Update: 03:48 I made a mistake. It should be this srt://{streaming-pc-ip-address}:{port}?mode=caller It should be ? not &. Give this a try if it didn't work for you. -- Who here uses a two PC setup?
Started doing two pc this year and probably won't go back. I had spare parts hanging around, so it felt like a no-brainer to at least try Teleport. Both of my NIC cards are 2.5gbe and I also have a 2.5 switch. It took all of about 10 minutes to get going, and its been going strong ever since. I haven't even bothered moving my alerts/sources over to the stream pc, because just the performance I got back from off-loading has been enough of a difference.
I do, only I use a mac mini instead of a pc for my output to stream. Because I am a masochist. Fighting NDI has been a great time. Definitely giving this a try when I get home from work. It would make life so much easier. Thanks again, Nutty.
This is also good because if your PC crashes, the stream isn't over. This is especially useful for people who stream on RUclips, because if the stream crashes, you have to make a new video and lose all the people watching.
Thanks for all the help - Just a FYI for anyone that is using Streaming labs & is a bit confused as no Media Source showing . Just pick Media File & untick Local File same thing
If you're using the SRT protocol for video streaming, you should be using port 2000. 22222 is not the move, ports all the way from port 1 up to port 49152 are almost all reserved by various technologies. If you want to use a different port than 2000 because there's a conflict, I'd recommend using a port between 49152 and 65535 which is the ephemeral port range.
I just commented here but I can't find it back, so until I do here's a detail I missed that completely goofed up my setup: make sure you use a question mark symbol after your ip address and port on the receiving computer. If you use an ampersand it will not work and OBS will throw the error shown at 9:10 as well!
Hey there I was in the first 3 seconds! My video for 2 PC setups using OBS Teleport! Can't say I've had issues with it or know many people that have, but it's not the same for everyone. This method you're showing reminds me of the old NGINX based 2 PC setup configs, but wayyyyyyy easier. Super cool, dude!
I am not able to get it to work, I went ad looked on my streaming PC for an open port. I found it and enter all the info as listed on the video but I get an error. "Failed to connect to the streaming server. Please check your internet connection."
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc. ie. srt://192.168.0.10:22222?mode=caller instead of srt://192.168.0.10:22222&mode=caller
@@The_Communal_Grind Have tried this with no luck, curious if you have any other suggestions? Not sure what else it could be! Have watched the video quite a few times and everything else is correct.
Thank you so much! I've been struggling with a cheap ass capture card for 2 weeks trying to get audio in it with nothing working. This was so eazy. Now I just need to figure out the best video settings.
So is this basically a simpler method to NDI, whilst having the same pros and cons? I've been using NDI, but if this helps a little more for performance, I'm willing to switch over!
One of the great advantages of this method is that you have all the flexibility of encoder options that OBS Studio supports. So you can tune your settings to use the exact network bandwidth you specify, with the exact encoder and encoder options you want. All without installing anything other than OBS. There is a little rendering overhead, but that's why I recommend keeping the gaming PC's OBS layout as simple as possible.
@@nuttylmao Yup! That's exactly how I've been treating OBS with the NDI plugin, just an empty/clean OBS installation, sending 20k bitrate with nvenc to my streaming PC. I play competitively so if this method works out help push out a bit more performance, I'd switch in a heartbeat!
I didn't need to record gameplay, but I used this to help me record my artwork for speed painting videos. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you SO MUCH!
In your intro you scrolled through all those tutorials I was sitting here nodding my head agreeing with you what you failed to mention, however, was how much funnier, and less of a time waste, this tutorial was. So thank you, for being you.
Sadly getting "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server" any idea?
8:14 I've been a one-PC streamer ever since I started streaming. But since yesterday I've started using this method with all my stream stuff still connected to my main PC, mainly because I'm too lazy to move everything over. But just taking the stream load off my main PC alone was more than enough to get my frames back. My laptop just has one scene that acts as a glorified downstream keyer while it handles the stream load and that's it. (All done through Teleport btw)
The persona BG music had me so confused for a second cause I wasn't sure if it was actually the song. But it worked really well for the video. This is a really cool method for Collab content too or for multiple perspective videos.
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc. ie. srt://192.168.0.10:22222?mode=caller instead of srt://192.168.0.10:22222&mode=caller
I have never commented on any of your videos before but I must say a BIG Thanks to you for all your amazing tutorial videos. I watch almost all your videos just to learn new things related to streaming. I might/might not use them but the information I get is always helpful and interesting. Keep them coming. Thank you again
This method uses your Local Area Network to send the stream from gaming PC to Streaming PC before finally sending it off the the internet. It's worth noting that for best results you definitely want both PCs to have a wired connection to your router and hopefully both PCs as well as the router have 2.5Gb ethernet ports
absolutely not needed for srt streaming pc to pc, you wont need anything other then your standard gigabyte (hell 100mb is more then enough for this) unless you are trying to do multiple uncompressed ndi signals.
