Translations on your stream (OBS)

The overlay on your desktop is its own always-on-top window, and Playto keeps it out of screen capture on purpose, so it never reads its own translations back. Game Capture only records the game, so the desktop overlay can't show up there.

The Browser Source is a second copy of the overlay, made for OBS. It is drawn by the same code as the desktop overlay, so position, size and style match.

1. In Playto, open the Integration tab and press Start under OBS / Streaming.
2. Press Copy URL.
3. In OBS: Sources → + → Browser, paste the URL, and set the width and height to the game's resolution. Playto shows the size to use while the game is running.
4. Place the source over your game source so the two line up. Then start translating in Playto as usual.

Comparing this with speech caption plugins and chat translation bots? See translated subtitles on your stream.

You only do this once. The URL stays the same every time you launch Playto, and the server starts again with Playto if you left it on.

• Playto Lite — the stream always carries a small Playto watermark.
• Playto (paid) — no watermark by default. You can turn one on and choose its corner.

• OBS has to run on the same PC. The URL only opens on this computer, so a separate streaming PC can't load it.
• Keep the URL off screen. It contains the key that lets OBS connect.
• Nothing shows? Check that Playto is translating, then right-click the source in OBS and choose Refresh.
• Out of line with the game? The source size must match the game's resolution, and it must sit exactly over the game source.
• Prefer Text+ while streaming. Image mode shares your GPU with the game and the encoder.

Using Display Capture instead? The desktop overlay shows up there as part of your screen, so you don't need the Browser Source. What you may do with the footage, and what to tell viewers, is on Streaming and video.