5 Reasons Why Streamlabs OBS Is Holding Streamers Back!
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- StreamLabs OBS vs OBS Studio? Which one is better?
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00:00 Intro
00:46 What is SLOBS?
01:56 SLOBS is Bloated!
03:21 Delayed OBS Updates!
04:11 No Plugin Support!
05:50 Locked Into StreamLabs!
07:26 WTF Kind of name is SLOBS?!?!
07:26 Things I Like About SLOBS
09:37 What about OBS.Live?
10:55 Outro
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LMAOOO!!!
Yup, who's laughing now, Ralph(random slob user)
Love the info now I'mma sub. But no disrespect big homie stop doing that style like that with your hair to one side like that. I thought you was a broad for a sec! Good shit though.
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I noticed that streamlabs promised alot to new streamers like myself, then hid everything behind pay walls.
what is behind a paywall? Some overlays that's it, no?
@@JunkBondTrader All the plugins for OBS that are FREE are behind a paywall on Streamlabs for no reason. XD
You are welcome mate.
Im here since you made that 3D Border by Harris in the Editor. Always happy when you make a new Video, Harris kinda only got those Just Chatting General Tips Videos now. Still a great guy. But you are Dope! Keep doing this stuff.
Thanks for this! I literally didn't know there were ways to add alerts to OBS Studio. I've had a few issues with lagging in SLOBS recently so I'll definitely look into some of those plugins you mentioned.
Nutty, I love your videos! I'm new to streaming and have found them super helpful! After watching your newer top 5 plugin's video, I went to switch to OBS from SLOBS, but it definitely needs more time to set up. So my question is, gonna do a video on StreamElements?
Ca coche, merci je Sub.
great stuff i like this format! following you.
I haven't had any issues with Streamlabs OBS, then again I'm basic AF.
Slobs is fine when you are basic. But once you move up you basically gotta relearn everything when you wanna scale up. OBS has all the same stuff, you just gotta do it a lot
I’m right there with you... But I’m basically just learning all this stuff. I don’t know any better. Lol
Me too man.
Shit I'm trying to set up my streaming stuff now and lol 😂😂 I'm getting there
OBS has the ability to import SLOBS scene collections now, and it's really easy.
Glad I found you! Learing, but happy to note I started with OBS Studio!
Thanks for the info
OBS Live allows backup and Restore of overlays :)
Other than that it also allows some integration of stream elements functionality such as media/song requests , pausing alerts etc :)
You can do a Backup in slobs too
Yeah dude! I agree with your comments. great review!
Thank you for this very well put together video, left a like 👍
You're my favorite. Lol "Mixer.... ohhhhh got 'em boys!"
The video I've been waiting for!!
10:45 has so much valuable info! Thank you, Nutty!
Really appreciate the info dude, I was wondering why my steam was hella laggy on SLOBS lol.
I agree! I had so many problems with slobs. Switched to obs and it work flawless
The one feature I really hope OBS Studio takes from SLOBS is the selective recording. Be able to record some scenes but not others is really nice for making videos out of streamed footage.
Selective recording + cloud backup keep me on slobs and will forever until obs gets off their ass and adds these features. The first time I logged into a new computer and slobs restored my *-entire scenes-* from cloud with zero effort I was sold. Obs is for nerds who want to control everything, but kinda janky, slobs is for people who want to get shit done. (Sounds like a similar phone debate to me) edit: OH an streamlabs acquired ankhbot... only one of the best bots out there... Eat your heart out obs.
@@JonDotExe yeah. I really think it comes down to what kind of stream you wanna do. If your goal is to play games live and possibly record it. Slobs is the better choice. Didn't know about the cloud stuff. I do wish SLOBS had profiles for different sites/settings like OBS though.
Came to to say this. Selective recording is *fantastic* for the my use case. And the cloud storage/backups are absolutely essential in the modern, multi-device ecosystem. There's a huge portion of the streaming/gaming community that aren't technical, and don't have any interest in noodling around with plugins or wiring different apps/services together. It kind of parallels the linux vs. windows (or mac, I guess) debate... most people just want to get on with their lives, and not spend all their time in setup hell.
@@JonDotExe THIS. That cloud backup is a lifesaver. I've had my computer take a shit before and had to restore everything and it was great just being able to boot up SLOBS, sign in and have everything automatically put back into place like it had always been there.
O shit well nice to see you here, Mr Admin.
