OBS Studio

Configure Streamer.bot to interact with your OBS Studio instances

You must enable the OBS WebSocket connection. Check out the Get Started Guide for details.

Navigate to Stream Apps > OBS in Streamer.bot

OBS Studio Configuration

Configuration

To add a new connection, anyhere in the panel area and select Add:

OBS Studio Add Connection

Configuration options are outlined below:

Name

Text required

Enter any name or label to describe this OBS instance, e.g. Local OBS

Version

Select required

Select the version of OBS WebSocket to use for this connection.

As of OBS Studio v28.0.0, OBS WebSocket v5 is included by default.

To continue using OBS WebSocket v4.9+, you must install the obs-websocket-4.9.1-compat plugin
It is recommended to update to if you are currently using an older version.

Host

Text required

Enter the host address of your OBS WebSocket ServerIf OBS Studio is running on the same machine as Streamer.bot, keep 127.0.0.1For multi-pc setups you can configure this with another LAN IP address, e.g. 192.168.1.10

Port

Number required

Enter the port of your OBS WebSocket Server

Default: 4455 (v5+) or 4444 (v4.9+)
It is recommended to keep the defaults unless you are using multiple OBS portable installs on the same desktop.

Password

Text

If you configured authentication in OBS, enter the password for your OBS WebSocket Server

Auto Connect on Startup

Toggle

Automatically connect to this OBS Studio instance when Streamer.bot starts up

Reconnect on Disconnect

Toggle

Automatically reconnect to this OBS Studio instance when the connection is disrupted

Retry Interval

Number

Change the interval of reconnection attempts when Reconnect on Disconnect is enabled