Question / Help How to Add a Source

[Houdini111]

So, I don't know what I'm doing, because I'm new to this.
I go to "Global Sources..." then "Add" then "Game Capture" then I type the name of the game. I select the game in the dropdown menu and click "Ok". And... It isn't showing up. What am I missing?

 

[Jack0r]

Global Sources are meant for webcams/capturecards and similar devices/sources that need to stay active between scene switches.
For a normal setup you add a source by right-clicking into the sources list and selecting Add, followed by selecting the source type. You then give the source a name if you want and change its properties, after clicking OK it will then show up in the list.
If you want to add a webcam as Global Source, you first add it to the list of Global Sources (as you did earlier), then you can right-click into the source list again and select Add, Global Sources, and then choose the global source you want to add.

You might want to take a look at our QuickStart and Overview Guides to learn a bit more on how to use OBS:
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/official-quick-start-guide.5/
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/official-overview-guide.6/

Oh and of course the OBS Help file also has all information:
http://jp9000.github.io/OBS/

 

[Houdini111]

Thanks. That fixed it.