I use SLOBS and I'm going to continue using SLOBS; however, I watched the video because I wanted to know if there was reason enough for me to switch over. I'm so used to SLOBS, that I'm sort of hesitant on learning a new OBS program. This was a good video with good points, however, being a new streamer I don't need a million features just yet, so SLOBS does what I need it to for the time being. Plus I do only have one screen and I rely heavily on that undo button at the moment. So, SLOBS seems like a good fit until I get to the point where I don't feel overwhelmed by all the different features and I'm more comfortable exploring other things. Thank you for the info!
Obs now has that function xD
Came in for the information, stayed for the laughs 😂 keep it up!
I've only streamed a few times so far and was recommended to use SLOBS because it was easier to setup and use. But im not like committed to it or anything. Mainly just using it to test the waters on how to stream and if I like doing it. Its pretty basic so i thought i would be good for that much. But i can see anyone serious about streaming how SLOBS would be too restrictive. The note about OBS and its plugin support alone seems like it would be more worth it than SLOBS. But the updates is another good reason.
LMAO...this was great bro! Timely too!
Someone whose PC catches fire and explodes: "Why is it always me?"
Lost a hard drive so it was really nice being able to log in and have all my scenes and setting still their. Saved me so much time.
lmaooo this was great. Thanks for the info bro!
Totally agree with everything, not a big fan of slobs and I had to tell a family member to swap because how terrible it was. She only liked it because it was easy to add widgets ..
I rly enjoy ur videos dude :) The only Channel that i use the bell for notifications. I wann create a button in Lioranboard in order to views can mute my MIC for 3 secs or just make my Voice higher for a while. A video about ideas for Lioranboard would be ++ do for me. Thanks for all the content
The intro was funny as hell. Im still debating between the two. Just starting out I need all the help I can get.
Thank man was really helpful, was having leg with streamlabs OBS and did not understand why
Yep I've only recommended SL-OBS in special cases. Might take some work with OBS Studio, especially to make it do things that SL-OBS can do that OBS studio can't do by default, but in the end it's superior. Good stuff, man. But yeah, OBS Live is just an add-on to OBS Studio, not a standalone thing. And the features it offers were in place before OBS Studio added the same features kinda making it redundant. But it does help control alerts and do some Streamelements related alert things via Streamdeck integration, including a song request media streaming thingy.
Thanks for the info!
The best thing about OBS.Live - if you stream on YT, you get YT chat dock. If you don’t use it, you have to MANUALLY change address of yt chat EVERY STREAM, in dock settings.
I like the slobs mainly for the function of being able to choose what is going to be broadcast, and what is going to be recorded file, I like to be able to hide the notifications in the recordings, but show in the broadcast, i can do this in the obs?
I've just recently moved from obs to slobs for this exact reason, i find slobs very taxing compared to obs. If there is an alternative I would love to hear it
Only real fans remember when this video was private.
AJ's Dominoes I remember clicking on the vid and it was private and I was like what the heck
@@TheGrader600 it ain't that deep chief.
Finally weaned myself off SLOBS. I felt my streams were becoming limited. I'm now using Touch Portal and Magic Music Visuals on my livestreams and looking forward to using StreamFX soon 💗
I actually made the switch back to OBS thanks to your video. slobs was really laggy for me even the bare minimum to stream. After switching I use the same settings and tweaked it a bit and it looks way better and smoother than when I streamed on slobs. All that's left to do is set up everything again 🤣
Weirdly enough had the OPPOSITE issue on my old laptop when I first started streaming. OBS studio was basically crashing my whole system, frame drops, freezing a stream nightmare. Someone suggested SLOBS and had no issues whatsoever. Completely smooth gameplay and streams.
Been considering going back to OBS now that I have a PC. Now that I know a bit more about what I'm doing I think it'd end up enhancing my streams slightly. Probably would keep slobs as a backup in case I lost my overlays or something lol
It was the same for me! I'm gonna try to use OBS again though, and hope for the best. 0_0
Have you switched back to OBS since? How has the change been for you?
I agree with you Nutty on the CPU usage.... i used to use Slobs mainly for streaming but i realised my game was lagging as I had to much running in the background. I switched over to OBS and its been cool every since.
I use both softwares, mainly i use Slobs to update my overlays and themes as it has cloudbased saving which is a lifesaver - my hard drive got fired recently and Slobs cloud saving helped out alot.
I then import my overlays/theme over to OBS and stream from there., and OBS has a hella of a lot of plugins software which can enhance my stream.
