After OBS Install... Facebook, Youtube, etc... no longer see the camera

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josephhand

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Hi. I installed OBS to try to get better at streaming... I quickly found that my tascam mixer and mic do not work with OBS, so I stopped using it.. The next day, I went to try to go live on FB and it tells me that I need to Allow Camera Access... ALL settings grant access to the camera. In Windows and in the browser. Nothing I do, including uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome, OBS, etc... taking away permissions and re-granting them... nothing.

I also thought to try other platforms and sure enough, the same issue arises with youtube, web clients for webex & zoom, and one other social media site.

Lastly, before I installed OBS, everything worked fine.

Please help.
joe
 
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AaronD

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Is OBS running? Do you have the camera set up in it?

Historically, media connections were exclusive for performance reasons. So the first one to grab it got it, and everything else got either solid black or silence, if they even got that far. Some systems have lifted that restriction. Others haven't yet. And I've seen mixed reports about the present versions of Windows.
 
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josephhand

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AaronD said:
Is OBS running? Do you have the camera set up in it?

Historically, media connections were exclusive for performance reasons. So the first one to grab it got it, and everything else got either solid black or silence, if they even got that far. Some systems have lifted that restriction. Others haven't yet. And I've seen mixed reports about the present versions of Windows.
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I have tried every possible setup. With OBS running, with it shut down. With the scene configured with the camera and without. Nothing seems to matter.

I did, in other news, successfully get the Tascam Audio into OBS with the help of some experimenting with VoiceMeeter. Another free audio routing program. Ran a test streaming though OBS into FB and it worked... But I would still like the option of using the camera directly for simplicity purposes... One way I know to fix it is to reinstall Windows clean and start over without installing OBS... but that is too much work.
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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josephhand said:
Hi. I installed OBS to try to get better at streaming... I quickly found that my tascam mixer and mic do not work with OBS, so I stopped using it.. The next day, I went to try to go live on FB and it tells me that I need to Allow Camera Access... ALL settings grant access to the camera. In Windows and in the browser. Nothing I do, including uninstalling and reinstalling Chrome, OBS, etc... taking away permissions and re-granting them... nothing.

I also thought to try other platforms and sure enough, the same issue arises with youtube, web clients for webex & zoom, and one other social media site.

Lastly, before I installed OBS, everything worked fine.
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In Facebook/Live/Producer there is a video input option for direct camera (via browser) access or stream key (ie streaming software like OBS Studio).
Good security is to NOT use a persistent key, in which case you'd be going to that page or similar every stream... but I digress
If you changed your Facebook setup to use a Stream Key (vs direct camera access), your experience would be expected (and have nothing to do with OBS Studio)

And/Or, if you tried the other sites while OBS Studio still running, and OBS Studio had direct control of the camera input, then other software accessing a 'Source' OBS Studio has locked (ie mic, camera, etc), then, again expected behavior.
Did you EXIT OBS Studio (no minimize, and make sure no OBS Studio related background processes still running)?
 
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josephhand

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Lawrence_SoCal said:
In Facebook/Live/Producer there is a video input option for direct camera (via browser) access or stream key (ie streaming software like OBS Studio).
Good security is to NOT use a persistent key, in which case you'd be going to that page or similar every stream... but I digress
If you changed your Facebook setup to use a Stream Key (vs direct camera access), your experience would be expected (and have nothing to do with OBS Studio)

And/Or, if you tried the other sites while OBS Studio still running, and OBS Studio had direct control of the camera input, then other software accessing a 'Source' OBS Studio has locked (ie mic, camera, etc), then, again expected behavior.
Did you EXIT OBS Studio (no minimize, and make sure no OBS Studio related background processes still running)?
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I have had OBS in every state. All failed. Installed, but not configured. Configured with a scene that included the camera, box checked to release when not running, scenes deleted, camera removed, app closed. app uninstalled, etc... I also know about the FB streaming key vs. direct to camera. I can not get the camera to come on when I switch from streaming. Its a nightmare, really...
 
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