Question / Help Elgato Game Capture HD Periodically Loses Signal

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TylerGamer84

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Did my first real stream with my Elgato GC HD (not 60). Twice during the stream my Elgato lost signal. I was able to fix it quickly enough by deactivating/activating it through its Source Properties. I don't know if it's an OBS issue, or just the device itself.
Log: https://hastebin.com/uzuyuxinil
 

SumDim

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Before posting these types of hardware issues, please take the time to test Elgato..

Run with Elgato Game Capture software only to see if the problem exists.
If the problem still exists, go to Elgato Tech Support as its probably the unit itself, the cables, and/or the ports on your computer you are connecting to.
 

TylerGamer84

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I have been to Elgato's site as well. I don't know if it's the unit, or an OBS issue. That's why I posted on both. Not that I expect any help there, as they're discontinuing the GCHD, and their threads are a pain to search. I just felt this was best chance. Worst case scenario, I maybe get told that help is unavailable in this case. Instead I get you...

It's pretty insulting to end a sentence like that.. It insinuates annoyance.. I'm sorry I asked for help..
Instead of feeling like I can get help here, you've made me feel like I'm an idiot for asking for help in the help forums. Why post if you can't help me? I don't need to be talked down to. I just wanted assistance.
 
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SumDim

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Look, this is an OBS Studio forum. This is not a third party forum to run to every time something doesn't work with a hardware device. OBS Studio is a software platform using many hardware devices. You owe it to the people here to do your own testing to come to the conclusion that its an OBS problem. Nobody is going to help you if you cannot prove it is an OBS issue.

The first thing you should have done is determine if it is a problem with faulty Elgato device, cable, port, etc.. Most importantly to communicate that so that it is understood. We can't read your mind and nobody here wants to waste their going back and forth for day only to find that your Elgato cables, driver software, USB ports were damaged, etc. caused the signal problems.

As I said, you need to test this out with Elgato Game Capture to give us an idea if its really an OBS Studio problem at all. If you still get the same problem with OBS out of the picture, then it is not an OBS problem.

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TylerGamer84

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You're rude, but I guess I should thank you to the point that you're preference for treating me like an idiot for seeking assistance, rather then being a decent human being, spurred me to delve deeper than I initially knew I could, and solve my issue.
 

Fenrir

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Making a post here that hopefully you both see, and also for future reference to anyone coming across this. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated.

SumDim, you need to be careful with how you word things. I know you mean well, but while this is "an OBS Studio forum" they clearly stated in their post that they wasn't sure where the problem was, and they were asking for help. We, as the OBS community, are inevitably going to be asked to support third-party devices and services. If you're not comfortable supporting them, please don't respond. The comment itself was blaming the user for not knowing what the problem was, and doesn't do anything to help. A better comment here could have been "Have you tested this in the Elgato software? Does it work there? If so, can you post a log from OBS?" or something similar to try and at least understand the issue before dismissing it completely. Yes, Elgatos can be finnicky devices and there's usually nothing we can do, but we should still try as often times it's a simple misconfiguration in OBS.

TylerGamer84, I would recommend that you try not to take things so personally. Understand that there's a language/culteral barrier for a lot of our users, and many of them mean no ill intent. The immediate jump to an overly defensive position can often times escalate situations that never existed in the first place. Just something to keep in mind in the future!
 
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