How To Set Up Dual PC Video Capture For Streaming + Recording | Step By Step Walkthrough
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- In this video, I'll be showing you how I capture video footage from my gaming pc and send it over to my streaming pc with the Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2 and then record or broadcast that footage with OBS. I will take you through the process step by step so it should be fairly simple to set up.
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00:00 Intro/Explanation
00:57 Windows 10/11 key for $16
02:13 Elgato 4k60 Pro Mk. 2 / Hardware setup
04:37 Set Your Gaming PC Resolution
05:41 How to clone your capture card with your gaming PC's monitor (nvidia)
06:51 Issues with cloning ultrawide monitors
07:56 How to clone your capture card with your gaming PC's monitor (AMD)
08:26 Setting up a video capture device in OBS
11:57 If you're having issues
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thanks great video setting up my dual pc right now
I’m not gonna lie you are actually a legend, great explanation after 5 hours of hating life. Thanks 🔥🔥🔥
Question for you. I have the cam link pro as well. Can I keep that in my gaming pc or does that need to be in the streaming pc as well? I have multiple cameras & using the 4k60 pro as well as the cam link pro would use all the pcie slots I have
I was using my passthrough for my main monitor, and I didnt understand you dont have to and you can just clone it! Your a lifesaver bro, thank you so much ❤❤
Wont this hurt your fps?
@@MishaThePunk it depends on your computer configuration.
The way display duplication/cloning works is that it renders video on the main monitor, but then sends that same (already rendered) data to the cloning monitor.
It shouldn't affect your performance too much, if at all, if you have a decent enough computer.
the whole point of dual pc streaming is to have no affect on the one you are playing on@@yenu
@@invictuskrazed2213 i'm not sure if you're just ignorant or actually just stupid but no shit sherlock
the video LITERALLY talks about monitor cloning/duplication rather than passthrough which is why i was talking about performance hits depending on the configuration
This helped a lot thanks man
Hi ! Thank you for the detailed tutorial. I am interested in a 2 PC setup in order to do frame interpolation on the second PC. So if I play a game at 4k@30fps on the main PC, I would like to increase the fps on the second PC through frame interpolation with something like SVP (Smooth Video Project). Would you think something like that is possible ?
Hello there and thanks for the gre
at work!
i did everyting as u mentioned and works like charm !
though i came up with something, when i close the game or alt tab in the gaming pc the display goes in and out like instant smooth zooming.
Is that normal or is something i can fix?
Just to note, if you have a higher resolution/refresh rate monitor, but a capture card that ONLY supports 1080p60fps, Windows can now support display cloning downsampling.
For example, if you have a 1440p240hz monitor, but then a 1080p60fps capture card, you can clone your main monitor (1440p240hz) to your 1080p60fps capture card, and WIndows will automatically take that 1440p video signal, and downscale it to 1080p. Your main monitor will remain unaffected and will stay at 1440p, rather than changing to 1080p.
WIth recent NVIDIA and WIndows updates, it does will no longer use the lower refresh rate. Each display (in this case, the main monitor and the capture card) will run on their respective refresh rates! Passthrough is almost not needed anymore, assuming you have a good enough computer to handle display cloning!
windows 11 ??
Thanks for this, i was trying to find a way around the refresh rate cap and had no clue they pushed this update
@@robertbobbybob Windows 11 ou 10 ?
@@robertbobbybob I mean if you can help me with that it would be really appreciated !
@@acejimbo6119 ah I don't have the 2nd PC yet, I just knew this was a problem and was looking for an solutions ahead of time, I'm assuming maybe it's a Windows 11 thing?
Thanks for the tip on cloning the monitor, fixed my issue
Love this! Glad I could help!
Hello. My camera and mic are now in sync, but I show the internet in my stream and my camera and mic is now about 300ms behind the internet. Basically I want to sing along with RUclips but there is a delay between me and the internet. Can you help????
2024 and this video still helps me. Thank you so much bro!
Insane Video man thanks so much
Any time!
Could you share what deak you are using in your setup. I was looking at something similar perhaps with a kitchen countertop that is about 2.5m to 3 m long.
What should the settings be on the 4k capture utility
Life saver thanks heaps!
you're so welcome!
is there difference between cloning in gpu drivers compared just in windows desktop settings
been streaming wrong for 2 years apparently lol thank you.
