Question / Help BrowserSource pop-up window won't open?

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Peter Zyller

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When I use OBS for my streaming purposes, I wish to use the BrowserSource to display the live chat. But the chat only seems to show on OBS Studio, and not on my screen. When I searched for how to show chat on my computer screen, I saw that some of the videos showed their BrowserSource had the pop-up window, which didn't show how to do it. If anyone has an answer to this small dilemma of mine, your response would be highly appreciated.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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You go to your own channel, pop out the chat in a normal browser, and then copy that link to the browser source.
 
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Peter Zyller

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I have tried that and it works but it needs to not only be transparent but I have to be able to see when i'm streaming in a game.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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Can you provide the exact link for the pop-out chat you are using?

I just tested against my own channel, and it works fine here.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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That link does not work for me in a normal browser window. Are you certain that's the correct link?
 
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Peter Zyller

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Here's what I have:

13:46:46.542: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz
13:46:46.542: CPU Speed: 2200MHz
13:46:46.542: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
13:46:46.542: Physical Memory: 16384MB Total
13:46:46.542: OS Name: Mac OS X (NSMACHOperatingSystem)
13:46:46.542: OS Version: Version 10.12.6 (Build 16G29)
13:46:46.542: Kernel Version: 16.7.0
13:46:46.544: hotkeys-cocoa: Using layout 'com.apple.keylayout.US'
13:46:46.545: Portable mode: false
13:46:46.685: OBS 20.0.1 (mac)
13:46:46.685: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.686: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.686: audio settings reset:
13:46:46.686: samples per sec: 44100
13:46:46.686: speakers: 2
13:46:46.688: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.688: Initializing OpenGL...
13:46:46.704: OpenGL version: 4.1 INTEL-10.25.17
13:46:46.779: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.779: video settings reset:
13:46:46.779: base resolution: 2880x1800
13:46:46.779: output resolution: 1440x900
13:46:46.779: downscale filter: Bicubic
13:46:46.779: fps: 60/1
13:46:46.779: format: NV12
13:46:46.779: Audio monitoring device:
13:46:46.779: name: Default
13:46:46.779: id: default
13:46:46.780: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.838: No blackmagic support
13:46:46.867: [VideoToolbox encoder]: Adding VideoToolbox H264 encoders
13:46:46.885: os_dlopen(/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libvlc.5.dylib->/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libvlc.5.dylib): dlopen(/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/libvlc.5.dylib, 1): image not found
13:46:46.885:
13:46:46.885: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
13:46:46.888: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.so'
13:46:46.888: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
13:46:46.891: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.so'
13:46:46.891: obs_register_source: Source 'browser_source' already exists! Duplicate library?
13:46:46.891: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.891: Loaded Modules:
13:46:46.891: obs-browser.so
13:46:46.891: obs-browser.so
13:46:46.891: vlc-video.so
13:46:46.891: text-freetype2.so
13:46:46.891: rtmp-services.so
13:46:46.891: obs-x264.so
13:46:46.891: obs-vst.so
13:46:46.891: obs-transitions.so
13:46:46.891: obs-outputs.so
13:46:46.891: obs-filters.so
13:46:46.892: obs-ffmpeg.so
13:46:46.892: mac-vth264.so
13:46:46.892: mac-syphon.so
13:46:46.892: mac-decklink.so
13:46:46.892: mac-capture.so
13:46:46.892: mac-avcapture.so
13:46:46.892: linux-jack.so
13:46:46.892: image-source.so
13:46:46.892: frontend-tools.so
13:46:46.892: coreaudio-encoder.so
13:46:46.892: ---------------------------------
13:46:46.892: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
13:46:46.907: All scene data cleared
13:46:46.907: ------------------------------------------------
13:46:46.942: coreaudio: device 'Built-in Microphone' initialized
13:46:46.942: Switched to scene 'Scene'
13:46:46.942: ------------------------------------------------
13:46:46.942: Loaded scenes:
13:46:46.942: - scene 'Scene':
13:46:46.942: ------------------------------------------------
13:46:47.091: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
13:46:47.246: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
 
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Peter Zyller

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Yes it works, and shows up in OBS, but the second window that's supposed to show up doesn't. I downloaded the OBS Studio that had BrowserSource with it.
 
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Peter Zyller

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That in the corner, it's in front of OBS Studio and Right next to the BrowserSource window. How is it there? Is it because of windows?
 

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Peter Zyller

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Yes on youtube you can pop out the live chat, but that picture shows that man simply opening BrowserSource and the window shows up, but when I open BrowserSource no window shows up for me.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
I think you're still confused. You have to actually put the URL into the browser source. Browser source does not capture your browser, it's an actual web browser itself.

See the URL field in the screenshot you linked? Paste the URL for the popout chat there, and hit OK.
 
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