I tried but everytime i start streaming from the gaming pc, it keeps on saying that it cant access the specified channel or stream key. I dont know what to do
Why does it say “could not access the specific channel or stream key please double check your stream key if it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server” I didn’t input a stream key I don’t know what the stream key is. Can someone help? I don’t understand.
You make a lot of big brain and complex stuff but for some reason this one just hits different. I just moved and was just setting up my two PC setup again. NDI was being buggy as per usual. I literally ask myself if there a way I could just send my native stream output from OBS to my streaming PC. Definitely going to try this. Going to compare the quality to NDI (which isn't great as is), and the performance. Thanks for all your S tier help nutella
Damn this is a bit of an ancient method, I remember wanting to start streaming back in like 2015/2016 and I only had my average performance gaming PC at the time and I found a guy who made a tutorial on 2 PC streaming doing exactly this, but instead of doing it wirelessly he hooked an ethernet cable up between the two PC's, that could allow the gaming PC to send that insane bitrate I'm assuming with little to no issues if it's over Ethernet
@@boosivemotorsportofficial Yeah I can't imagine the latency would be high enough to have a noticable impact, but there would still technically be latency, cause physics.
7:33 Hmm so are you sending it over Internet or LAN? Either way, if you can do LAN, or even maybe if its not. Im pretty sure you can use an Ethernet cable to connect both PC's. Just an idea that i know works for files but if it does work, im sure you could bump up the Bitrate a good amount. Only downside i can think of is that you may need another way to connect another Ethernet cable to your PC, as wireless prob wouldn't be too good for streaming
I had just about figured out my two PC set up using an HDMI camera link to capture video from my PC. Technically more simple than a game capture, but also pretty much the same thing because it's a pain to get audio sources... I have considered this method, but really wasn't sure if it saved a significant enough portion of the gaming PC when you're still encoding, and sending data across your network. Also, both my two computers are semi-Potatos so I need every gigzhert I can get.
Been racking my brain over this one for a few days I've tried several port numbers, even switched the '&' to an '?' and still telling me the "Could not access the specified channel or stream key" error message. O have no idea what I'm doing wring.
Doesn't work for me... I put this message here, maybe someone will kindly help idk.. I did configure the gaming and the streaming PC in OBS with the SRT protocol, but each time I click on "Start Streaming" on the gaming PC I have a message saying that it is impossible to find the channel or the streaming key etc... I don't use any Twitch account and so no streaming key below the SRT adress, I don't understand why OBS keeps searching for a key while the stream must be sent to the streaming pc without any key... cheers!
@@8dreadnought Hey I'm sorry I didn't see your message. I disabled the firewall over private network on the streaming PC. But I hope after 2 months you did figure it out.
After clicking Start Streaming on the Gaming PC, the Gaming PC shows two different popups every two seconds saying it disconnected and then reconnected succesfully then disconnected and so on. Using Mid 2012 Macbook Pro as Gaming PC and a 2024 Macbook Pro M3 Max as Streaming PC.
Great video. I have two pcs. A video with the specs of both of your computers would be great. Also subbed. You deserve it because you remind me of the Mortal Kombat character SHANG TSUNG and I love your humor. FINISH HIM!!!! 👊👊👊😂😂😂
Works a charme, thx for that - however the image arriving on the stream pc is quite blurry and unsharp, also slight distortion on text areas - kinna as the arriving image would arrive in way lower resolution than the original on gaming pc. Any ideas how to fix it so that i get the same quality as the original on gaming pc is ? Regards and thx for help.
It would be nice if you answered everyone's question as to why it's asking for a streaming key. I'm getting the same error message "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server. Made some of the same attempted fixes others have suggested and not getting anywhere, only that error message. I read your pinned comment but that didn't help.
For everyone else running into the "unable to connect" or "Stream key required" error! Here's what worked for me. For reasons I can't figure out setting both PC's to caller mode [srt:{ipaddress}:{port}?mode=caller] got them to communicate and now it works perfectly
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc
@@The_Communal_Grind I noticed the same issue with the “&” and swapping it with the “?” fixed it but it’s weird that I have to have both machines set to caller
@@kuhnootlesTTV have you tried replacing “caller” or “listener” with “rendezvous”on both machines, Apparently that’s another mode for this sort of stream setup
@@CrookedMustacheGaming I have not! I was in the process of trying this NDI plugin as I keep seeing that in the comments haha. I will try the "rendezvous" option now as well. Thanks for the quick reply!
I just wanna say thanks for all the great content you deliver. Half the time I'm not ~ really ~ interested in what you're showing, I just think it's super cool you're going above and beyond to innovate and come up with new ways! 🙂 Also, you're super entertaining!!! We love your sense of humor!
@Nutty, I had it working perfectly a year ago, came back after a long break and tried to stream from my Gaming PC to the Streaming PC and got an error msg "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to server." I'm a little confused because we don't use a streaming key in your set up. Can you help please. Thanks.