Also yeah being able to click UNDO on Slobs is amazing, i hate that you can't undo something in OBS 😭
YOUR STYLE OF doing videos is nice bro !!! GREETINGS FROM BELGIUM ;-)
lmao, literally getting intro streaming, thanks for the info bro, you're jokes~ liked and subbed ✌
I agree with your opinion, especially number 3. Most of my plugin don't work on SL-OBS so I keep streaming with OBS.
Binge watching your content!
I had to sub, lmao. If not for the information, for your personality🤣
Any SLOBS users down here? Be honest, we won't judge you.
Im a Slobs User :( Srry :(
I use SLOBS. The main reason why, is because when i'm live streaming on Twitch, I can stream while recording at the same time (when I want to), and I can choose what sources are shown on stream, versus what sources are being recorded at the same time.
For example, my stream will show webcam/gameplay/music playing/my microphone, but when I'm recording I set it to only capture my gameplay footage, and my microphone, the recording will NOT show my webcam and will not capture any music that i'm playing in that recording, even though it's recording at the same time as i'm livestreaming. This helps me capture moments/clips from the stream, to put into my youtube videos without the things I don't want in those clips.
I did use OBS Studio/OBSLive, but they didn't have a way for me to do this, so I switched because of that, and that's the only reason. I searched for awhile, but found nothing where obs studio could support this.
This is called "selective recording" in SLOBS btw. Idk if OBS Studio/OBS Live has this feature yet, but I would be happy to switch if they had this feature that I utilize every day.
(edit): When I searched for this feature on obs studio, I found multiple forums online on various websites and these threads all said the same thing at the time, that obs studio does not have this feature. I even looked in the official discord server, and while it was talked about for a future update, there were no current plans to have this feature :(
me ! it's easy for me to setup
@ImaDrum I knew I forgot something! This is a legitimately awesome feature and yes, I hope something like that comes to OBS!
@@nuttylmao Once this becomes available in OBS Studio, I'll be switching back 100%, but it's such a useful and beneficial feature for the content that I produce on UA-cam that I gotta stick to SLOBS for now. I have a few of your videos saved to my computer for future reference for ideas I want to implement to my stream, but currently can't because SLOBS isn't supported :( but I have all this knowledge for the future haha
I came to this video so you validate my choice of streaming with OBS Studio !! 😂
i'm new to streaming -- I was running into issues where i'd spend a ton of energy and time researchng and optimizing my settings. i get everything the way i want it, then I have chat verify it works and stream goes great!! fast forward to the next day and all of my work is undone and I have to reconfigure EVERYTHING.
I use slobs tried using obs before I knew anything really about streaming maybe on some downtime I’ll check out obs again and tinker around with it I respect this video because you made some great points on multiple platforms
Thank you for this video. You explained it in a way I understand cuz I’m a single monitor right now. I think I’m gonna stick with slobs 🤢 only to learn more about adding alerts and everything but I’ll move to OBS studio probably in a month
Thank you so much. I have a 3900x and 2080 TI and I've been having shity stream quality I didn't think it could be streamlabs causing it only went to streamlabs cuz I didn't know you can have alerts on obs
Be happy that your father is trying to get involved.
(He cares💪)
great video by the way,
i almost switch to slobs from obs. yaaaa.
i’m glad i saw this first.
I see your points on this, but I think that Streamlabs is good for those who are starting out with streaming for the first time. Then maybe get rid of the bloat and go directly with OBS Stupid and such. I say this because some people who are starting don't have an artist side to make themes and etc like they normally see on their favorite streamers page when they stream. Streamlabs has that store that provides that stuff for you so you can at least get something flashy at first and then maybe move on from that when you get commissioned stuff done that is more themed to your personality.
1:01 “Mixer” LOL
@nutty I just found your content today and am 10 videos in when I realized there was a difference between OBS and Stream Labs OBS! Oh and I'm also new to streaming.... So now I'm here to fully understand the difference.
The main reason I us SLOBS is the Selective Recording feature. Is there a plugin that does the same in regular OBS? And just for the reference: I know about the NDI solution, my PC simply can't handle it.
Great video, man as for OBS. Live it has some other features other then the activity dashboard, Cutom bot name if you use the stream elements bot, it allows you to edit your alerts and widgets from within obs kind of like SLOBS lets your do with stream labs, and supposedly it dose some behind the scenes optimizations to obs but I cant confirm that one
Adding your activity window as a custom browser dock literally does the same thing, including the custom bot name.
I'm also not sure that you can add alerts from with OBS. As far as I know, you still need to build up your overlay within a web browser. I'd like to see video showing otherwise, because I can't find it.