First of all thank you for the videos , they are so helpful !
For anyone reading this, I'm trying to do a dual PC setup similar to this.
Do you need a kvm switch to switch between 2 pcs and 2 monitors with 1set of keyboard/mouse? Or does the capture card does it?
If you do capture card to your gaming monitor it will allow you to click as if it were the same monitor. Or at least for me it did.
Hi great tutorial worked wonderfully but my audio is audiong if you know what I mean I cant hear my voice in my recording Do I have to plug my mic into the streamcard? I don't want to do that cause I need my mic to talk in game and stuff? is there another fix
Question? If you wanted to add an console to the dual pc how would you do that?
Thank you for this video. I have a question. I have dual stream setup similar to this one. One of my concerns is that video setting in a game the capture card, Elgato 4k60 mk2, is recognized as display, not my monitor. Hogwarts Legacy and Ghost Recon Wildlands are like this. Is that normal or have I done something wrong? If this is normal, I'll let it go, but if it is fixable, I would like to fix it.
Hi. My gaming pc only has the hdmi port in my 4090 and not in my actual motherboard. Will it still work if I plug the hdmi in my 4090 along with my dp? Thanks
any ideass i have the elgato 60x and a dual pc setup my game transfers over but i cant get the game audio transferred over
I’ve got this set up but OBS only shows 1080 still.. any tips? Gaming pc resolution is correct, so idk why 1440 isn’t showing up.
HELP
did everything step by step, the issue is that when i use my k&m switch to my gaming pc the stream gets no audio, but if i switch it over to streaming pc stream gets audio, but i get no audio on my headset.
Can you make it for single pc? And for razer ripshaw for 2 monitors
Hi , could you do a video please on best budget cameras or just good ones for beginners to start out with ? Thanks
Definitely on my list of things to do for streaming videos
I have a question brother. To connect the streaming pc to the second monitor I only have to conect a HDMI or DisplayPort from the graphic card to the monitor or I have to connect the HDMI from the “out” port of the capture card to the monitor?
Just to the monitor!
what about audio? what is your setup? I use NDI so I have obs open on my main rig but it doesn't affect performance for me but was trying to find a better solution. I don't like using voicemeeter as well as I find it somehow makes my mic robotic at times. Probably because I used an audio interface, NVIDIA broadcast and voicemeeter lol
Having pretty similar issues. usually the popping from broadcast is because your gpu is overloaded. hope that helps, with things like the 1660 the resource pool is shared unfortunately
@@JahWeest I tested it out and it interferes with voice meeter, discord and broadcast and my focusrite solo gen 3.... I have a 3080ti and I used a 2 pc set up so my gpu wasn't being overloaded. I would sometimes get rid of the robotic noise by restarting discord, broadcast or a full boot up... but it pretty annoying so I stopped using broadcast and voicemeeter.
@sku56 have you solved your issues?
not really.. I don't use NVIDIA Broadcast and voicemeeter anymore so I don't have the robotic issue. I use the OBS Teleport for audio like Itunes, Chrome etc so I can control the audio individually.@@DieTabbi
Where should my headset (hyper x QuadCast S) be connected to, my gaming PC or Streaming PC?
I want it to be connected to my gaming PC but then elgato 4k is not capturing the microphone, the audio itself is picked up tho, please help
Getting stuck when adding video capture device into OBS, have followed all previous steps using Elgato HD60x but the card does not appear under device, only elgato screen link. Any advice?
is there no way that you can set up a custom capture window so you can still game in ultrawide but the stream only captures the 16:9 aspect ratio portion in the middle?
Does cloning caused any lag, stutter, or even screen tearing from gaming side?
Hey great video, thanks
What computer case is that?
Thank you so much! I have both of the cases listed in the description of the video!
Which pc do you have the goxlr software on?
my gaming monitor is 240hz and just got my second pc to set up my dual pc streaming and gaming. My friend has the hd60 s+ from elgato can i use that for my dual pc setup or do i need the lastest one hd60 x? I use streamlabs noy obs i can follow the same steps has you just on streamlabs it will work?
The HD60 S+ will work just fine.
Question for anyone that sees this. I wanna stream at 1080p 60fps. I play in 240hz though. Which capture card should i get for that? I see some capture cards that support up to 144hz and such but is that really necessary if im not planning to stream in anything higher then 60fps on twitch?
