OBS and your streaming app

Control OBS from Konduit

Link Konduit to OBS over OBS WebSocket so the rail can switch scenes, mute audio, record, go to BRB, and start or end the stream.

Updated 2026-10-16 · support@konduit.gg

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The OBS Studio card links Konduit to OBS over OBS WebSocket. Once linked, the rail beside your chat window controls OBS, and Konduit ends its stream session when OBS stops streaming. OBS still captures and sends your video. The link is off by default; if you don't stream with OBS, leave it off.

Before you start

  • Use OBS 28 or newer.
  • In OBS, open "Tools" → "WebSocket Server Settings" and turn the server on. Note the port (4455 unless you changed it) and the server password, if authentication is on.

Set it up

  1. In Konduit, open Integrations and find the OBS Studio card. Choose the gear button on the card to open its settings.
  2. Leave OBS WebSocket host as 127.0.0.1 and OBS WebSocket port as 4455 unless you changed them in OBS.
  3. Enter the OBS server password in the Server password field. It saves when you click away from the field. Leave it blank only if authentication is turned off in OBS.
  4. Turn on Connect Konduit to OBS Studio. The Connect button on the card does the same.
  5. When the card shows ✓ Connected to OBS, pick your BRB scene from the list of your OBS scenes.

Turning Connect Konduit to OBS Studio off, or choosing Disconnect on the card, disconnects every OBS control at once: the rail buttons, scene hotkeys and any scene actions in your rules.

What the rail does

The rail's buttons are icons. Hover over one to see its tooltip. During your first sessions, and while you press and hold a button, a short label shows under each icon (Scenes, Mic, Desk, Rec, BRB, Alert, Sub, Live).

  • Scenes opens your OBS scene list. Tap a scene to switch to it. The same menu has Edit rail, Pop out remote and OBS settings.
  • Mute mic and Mute desktop audio (short labels Mic and Desk) mute and unmute your microphone and your desktop audio.
  • Toggle recording (Rec) starts and stops recording.
  • BRB scene (BRB) switches to your BRB scene and mutes your microphone. Press it again (Back from BRB) to go back to the scene you left, with your microphone as you had it.
  • Fire next alert and Fire next sub (Alert and Sub) fire the next alert or the next sub waiting in the queue.
  • Go Live (Live) starts the stream only when you press it twice: the first press arms it (Press again to go live), and a second press within 6 seconds starts the stream. While you are live, the same button reads End stream and ends the stream after you confirm.

Nothing on the rail starts a stream from a single press. When OBS stops streaming, Konduit ends its session too.

Each of these controls can have a hotkey. Set them on the Hotkeys page.

Use a second monitor

Choose Pop out remote from the rail's Scenes menu, or Open the desk remote on the OBS Studio card. You get a small always-on-top bar with the rail's one-tap controls that you can park on another monitor. Close it on the card closes it.

If it doesn't work

The card tells you what went wrong:

  • OBS is not running: open OBS, or choose Launch OBS on the card.
  • OBS rejected the WebSocket password: copy the password from "WebSocket Server Settings" in OBS and enter it again.
  • No OBS WebSocket at that address: check that the server is turned on in OBS and that the port matches.
  • OBS 28+ required: update OBS.

If the BRB scene shows "(not in OBS right now)", that scene was renamed or deleted in OBS. Pick a scene again.

To put Konduit's alerts and chat on stream, see Put Konduit's overlays in OBS.