Question / Help I'm very new to this! The display capture is doing this really weird multiple screens thing.

Laneybug · Dec 30, 2016

Please help! I've just downloaded OBS for the first time. Whenever I open up the display capture is splits into multiple screens like this:

I'm so confused! How do I fix this? Any answers are greatly appreciated.

Kearstin · Dec 30, 2016

I believe it's doing this because you're capturing your whole desktop screen. So it's mirroring.
What are you trying to do?

Laneybug · Dec 30, 2016

Kearstin said:
I believe it's doing this because you're capturing your whole desktop screen. So it's mirroring.
What are you trying to do?

I'm doing a stream playing some games on Newgrounds later. I really just want to record chrome.

Sapiens · Dec 31, 2016

It's just OBS capturing itself, the "hall of mirrors" effect. Minimize OBS or move it off the display being captured.

Laneybug · Dec 31, 2016

That

Sapiens said:
It's just OBS capturing itself, the "hall of mirrors" effect. Minimize OBS or move it off the display being captured.

It's that simple? Thank you so much!

weemyster89 · Dec 8, 2020

It Neva worked for me still tripping out >_< really getting on my wick