I run the Razer Ripsaw HD and highly recommend it.
Thanks
I have a quick question, which KVM are you using? I've tried a few and they've sucked so I'm looking for a good suggestion
I’m not using a kvm, but rather, a peripheral switch that is just for my keyboard and mouse. It was very cheap from Amazon
@@RAVisuals Would you happen to have a link or brand name you used at least I should take a look at
can i have the elgato in my gaming pc instead of my streaming pc? Because my streaming PC dosn't have the extra PCIe slot for the capture card.
Nice quality vid. Thanks for making these vids.
I do have one issue that I am driving myself nuts over, is there a way to split game audio from mic audio so that they are not mixed into 1 input in OBS?
I'm trying to figure out how to have Voicemod on a 1 mic setup with goxlr dual pc setup with all audio split in obs so that Game Audio doesn't pick up my regular mic mixed into it and Voicemod stacked over it. In example: 2 voices stack over eachother.
I have 2 pc's, goxlr, lgc2 for gaming monitor and I can't figure this out for the life of me.
I can get voicemod to work great if I am capturing Ps5 with my streaming pc as obs will recognize 2 different inputs. One being the ps5 game audio and the other input being Voicemod. I'm at a loss for figuring it out for dual pc setup.
This is something I really want to solve for my own setup too. I want to use voicemod on my mic and also separate the music and game audio so I can get the music out of recording if I want. Im gonna have to go down a rabbit hole to figure it out, for sure!
I found on the Voicemod site that they have a guide for dual pc setup using Voicemeeter Potato, virtual cable, and Vban.
I have heard that Voicemeeter sometimes does not play nice with the Go xlr.
I have no experience using any of the software mentioned so I can't say for myself.
Well thanks for the reply and down the rabbit hole we go!!
I'm sure you will nail it and teach us!!
Can you install it into your gaming pc and make it work with your streaming pc?
Hello my friend, great video! I have a question, i record/play/stream from my Acer Nitro 5 laptop, recently i bought a second monitor to play from my nintendo switch, i have the elgato hd60X capture card, but i dont know how i can setup it with my second monitor to play my games there and have OBS open in my laptop monitor at the same time.
My monitor only has a VGA and a HDMI port, currently i have my laptop connected to the second monitor via HDMI, i bought a VGA to HDMI converter to try and connect the HD60X to the monitor through it but its not working, i could use some help!
before i just recorded and played from the preview window in OBS, thats why i wanted a second monitor but now i cant get it to show the pure game from the HD60X
Where should I have my Capture Card connected to? My streaming PC or Gaming PC. I can't seem to have it work with the audio yet.
Thank you for this! I was lost af trying to set all this up
I'm having an issue when I'm on my gaming pc the mouse goes off the right side of my screen like if there's a monitor there ifk what to do
Is it possible to put the capture card into a gaming pc and use the line out to go to the hdmi port on a streaming laptop?
in theory that seems like it could work
Do you use Gsync with this method?
what about sound? how do you set up sound?
So am I able to record any video at 4k on any pc or do I need a supported gpu for that
With this capture card you should be able to record in 4k provided you have a monitor that supports that resolution and a GPU to drive that monitor
I’m getting a black box or no signal in my 4k capture utility any suggestions on how to fix that?
so I use and LG C2 as my gaming monitor. so I already use my hdmi port on my gpu to my LG. can I use a display port to hdmi on the 4k60 pro?
Same situation. Did you find a way to make it work?
I have a 1440p 240hz , what capture card can i use?
I saw husker using 240hz 1440p monitor pc stream with 4k60mk2. but idk how to do it. cus it said it doesnt support 240hz 1440p only 1440p 144hz. do you know how to do it?
Figure this out?
I have a 1440p 240hz monitor for my gaming pc. But when I clone my Elgato to my monitor it only lets my resolution go to 1920x1080 on my pc monitor. Looks grainy and washed out. How do I fix this?
Could you do the same but for audio?
Do I need to use the NVIDIA control panel? I cloned the desktop through the control panel on windows.
Cloning doesn't work if monitor on gaming pc is connected through display port right?
Hi, u showed your Monitor should be on GPU and the Capture Card`? Display or GPU`?