@@nuttylmao I can do that ;) Its a relatively new feature
I am actually using slobs but am thinking of switching. Is there any way to have two instances of OBS studio installed? Right now I have Streamlabs set up for streaming and OBS studio for recording video's in higher quality.
I know that I could use different profiles.. but I like the idea of using different programs. I know myself and I am going to do some kind of user error one day where I try to record a video on my streamprofile or something...
Yeah I know it's a stooooopid reason to use slobs but here I am..
Awesome content btw dude! keep it coming :D
Yes, in fact I used multiple instances of OBS to record this video! The easiest way to do this is to install a portable install of OBS. Haven't made a video on that yet, but should be enough info to get you googling.
@@nuttylmao Awesome! I will look into it! But year multiple versions of OBS studio is the way to go for me I think :)
Thank you for the tip!
Nutty: "Look how complicated this UI is"
Me: "That's not that complicated"
Nutty: *expands*
Thank you for this tutorial.. I have successfully setup this to my OBS and discord. However I have one concern.. how can I minimize/maximize the volume (normally i do it in sounds to change the volume of my headset output sound) but after setting this up (voicemeeter as default audio) Even I change the audio level in windows the audio level is not changing at all. Do i need to lower the volume using the voicemeeter app? I find it to much work since before I can do fn + f keys to change volumes or using my headset volume control. Now it became more complicated since I need to lower it down using the voicemeeter Virtual Inputs.
do you have a video how to warp and do all thsoe crazy features you showed during your "no plugin support" section?
so I used to use OBS studio.. but then it started to have connection issues during my streams... Then I switched to SLOBS.. voila.. no connection issues.. I don't know if it only haapened with me.. but SLOBS helped me out. and I found out slobs use less CPU than OBS Studio.. better for a single desktop scenario.. though I agree to some of your points... keep up your good work..
try to make a video about how to use a condenser mic as your gaming mic.. like using your streaming mic to use in the games to talk to your team mates..
Selective recording is crazy. The only thing I want to see in OBS Studio
I agree with this video 100%. I came from OBS Studio, went to SLOBS for built-in live chat, discovered that I can have that with OBS.Live in OBS Studio, too and never looked back to SLOBS again.
OBS.Live just adds Stream Elements features and shortcuts to the original OBS Studio version, it's a "comfort thing" if you use Stream Elements. More in a plugin way than being a different program.
"It's my life man! Let me do what I want!"
I went with slobs today and created some nice overlays,
but I figured out how to add sub alerts on OBS studio, and that was the only reason I got SLOBS.
might go back to OBS :)
Dont worry. We're working on an overlay system that's 100% browser based with open source extensibility but is 10x more amazing than the other sites.
It will be used through the browser source, but you will have a neat dashboard for your broadcast stats on the site.
We can integrate into OBS but that will be later on.
"We're working" who are you?
If you right click on any scene in OBS you can do a transition override. Not sure if that is the same as SLOBS transition editing though.
That doesn't give you full control of scene transitions.
e.g. If I want to go from A -> C, use a Fade transition. BUT, if I want to go from B -> C - use a Cut transition. This is not possible in OBS Studio without the OBS Transition Matrix plugin.
Should've talked about SE Merch and SE Pay too!
I sorta had to use slobs for a while because for some reason regular obs didn't always want to show the games I played, but I'm gonna use obs tonight because it shows my game this time.
obs is also better with my webcam, because sometimes my webcam glitches or unplugs and with slobs I would have to create an entirely new webcam source if I want it to work again, with obs I just have to deactivate and reactivate the source to have it work again
I mainly use Streamlabs because for some reason regular obs doesn't work well for me. Another thing is that when I use openvr on obs it starts causing render lag even without having vr on. I like streamelements though so I am thinking of using streamelements with streamlabs. I think I might go back to obs again once I get another pc so I can use my current as a streaming pc while the new one will be the gaming computer.
Obs live basically gives obs studio a similar look to slobs. It also easily inputs stream elements bot system that can be edited for a custom bot name. It also adds your twitch chat as well and all the windows the plug-in offers can be moved around and resized on the fly.
I would change to OBS studio but A. Im dumb as hell when it comes to setting things up and B. I stream from a garage gym and its hot as hell out there. With SLOBS I can do most of my setup inside and cloud save, open in the garage and drop sources in and not have to sweat box myself doing menial stuff!
Slobs gave me so many troubles I think it has poltergeist... Like randomly turning off my audio during a stream... During a sentence... I've had tons of weird problems and I never used the bloat. Wasn't for me.
