# \&showonly

Viewer-Side Option! ([`&view`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/view.md), [`&scene`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene.md), [`&room`](/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/room.md))

## Aliases

* [`&novideo`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-novideo.md)
* `&nv`
* `&hidevideo`

## Options

Example: `&showonly=streamID1,streamID2`

<table><thead><tr><th width="174">Value</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>(string value)</td><td>the stream IDs to view; can be a comma separated list</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Details

`&showonly` only shows any stream IDs that are listed. Useful for reducing the CPU and network load on other connect peers if voice-chat is sufficient.

* Useful for a large group room where you want everyone in the room to see only the OBS Virtualcam output.
* Consider using [`&broadcast`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/broadcast.md) option instead of this flag as it is better suited for presenting a single feed to a group than using `&showonly` alone.

This is actually just an alias of [`&novideo`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-novideo.md).

## Related

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZdsq4lEXnitB6YApW8" %}
[\&broadcast](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/broadcast.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZdvKE9pMsUmZQAfpPu" %}
[\&novideo](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-novideo.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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