How do you get your warzone game audio to be heard thru stream without go XLR?
Did you figure it out?
Whats about Tearing by using this Method?
I have had this same setup . But is there anyway I can just capture a certain game or screen only and not the entire desktop?
yes. You just need to make sure you have the screen selected in obs when using a "screen capture" scene
@@RAVisuals I figured it out I had to un clone my main and elgato 4k then I had to have obs open in my gaming rig as well and do game capture and match all settings. Then on gaming rig I had to select projector thingy . Then on stream pc I had to make a new scene or whatever it’s called and match it with the gaming rig idk seems confusing cause I’m a dummy but I got it lol . I can’t explain well since I’m not home . But there is a way and it works perfect
Hi! Quick question! (maybe dumb but I dont care :) ) Before buying and doing all of that I want to know if I need to buy another mouse and keyboard for my second pc or there's something I can do to only use one of each because I would need to get a new desk for the space. Thx in advance! I really love how detailed your video is!
You could look into getting a KVM switch, which would allow you to toggle between both PC's. Or, look into software like Synergy. It's essentially a virtual KVM which works pretty well.
Oh yeah that could work! I'll check for both of these options. Tysm
@@Anomz You're welcome!
All you need is a Keyboard and mouse switch! I did a full video on the one I use for my setup!
the solution is KVM switch, the software alternatives generate too much input lag and the response level is not good.
Hey! I have watched from 06:50- 07:55 i dont know how many times xD
I cant get the screen to not be in strech mode.. tried alot of different modes. Aspect Radio / Integer scaling :(
gsync doesn't seem to work after duplicating the displays? Using the HD60X.
As someone who streams and records both PC and Console how you recommend me accomplish this ?
You can absolutely do this with a console too! You just have to link the console with the streaming pc. The audio with a console is much simpler because it comes over an hdmi typically
Hello, Cloaning both displays will cause lots of screen tearing if we play fast paced games like Call of duty or Apex legends. my only fix to this is extending the displays and from my gaming pc, I open OBS and do full screen projection to the elgato. The issue is opening OBS in the gaming PC will cause some CPU and a bit of frame drops in my gaming PC. Is there a way to clone the displays without having this screen tearing? I heard we can do something with the nvidia control panel related to VSync I believe?
I would really appreciate your help on this because I would rather do cloaning that Full screen projection to get the full performance on my gaming PC.
yes! You can use gsync or gsync compatible if youre using a freesync display with an nvidia gpu.
I did that but unfortunately tearing is still there, because I’m sending 1440p 240hz signal to 1440p 144hz. The full screen projection worked but OBS is affecting the gaming stream unfortunately. Maybe I can try the scaling in Nvidia control panel and see
I also had to use this method. I have an OLED monitor and gameplay doesn’t look as good without HDR, but you can’t enable HDR when cloning.
@@UncleKnighthawk i tried everything.. and the best method to avoid game tearing is to do full screen projection. But also u can do passthrough with no performance issue at all
@@n1jim my gaming monitor is 1440p 240hz, but the capture card can only pass through 120hz at 1440p. So I’ve been using the screen projection method as well.
Do you use a ground loop isolater?
Yes! I’ll actually go in depth with this in my “2 pc audio” video. I’m almost finished with it!
do i need to worry about screen tearing with this method ?
I have a 1440p monitor on my gaming pc and a 1080p on my streaming pc. Does my streaming pc monitor have to be 1440p as well for me to record and stream in 1440p?
Nope! Just depends on the capture card. If your capture card allows 1440p capture then you’re all good
@@RAVisuals I have the elgato 4k60 mk2 but when I go on streamlabs obs on my streaming monitor the max output is 1080p
when i clone/duplicate the signal it tends to also duplicate the audio. Thoughts?
In OBS, you need to uncheck the different audio channels. Only select one audio channel per video source. If you don't want any extra audio channels then uncheck all the extra boxes in your "Advanced Audio Properties"
hi. i have a problem. every time i open a game, my cursur enlarge alot.
i have a 27 inch monitor and 1440p. elgato m2.
I’m have dual monitors. How do my second streaming pc hook to my second monitor. Gpu or Capture Card?
