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  1. Chromatix

    new to the OBS forum, desperately need help with microphone popping / crackling

    I've been noticing recently that my Recorded video footage as well as twitch VODs has these popping and crackling noises coming through my microphone. It seems to happen randomly at random intervals and strengths, and I have no idea what is causing it and how to possibly fix the issue. You can...
  2. servbot

    Pausing Every 2 Seconds

    Been having problems with OBS for over a month. Main issue is that when I stream, it keeps pausing every 2 seconds to buffer. I tried all the basic settings like nvenc/x264, fps to 30, etc. but none of it works, its a consistent 2 second buffering. At first I thought it could be my internet, but...
  3. Eternyze

    My scenes changed and I cant get them back

    I don't know what the heck happened. I literally left my house and everything was fine- and then I come home to my scene completely changed and I cannot get it to go back, I don't know what to do and I have a charity stream tomorrow and NEED to get this sorted out.
  4. M

    URGENT: Desperate for Help

    Dear to whomever can assist me with this vexing issue. I am at my wits end with this problem I am so frustrated with OBS which is surprising because I have always been a long-time supporter of it. Despite all of my troubleshooting and googling and following official OBS support recommendations...
  5. G

    bit rate issues despite great internet and good hardware

    I need some help figuring out whats wrong with my obs. I have been using obs for about 3 to 4 years now and have had virtually no issues streaming on twitch. then suddenly about 2 weeks ago my bit rate started fluctuating rapidly. according to things ive seen online, all signs were pointing to...
  6. P

    Game Capture refusing to work

    So I've been using OBS for a while and recently installed to a new PC. As I was setting up, I noticed the game capture wasn't working. All it showed was a little red dot in the top left corner of the preview. And I don't think it's a black screen issues because I've tried putting a white BG and...
  7. S

    I'm getting high cpu whenever I use OBS all of a sudden

    Prior to a week a go my obs never went over 2/5% usage on my cpu and today i've been spiking to almost 30% cpu usage and I cannot find a cause https://obsproject.com/logs/Tjqu4cvBwtfwJrTt
  8. F

    Issue while window capture

    Hi everyone. I'm new using OBS Studio and I'm having a trouble with it in my Windows 10 laptop. I hadn't any problem when I ran OBS Studio with a portable Ubuntu image in the same laptop nor when I ran it on my other laptop, a convetible HP with lower specs. My problem is the following: I open...
  9. L

    VCR Recording Popping Audio Problem

    Hello! I recorded some footage on a VHS-C Tape and am trying to digitize it using a USB 2.0 dongle. For everyone else the audio comes in great but for me there's these super loud popping/crackling noises and I cant get rid of it no matter what I do. Those sounds are not on the original footage...
  10. D

    Internet Connection Issue

    Background: I built my first PC and started streaming using OBS about 2 months ago. I use Wi-Fi as Ethernet simply isn’t possible from my bedroom, however I have great internet (172 Upload/68 Download/18 ping/No jitter at the time of this post). On OBS 27 I never had any issues. Since updating...
  11. H

    Serious Audio Issues

    I've been messing around with this for literally days and I've gotten it to work once and never again. I am using an AKAI EIE pro 4in4out interface with a Shure sm58 I can't get the audio to work reliably at all. If I get it to work even slightly it's only on one end. I would like to be able...
  12. O

    Installed the plugin, but Touch Portal still won't connect to OBS Studio

    I've installed Touch Portal, installed the Plugin for OBS Studio to let TP work with it, every time I try to add a button, it says this Is there any way to fix this?
  13. T

    HD60 S w/ PS5, no sound from monitor, no gameplay footage in OBS Studio

    I seem to have a unique issue because Google searches haven't turned up anything, and even thought I pretty much summed it all up in the title, the full description runs thus. I've plugged everything into the right spot as far as I can tell, and I disabled HDCP, and even though I can see the...
  14. J

    How to Get Better Quality with OBS?

    I'm trying to help out a friend output better quality towards their recordings using OBS, but it looks a bit blurry or less sharper than it needs to be. He's trying to aim for 1080p quality, but it doesn't look that way. I've included his Log File, UserBenchmark and a test recording down below...
  15. A

    OBS disconnecting from internet

    Hello, Hope you guys are well. So every time I stream I always come across the same issue within 1-3 hours within my stream. My pc loses connection to the internet entirely and whenever I do a troubleshoot it says “The Default gateway is not available” and “The Ethernet cable is not properly...
  16. K

    Help with Custom RTMP URL and KEY

    Hey everyone, I'm streaming to a site that gave me a weird URL and Streamkey, Im trying to figure out how to get my url and key out of it. I don't want to post the whole thing in this forum, but I'll add a portion of both. Does anyone know how OBS parses this for the key so I can populate it...
  17. A

    I don't see any Dx12 or Vulkan renderer/video API(OBS 26.1.0) - AMD RX5700

    Aren't they supported on H264/AVC Encoder(AMD Advanced Media Framework)?
  18. T

    File Unplayable

    I have been digitizing old VHS tapes and saving them on a thumb drive. I have successfully saved around 10 hours of content so far. I think I made some unnecessary adjustments to the settings somewhere along the way, because now I get this error message upon attempted playback of all new...
  19. Hey_Mister_DJ

    Audio issues (Weird) in OBS streaming/recording

    When streaming or recording I'm getting a pitched down (Slow) fluctuating sound on my audio. Any help would be super appreciated as I'm suppose to DJ a virtual event this weekend! Log File is attached Example of issue here: https://youtu.be/M6TE51XQ2Bg (My voice is NOT that low! lol)...
  20. D

    When playing VALORANT with OBS open, I lose a lot of frames in game.

    When I'm playing without OBS open, I can usually consistently get 200 frames. However, when having OBS open or streaming it, I get about 100 in game frames. My specs are this: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 32 GB Ram
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