You know i follow you on twitch but don't chat much, and i finally subbed on youtube. Hope your views get up, you're super informative and i like your satire. Keep at it, i also just ordered a thermal printer from one of your other vids~ Thanks a bunch.
Truly cool, nutty! Thank you, this makes so much sense to divvy up the tasks. Also, your unexplainable port addition fix is fun; another scratch-the-head "I dunno, but it makes things work properly" drop-in. More Cool. So, more thanks!
My new problem is now trying to set this up in a new place and trying to figure out why it's not working anymore even tho I haven't changed anytihng other than the numbers for the ip adress and the port. yes they're all how they need to be.
This actually might work for me. I have a gaming laptop and I've been thinking about getting a desktop. I'd make the desktop new one my gaming PC to crank quality of the game, and leave the laptop my streaming/editing PC because I can go sit on the couch and edit, lol. Gonna save this one to my streaming hacks playlist. Thanks for this video, nutty!
help pls every time i try to start streaming it says" No config URL available for the current service" and after just doeasnt work. its the 6th time i watch the video triying to figure it out.
@@ShyRockFreak86 Test this. Add stream key ex. 1234 on the gaming pc. Then in streaming pc change the srt://ip-address:port&mode=listener to srt://ip-address:port?mode=listener&srt_streamid=1234 This is how i did get it working.
I been trying this and every time i try to start streaming on the gaming PC i get the following error: Failed to connect. Could not access the specified channel or stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to the server. Any ideas?
@@SarahSashaSmith yeah, unfortunately I never found a solution. Ultimately got a better capture card that allowed for the frame rate passthrough I wanted (1440p240) that simplified my set up. Was a shame tho. Really wanted to give this a shot
I am rocking 3 pc setup. one streaming laptop, one gaming pc, one Android and emulation and sketching pc. This guy helped me so much and now gone add 4pc to stream afk Minecraft grind on stream
I could see doing this over a LAN by just replacing the public IP address with the local IP address of the PC you're streaming to. At the same time this would easily work over long distances as well. Thanks for the video man!
Been using 2 pc setup for about 10 months now. I'm trying to configure them both the proper way instead of the gaming computer crashing and losing the stream. Your suggestions have helped but was not working through OBS only, had to enable teleport. It's working now but sound issues I'm working through.
Heya! love this setup! I play music on my gaming machine, is there any way for me to get VOD tracks or something over to the other machine? What do you suggest?
Hey Nutty,, i tried your solution today on my PC and Mac Setup. I would like to play on my PC and stream on my Mac. So i tried your setup but once i press "Start Streaming" on my PC ist just says "connection to server failed". Have you any idea what the problem might be? I tripple checked the values and it seems to be correct on both machines.
One thing I didn't notice you cover was getting Audio over to the Stream PC. I had to tik the option to capture audio on the Game Capture bit of my Gaming PC OBS also turning on the Audio track for it. Obvs if you have your sound setup in settings, you can probably skip this step. Curious your thoughts on how this works compared to say Teleport plugin. I assume it does pretty much the same thing minus the plugin.
this is also a good method for couples and friends who stream and want to play games or draw art side by side on the same stream. i know some freinds who use discord streaming for this. but i think this will work allot better than that for them.
Hey nut, can I use a ethernet cable to bridge the gap between my gsmi g pc and my streaming one, my gaming has 2 ports (1gig and 2.5) I use the 2.5 for the actual internet and maybe tor educe latency I can hook up the 1gig one to the streaming pc and the streaming one will stream to twich over wifi 6. Or is it a bad idea and it won't work?
cool concept if you have mad resources and hardware, but essentially tripling your total load, including limiting your total network bandwidth (20k bitrate on local traffic plus the 6K on Twitch upload) on this method
somehow it doesnt seem to work going from a windows 11 laptop to my windows 10 PC. both running the same version of obs studio. RIP. even turned off the firewall on both for testing.
On pressing the start streaming button I get the error: Failed to connect Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to the server. I can confirm I corrected for the ? & mistake and that the port is free. I also added the extra media-source. Could it be a plugin like the vertical streaming?
i was thinking of doing a 2 pc setup for a cooking strim and this will help a lot because I have Gb networking everywhere but my pc is too far away from everything ! tnX
Does anyone know how to make the media source play at 60fps? I am using this method, streaming off my gaming pc at 60,000 kbps, and my streaming pc is recording at 100,000 kbps, amazing quality and detail but the video itself is not at 60 for some reason, even though I have everything set to 60 inside obs. I’m assuming it’s the way the media source itself behaves
Well, I got to the part where I click start streaming on my gaming PC and....looks like it can't see my laptop. Went over things a few times, didn't miss a step from what I can tell. 🤷♂
NUTTY! i have tried this like 20x now and it does NOT work brother. i am running OBS 28.1.2. on both PC;s, both brand new installs and Identical. i can not figure it out
I have my pc that streams to twitch. I want to set up a second PC with two video sources. I am thinking this way will only work with one video source on the second PC. right? Any tips on what to use for two video sources from the second PC?