I need help I’ve done everything and my 4k 60 card doesn’t show up In obs idk why
My gaming monitor is 1440p but my streaming pc monitor is a 1080p. will that be an issue?
I get this issue with mine when I enter a game in full screen the gaming monitor goes black takes a second then the resolution goes to 800x600. I can not find anything about this. I use a 4090 on gaming and 3060ti on stream pc. is there someone I can reach out to and show in more depth?
My PC is amd is there anything I should do differently
What about the audio?? Does my mic plug into my gaming or streaming PC?
I have another full video just on audio 🙌
everytime I alt tab out of a fullscreen game my gaming pc goes black and it stays black for about 5/8 seconds. My entire pc freezes and discord sound is cut out. Is there any way to fix this issue?
Will this method allow me to stream at a lower resolution (1080p 60) while still gaming at 1440p 240hz?
You can technically use OBS to set the output resolution you want to use and fps as well
Ok so I've done all this on my hd60s pro. How do i make it where i can hear my obs alerts on my gaming pc headset?
You would have to connect your sound cards together with a 3.5mm male to male cable. Go from the recording PC line out to the gaming PC line in on your sounds cards.
@KruellNationGaming appreciate this however i figured it out without the 3.5mm cords
ur the best man u saved me a fucking headache
06:52 Does anyone knows if 4k pro capture card can handle 2k 144hz??
So SCALED output pc is 1080p max and my gaming pc (canvas)is 1440p. I need to put canvas at 1080p???
If my gaming pc is a laptop when I plug my headphones in on the gaming pc the audio does not capture on streaming pc
what if i have a weird refresh rate and resolution like, 5120x1440 240 hz
At minute 8:38 that’s your gaming PC or streaming PC ?
HELP!!!!!
what do i do, my screen went black after i cloned the screen in the video 6:35?
I tried everything to fix it nothing works.
So you have obs only on the streaming pc? And not both gaming and streaming pc?
Correct! Just the streaming PC
@RA Visuals not sure what my issue is, I get a black bar that moves during the stream close to center of the screen.
Feel like it's either something with the scaling or maybe the fps...
Or just callisto protocol being weird with the rendering
Just figured it out, my hdmi cord was then problem. Just tried a different hdmi and it's working !
but duplicating/extending screens adds input delay. and i noticed it when gaming..
I get green screen and lines when I add my capture card
I’m mine only shows my dell monitor in the first box in the nvidia control panel I have three monitors. So I need one more plugged into my gaming pc the other two are on my streaming pc.
I’m so confused with this stuff 😂
I tried this but nothing is showing up on my monitors 😢
what if it doesnt say clone with, they are greyed out
10/10
Is there a way to do this if the gaming PC is AMD and the main is Nvidia?
I’m having the same trouble, I actually tried the “enable clone” on and software and my screen went black, now I can’t figure out how to fix it
At 8:30 are we doing the obs settings on our gaming PC or thee stream PC?
Nevermind i am the dumb and figured it out
Which was it?
@@JustSmilinn stream PC
How you do this with one pc setup
Thing is when you clone the display then the main monitor of the gaming pc looks a bit washed out or like the quality has dropped. What about that?
I don't notice this issue. My settings go over just as their supposed to be. What capture card are you using?
Are you using HDR on your display? Most cards are unable to capture 10 or 12 bit HDR. Your Graphics card may be able to sense that the capture card cannot accept HDR and would send a standard dynamic range conversion as the clone output which typically looks very gray and washed out.
If that's not it you may have a mismatch between full range RGB and limited range RGB. This setting is part of standard dynamic range separate from HDR. Full uses black levels from 0-255, lmited values from 16-235. Ideally you'll be using full range on your GPU and monitor. Even if you are using limited on both of those you need to look at the settings for your capture card to ensure it matches what the gaming PC is outputting.
Unless you have the GoXLR or Banana running on the recording PC, I don't see how you record to separate audio tracks? Since the only cable connecting the PCs is the HDMI, the HDMI only supports one audio stream and it is going to combine ALL audio into one track. right?
your voice, your game audio, your discord buddies on their own channel and if you have other PC in the same room playing recording, you would need another Elgatoo and sound card to keep the audio separate. If you don't separate ALLLLL those audio channels then you are going to end up with one audio channel and its extremely hard to edit out audio you don't want, especially when multiple sounds are going off at the same time.