Question / Help black bars on the sides

[dfprodrunk]

every time i try to stream i get black bars on both sides how do i fix that

 

[JohnB]

Please tell us your settings.
Are you capturing the game, or are you capturing a screen region using Software Capture? What's your desktop's resolution, and at what resolution are you streaming?

 

[dfprodrunk]

it has black bars no matter what im showing and im 1680-1050 like i said it shows bars on both game and software

 

[Staretta]

So, In OBS, you have black bars? Or are you referring to the player on the website you are streaming to, such as Twitch.tv, or Hashd.tv?

 

[paibox]

1680x1050 will always have black bars on most Flash stream players. Almost all Twitch stream players are set up for a 16:9 resolution, and 1680x1050 is 16:10. There is nothing you can do to fix this aside from streaming at a 16:9 resolution, common ones being 1920x1080, 1280x720 and 640x360.

 

[dfprodrunk]

yea the bars where on twitch i will tone down the res then thanks guys

 

[4thLaw_Mayhem]

I have the same issue ie black bars on the side when broadcasting through twitch, I am broadcasting at 1680x1050. Now in the OBS I tried to change resolution but it doesn't give me the option. I'm wondering if I'm missing something and if the only solution without losing streaming quality is to get a monitor that is 1920x1080 16:9?

 

[R1CH]

You can set any resolution you want in OBS in the video settings. If you play your game at a 16:9 resolution that's a good workaround short of a new monitor.