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[Oliver Lazarevski]

Hi there!

I`m new at this...and on monday I´m broadcasting my first event...but I have som problems...

I have a Roland VR-50HD videomixer connected to my MacBook Pro.
When I open OBS there´s a lot of black thick borders around the monitor...
I have to stretch out the picture to fit but I see that I loose quality...

I´m sending with 720p and the settings in OBS are 1280x720...
What can I do so that OBS fits the picture perfect without any quality loss?

Thanx.
/Oliver from Sweden

 

[RobMcClellandJr]

Hey Oliver! Glad to see someone else using OBS other than just gamers(I use OBS to livestream Football Games). Post a screenshot of what the video looks like.

 

[Oliver Lazarevski]

Hi Rob!
I solved the issue...hade the Roland on 480p output instead of 720p...amateur I know...but I'm learning. :)

We just finnished our broadcast and it was okay exept for two things.
1. Issue with the synk, audio-video. Muted my XLR-input from the radiostation that also sends the event, and took the audio from one of my CAM-microfons.
Kind of solved that for now, have to look for better solution untill next time.

2. OBS froze a couple of times...approx after 90 min...
I had to unplug my USB connection between my Roland mixer and MacBook PRO and replug to have videofeed again. But that resulted in black for a couple of seconds in the streaming...
Why did it do that you think?
And how can I fix it?

Here's the event ondemand:
Http://trelleborg.webbtv-kf.se/?160926

Approx 1h 48min in you can se an exempel of the freezing.

Thanx for your time and advise!

 

[Oliver Lazarevski]

Anyone?

 

[equima]

Hey Oliver,

I've used both the VR-50HD and OBS for live-streaming before.

Were you doing a live-stream to YouTube + saving it; or were you just using OBS to save it to your computer?

 

[Oliver Lazarevski]

Hi there.

Yes, livestream to youtube via an external site that se use.
And I think that we recordet the event aswell.
It was a while ago...
After that I bought av streaming device that I use today.

But it would be nice to have OBS as a backup...

 

[tkjaros]

I've had this exact same problem! If I am sending 720p+ signal to OBS the video feed stalls out after a short time. If I send a 480p signal it works.

Anybody know what is causing the issue? Is it a problem with the Roland VR-50?

 

[tkjaros]

I solved the issue...hade the Roland on 480p output instead of 720p...amateur I know...but I'm learning. :)

Downgrading your quality should not be a solution, just a temporary fix. A real solution is to figure out why the VR-50 is failing to do what it is suppose to do.