Pearl 2 with Streaming Software?

Pearl & Pearl-2 General
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Hi All, I’m new to streaming and recently bought the Pearl 2. Is it common or uncommon to use Pearl with a software like OBS, Wirecast or VMix?

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Very uncommon, as Pearl is a standalone hardware encoder it is typically used in place of a computer with software.
The exception being to maybe bring a visual element into the Pearl from software over an HDMI input. For example vmix has some social plugins for titles, or using New Blue Titler.
But from a mix, switching, streaming and recording point of view, Pearl takes over completely.

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Thanks! Yeah, I saw this cool overlay that included a transparent facebook chat function and I wanted to know how that was accomplished. I was guessing through OBS. Do you have any ideas?

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They could have been using a chat plugin for OBS.
On Pearl you could take a feed from a computer that is showing the chat, crop it down to size and even chroma key it if the background was solid. Then have it as a overlay in the Pearl layouts.

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