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290xanaots
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-09-24 16:21:10 UTC
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/differentiating-between-multiple-game-clients.6026/

So there's this issue with Eve if you try to stream it with OBS. The basic issue is that OBS can't tell the difference between different windows of Eve, thus causing it to inconsistently source from one window or the other regardless of how you assign things. Is there anybody out there that's figured out a workaround for this?

I've tried using a window cloning program to act as a middleman between OBS and the client, but that adds more overhead and degrades quality.

Is there a non-terrible alternative to OBS? Am I just a complete fracking idiot and there's a simple fix? Input from the streamers out there is greatly appreciated.
Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-09-24 16:41:03 UTC
Monitor capture and keep client on a single monitor?
290xanaots
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-09-24 17:02:09 UTC
Adrie Atticus wrote:
Monitor capture and keep client on a single monitor?


I mean... I guess that does qualify as a solution, albeit an incredibly inelegant one.

I'm hoping that somewhere out there is a streamer that's encountered this problem and overcome it.
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#4 - 2014-09-24 17:33:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Crumplecorn
Use Window Capture and set the scene up after logging into a character on each client. Then it can use the character names to distinguish the clients, although it seems to continue working even after changing characters. If one client closes, the corresponding window capture will fall back to the remaining open client, but this can be fixed by toggling the 'broken' window capture in the scene after reopening the appropriate client.

Note that I bypass the launcher and use junctions to pseudo-seperate the clients, that may have an effect on whether this solution works or not.

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Lady Spank
Get Out Nasty Face
#5 - 2014-09-24 17:58:16 UTC
This is going back a few years but I thought there was an option in the eve client to name each client window with the name of the character, thus distinguishing them. This may or may not help you with your issue.

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290xanaots
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-09-24 18:05:25 UTC
Lady Spank wrote:
This is going back a few years but I thought there was an option in the eve client to name each client window with the name of the character, thus distinguishing them. This may or may not help you with your issue.


Yeah. The windows are distinguished by character name, but OBS still confuses them.

Crumplecorn, you're running your clients in "windowed mode" then? Not fixed window or fullscreen? I've not been able to get the "window capture" input to work on anything but a windowed mode client. Is there something I'm missing?
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#7 - 2014-09-24 18:10:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Crumplecorn
I'm running in Fixed Window on both clients and Window Capture picks them up fine :/

Also, I'm running Windows 7 with Aero on, not sure if that makes any difference.

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