You solved something for me that I could not figure out for the past 10 years. Thank you!! I have a very particular situation with a minidisplayport on a digitizing tablet from 2014 causing issues which makes it so I cannot use a capture card. AHHhhhh I'm so grateful you made this video even if you did not expect it to do well in analytics, and I'm so happy I finally found a solution T__T
Love your tutorial. Super easy to understand. Super easy to follow. Love your links. However it does not work for me. Are you using a particular version of OBS? I am at the current update do I need to roll it back or something?
I tried this method, even with changing the "&" to "?" as described in the comments. Furthermore, I disabled all firewall settings with "netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off" to ensure it wasn't a firewall issue. I tested from the Gaming PC to the Streaming PC by doing a "tnc -p 22222 192.168.0.2" and it Gaming PC was able to ping but not connect to the Streaming PC on port 22222. I adjusted the ports to test and still no results. I still get the "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double check your stream key..." These two computers are connected directly to each other using a crossover cable. What's the fix?
Update: 03:48 I made a mistake. It should be this
srt://{streaming-pc-ip-address}:{port}?mode=caller
It should be ? not &. Give this a try if it didn't work for you.
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Who here uses a two PC setup?
Im too Poor😅
I've been researching it today, funnily enough lol
Started doing two pc this year and probably won't go back. I had spare parts hanging around, so it felt like a no-brainer to at least try Teleport. Both of my NIC cards are 2.5gbe and I also have a 2.5 switch. It took all of about 10 minutes to get going, and its been going strong ever since. I haven't even bothered moving my alerts/sources over to the stream pc, because just the performance I got back from off-loading has been enough of a difference.
Started doing two pc today , Thanks
I do, only I use a mac mini instead of a pc for my output to stream. Because I am a masochist. Fighting NDI has been a great time. Definitely giving this a try when I get home from work. It would make life so much easier. Thanks again, Nutty.
I love when another two-minute video turns into 2 hours of me trying to figure out what they did in 30 seconds.
welcome to the pc master race lol
@@Gamingodj I'm a software developer. It's the story of my life.
@@Gamingodj I see this as my future
😂😂😂 me
Time scaling becomes more non-existant, the more recognized papers you have.
This is also good because if your PC crashes, the stream isn't over. This is especially useful for people who stream on RUclips, because if the stream crashes, you have to make a new video and lose all the people watching.
I’m about to rig my 2 PC setup, so this is SUPER helpful!! Thanks, Nutty!
DID IT WORK?! I CANN NOT GET IT TO WORK!
Thanks for all the help - Just a FYI for anyone that is using Streaming labs & is a bit confused as no Media Source showing . Just pick Media File & untick Local File same thing
A1 thank you!
this help me with obs my dumb aa could not find the input an output stuff tell you told me about the unpick.
It needs to be the same obs
If you're using the SRT protocol for video streaming, you should be using port 2000.
22222 is not the move, ports all the way from port 1 up to port 49152 are almost all reserved by various technologies.
If you want to use a different port than 2000 because there's a conflict, I'd recommend using a port between 49152 and 65535 which is the ephemeral port range.
Thanks stranger!
It thought about to it and gave me a new error😂😂😂
I just commented here but I can't find it back, so until I do here's a detail I missed that completely goofed up my setup: make sure you use a question mark symbol after your ip address and port on the receiving computer. If you use an ampersand it will not work and OBS will throw the error shown at 9:10 as well!
I like the possibilities for LAN events and gaming with a friend while streaming, thanks for this!
And keep up the great work!
You had my thumbs up at "you're super good at gaming King." Really heartfelt and I appreciated that very much.
Hey there I was in the first 3 seconds! My video for 2 PC setups using OBS Teleport! Can't say I've had issues with it or know many people that have, but it's not the same for everyone. This method you're showing reminds me of the old NGINX based 2 PC setup configs, but wayyyyyyy easier. Super cool, dude!
failed to connect to server from gaming pc when i hit start streaming, everythings typed out right i dont get it lol
On Gaming PC - Turn the server to Twitch (if you had that set up before). Turn off enhanced broadcasting. Then switch back to custom.
@@canuckpaul what do you mean
@@canuckpaul can you help
i got it thanks boss man that was much help
when i try to stream on the gaming pc it says check stream key
same
have you fixed it yet ?
Facts same here smh
He forgot to mention that it should be "?mode=listener" not "&mode=listener". At least fixed the problem for me.
it should be "?mode=listener" not "&mode=listener".
I am not able to get it to work, I went ad looked on my streaming PC for an open port. I found it and enter all the info as listed on the video but I get an error. "Failed to connect to the streaming server. Please check your internet connection."
On Gaming PC - Turn the server to Twitch (if you had that set up before). Turn off enhanced broadcasting. Then switch back to custom.
