Recommended OBS WHIP settings
Encoder options that can offer smooth playback
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OBS Studio v30 now has WHIP output, which can stream into VDO.Ninja. While there are a few limitations of using OBS Studio with VDO.Ninja directly, some H264 settings that have reported offered good results are the following:
Rate Control: CRF
CRF: 23
Keyframe Interval: 1s
Preset: Veryfast
Profile: High
Tune: Fastdecode (required for WebRTC playback)
x264 Options: bframes=0 (required for WebRTC playback)
In some cases when using VDO.Ninja to view the WHIP video, adding &buffer=2500 to the VDO.Ninja view link can further help reduce any lost of skipped frames, but at the cost of increased latency.
While these above settings may not offer the lowest latency or CPU usage, please try them out before seeking support about issues you may be having. It's very easy to break things with bad settings.
OBS Studio does not yet have fully compatible WHIP support with VDO.Ninja, as it lacks the ability to perform NAT traversal. You can resolve this issue with my patched version of OBS in the mean time: https://backup.vdo.ninja/OBS_VDO_Ninja.zip [source]
There's a guide here for those looking to go live from OBS to VDO.Ninja via WHIP
If looking for alternatives to publishing into VDO.Ninja, consider checking out Raspberry.Ninja also, which supports a broad range of encoders, including AV1-AOM, Intel QuickSync, Raspberry Pis, Nvidia Jetson, and many other hardware and software options. Playback is smooth, with support for multiple viewers. Runs on most systems, including Linux and Windows for Linux Subsystem (WSL).