Thanks for Video
In my opinion, OBS is the best for advanced streamers and streamers with bad computers
ive ended up using both depending on the game im playing.
Selective recording is probably the only reason i still have SLOBS tbh.
That bug still exists for slobs. My stream is absolutely unwatchable if I don’t run it as an Administrator. For newer streamers that go straight to twitch and sign up, slobs looks like the best option because of the big names attached to the advertising, and quite frankly that’s all I remember seeing when I signed up. Didn’t even notice OBS. Definitely wish I would have researched more before I started but the selective record feature is really nice. Helps for clipping the stream and cutting down on editing time.
I switched to normal orbs because I switched from UA-cam to twitch but i need slobs prime in order to connect my account, and get like pop ups and overlays
Is it just me or is the audio perfectly synced this time?
only you
I used OBS for a couple years. Updated to OSCatalina and couldn’t get it to recognize my audio capture anymore. I tried for 3 days to get it working. I asked for help on the forum and got ignored so I switched to SLOBS. No problems. Happy with slobs.
Wth I just realized how much you gesticulate while you're talking in your videos and I can't stop looking at your hands
Feeling 100% called out right now. 11:04
11:51 What da fricckkkk! WHat you on man???? XD loll
What do you think .
Of stream elements .
How do i set an audio output as a recording input on Android device?
For example, I want my Twitch/UA-cam stream has only a music that is played inside the phone instead of a microphone.
That aged well
Does this work with Tagged live?Im trying to get audio back on my live using iphone.
Just revert back to obs studio and it feel great, streamelement help me a lots!! Hell with slobs prime and resources hungry..
Can you multi stream on OBS studios? like on slobs you can stream to twitch and to facebook at the same time
Yes. I think a website called restream.io or something
@@ahmadsarwar6814 ye but you have to pay for it :(
I LITERALLY thought the same thing about Candy Crush when I got the S20+ a few weeks ago, lol
Not even half way through the video. OK.... You've convinced me gonna make the switch tonight
Plugins are possible in SLOBS, but limited
Like I've used the OpenVR capture plugin so I could get a straight feed from my VR headset rather than trying to capture the game
Works fine.
SLOBS does have VST support for audio cleanup, So every reaper vst plugin (like the compressor you have shown) work in slobs as well
basically I use Streamlabs OBS for all the reasons you listed at 1:30 and 8:06. For what I do I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
One thing that I think is weird with SLOBS is they don't support CTRL, SHIFT or ALT as a standalone hotkey, for eg. "push to talk" (it only works as a combo key).
I asked them about 2 years ago why it doesn't work like in OBS Studio with a fully free choice over keys, I just was told that they are working on it.
I thought this was weird because they used OBS as their source which has always had full keyboard supported as far as I can remember.
For some odd reason, OBS eats up a lot more CPU than when I use Streamlabs OBS.
Could it be certain settings that I need to tweak in OBS? I'm confuzzled😳
I use Slobs but I have a AMD Ryzen 2700x CPU. NOW, could my streams look better with OBS? Probably but I really don't want to start playing with both to find out so 🤷♂️ But this is a great video.
Undo is a must. And grabbing the right layer is impossible on screen in streamelements. Pokimone uses Streamelements lol
I use to use slobs because I’m stream on UA-cam and also when I press the start stream I don’t have to go to UA-cam studio and hit go live and streaming while having UA-cam studio open makes lag. But then they have auto start and stop so I can hit start stream on obs studio which means less lag.
I would love to switch over but every time I use OBS Studio, my camera settings revert back to normal (I use the logitec c922 and I have to unclick all the auto focus, auto exposure, etc. to make my cam quality better...).
I use the OBS.Live integration because i can customize the name of my chat bot instead of seeing "StreamElements". The one thing I miss from when I used to use SLOBS was an app (the app store was kinda sorta semi-useful. It's like plugins but built-in) that would automatically play my top clips in succession. Great for a BRB screen to keep people engaged instead of a blank screen or empty chair.
You can have a custom bot name in Streamelements. I even have a video on it!
@@nuttylmao Yeah, the Ground Control app. That may have even been the video that I found you on. I remember trying all that stuff and eventually gave up. Did more digging and it seemed like SE moved the custom bot name to bait people into using OBS.Live. IDK. Could be wrong. But that's how I get it done.
@@Huuge You actually don't even need Ground Control or OBS.Live anymore. Just add the activity window as a custom browser dock and follow the steps in the settings.