Yeah mine says “could not access the specified channel or stream key..”
same, have you figured it out yet?
HELL no lowkey gave up trying.. says you need some type of hdmi adapter thingy..@@dareal_kennysan333
Anything yet
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc. ie. srt://192.168.0.10:22222?mode=caller instead of srt://192.168.0.10:22222&mode=caller
@@The_Communal_Grind Have tried this with no luck, curious if you have any other suggestions? Not sure what else it could be! Have watched the video quite a few times and everything else is correct.
This chick is good, definitely knows her stuff. Subscribed 👍
😂
Jealous much
Its a man
Thank you so much! I've been struggling with a cheap ass capture card for 2 weeks trying to get audio in it with nothing working. This was so eazy. Now I just need to figure out the best video settings.
So is this basically a simpler method to NDI, whilst having the same pros and cons?
I've been using NDI, but if this helps a little more for performance, I'm willing to switch over!
One of the great advantages of this method is that you have all the flexibility of encoder options that OBS Studio supports. So you can tune your settings to use the exact network bandwidth you specify, with the exact encoder and encoder options you want. All without installing anything other than OBS.
There is a little rendering overhead, but that's why I recommend keeping the gaming PC's OBS layout as simple as possible.
@@nuttylmao Yup! That's exactly how I've been treating OBS with the NDI plugin, just an empty/clean OBS installation, sending 20k bitrate with nvenc to my streaming PC.
I play competitively so if this method works out help push out a bit more performance, I'd switch in a heartbeat!
I didn't need to record gameplay, but I used this to help me record my artwork for speed painting videos. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you SO MUCH!
In your intro you scrolled through all those tutorials
I was sitting here nodding my head agreeing with you
what you failed to mention, however, was how much funnier, and less of a time waste, this tutorial was.
So thank you, for being you.
It says failed to connect, why?
Sadly getting "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server" any idea?
Same error here, too!
Same
Same
Having the same problem and I have no idea how to fix it, especially since I had this setup working at my previous pad.
@@desperadodavex51 check the description of the video👍🏻
8:14 I've been a one-PC streamer ever since I started streaming. But since yesterday I've started using this method with all my stream stuff still connected to my main PC, mainly because I'm too lazy to move everything over. But just taking the stream load off my main PC alone was more than enough to get my frames back. My laptop just has one scene that acts as a glorified downstream keyer while it handles the stream load and that's it. (All done through Teleport btw)
The persona BG music had me so confused for a second cause I wasn't sure if it was actually the song. But it worked really well for the video. This is a really cool method for Collab content too or for multiple perspective videos.
Cant get it to work ;-( Keeps saying "Cannot access the specified channel or stream key"
Ndi works fine so I know its not a connection issue 😞
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc. ie. srt://192.168.0.10:22222?mode=caller instead of srt://192.168.0.10:22222&mode=caller
@@The_Communal_Grind omg, thank you it worked for me after using the ? instead of the &
@@The_Communal_Grind I changed the & to the ? and I still get the error asking for a stream key. anyone try anything else?
On Gaming PC - Turn the server to Twitch (if you had that set up before). Turn off enhanced broadcasting. Then switch back to custom.
@@canuckpaul CONFIRMED WORKING!!
could not access the specified channel or stream key
Same :(
ruclips.net/video/ZqIPvhM_8Og/видео.html
setup the media source first
Thank you so much! I needed this. Since I'm using a mac mini to stream from pc, teleport and ndi did not work. But this did. I'm a subscriber now.
I try same as you do but it gives me the error "there may be problem with connecting to server"
yeah same did u find a solution yet?
I have never commented on any of your videos before but I must say a BIG Thanks to you for all your amazing tutorial videos. I watch almost all your videos just to learn new things related to streaming.
I might/might not use them but the information I get is always helpful and interesting. Keep them coming. Thank you again
This method uses your Local Area Network to send the stream from gaming PC to Streaming PC before finally sending it off the the internet. It's worth noting that for best results you definitely want both PCs to have a wired connection to your router and hopefully both PCs as well as the router have 2.5Gb ethernet ports
absolutely not needed for srt streaming pc to pc, you wont need anything other then your standard gigabyte (hell 100mb is more then enough for this) unless you are trying to do multiple uncompressed ndi signals.
@@lool75it could be possible to send the streaming signal through wifi? In order to gain stability and reduce traffic on LAN network
not optimal but with srt sure, i would not even attempt it with NDI though @@3venthoriz0n
This is super helpful! And I am definitely gearing up to trying this tonight!
I tried but everytime i start streaming from the gaming pc, it keeps on saying that it cant access the specified channel or stream key. I dont know what to do
same
Why does it say
“could not access the specific channel or stream key please double check your stream key if it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server” I didn’t input a stream key I don’t know what the stream key is. Can someone help? I don’t understand.
I guess this should work even if I would try to use it on my old macbook as a streaming machine... Will try and come back tommorow...
