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General FAQ

• Project Information and Support Links
• What is OBS.ninja?
• How does it work?
• Why would you need OBS.ninja?
• Why use OBS.ninja over other solutions?
• Where can I get support?
• Where can I report a bug?
• Can I use obs.ninja with other broadcast software?
• How can I donate ❤ to OBS.Ninja
• What are the terms of service?
• More info on privacy and related policies?

Advanced URL Parameters and Settings

• How to Use
• General Options
• Push-side Options
• View-side Options
• Wizard-style Link Generator
• Toggle-style Link Generator
• Cheat Sheet for Advanced Settings
• Excel-based Link Configuration Tool - user made

APIs, IFRAME messaging, and third-party development

• OBS.Ninja's IFRAME API documentation - early draft
• Developer's IFRAME API sandbox and sample source code
• HOT KEYS: Toggle mute with the keyboard, etc.
• Add OBS.Ninja to OBS as a dock-interface

Group Chat

• How does Group Chat work?
• How many people does the Group Chat support?
• How do I access independent streams for each room guest?

Common Errors and Known Issues

• OBS.Ninja doesn’t show up in OBS or is Choppy
• Grey spinning window
• OBS.Ninja on Mobile won't work
• Audio is delayed in OBS
• Audio Clicking or Popping
• Browser source doesn't load when source is a mobile phone or on a cellular network
• Video is pixelated
• Video freezes mid-stream
• Is the OBS.ninja server down?
• Why can't I screenshare from certain devices?
• I get "Overconstrained" camera error when using OBS.ninja
• I am experiencing low frame rate
• How do I control bitrate/quality?
• Autoplay Doesn't work in Chrome or VMix v77
• How do I set up a persistent stream that can be disconnected and reconnected, without generating a new URL?
• There are black borders around the video in OBS.
• Video doesn't mirror anymore when going full-screen
• Not all external microphones will work with iOS Safari; some do tho

Fail-Safes and Backup options offered by OBS.Ninja

• the Backup version of OBS.Ninja
• Previous version of OBS.Ninja
• Diagnostic Speedtest hosted by OBS.Ninja
• Live Support via Discord Chat
• Generic Alternative Domain Name of OBS.Ninja
• VMIX related Domain Name of OBS.Ninja
• Source Code for Self-hosting the Website

Platform Specific Issues

• MacOS
  • How to capture audio on Mac?
• iOS
• Firefox

Guide's and How-to's

Ouput OBS.Ninja to other video software

• How to stream from OBS.Ninja (a group scene or solo stream) into a Zoom meeting with High-Quality!
• How to Output from OBS into Stage Ten
• How to use OBS.Ninja to output to Google Hangouts, Zoom, and more
• How to send the audio/video output of one OBS to another OBS

NDI

• How to do OBS.Ninja to NDI output
• How to add OBS.Ninja to OBS using NDI roundtrip

URL Parameters for power users

• Passing parameters via the URL to achieve your desired stream settings
• How do I obfuscate (hide) the URL parameters for guest links?

Screen sharing

• How to share Desktop Audio on macOS, such as when screensharing
• How to turn your mobile phone camera into a webcam with OBS.ninja (Quick Guide)
• How to share a Screen AND a webcam at the SAME time

Audio

• How to capture AUDIO from Games or other Apps
• Slightly out of date guide to Troubleshooting Audio
• Steve's personal top 3 mic recommendations for podcasting
• How do I capture an Application's audio when screen-sharing on Windows?
• OBS and OBS Ninja DJ Setup Guide - Community Written Guide

Video

• Add custom backgrounds and live video effects
• How to make StageTen.tv act like OBS.Ninja
• Improving your video quality with some better lighting tricks
• How to stream 4K video using OBS.Ninja
• How do I get the highest quality video stream?
• How to Mirror a video while Full-Screen - For iPads, Teleprompters
• See your camera's max resolution limit, and if it supports manual focus/zoom
• If you want to send output of your webcam only and not the entire output from OBS into OBS.Ninja
• Info on using "chrome.exe --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required" to force Auto-play in Chrome

Captions

• How do I add automatic Closed-Captioning to OBS? (now built-into OBS.Ninja!)

Self hosted

• How to deploy your own TURN (relay) server
• Alternative domain names and other connection methods
• Consider the IFRAME API as an alternative to self-hosting OBS.Ninja

Network

• Test your Internet connection quality with a video-echo test, here
• Host your own RTSP server for OBS.Ninja by using OBS with the OBS-RTSP-Server plugin
• How to Improve Streaming performance and reliability with a Speedify

Other

• Where can I find a cheat-sheet reference guide?
• Giving the Director of a group room a way to speak
• How to stream to a Raspberry Pi and use as a remote monitor
• 3rd-party written How-To Guide for OBS.Ninja
• A tool to create editable URL invite links
• A version of OBS.Ninja that works in Mainland China (中国)