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- Real Name: Joel Hutner
Hi, I'm no expert but I try to answer questions with no response and I have a Web Presenter, so I'll draw from my experience.
This straightforward setup should work fine. The 2 cameras need to match framerate and resolution and if you're using a converter, check that it will work with BMD hardware.
The usual recommended minimum hardware doesn't apply since the Web Presenter compresses the video to equal or even less than the average webcam today, the PC should be doing hardly any work.
More is always better and the professional stance would always be prepare for the worst, but any Skype capable computer should be able to stream with the Web Presenter assuming you have the OBS settings right.
Since the WP compresses the video for you, YOU MUST change your OBS settings to make sure it doesn't re-compress your video on-the-fly (which it does by default), it will only waste your CPU resources and drop about half of your frames.
Check the OBS manual for how to reduce processing as much as possible and start from the lowest setting. Only increase it if you have issues, but the video from the WP should be good to go.
My sound sync issues were totally resolved with the updates, but there is still talk about it online sometimes. I would guess user error, but I can't really say. You can bring in the audio separately and add a delay in OBS to compensate in the worst case scenario.
OBS sometimes doesn't pick up the WP audio at all, you just need to restart the WP and OBS (I'm not sure where the fault lies on that one.) Once it has it, it won't lose it.