Display capture recording OBS window

[shimshim88]

Hello - new user here.

When recording browser screen, the OBS windows is recording on top of it therefore blocking content I’m trying to record.

In Windows 10, using Classic setting.

How to resolve?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

2nd monitor? move/resize OBS out of the way? minimize OBS?
Or more likely, change your browser to not stop displaying when in the background (specific settings/steps vary by browser, so your research homework)

 

[shimshim88]

Thanks for your reply, @Lawrence_SoCal .

I found the feature to add my own hotkeys. Cool! Your response nudged me to revisit it since I hadn't seen it documented, but I did find it.

***** I attached what I see. *****

I really want to see the browser screen that's being recorded WITHOUT seeing the OBS laying on top of it. Most screen recording software that I've previously used doesn't do that.

Most have a separate window for the screen-recording app that can be moved within the browser window whereby the entire window to be recorded is totally visible while the app window is open. With OBS, no matter the size of the OBS window, it shows in the browser window as though it is to be recorded as well. That seems weird to me.

If there is a solution, please let me know.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Most have a separate window for the screen-recording app that can be moved within the browser window whereby the entire window to be recorded is totally visible while the app window is open. With OBS, no matter the size of the OBS window, it shows in the browser window as though it is to be recorded as well. That seems weird to me.

You are NOT capturing the Browser window then. as @cyclemat indicated, you are likely doing a Display capture... so OBS is doing EXACTLY what you are telling it to do...
If you don't want to capture OBS app window, then don't do OBS Display Capture on a display that has OBS in it ... Use Window or Browser Capture instead

 

[shimshim88]

Thank you @Lawrence_SoCal and @cyclemat! I now see what you are referring to.

I had just installed the software and was testing it out prior to creating this thread. It turns out that Display Capture was the default source. I kept this setting because of the various YouTube video tutorials on OBS I had watched had selected.

What I know now which I did not understand prior was that they wanted to record the software and therefore had to use Display Capture. That was not my objective.

I have now changed the Source to Window Capture and it's recording what I want! Yaay!

Thank you so much!

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Enjoy!