Has anyone found an alternative to OBS that works on Mac?
you need discipline to not just grab the latest release of the software
Just for balance, it’s also obvious by all the posts in here that OBS is a wonderful product resolving many major issues that people have on Macs as well. I’ve had issues with OBS (as I have had with every piece of software I’ve ever used) but I don’t think I’ve ever learned as much, or had as much fun trying to resolve those issues, as I’ve had with OBS. And its all for free or for you to decide if you want to contribute something for a good solution. It doesn’t get much better than that :) Bliss!It's obvious by all the posts in here that OBS is having major issues, especially on Mac computers. Has anyone found an alternative to OBS that works on Mac?
Lots of paid options out there....but I'm perfectly happy with OBS on my less than new mac laptops. Perfect? No. But does everything I need to keep my church connected with our congregation for 13 months now.It's obvious by all the posts in here that OBS is having major issues, especially on Mac computers. Has anyone found an alternative to OBS that works on Mac?
Well hello grumpy. To reply to your less than welcome grumpy response, maybe I can clear some of your illustrious know it all questions up. Our church just spent $17,000.00 to have a video recording system installed to record our Pastor's sermons. We purchased 3 PTZ 4K cameras and a Blackmagic Television Studio 4k console. We also purchased two new iMac computers. The installer installed OBS as our recording software. There are no Plug-Ins installed. The system has had glitches since day one using OBS. Loss of sound was our main issue to begin with and so we uninstalled and re-installed OBS and the problem seemed to be fixed until a week or so later when OBS all of sudden crashed. We have uninstalled, reinstalled OBS but it continues to crash. I have not posted a crash report because the installer has stated that he's pretty sure it is a conflict with the Big Sur OS on the iMac. Not necessarily a confirmed prognosis but I think he's fairly close. I came here looking solutions because I saw where your posts were blaming the Big Sur updates from Apple as the culprit and I'm inclined to agree. However, this appears to have been going on since January. We are in April for Christ's sake. Someone should have figured something out by now. I seriously doubt that just booting up our computer and opening OBS and clicking on "RECORD" broke nothing. Your assumptions there are rather rude and inconsiderate. Based on attitudes from a lot of people in this group I just felt like asking was there an alternative to OBS. We're not really concerned about the money. We just want something that works and OBS does not work, at least not with Big Sur.I would disagree
OBS is FOSS - free open-source software, that has implications for the level of user self-education expected, and the vast majority of issues I've seen in these forums over the last year are self-inflicted [compounded by failure to follow basic scientific method for determining root cause]. Real bugs/issues [not defined by users emotional state] seem to be addressed promptly.
Users wanting to get a very complex real-time video encoding/compositing tool for free, and get late '80s level WordPerfect support.. PEBKAC
Other issue, Apple makes huge architectural change, and [...bleep negative descriptors... ] folks thinking that complex FOSS software is going to be ready immediately or shortly afterwards with complete re-writes/re-compiles for the new environment... Or in this case, that there is actually enough demand/justification to update existing software (with limited/early release toolsets) for the new platform. You remember the change from 16 to 32 to 64 bit software.... platform architectural changes takes time. And then there is the reality that a lot of folks use plug-ins, written by other people, and those may also need updating (not the responsibility of the OBS Studio authors).. patience is required
That said, there are a number of pay alternatives to OBS which a simple search would have shown you, so what is your point in asking here? to vent?
If your issue is having the new M1 chip based Mac and running software (OBS in this case) designed for Intel platform not working optimally on it... ? though looking at your recent posts, it appears that isn't the case
Or is this the typical Apple user (lover of walled garden) getting tripped up by needing/using complex software [and not RTFM]? Or, are you absolutely sure a MacOS update isn't itself the problem and maybe a fresh OS install is required? Sometimes an App un-install leaves remnants behind (not always the Apps fault)... maybe you need to go beyond the simple/basic to properly prepare your system for an App re-install [and this is where Apple makes things REALLY hard]... and have you eliminated ALL 3rd party OBS plug-ins?
have you learned to review OBS logs? other than complaining, have you posted OBS crash logs?
sorry ... after decades of watching IT users blaming others rather than taking responsibility for themselves and the tools they use is something I don't have patience for... just a personal statement and other than being a happy user OBS I have no affiliation with the authors and maintainers of OBS. my opinions are my own... and I'm a little grumpy this morning
Our church just spent $17,000.00 to have a video recording system installed to record our Pastor's sermons.
Shame on you. Back to Bible Study for you.We are in April for Christ's sake.
I do realize that it's open source and NO, Jesus is not a game.Wow. Good money in the Jesus game, huh?
You are aware that the people who write this software don't get paid, right? They work on the parts they're interested in working on. You don't get to demand support.
Check out Ecamm. StreamYard. StageTen. Wirecast.
It wasn't what the guy installed.As long as you're in the BlackMagic universe, why not use a HyperDeck Studio to record?
Well hello grumpy. To reply to your less than welcome grumpy response, maybe I can clear some of your illustrious know it all questions up. Our church just spent $17,000.00 to have a video recording system installed to record our Pastor's sermons. We purchased 3 PTZ 4K cameras and a Blackmagic Television Studio 4k console. We also purchased two new iMac computers. The installer installed OBS as our recording software. There are no Plug-Ins installed. The system has had glitches since day one using OBS. Loss of sound was our main issue to begin with and so we uninstalled and re-installed OBS and the problem seemed to be fixed until a week or so later when OBS all of sudden crashed. We have uninstalled, reinstalled OBS but it continues to crash. I have not posted a crash report because the installer has stated that he's pretty sure it is a conflict with the Big Sur OS on the iMac. Not necessarily a confirmed prognosis but I think he's fairly close. I came here looking solutions because I saw where your posts were blaming the Big Sur updates from Apple as the culprit and I'm inclined to agree. However, this appears to have been going on since January. We are in April for Christ's sake. Someone should have figured something out by now. I seriously doubt that just booting up our computer and opening OBS and clicking on "RECORD" broke nothing. Your assumptions there are rather rude and inconsiderate. Based on attitudes from a lot of people in this group I just felt like asking was there an alternative to OBS. We're not really concerned about the money. We just want something that works and OBS does not work, at least not with Big Sur.