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Best live video mixing applications
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Open Broadcaster Software
Free
Windows 7, 8, 8.1 And 10; Mac OS X 10.9 or newer, Linux
May 7, 2023
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Snowmix
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May 17, 2023
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FreeJ
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Feb 12, 2023
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Resolume
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Apr 30, 2022
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Vmix
$60-$1200
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Jan 25, 2023
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Open Broadcaster Software
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Simple user interface
Open Broadcaster has a clean and simple interface that is easy to understand even for people who have never used a streaming application before. It has a "Start Streaming" button on the bottom, which, when clicked lets you stream from your chosen source.
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Can't link to an audio file as a source
You can download a plugin called DirectShow Audio Source, but you're only given options to use audio inputs (mic, speakers, etc...). You cannot simply select a wav or mp3 file to loop (going AFK or BRB for example).
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Stream settings are extremely customizable
Open Broadcaster lets you add different streaming profiles, each with its own settings. Each profile can have its keyboard shortcut to start or stop recording, custom resolution, frames per second or even the audio codec of choice.
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Supports Intel's Quick Sync for faster and more power efficient video processing
Quick Sync is hardware video encoding and decoding technology that's comparable in speed, compression ratio and quality to x264. Since Quick Sync is a dedicated hardware core on the processor die, it allows for faster and more power efficient video processing.
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Free, open source and cross-platform
OBS is licensed under GPLv2 with code available on GitHub. It's available on Windows, OSX and Linux.
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Scene previewing allowed in Studio Mode
OBS allows to look at scenes before streaming them in Studio Mode.
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Several capture types supported
There are multiple capture types that can be used to stream. By clicking in "Sources Window", you can add the type that you need. Windows Capture, for example, as the name suggests, captures the windows. Monitor Capture is similar but captures the window regardless of where it was, this way you can for example capture the whole monitor or a sub-region of the screen. But the most important capture type by far is Game capture, which allows users to record full screen captures of games.
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Has over 20 plugins that enhance functionality
OBS has over 20 plugins to choose from, including one's that allow adding video files and any other media supported by VLC as a source, integrating Twich chat and switching scene depending on what window is in focus.
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Streams to most live streaming video platforms
OBS can stream to any RTMP-enabled service, including Twitch, YouTube, DailyMotion and Hitbox.
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New GUI
Version 22.0.2 for Windows has a new simpler to use interface with a multitude of easily accessible settings.
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Light resource usage
Open Broadcaster uses relatively fewer resources than competitors, especially when streaming using Game Mode and by limiting the number of frames per second to 60 or lower.
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Resolume has two versions, Avenue and Arena, that cost €299 and €699 respectively.
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I like it, it has many features and is very customizable.
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Poor User experience. Expensive.
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