Question / Help Blank OBS

[Luuap]

Booted up for my stream today to find OBS completely empty of any sources/scenes.

Any ideas for a fix? I've tried system restoring, but I get an error message every time.

Also, any ideas on what caused this? I didn't make ANY changes to OBS.. I really cannot think of anything that would have done it. I will note, though, that obs crashed like 5 times during my stream yesterday and it doesn't normally crash.

 

[Luuap]

System restore error message: http://imgur.com/peaGXps

 

[FerretBomb]

Most likely the repeated crashes may have corrupted the settings files.

That's the best-case scenario, unfortunately.

Much more likely, from that Windows system restore error, your hard drive may be getting ready to die. Get a S.M.A.R.T. status reader application like CrystalDiskInfo, and check on drive health. If it looks OK, run a scandisk and repair whatever it can. If it has errors in Crystal, you may need to get a new drive ASAP, and preferably should back up your personal files immediately to a thumbdrive or something, just in case it keels over before you can image it to a new drive.

 

[Luuap]

Thank you for your help! I actually was able to restore the OBS folder itself to an earlier version (WOOOOO)

I did download that CrystalDiskInfo program, and everything read OK. The hard drive is an 8 year old HDD I use only for my stream pc. It's probably about ready to throw in the towel. I'm giving it some treatment with CCleaner, and OBS is now properly backed up.

Again, thank you for your genuine help :) Stressful stuff. I'll be replacing the hard drive just to be safe, I think.

 

[FerretBomb]

Cheers! Glad to hear that you got it fixed. :)

Well, old doesn't mean it's going to die, just may be more likely. I wasn't sure if the crash was causing the OBS settings corruption, or if the drive might have been corrupting and handing settings to OBS that were causing the crash. Still, probably a good idea, especially if the drive sees heavy activity. Might be a good time to go to an SSD, and remit the existing disk over to being a local-recording volume.