My main camera at the bottom right, with a chroma key (green screen) effect so that my background disappears, and I can pretend to be a SQL Server weatherman, gesturing at specific things on query plans.For example, here’s my live scene during a recent stream: OBS is where you do your stream “development” – where you lay out different scenes, each of which is a collection of components. I’ll talk more about the back end specifics later on in the post. You wanna use one tool that works with all of ’em. Because you’re just now getting started with streaming, you’re gonna wanna use a cross-platform, multi-service tool to make your life easier because over the next couple/few years, you’re probably going to see different streaming services come and go. OBS is a cross-platform application that connects to a lot of different streaming back ends (Twitch, FaceBook, YouTube, Mixer, etc) and can even be used for screen-sharing apps like Zoom, GoToMeeting, and WebEx. You know how you’re really familiar with SQL Server Management Studio, and you know how to use it to connect to SQL Server and get your job done? And you know how you’re kinda-sorta vaguely aware that Azure Data Studio is the new hotness, and it runs on Windows & Macs, and it connects to all kinds of databases, not just SQL Server? OBS Studio is like Azure Data Studio for streaming. The point of all the work we’re about to do is simple: make live webcasts as fun and dynamic as in-person sessions. It’s surprisingly hard work to make live webcasts seem so fun, casual, and off-the-cuff! Most of you aren’t going to need this post in any way, shape, or form – but then you might find it kinda interesting to see what happens behind the scenes. I’ve been working on my streaming setup for months now, and I’m just trying to save you some time if you really wanna take the streaming thing seriously. Don’t think that you have to tackle all of this just to get started streaming, dear reader. I’ve written a lot about the hardware & gear I use for streaming, and now let’s talk about the software side.
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