question / help

hello im having trouble trying to start recording on obs. i have looked at videos and other things. i have also updated my amd gpu but i still get "failed to start recording " message and im wondering if anyone can help me ?

Hi, this is a very specific need. I need obs to display the preview to see 2 video captures at the same time, this preview is set at 60 FPS, I would like to stream in SRT at a lower framerate 20 FPS ~ as is not necessary higher framerates and to save CPU resources. But I don't see in windows...

Hello! As the title says, I'd like to have the window my game capture uses change automatically to whatever window I have in the foreground without having to press my hotkey every time. I'm surprised it's not a setting, and the closest thing is "capture any fullscreen application", my issue is I...

As the title says, I'm getting a lower quality (I think) with the settings I have, compared to other streams that use the same resolution and the same bitrate. I don't stream, but I'm testing I hope you can help me with this problem, whether it's configuration or some other trick PC: CPU...

I'm unable to run OBS for any period of time longer than about 1-2min outside of safe mode. I believe the culprit to be SE Live as when it is disabled I have no issues. I have the last log file but only critical issue was the video file output for recordings. Running as administrator also does...

[This post is written on mobile while travelling so if you need specific details, please do ask in the comments.] *Title is already the tldr* Specs: Mobo: Asus Prime A68HM-K CPU: A8-7600K GPU: Aisurix RX560 XT 8GB Other details that might help: The default driver of the GPU makes windows...

I streamed on obs to twitch and when I ended stream the “last broadcast” stream was doubled in audio but it was delayed I had the audio of what the video was showing then audio from like 10 seconds ago was I stream on a pc but from a Xbox via capture card never had this issue before what caused it?

Hello, I have been using OBS for my video recording for the past couple of years, but I want to update those settings a little bit. After looking through a couple of YT videos about the OBS settings, they all suggested using Nvidia. The problem with that is that my Windows 10 laptop uses both...

PC Specs: Ryzen 5 5600x, NVIDIA 4060ti, 32gb RAM Speedtest.Net: 350-400 down, 250-300 up Using OBS live: NVENC H.264 encoder, processor priority set to high, bitrate set to 8000, output scaled to 1080p 60fps I think, (I stream at 120fps), streaming to Twitch (affiliate). I stream Dead by...

So I want to start a new Let's Play Youtube Channel and I was wondering if I record in 1080p60 and render in 4K60 will the video quality decrease? I read on other forums too that if I record in 1080p and upload in 4K the video will look bad, but I also saw that people say it's a good think to...

I am currently trying to record with three audio tracks: a mic, a video capture device (capture card), and Discord audio. When listening back to a recording, there is a slight ringing in all of them. This is not too bad on their own, but when combining all three together, it sounds quite bad. In...

Hello guys, i experience some Audio isuues while streaming after some time, the audio desyncs just so slitely when i stream. I attached my Log file from OBS and would love to get some feedback on how to resolve this error.

GPU RX580 (4GB) also RX(6600) its getting fixed right now CPU 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12600K RAM 24GB

Hello everyone !! For the past few weeks, for all the scenes i have recorded through OBS, i was unable to scrub the video by any means. The playhead on the video progress bar cannot be clicked and dragged or selected, and the same applies for the minus 10 second and plus 30 second arrows on the...

I'm using OBS 30.1.0 on my Mac running macOS 14.1.1. I want to record the audio from one Parallel Desktop VM, ignoring other sounds produced in my system, using the new "capture application audio" source. However, I can only choose "Parallel Desktop" from the application list, and it can't...

I cant change my output settings. As you can see, I am not streaming, I am not recording or anything. How do I edit settings and make it not greyed

Hey, I can't find any options to hide OBS from the display capture (infinite OBS window) I have the latest version. Could someone let me know if theres a way to hide it from showing when recording a video? Thanks

Hello, my question is can I shrink myself on live video with OBS like the guy did in the video below? Like This Here

I saw a strange purplish logo consisting of 2 diamonds (1 purple and 1 grey) with VFX written on it while I was recording with obs. It appeared for like 3 seconds. What is it? What does it mean? I have some plugin installed: move transition, spectralizer and streamelements.

I'm trying to record using the hotkeys, but this error message pops up instead: Starting the output failed. Please check the log for details. Note: If you are using the NVENC or AMD encoders, make sure your video drivers are up to date. I can record normally by clicking on the button, but the...