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- Invite only guests to the room that you trust. +
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- Remote website must be CORS/IFrame compatible with full SSL-encryption enabled. +
- Not all websites will work with this feature and many will actively not allow embedding like this. +
- If sharing a Youtube video, try using the embeddable link version and ensure that the video is set to allow embedding. +
- Youtube video - Demoing it here + Demoing it here
- - MacOS users currently need to use a - preview version of OBS Studio 26 or resort to + MacOS users using OBS will need to update to OBS Studio 26.1.2 or resort to window-capturing with the provided Electron-Capture app. @@ -609,8 +631,8 @@
- A group room can handle up to around 30 guests, depending on numerous factors, including CPU and available bandwidth of all guests in the room. To achieve more than around 7-guests though, you will likely want to disable video sharing between guests. &roombitrate=0 or &novideo are options there. +
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- 🎁 Site Updated: Jan 2nd, 2021. The previous version can be found at - https://obs.ninja/v134/ if you are having new issues. + 🥳 Site Updated: Jan 12th, 2021. The previous version can be found at + https://obs.ninja/v14/ if you are having new issues.
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- 🎁 Site Updated: Jan 2nd, 2021. The previous version can be found at - https://obs.ninja/v134/ if you are having new issues. + 🥳 Site Updated: Jan 12th, 2021. The previous version can be found at + https://obs.ninja/v14/ if you are having new issues.
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Welcome. This is the director's control-room for the group-chat.
You can host a group chat with friends using a room. Share the blue link to invite guests who will join the chat automatically.
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You can host a group chat with friends using a room. Share the blue link to invite guests who will join the chat automatically.
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- GUEST INVITE
- Invites users to join the group and broadcast their feed to it. They will see and hear other guests in the same room. - These users will see every feed in the room. - -INVITE A GUEST
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