Question / Help Broken picture at start when connecting to IP camera

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Shinobi

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Hi,

I am recording the output of my IP camera and it works very well. The only thing that bugs me, is that when i press "start recording" and it connects to the camera, then the picture is broken for the first 2-3 seconds. After that everything is fine.

I guess the problem is that OBS starts grabbing the stream at this point and needs some time to get a constant stream. Am I correct in assuming this?

Is there any chance how I can get rid of this? It would be ok if the real recording would start 2-3 seconds after I press the button or maybe I can get a constant stream and preview and the just start and stop recording at the desired point.

Thank you very much in advance!
 
Shinobi said:
Hi,

I am recording the output of my IP camera and it works very well. The only thing that bugs me, is that when i press "start recording" and it connects to the camera, then the picture is broken for the first 2-3 seconds. After that everything is fine.

I guess the problem is that OBS starts grabbing the stream at this point and needs some time to get a constant stream. Am I correct in assuming this?

Is there any chance how I can get rid of this? It would be ok if the real recording would start 2-3 seconds after I press the button or maybe I can get a constant stream and preview and the just start and stop recording at the desired point.

Thank you very much in advance!
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add the cam as a global source.
 
It is added but it only starts grabbing the input when i push "start recording"

Is it possible to keep the preview active and then just switch to recording without deactvating it?
 
Shinobi said:
It is added but it only starts grabbing the input when i push "start recording"

Is it possible to keep the preview active and then just switch to recording without deactvating it?
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does your IP camera record when its not being viewed? is there any sleep setting on the cameras web gui?
 
The camera should still be active, but i can confirm that in a few hours and let the web gui running at the same time

I think the problem is the bitrate thats needs to be build up first. Its set on 8000... I will try with lower settings and see if that fixes it
 
Shinobi said:
The camera should still be active, but i can confirm that in a few hours and let the web gui running at the same time

I think the problem is the bitrate thats needs to be build up first. Its set on 8000... I will try with lower settings and see if that fixes it
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since you have the cam in global sources, just start the recording on a "standby" screen prior to switching to the scene with the IP camera
 
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