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What happens to your stream when OBS closes?

With the protection armed, Corneta replaces the lost signal with the BE RIGHT BACK screen and keeps the destinations connected until OBS comes back. If your PC, your internet or Corneta itself stops, this protection doesn't work.

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Reading time
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Corneta version
0.13.1
Tested with
Corneta 0.6.0 (Windows 11), OBS Studio 32.x (Windows 11)

With BE RIGHT BACK armed

Once the first real signal has arrived, Corneta can replace the missing video with the BE RIGHT BACK screen. The destinations stay connected and go back to your content when the signal returns.

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Safety nets settings with BE RIGHT BACK and auto-bitrate armed.

The protection has to be armed before the stream; turning it on midway doesn't rebuild an output that has already dropped.

The protection has to be armed before the stream; turning it on midway doesn't rebuild an output that has already dropped.Source: CornetaCorneta version: 0.13.0

This covers OBS closing, OBS restarting and an interruption of the local RTMP. There's also the BE RIGHT BACK now button, which puts the screen up manually and cuts the audio while you take a break.

Without the protection

If the signal disappears in the middle of the stream and BE RIGHT BACK wasn't armed, Corneta warns you that it lost the input. The platforms may end the stream when they stop receiving media.

What the protection doesn't cover

  • a total internet outage;
  • a PC that is shut down or frozen;
  • Corneta being closed;
  • a power outage;
  • a block or shutdown by the platform.

It's a safety net inside the same PC, not a cloud relay. Covering a total failure of the machine would take another encoder somewhere else.

Test it first with an unlisted stream: go live, close OBS, confirm BE RIGHT BACK on air and open OBS again. The full procedure is in how to use and customize the BE RIGHT BACK screen.