multi-media linux question

[Drew]

Hello folks, I've been tasked to put together some options for a computer to control a live stream feed. I'm trying to cover all my bases and wanted to offer a linux solution in addition to a Windows and Mac solution. I'm thinking OBS Studio can fit the bill, multiple camera feeds and a single stereo audio mix coming from a board. I'm looking for recommendations on what distro might be best suited to having someone non-technical (but OBS savvy) sit in front of it and run the stream. I  know that's a very loose requirement, but I suspect plenty of members of this list can provide a recommendation on what distro and interface combinations might be best for not being intimidating to someone used to windows or mac. Thanks in advance for your help.

Drew

[Paul Boniol]

I haven't installed a great number of distros, but in general KDE looks and feels largely like Windows. I'd look for something that offers a KDE desktop.  Kubuntu is not too far from a new LTS release.Fedora KDE, openSUSE, etc.  I don't have any experience with OBS Studio or similar.

I did a search, there are some Linux distros that attempt to feel like OS X, but I never heard of any of them.

Paul

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 9:57 AM Drew <coth...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello folks, I've been tasked to put together some options for a computer to control a live stream feed. I'm trying to cover all my bases and wanted to offer a linux solution in addition to a Windows and Mac solution. I'm thinking OBS Studio can fit the bill, multiple camera feeds and a single stereo audio mix coming from a board. I'm looking for recommendations on what distro might be best suited to having someone non-technical (but OBS savvy) sit in front of it and run the stream. I  know that's a very loose requirement, but I suspect plenty of members of this list can provide a recommendation on what distro and interface combinations might be best for not being intimidating to someone used to windows or mac. Thanks in advance for your help.

Drew

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[Michael L]

I've streamed close to a thousand hours of 720p mp4 video on OBS running on Ubuntu 18&20 LTS --->  NOT ONE CRASH YET <<--- (very unlike Win10 which has frozen up on me at least half a dozen times and taken 18 minutes to reboot).  I suspect Kubuntu LTS would perform the same and look more like Windows, but if their main function is streaming OBS, I doubt it would take any longer to learn to do it on Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu.

I've done this on two different systems.  One system was a Dell i7 with 12GB RAM (new from BestBuy).  Currently I'm on a used HPZ820 with 128GB RAM.  My streaming has all been on OBS's VLC player option as a source, not live switched video.  Hope that helps.

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