Platforms supported by My OBS
The switch works the same everywhere, but what your viewers see and what you have to set up depends on the platform you stream to.
Summary
Section titled “Summary”| Platform | Status | What you need | What your viewers see |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twitch | Supported | Disconnect Protection turned on in Twitch’s creator dashboard | A pause of a few seconds (up to about 8 s) with Twitch’s waiting image; it’s the same stream |
| Kick | Supported | Nothing to turn on. Use Custom server | With the same resolution, a 1–2 s jump. Otherwise, a pause of a few seconds |
| YouTube | Supported | Your usual stream, with your reusable YouTube stream key. The same resolution on both OBS | With the same resolution, nothing: YouTube moves from one OBS to the other without a gap. Otherwise, a short pause |
| Others (Facebook, TikTok, custom server…) | Experimental | Tick I understand and want to continue anyway. | The platform may end the stream and start a new one |
On all of them, both OBS have to stream with the EnhancedIRL Switcher service and to the same channel. You don’t need to learn the table: in My OBS, each OBS card tells you what your viewers will see (Your viewers: …) based on the platform and whether both OBS have the same picture.
Twitch
Section titled “Twitch”Turn on Disconnect Protection in Twitch’s creator dashboard before your first switch. Without it, Twitch ends the stream when the first OBS stops streaming and opens a new one with the second, and the uptime counter starts over.
The confirmation window reminds you every time you stream to Twitch: “On Twitch, keep Disconnect Protection turned on: without it, Twitch ends the stream and starts a new one.”
In the EnhancedIRL Switcher service you pick Twitch from the list, as usual.
Kick isn’t in OBS’s list of platforms. In the EnhancedIRL Switcher service:
- Tick Custom server (not in the list).
- In Server, paste the URL Kick gives you.
- In Stream Key, paste your Kick stream key (Kick’s key goes here, not an Enhanced IRL one).
The plugin recognises it’s Kick. There’s nothing to turn on in Kick. If both OBS stream at the same resolution, the switch doesn’t cut first: your viewers only see a 1–2 second jump.
YouTube
Section titled “YouTube”Stream as usual, with your reusable YouTube stream key. You don’t have to set up anything else in YouTube: the dashboard takes care of the rest.
With the same resolution on both OBS, YouTube moves from one to the other without a gap. If they don’t match, viewers see a short pause.
Other platforms
Section titled “Other platforms”With Facebook, TikTok, a custom server or any other, switching is experimental: the confirmation window warns you and you have to tick I understand and want to continue anyway. It may go fine, or the platform may end your stream and start a new one.
The stream check
Section titled “The stream check”After each switch, the dashboard checks with the platform whether it kept your stream:
- Twitch and Kick: always.
- YouTube: only if you’ve connected your YouTube account in Account → Platform connections, with Connect with YouTube. See Connect your platform account.
Without that connection the switch works just the same, but the dashboard ends with “We couldn’t check whether your stream was kept”.
Keep reading
Section titled “Keep reading”- Move your stream to another OBS — the switch step by step.
- Install and link the plugin — the stream service, in detail.
- My OBS troubleshooting — if the platform started a new stream.