Im a bit late to the vid but my gaming pc cant connect to my streaming pc, typed everything in right too
You make a lot of big brain and complex stuff but for some reason this one just hits different. I just moved and was just setting up my two PC setup again. NDI was being buggy as per usual. I literally ask myself if there a way I could just send my native stream output from OBS to my streaming PC. Definitely going to try this. Going to compare the quality to NDI (which isn't great as is), and the performance. Thanks for all your S tier help nutella
So the gaming pc will not use any gpu to capture the video and send it to the recording PC? I still don’t understand how does it works
Damn this is a bit of an ancient method, I remember wanting to start streaming back in like 2015/2016 and I only had my average performance gaming PC at the time and I found a guy who made a tutorial on 2 PC streaming doing exactly this, but instead of doing it wirelessly he hooked an ethernet cable up between the two PC's, that could allow the gaming PC to send that insane bitrate I'm assuming with little to no issues if it's over Ethernet
Do you have a link on how to do this? I gather theres no latency with this method?
@@boosivemotorsportofficial Yeah I can't imagine the latency would be high enough to have a noticable impact, but there would still technically be latency, cause physics.
@@GravytyMusic I didn't try this method. I just use an elgato capture card for my dual pc gaming/streaming setup.
7:33 Hmm so are you sending it over Internet or LAN? Either way, if you can do LAN, or even maybe if its not. Im pretty sure you can use an Ethernet cable to connect both PC's. Just an idea that i know works for files but if it does work, im sure you could bump up the Bitrate a good amount. Only downside i can think of is that you may need another way to connect another Ethernet cable to your PC, as wireless prob wouldn't be too good for streaming
Will you also include a tutorial as to why it didn't work for me? Wasted like 2 hours for no reason and downloaded NDI and worked right away.
“9:29” this video is amazing FYI man you’re amazing!!!!!
I had just about figured out my two PC set up using an HDMI camera link to capture video from my PC. Technically more simple than a game capture, but also pretty much the same thing because it's a pain to get audio sources... I have considered this method, but really wasn't sure if it saved a significant enough portion of the gaming PC when you're still encoding, and sending data across your network. Also, both my two computers are semi-Potatos so I need every gigzhert I can get.
hdmi camera link? How does that work?
Been racking my brain over this one for a few days I've tried several port numbers, even switched the '&' to an '?' and still telling me the "Could not access the specified channel or stream key" error message. O have no idea what I'm doing wring.
Great video, but I have tried so many different ports and yet I get the same error.
same for me so far
Doesn't work for me... I put this message here, maybe someone will kindly help idk.. I did configure the gaming and the streaming PC in OBS with the SRT protocol, but each time I click on "Start Streaming" on the gaming PC I have a message saying that it is impossible to find the channel or the streaming key etc... I don't use any Twitch account and so no streaming key below the SRT adress, I don't understand why OBS keeps searching for a key while the stream must be sent to the streaming pc without any key... cheers!
Nevermind, firewall problem...
@@helmarok_ what did you do to your firewall to fix this i cant figure it out
@@8dreadnought Hey I'm sorry I didn't see your message. I disabled the firewall over private network on the streaming PC. But I hope after 2 months you did figure it out.
Sir can I stream ndi from 2 PCs from different internet??
Ok but why is nutty always coming through for me… this works perfectly for my needs, thank you bro! keep doing your thing your GOTED
After clicking Start Streaming on the Gaming PC, the Gaming PC shows two different popups every two seconds saying it disconnected and then reconnected succesfully then disconnected and so on. Using Mid 2012 Macbook Pro as Gaming PC and a 2024 Macbook Pro M3 Max as Streaming PC.
Great video. I have two pcs. A video with the specs of both of your computers would be great. Also subbed. You deserve it because you remind me of the Mortal Kombat character SHANG TSUNG and I love your humor.
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I followed this but kept getting an error: Could not access the specified channel.
thanks man, tutorial work the same to my laptop.
Works a charme, thx for that - however the image arriving on the stream pc is quite blurry and unsharp, also slight distortion on text areas - kinna as the arriving image would arrive in way lower resolution than the original on gaming pc. Any ideas how to fix it so that i get the same quality as the original on gaming pc is ? Regards and thx for help.
It would be nice if you answered everyone's question as to why it's asking for a streaming key. I'm getting the same error message
"Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct there may be a problem connecting to the server.
Made some of the same attempted fixes others have suggested and not getting anywhere, only that error message. I read your pinned comment but that didn't help.
For everyone else running into the "unable to connect" or "Stream key required" error! Here's what worked for me. For reasons I can't figure out setting both PC's to caller mode [srt:{ipaddress}:{port}?mode=caller] got them to communicate and now it works perfectly
I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by not using the '&' on the gaming pc and replaced it with '?' to match the syntax used on the Streaming pc
Have tried this with no luck. Curious if any other ideas for people who have the "Failed to connect".
