can still edit and upload later.

 

[LokiTV]

Thanks. I've had Vmix recommended too now. I think the Ecamm Live looks good for entry level, and I'm not intending to stream live, so I may give it a try. I've played with the trial software and it's impressive.

 

[AurigaDave]

If you are showing split screen, you do need the permission of the other person to show them, or at least let them know what you are doing

 

[LokiTV]

They're aware! It's an interview and interactive performance that I'm planning.

 

[TubeBuddy]

Hello,
Looking for some advice/feedback on streaming software. OBS and Ecamm Live are the two choices I'm looking at. Specifically I want to make a Skype (or facetime,etc) call and have the ability to record the call and also show split screen, or picture in picture of the person I'm interacting with. II want to footage to be recorded so that. can post edit. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge regarding the 2 platforms? Thank you.

Both of those work well! Depends what you want to do? I routed streamyard through OBS for our charity stream and that let me do both

 

[LokiTV]

Okay. I went with Ecamm Live today and an initial test call was very good. It seems to be a really good entry level platform and the customer support was excellent.

 

[Beanie Draws]

I'm doing a bit more testing seems I'll be getting back into streaming. I thought Ecamm was mac specific, but I may be wrong. OBS is somewhat resource intensive and people have been having more and more problems with it. I've been hearing more about streamyard which is brower based it seems, so I'll be interested to see how that goes.

I've used OBS and streamlabs in the past. When they worked, they worked increadibly well. but they can have audio issues as @Andrew found at the start of the TubeBuddy 24 hour stream. Some issues aren't resolvable without just straight up refreshing. No rhyme or reason, that's just how OBS likes to not work these days. I still have the issue when recording with it.

 

[LokiTV]

I'm using Ecamm Live today to record a Skype interview (the main purpose I wanted it) So I'll let you know when that footage is up on the channel. The interface is very clean and I feel it's perfect for entry level. The level of support is first class and they have a wealth of video tutorials to explain everything. It would appear to have the main features that I require. I'll take a look at streamyard as you suggest. Many thanks.

 

[TubeBuddy]

I'm using Ecamm Live today to record a Skype interview (the main purpose I wanted it) So I'll let you know when that footage is up on the channel. The interface is very clean and I feel it's perfect for entry level. The level of support is first class and they have a wealth of video tutorials to explain everything. It would appear to have the main features that I require. I'll take a look at streamyard as you suggest. Many thanks.

That's awesome! It is important for anyone wondering to know that Ecamm is only for Mac users

 

[DidsLive]

Look into StreamlabsOBS!

 

[chileno0826]

I use StreamLabs! works great

 

[LokiTV]

Thanks. I went with Ecamm Live, and so far it has proved to be reliable.

 

[WorldComposting]

Great topic as I'm looking to get into interviews with a few people and want to be able to record for posting!