For this guide we’re going to install OBS plugins, set up some global sources, and create a couple of scenes. To start, make sure that OBS is not currently open. The first plugin we are going to install is called the. We are going to download the 64-bit version of this plugin because that is the version of OBS we are going to use in this tutorial. After you download the.Zip file, you can simply extract the files directly into your plugins directory. This directory can be found on your computer in Program files > OBS > Plugins and that’s it! How to install OBS Plugins We now have the capability of using video sources in OBS 64-bit.

Verify that Browser Source is installed If installed correctly, you should be able to add a 'Browser Source' to your scenes in OBS. If your OBS does not include it then you will need to reinstall using the Full installer. That can be downloaded HERE. Copy your widget link. Head over to the page for the widget you want to add.

I recommend installing the 32-bit version of this plugin as well. Just simply download the 32-bit files and then install them into your 32-bit OBS directory.

This will be located in Program Files x86 > OBS > Plugins. While we are at it lets grab our second plugin called the. Craagle 4 0. For me the CLR Browser is one of my favorite additions to OBS.

There are a lot of great applications that you can take advantage of by utilizing this plugin. Again, we are going to download the.Zip files we need from the. If you can’t find this on their front page simply and you should find it as the first result. We are going to install this plugin the exact same way we did with the Video Source Plugin. Again, I recommend installing both the 32-bit and the 64-bit versions. You might need to.

Click download and choose the x86 or x64 accordingly. Also, upgrade your.NET installation to 4.5.x, the or can be found at these links. Thanks on Reddit for this reminder! OBS Global Sources Now that we have all of our plugins and dependencies properly installed let’s go ahead and launch the 64-bit version of OBS. If everything was done correctly, then OBS should start right up without any warning messages. With OBS open let’s take a second to talk about global sources. Using global sources is something I wished I learned the first time I launched OBS.

It would have made my life way easier. A global source is basically a source that can be added to any one of your separate scenes while sharing the same settings. They available to use, and constantly running, at any point during your streaming session. This is going to help us a lot down the line. When making global source it is important to choose what is and what isn’t going to be used across multiple scenes. Since we are going to use a video for an animated background across many of our scenes, let’s go ahead and create it as a global source.

To create a global source click the Global Sources button. This will open up the global sources menu. Next, hit Add and choose Add Video.

For my stream I am going to use a video for an animated background, however if you do not have a video and want to use an image instead, simply select Image. If you are not sure how to add images yet, don’t worry we are going to cover that in a little bit. Let’s go ahead and use Video. I am going to name my global source ‘Animated Background’ and hit OK. Now, I am going to see the video source settings, these are the settings that are going to be applied to the source any time you use it in any scene. I am going to set my video settings to using Video Width at 1920 and Video Height at 1080, this is the resolution of the video I am using.

The only other setting I am going to change is the Playlist Setting, for this I am going to enable Playlist Looping. This setting is perfect for something like an animated background as it is going to allow our video to play on a loop. In the section that says enter a File Path or URL Pointing we are going to want to enter the location of our video. The easiest way to find this location is by navigating to your video > right click it > hit properties > location section. We can highlight the location and hit CRTL+C to copy and then paste it in the area for File Path or URL Pointing.