@@The_Communal_Grind I noticed the same issue with the “&” and swapping it with the “?” fixed it but it’s weird that I have to have both machines set to caller
@@kuhnootlesTTV have you tried replacing “caller” or “listener” with “rendezvous”on both machines, Apparently that’s another mode for this sort of stream setup
@@CrookedMustacheGaming I have not! I was in the process of trying this NDI plugin as I keep seeing that in the comments haha. I will try the "rendezvous" option now as well. Thanks for the quick reply!
10/10 for the XG - GRL GVNG Video at 2:42. Love it! ♥
Thanks for the great video!
But I tried and... I keep receiving the message that needs streaming key :/
Same for me. Checked if the ports are open and listening.. IDK what im dooing wrong
Oh nutty, I will always watch your videos. Even if I’m not applying the tip on my stuff, I always come out learning something new. So thanks!
vibing to that Persona remix in the bg. You're a solid man of culture, Nutty.
I just wanna say thanks for all the great content you deliver. Half the time I'm not ~ really ~ interested in what you're showing, I just think it's super cool you're going above and beyond to innovate and come up with new ways! 🙂
Also, you're super entertaining!!! We love your sense of humor!
So.... the OBS on the gaming PC acts (in a way) as the capture card? If that makes sense. I'm still learning how it all would work.
@Nutty, I had it working perfectly a year ago, came back after a long break and tried to stream from my Gaming PC to the Streaming PC and got an error msg "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to server." I'm a little confused because we don't use a streaming key in your set up. Can you help please. Thanks.
You know i follow you on twitch but don't chat much, and i finally subbed on youtube. Hope your views get up, you're super informative and i like your satire. Keep at it, i also just ordered a thermal printer from one of your other vids~ Thanks a bunch.
6:41 why doesn't obs use any network bandwidth ? what would be optimal specs of streaming pc ?
Truly cool, nutty! Thank you, this makes so much sense to divvy up the tasks.
Also, your unexplainable port addition fix is fun; another scratch-the-head "I dunno, but it makes things work properly" drop-in. More Cool.
So, more thanks!
My new problem is now trying to set this up in a new place and trying to figure out why it's not working anymore even tho I haven't changed anytihng other than the numbers for the ip adress and the port. yes they're all how they need to be.
This actually might work for me. I have a gaming laptop and I've been thinking about getting a desktop. I'd make the desktop new one my gaming PC to crank quality of the game, and leave the laptop my streaming/editing PC because I can go sit on the couch and edit, lol. Gonna save this one to my streaming hacks playlist. Thanks for this video, nutty!
help pls every time i try to start streaming it says" No config URL available for the current service" and after just doeasnt work. its the 6th time i watch the video triying to figure it out.
Didn't NDi bring out an options to just send the NDi source of a display capture without the need of two OBS installs?
Minor problem here, OBS insists I use a stream key.
Anyone have any answer to this...what's the stream keys that's need??
@DarrenStylz4 yeah I need the answer to this
Same. How do we bypass the key?
@@ShyRockFreak86 Test this. Add stream key ex. 1234 on the gaming pc. Then in streaming pc change the srt://ip-address:port&mode=listener to srt://ip-address:port?mode=listener&srt_streamid=1234 This is how i did get it working.
mine didn't require this once i went through the settings tab rather than the autosetup wizard.
I been trying this and every time i try to start streaming on the gaming PC i get the following error:
Failed to connect. Could not access the specified channel or stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to the server.
Any ideas?
Same
@@SarahSashaSmith yeah, unfortunately I never found a solution. Ultimately got a better capture card that allowed for the frame rate passthrough I wanted (1440p240) that simplified my set up. Was a shame tho. Really wanted to give this a shot
Thanks for letting me know!@@Koyote2033
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setup the media source first
I am rocking 3 pc setup. one streaming laptop, one gaming pc, one Android and emulation and sketching pc. This guy helped me so much and now gone add 4pc to stream afk Minecraft grind on stream
3:47 IT'S A STREAMING PC IP ADDRESS, pls dont make mistake like me... It took me a DAY to figure it out, chatGPT help me realized it....
I could see doing this over a LAN by just replacing the public IP address with the local IP address of the PC you're streaming to. At the same time this would easily work over long distances as well. Thanks for the video man!
Been using 2 pc setup for about 10 months now. I'm trying to configure them both the proper way instead of the gaming computer crashing and losing the stream. Your suggestions have helped but was not working through OBS only, had to enable teleport. It's working now but sound issues I'm working through.
Heya! love this setup! I play music on my gaming machine, is there any way for me to get VOD tracks or something over to the other machine? What do you suggest?
Hey Nutty,, i tried your solution today on my PC and Mac Setup. I would like to play on my PC and stream on my Mac. So i tried your setup but once i press "Start Streaming" on my PC ist just says "connection to server failed". Have you any idea what the problem might be? I tripple checked the values and it seems to be correct on both machines.
i have same issue do you have any solutions?
Same Here. PC -> Mac. Did you found a solution?
