Thanks to Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS, users worldwide now have access to the same tools that used to be reserved for the most serious streamers. Now anyone can share videos and communicate with an audience in real-time, thanks to streaming platforms and programs like OBS.
However, switching between your stream and chat tabs can be frustrating. Luckily, there’s a way to show the text from your chat on-screen in OBS, which will also help keep your viewers informed. This guide will teach you how to add chat to your OBS program.
How to Add Chat in the OBS Display
To have your transparent Twitch chat as an overlay, you’ll first have to link your streaming account to Streamlabs, which provides a whole swath of useful streamer tools. On the left sidebar, you’ll need to click on All Widgets and then Chat Box on the top right of the following page. From this page, you can edit your overlay before you copy the link and implement it as a Browser source in OBS.
Tips for Adding Chat to OBS
If you don’t have a new window open up in your OBS display, that’s normal. To check if it’s working, you can enter a message into your chat and see if it appears on your screen. This should be a near-instant recording of a chat screen, so you shouldn’t have to wait more than a couple of seconds.
You can adjust the size of the Browser source to take up as little or as much of your screen as you want. Of course, you’ll want to make sure the chat is readable on most devices, and smaller window sizes may make that more difficult. It will also benefit you to read it on your OBS display while you’re streaming so you can communicate with your audience in real-time.
You won’t be able to type back with this method, but you’ll immediately be able to see anytime someone writes something in your chat. Not only will this allow you to communicate faster, but it also keeps your viewers’ eyes on your stream instead of switching back and forth to read the chat.
Adding a browser source is also a great way to utilize other Twitch and Streamlabs plug-ins to enhance your stream and chat. To add your chat to your stream, this is all you need to know. You can find more guides on the software in the OBS section of our website.
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