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I'd like to use my 'main' pc as an a/v source for the latter one which is streaming 24/7, if and when i'd like to stream some gameplay or other stuff, overlayed the usual 24/7 stream.
Preferably without the need for much (hopefully none) additional expensive (de/re/en)coding on the latter (semi-potato) pc that's doing the (re-)streaming to outside of the LAN.
I've seen youtube videos attempting to show me & my brain how, but unfortunately it was of the short no-voice-only-dubstep variety ,and also utilizing nginx which i'm a bit doubtful would be required in a one-user-two-pc LAN scenario.
Anyone able to give a rundown of how it's achieved?
(maybe my question belongs in Tech Help, idk :/ Please move it if that is so.)
Last edited by Duck Hunt-Pr0 on 12 Mar 2020 at 6:49 pm UTC
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Sounds like with this you can achieve exactly what you describe.
Last edited by Duck Hunt-Pr0 on 13 Mar 2020 at 2:55 pm UTC
Seemingly, it was not enough to just install the [obs-ndi-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/obs-ndi-bin) package. Might be something temporarily broken/missing dependency or what with it, that'll be fixed momentarily, but i also had to install [libndi3-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libndi3-bin/) manually before it would work.
NOTE: I also installed [avahi](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi), though that was likely entirely unnecessary due to systemd-resolvd already being in place, not sure. Can very likely be skipped alltogether.
So this got me going:
$ yay -S obs-ndi-bin libndi3-bin --sudoloop #Yay is awesome though any AUR helper will do.
# check whether or not it is working fine _before_ taking the next, perhaps unnecessary, steps:
$ yay -S avahi --sudoloop
$ sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service
$ sudo systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service
$ sudo systemctl enable avahi-daemon.service
$ sudo systemctl start avahi-daemon.service
And it was ready to rock :)
#IUseArchBTW :P
EDIT: I later found out there's already an article on GOL about NDI
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/obs-ndi-plugin-for-linux-send-video-from-one-linux-pc-to-another.11084/
Last edited by Duck Hunt-Pr0 on 14 Mar 2020 at 4:22 pm UTC
I'm guessing i'm heading back to looking at ffmpeg, vlc, nginx etc. etc.
Last edited by Duck Hunt-Pr0 on 14 Mar 2020 at 4:40 pm UTC