Camcorder display icons

[rosslyn46]

Hi,
New to OBS and this forum, so hello all!

I have set up my first OBS live stream to Youtube, i have a digital video camcorder of which i tried using the standard USB cable to my laptop, all was fine i have now camcorder display icons on the screen but the live stream kept freezing. So i purchased a HDMI to USB capture card, so i connected the camcorder to my laptop via HDMI cable to the capture card to the laptop usb and everything is working fine now, no freezing etc. The only thing is i cannot loose the camcorders display icons on the live stream. There is no option in the camcorder to not display these but the only pop up when i use the HDMI cable and capture card.
Screenshot of output image attached

Any help would be much appreciated as its driving me nuts

Thanks
rosslyn46

 

[Videobuff]

I don’t know of an easy way to remove the icons without losing some of your captured screen. I would have thought there was an option on the camcorder to hide them. You could resize the source window in OBS showing your cam input feed (using the alt key) so that you exclude the camcorder icons. This would give you a video output from OBS without the camcorder screen icons, the down side being you lose some of the feed window. But it may meet your use case. Not sure if that’s any help. If I find anything else I’ll post back.

 

[FerretBomb]

This is commonly referred to as 'non-clean HDMI output', and many cameras (Canon especially) are guilty of it.
The only fix (if your camera cannot disable the OSD over HDMI) is to crop off the part of the frame where the on-screen-display is shown. OBS can't remove it, other than chopping it off. Hold ALT and resize the source to drag-crop, or add a Crop Filter to the source by right-clicking it in the Sources list, going to Filters, and adding one for Crop. Then size it appropriately.

 

[rosslyn46]

This is commonly referred to as 'non-clean HDMI output', and many cameras (Canon especially) are guilty of it.
The only fix (if your camera cannot disable the OSD over HDMI) is to crop off the part of the frame where the on-screen-display is shown. OBS can't remove it, other than chopping it off. Hold ALT and resize the source to drag-crop, or add a Crop Filter to the source by right-clicking it in the Sources list, going to Filters, and adding one for Crop. Then size it appropriately.

Thank you

 

[rosslyn46]

Anyone recommend a video camera that does not cost the earth and is decent for sports streaming and of course does not output non-clean HDMI as per @FerretBomb reply. Thanks

 

[FerretBomb]

Anyone recommend a video camera that does not cost the earth and is decent for sports streaming and of course does not output non-clean HDMI as per @FerretBomb reply. Thanks

I use a Sony a5100 DSLR. They're discontinued, but you can find them on the used market pretty cheap (I see one currently on my local Craigslist for $200).

The only drawbacks are that they overheat if you record internally for more than 10 minutes (a non-issue if you're just using the HDMI out), they can't be run from the charger (an AC battery replacer is around $20), and they have a firmware bug that forces on skin smoothing in Movie mode (needed for good-quality HDMI video output) which shouldn't be a problem at sports ranges. They also don't have an EVF, and the screen can get a little glarey. Not a problem if you're watching the captured feed, or just make a screen-shade with some cardboard and tape. Also doesn't have a mic input on the camera. No hot/coldshoe.

Advantages, clean 1080p60 (in NTSC mode) HDMI output. Cheap. APS-C sensor. Super compact. If you want to go pro-mode, SmallRig makes a cage and accessories. Standard Sony E-mount lenses.

If you want 4K30 support, no overheating issues, an EVF, a mic port, and a hotshoe, you can spend 5x as much and get the replacement, the Sony a6400.