Bug Report OBS crashes everytime I hit start or preview stream

I followed the obs tutorial for streaming TF2 word by word by skyride and whenever i hit preview or start stream, OBS says Woops! OBS has Crashed. Here is what it says when I view a crash report. (really sorry if there is an easier way then just pasting this and I don't know)

This crash appears to have occured in the 'c:\program files (x86)\obs\obs.exe' module.

**** UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: c0000005
Fault address: 01220E05 (c:\program files (x86)\obs\obs.exe)
OBS version: Open Broadcaster Software v0.465a
Windows version: 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1

Crashing thread stack trace:
Stack EIP Arg0 Arg1 Arg2 Arg3 Address
0035EE5C 01220E05 00360000 01239227 37D867B0 00000000 obs.exe!OBS::Start+0x885
0035EF64 0121FF64 37D867B0 00000000 01238BD0 00000000 obs.exe!OBS::ToggleCapturing+0x14
0035EF6C 01239227 002A1BF2 00000111 00001389 00341C6C obs.exe!OBS::OBSProc+0x657
0035EFAC 74DB62FA 01238BD0 002A1BF2 00000111 00001389 user32.dll!0x74db62fa
0035EFD8 74DB6D3A 00000000 01238BD0 002A1BF2 00000111 user32.dll!0x74db6d3a
0035F050 74DB965E 01481E90 00000000 01238BD0 00001389 user32.dll!0x74db965e
0035F094 74DB96C5 002A1BF2 00000111 00001389 00341C6C user32.dll!0x74db96c5
0035F0B8 71944601 0043B7F0 00000000 00341C6C 0043B7F0 comctl32.dll!0x71944601
0035F0D8 71944663 54010001 00000001 00000000 718CB495 comctl32.dll!0x71944663
0035F0F4 719444ED 00341C6C 00000202 00000000 000A001D comctl32.dll!0x719444ed
0035F154 74DB62FA 718CB495 00341C6C 00000202 00000000 user32.dll!0x74db62fa
0035F180 74DB6D3A 00000000 718CB495 00341C6C 00000202 user32.dll!0x74db6d3a
0035F1F8 74DB77C4 718CB495 00000000 0035F28C 74DDC81F user32.dll!0x74db77c4
0035F258 74DB788A 0035F324 6209F410 74DB78E2 001C1D01 user32.dll!0x74db788a
0035F268 74DDC81F 002A1BF2 00000000 37D87A60 FFFFFFFE user32.dll!0x74ddc81f
0035F294 01217A9F 01200000 00000000 00402C65 00000001 obs.exe!WinMain+0x6ef
0035F8FC 0129F8C2 7EFDE000 0035F9D0 77699EF2 7EFDE000 obs.exe!strstr+0x1c2
0035F98C 769E33AA 7EFDE000 75446169 00000000 00000000 kernel32.dll!0x769e33aa
0035F998 77699EF2 0129F92D 7EFDE000 00000000 00000000 ntdll.dll!0x77699ef2
0035F9D8 77699EC5 0129F92D 7EFDE000 00000000 00000000 ntdll.dll!0x77699ec5

A minidump was saved to C:\Users\tony\AppData\Roaming\OBS\crashDumps\OBSCrashDump2013-01-03_7.dmp.
Please include this file when posting a crash report.

List of loaded modules:
Base Address Module

I've been having this problem too.

This occurs because your mic can't be initialized, check it is set properly in your settings or disable it.

R1CH said:

This occurs because your mic can't be initialized, check it is set properly in your settings or disable it.

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indeed that was the case. thank you