How do I set up the OBS overlay and widgets?
Creator Cast gives you an OBS browser-source overlay plus stream-audio widgets so approved fan content shows and plays on your stream. You add the overlay as a browser source in OBS, and the audio widgets handle approved songs from your Fan Song Queue. The overlay only ever displays what you have approved — it is an output surface, not a bypass. You still review every fan clip and every song first.
How do I add the OBS overlay?
The overlay is a browser source, which is the standard way OBS displays web-based stream graphics. In OBS, you add a new Browser source and point it at your Creator Cast overlay. Once it is in your scene, approved content can render through it during your stream. Because it is a browser source, it sits alongside your other OBS layers and you can position and resize it like any other source.
What do the stream-audio widgets do?
The stream-audio widgets handle the audio side — they play approved songs from your Fan Song Queue through your stream. A song only reaches these widgets after you approve it, so the widgets play what you have already cleared, not whatever a viewer submitted.
Does the overlay show anything I have not approved?
No. The overlay and widgets are display and playback surfaces only. Fan clips still pass through your review queue, and songs still pass through the creator-reviewed Fan Song Queue. The OBS layer shows the end result of your approvals.
How do viewers trigger content that the overlay shows?
Viewers interact through chat commands, which are Nightbot compatible and work on Twitch and YouTube. The commands feed your queues; your overlay and audio widgets then display and play whatever you approve. To connect the streaming accounts these rely on, see connecting Twitch and YouTube.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of OBS source is the overlay?
It is a browser source. You add it in OBS the same way you would add any browser-based stream overlay, then position it in your scene.
Will the audio widget play songs before I approve them?
No. The stream-audio widgets play songs only after you approve them in the Fan Song Queue. Submitted-but-unapproved songs do not play.
Can I use the overlay in software other than OBS?
The overlay is a standard browser source, so it works with stream software that supports browser-source overlays. The Creator Cast documentation refers to it as the OBS browser-source overlay.