# \&solo

Viewer-Side Option! ([`&room`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/room))

## Details

`&solo` is used to bring a solo-link of a guest in a room into OBS Studio.\
<https://vdo.ninja/?view=streamid1&room=roomname&solo>

This tells the system to only view `streamid1` in the specified room. `&solo` and [`&scene`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene) also tells the system not to be a publisher, but a viewer.

This parameter behaves just as [`&scene`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene). The only difference is, that the system does not apply custom 'layouts' to `&solo` links.

Links updates in the director's room from Version 22 onwards.

![](https://2943598173-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MZHXv1G8N0MDxwotaT9%2Fuploads%2FCBIcOxIRhTsuax3I9dLo%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=d80dfc0a-1bfe-40a5-86ab-908eaf834ae9)

### Alternative using \&optimize=0&#x20;

If using a normal manual scene, such as \&scene=3, you can add [\&optimize=0](#alternative-using-and-optimize-0) to the scene URL to enable a mode that is similar to \&solo. It's one of a few different ways to have permanent generic scene links that you can place specific guests into with varying stream IDs. There's also slots, however \&optimize=0 is tweaked for low CPU and network usage, at the cost of a slight added delay in adding a guest to the scene

## Related

{% content-ref url="../video-bitrate-parameters/optimize" %}
[optimize](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/optimize)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="scene" %}
[scene](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene)
{% endcontent-ref %}