Bug Report Device is in use by another application!! HELP!!

[Jordinaa]

so i go to global source and video capture device then add it into my source then the screen says "This device is in use by another application" and i don't know what else to use. It used to work now it does not please help!

-Jordan

 

[Lain]

So it's not actually being used by another application when you get this problem?

 

[Jordinaa]

Yes sir

 

[Lain]

I unfortunately don't quite know. Could you give a log file of the problem? Perhaps it is being used and you're not aware? I'm not entirely sure.

 

[Jordinaa]

Is their a way of me sending you and image of what it looks like? haha and log filing i'm not to sure.. The one thing i am not quite familiar with.

 

[dodgepong]

You can upload a screenshot to imgur.com and link it here.

To find your log, follow this link: http://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97

 

[Jordinaa]

http://i.imgur.com/2DD7f5B.png?1 This is what it says :/

 

[R1CH]

You have it open right there on the same screen...

 

[Jordinaa]

Wow it works. lol thnaks im sorry one of those days i feel stupid.. haha

 

[ACxAssassin]

I have the same problem, I will send a screenshot. Just click the link. http://gyazo.com/f227081a280751dd3b5bf203500aaae3 That's all it says I have opened task manager to see if there was anything there and there wasn't... please help.

 

[ACxAssassin]

Also, it was working fine until I added another scene, which only has my webcam and a picture in it... :/

 

[ACxAssassin]

Don't worry now, I restarted OBS and it works fine. :)

 

[Ryan Kellner]

I unfortunately don't quite know. Could you give a log file of the problem? Perhaps it is being used and you're not aware? I'm not entirely sure.

I have the same issue. How do I fix it? Device is in use by another application

 

[Kristina]

I have the same problem and am wondering if it's meant to do that. If game capture is open before I start streaming/previewing, it will say device is in use by another application. If I start the stream and/or preview before opening game capture, it will work within OBS.

Is this how it's supposed to behave? It's frustrating, because I often capture the gameplay with Elgato in tandem with the stream so I have footage without chat and facecam over it. If this really is the case, I can't use Elgato as a global source, which isn't very efficient.

 

[R1CH]

Yes, only one application can use a device at once. This is how it works.

 

[Kristina]

Okay. I just came over from wirecast, where I ran elgato in full screen mode and captured the monitor, so I haven't run across this type of usage before, I may just have to use it this way.

Are there any processing benefits to using it one way or the other? or will cpu load be the same no matter which way it's done?

 

[Adam Sauka]

Having the same problem, except mine won't show up period. The message is there, but whatever I do, it won't show up

 

[daniel gavino]

I have this same issue on obs studio, but i promise i have no other program open that i can see that would use my el gato. Plz help