Extend capture area to full screen (eliminate clipping)

[David4321]

Hi,
I'm setting up OBS to stream on virtual cam, to replicate my Zoom greenscreen display for use with other video conference platforms. I've got everything working, except I can't seem to get aspect ratio to match capture display size, resulting in clipping on both sides. I've got base (canvas) resolution and output resolution set to 1929x1080 (16:9), just like full screen Zoom display. I'm using a Logitech HD webcam that never has this problem on Zoom. Running Windows 10 on desktop with nvidia card. I cannot figure out how to crop to shape without distorting (stretching) image. How can I adjust this? Thanks.

 

[Elric1st]

Hi,
I'm setting up OBS to stream on virtual cam, to replicate my Zoom greenscreen display for use with other video conference platforms. I've got everything working, except I can't seem to get aspect ratio to match capture display size, resulting in clipping on both sides. I've got base (canvas) resolution and output resolution set to 1929x1080 (16:9), just like full screen Zoom display. I'm using a Logitech HD webcam that never has this problem on Zoom. Running Windows 10 on desktop with nvidia card. I cannot figure out how to crop to shape without distorting (stretching) image. How can I adjust this? Thanks.

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Hope this is what you are looking for?
Click on the preview so that you get the red box

Press and hold the Alt key and use the mouse on the grab points to adjust the area.

 

[David4321]

Hi Elric, thanks for the reply.

This is not exactly what I want. I can't expand it at the ends, without cropping the height - which in effect gives me a significantly more zoomed in canvas. I want to be able to get two people sitting comfortably side by side, as I can on Zoom, so this is no good.

What I want is to extend the view to the sides, without altering the height of the view, but I'm locked into the maximum extent of the width. When I see my canvas in the Zoom display, it is simply wider, with the same cam. And it can be maximized to full screen without altering the ratio, which I'm sure is 16:9, matching my screen. I'm not sure why OBS seems to be converting the stream from the cam into dimensions that are a more squared off shape, when I have the canvas settings adjusted to 16:9/1920x1080. It seems to be cropping the width to a ratio I do not want by default, limiting the maximum extent of the width possible. I do understand the cropping function, but this is not what I need, I just want the full width of the view I get from this cam on Zoom, without cropping height/zooming in. Any other suggestions? Many thanks.

 

[David4321]

Images may make it clearer. Below is what I get when I follow your directions. Note the clipped height and tight zoom in.

Below this is side by side of maximized OBS on left, Zoom at right, with same computer, same cam. Zoom shows true 16:9 ratio, full extent of the pixels from my cam. I want OBS canvas to display exactly as Zoom does, maximized to true 16:9.

Thanks.

 

[David4321]

Hey Folks, doesn't anyone have an answer for this? I really need one. I'm just posting again to bump this up to the top.

And if anyone knows that OBS is just not capable of what I'm looking for, then PLEASE just be straight with me - that's only ethical and considerate. But if that's the case, that would be surprising, and please consider this a feature request/bug report. (Or tell me where to post one)

 

[Elric1st]

Going by other threads, I don't think that there is much support available in this forum?
If you press Alt you can widen the red box sides to the full width of the webcam using the mouse.
Also to capture the webcam window try the Window capture by adding it to the Sources, to see if that gives you the desired capture that you are trying to get?