QUESTION · ARCHIVE

Is this app living inside of OBS, or is this accessible within it, or is it outside?

ASKED BY · Unknown · 19 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:03:28

THE PANEL'S ANSWER
John

Core Video Pro is completely standalone with its own compositor and audio engine written from the ground up; OBS is not part of it at all.

Summarised by AI from what the panel said. Watch the moment for the full answer.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

From the transcript.

Machine-transcribed, so it may contain errors. Every timestamp opens the episode at that second.

3:07so you could do a cloud deploy and then kind of go from there wow that is amazing so this first of all you're being extremely humble on calling this simple uh it's like it's amazing what you've built here you even i noticed you had a loudness meter there on one of the one of the pages which is fantastic so is this app is this

3:28living inside of obs is this accessible within it or is it outside this is completely standalone okay yep uh so it is a um its own compositor uh its own audio engine it's all written uh from the ground up. So this is my take on, you know, like the Windows version of Ecamm Memo Live sort of thing. And obviously, you can see this preview program. So, you know, I'm going to listen to

3:57the feedback of our community and make sure those things are important and shown. So I'm curious if so if someone's an OBS user, like obviously, this is a standalone app, but how do you get, so you joined the meeting from this app, but where does OBS come into play? Yeah, so for this app, OBS isn't a part of it at all. So it's just totally unrelated.

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT →
MENTIONED IN THE ANSWER
Core Video Pro→OBS→
ASKED BEFORE

Similar questions
from other episodes.

About the same products and topics, most related first.

19 SEP 2026If someone is an OBS user, how do you get Zoom sources into this app? Where does OBS come into play?CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding · 4:1419 SEP 2026I know the Zoom API has been getting a lot of updates. Have you heard about the new talkback feature that allows communication? Is that a comms solution? Are you working on it with Core Video?CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding · 13:2819 SEP 2026I hear you've been working on some production-related tools. Do you have anything you can share with the class this morning?CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding · 0:0231 OCT 2026My AVKans PTZ is lagging about two frames from my other two cameras, all going via SDI into AJA converters. One feed is going into OBS from the ATEM Mini Pro. How can I fix this?Office Hours | Saturday | October 31, 2026 · 39:3128 OCT 2026Have any of the vibecoders been using REA to explore firmware? It made an NDI-HX codec for OBS, created an audio-video sync for my Rodecaster Video S that can monitor and auto adjust, and a few other things. Curious what others have built.Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control Motorized Knobs · 56:3027 OCT 2026What are the options for Mac SRT ingest?Extra Hours | Episode 114 | October 26, 2026 · 46:42
ALSO IN THIS EPISODE

28 more questions
from CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding | Vertical.

The whole episode →
▶ 00:00:03I hear you've been working on some production related tools. Do you have anything you can share with the class this morning?▶ 00:04:19How do you get Zoom sources into OBS, and where does OBS come into play with this app?▶ 00:05:02Is that a performance meter of some kind in the buttons at the bottom of the toolbar?▶ 00:05:48Do you have individual telemetry for the participants that are joining, like can you see their frame rate and the resolution that they're sending when they've joined?▶ 00:06:14If you've got someone that's joined the meeting and their audio is fluctuating a lot, if you as the engineer want to remotely turn their audio up or down, is there any way to do that on a per-user basis?▶ 00:08:06Are you charging for these apps, or is Core Video Pro still in alpha?▶ 00:09:15What can you speak to the differences in terms of the video performance, the engine, the graphic subsystems like on a Windows PC versus Mac—are you running OpenGL on a GPU? Is it GPU driven on the Mac as well?▶ 00:10:48Can you live stream from this app? What about recording? Where does it go from there?▶ 00:11:37How does the routing work for ISO recording and output options?▶ 00:12:25What record options and settings are available for per-camera bit rate control?▶ 00:13:13Are there plans for remote control surfaces like iPad apps or web interfaces?▶ 00:13:33Have you heard anything about the new Zoom talkback feature in the API that allows you to have a comms solution?▶ 00:15:24What's a low budget and high budget underwater video and audio setup?▶ 00:18:24Can you recommend additional resources for underwater video and audio?▶ 00:20:19What's your AI project of the week—anything to share?▶ 00:22:57How do you start a big project like Show Hub—do you write a spec doc outside of the AI tool or upload it as a product requirements doc?▶ 00:26:32What's your current AI project related to searching and indexing Office Hours content?▶ 00:30:07How much does a talker's distance to the wall behind them matter compared to the wall behind the mic? Which side would you treat first?▶ 00:32:41What's everyone paying for AI plans?▶ 00:34:57What's the relationship between Cursor and X/Elon's companies, and what models does Cursor offer?▶ 00:37:53Can you describe your personal and work AI spending and platforms?▶ 00:39:30How do you think about AI plan costs relative to the value and time savings they provide?▶ 00:40:50Can you describe your experience building production tools with AI using MCP and cloud instances?▶ 00:42:16How has AI enabled rapid clip generation and highlight creation for Office Hours content?▶ 00:52:52The iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture—what can't the iPhone still do that Apple needs to add next?▶ 00:53:15What is the optical zoom and sensor size on the iPhone 18 Pro, and how much does computational photography still play a role?▶ 00:56:04Did Samsung have a phone camera with editing capability years ago, and how does that compare to iPhone features?▶ 00:57:45What role did the Newton's patents play in iPhone development and Apple's survival?