Dual PC Streaming - No extra hardware required

A dual PC streaming setup doesn’t have to start with an expensive capture card. In this video I walk through the whole process of getting your gaming and streaming machines working together — using NDI over your local network instead of a capture card.

Quick note on what this covers

We go end to end, from the hardware you actually need to the software that ties it together:

• Hardware requirements — what both PCs need, and why you probably already have it
• How to connect everything — the cabling and network basics
• NDI setup on the gaming PC — sending the feed over your LAN
• NDI setup on the streaming PC — receiving it and taking over the encoding load
• OBS Studio setup — getting your scenes and encoder ready on the streaming side
• OBS NDI plugin — the piece that makes the two machines talk to each other
• Microphone setup — routing your mic from the streaming PC to the gaming PC
• Final thoughts — what I’d do differently

The result is a second PC that owns all the streaming work, so your gaming PC can focus on gaming — without spending a cent on a capture card.

Watch it here: Dual PC Streaming Setup - The easiest way possible (no capture card needed)!

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