One thing I didn't notice you cover was getting Audio over to the Stream PC. I had to tik the option to capture audio on the Game Capture bit of my Gaming PC OBS also turning on the Audio track for it. Obvs if you have your sound setup in settings, you can probably skip this step. Curious your thoughts on how this works compared to say Teleport plugin. I assume it does pretty much the same thing minus the plugin.
this is also a good method for couples and friends who stream and want to play games or draw art side by side on the same stream. i know some freinds who use discord streaming for this. but i think this will work allot better than that for them.
This is just Nutty content! I've used Teleport and it seems to work a lot like this method. Thank you, I did not know about this method.
Hey nut, can I use a ethernet cable to bridge the gap between my gsmi g pc and my streaming one, my gaming has 2 ports (1gig and 2.5) I use the 2.5 for the actual internet and maybe tor educe latency I can hook up the 1gig one to the streaming pc and the streaming one will stream to twich over wifi 6.
Or is it a bad idea and it won't work?
cool concept if you have mad resources and hardware, but essentially tripling your total load, including limiting your total network bandwidth (20k bitrate on local traffic plus the 6K on Twitch upload) on this method
somehow it doesnt seem to work going from a windows 11 laptop to my windows 10 PC. both running the same version of obs studio. RIP. even turned off the firewall on both for testing.
i miss interpreted the instructions. i was using the source computers ip on the stream pc instead of the stream pc ip. this method does work!
On pressing the start streaming button I get the error: Failed to connect
Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double-check your stream key. If it is correct, there may be a problem connecting to the server.
I can confirm I corrected for the ? & mistake and that the port is free. I also added the extra media-source. Could it be a plugin like the vertical streaming?
when i start stream on my gaming pc i get an error which says: The specified channel or stream key could not be accessed 😪😪
Brilliant idea, didn't know about this. Will give it a shot 👊
i was thinking of doing a 2 pc setup for a cooking strim and this will help a lot because I have Gb networking everywhere but my pc is too far away from everything ! tnX
Can any one help me i followed this to the T and i keep getting failed to start streaming No config url available for current service on my gaming pc
Does anyone know how to make the media source play at 60fps? I am using this method, streaming off my gaming pc at 60,000 kbps, and my streaming pc is recording at 100,000 kbps, amazing quality and detail but the video itself is not at 60 for some reason, even though I have everything set to 60 inside obs. I’m assuming it’s the way the media source itself behaves
Not working for me, bcause I have the stupid Streamlabs plug in OBS. Plugin wants to take the stream straight to the Twitch :
Well, I got to the part where I click start streaming on my gaming PC and....looks like it can't see my laptop. Went over things a few times, didn't miss a step from what I can tell. 🤷♂
Hey you have a video how to get sound mic through on stream withoutbbuying a mix amp?
this does not work for me, when i click start streaming it says ''Invalid Path or Connection URL.''
NUTTY! i have tried this like 20x now and it does NOT work brother. i am running OBS 28.1.2. on both PC;s, both brand new installs and Identical. i can not figure it out
does this still work with the new updates? i can't get anything, error as well keeps saying my stream key is invalid :(
OBS doesn’t make a frame rate drop but it feels like it does, I think it adds input delay of affects frame timing
I have my pc that streams to twitch. I want to set up a second PC with two video sources. I am thinking this way will only work with one video source on the second PC. right? Any tips on what to use for two video sources from the second PC?
Can we use this 2ns pc from neighborhood friend playing bass guitar, then to my room 1st pc streaming playing the guitar too?
You solved something for me that I could not figure out for the past 10 years. Thank you!! I have a very particular situation with a minidisplayport on a digitizing tablet from 2014 causing issues which makes it so I cannot use a capture card. AHHhhhh I'm so grateful you made this video even if you did not expect it to do well in analytics, and I'm so happy I finally found a solution T__T
It's funny this has been recommended to me a year later.
But I am curious is this still the standard? For this sort of set up?
Love your tutorial. Super easy to understand. Super easy to follow. Love your links. However it does not work for me. Are you using a particular version of OBS? I am at the current update do I need to roll it back or something?
On Gaming PC - Turn the server to Twitch (if you had that set up before). Turn off enhanced broadcasting. Then switch back to custom.
I tried this method, even with changing the "&" to "?" as described in the comments. Furthermore, I disabled all firewall settings with "netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off" to ensure it wasn't a firewall issue. I tested from the Gaming PC to the Streaming PC by doing a "tnc -p 22222 192.168.0.2" and it Gaming PC was able to ping but not connect to the Streaming PC on port 22222. I adjusted the ports to test and still no results. I still get the "Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double check your stream key..." These two computers are connected directly to each other using a crossover cable. What's the fix?
On Gaming PC - Turn the server to Twitch (if you had that set up before). Turn off enhanced broadcasting. Then switch back to custom.
Um yea this didnt work for me I keep getting an error saying "could not access the specified channel or stream key"