How to report a bug?
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FerretBomb
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You can report it on the OBS Github.
It's best to make sure that it IS a bug first though; there are a number of intended behaviors that can catch new users out, especially around hotkeys (OBS uses hotkeys, NOT shortcuts; they immediately activate any time the key is pressed for any reason).
It's best to make sure that it IS a bug first though; there are a number of intended behaviors that can catch new users out, especially around hotkeys (OBS uses hotkeys, NOT shortcuts; they immediately activate any time the key is pressed for any reason).
RokeJulianLockhart
New Member
That doesn't appear to be true anymore, per https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/discussions/12333#discussion-8526985.
koala
Active Member
It's definitely possible to report an OBS bug on github. However, most things users consider a bug isn't actually one. A bug is an error in which the implementation functions differently than intended by the software design. If you designed it this way but it actually doesn't do it this way but instead does it that way, then it's a bug.
To be able to report a bug, you need to know what the design is. What the intended and designed behavior of the software is. This is where most people fail: they think the software should do it "this way" and report a bug, but actually the software was designed to do it "that way", and did it that way, so it's not a bug. In this case, it's a support issue: the user needs to be explained the software isn't supposed to do it "that way" but instead "this way".