OBS Crashing :(

[CodyUp2g]

Hey Guys - been using obs for over a year now & have never had issues - Just yesterday I tried to open obs & it pops up & closes straight away, done all my computer updates & driver updates & still cannot get it going.

I dont want to lose all my scenes - is there anything I can do ? - I didnt do the 29.0.2 update.

Is there a way I can re install without loosing everything?

thank you

 

[deFrisselle]

Just reinstall 28.1.2 over top
check our plugins too

Your OBS Settings, Profiles, and Scenes are stored in \AppData\Roaming\obs-studio
Back that up

 

[CodyUp2g]

thank you! Where's the best place to download 28.1.2 from?

 

[PaiSand]

Download | OBS

Download OBS Studio for Windows, Mac or Linux

obsproject.com

 

[CodyUp2g]

thanks ! i just re downloaded that version & it just does the same thing :(

 

[PaiSand]

You didn't read what's in there.
Look for previous releases and follow that link, then you need to scroll down until you find the version you're looking for.

 

[CodyUp2g]

ok I got it thanks ! didnt realise there was so many 29 versions - I did download the correct version & install in the same place but still had crashing problems - tried installing & save files onto desktop & it works. I have lost a few things though, I had seperate audio but can always add them back in - is there anyway to add my old files in from other OBS file ?

 

[CodyUp2g]

also I used to be able to add in multiple audio sources - like i would have a game audio & used to be able to add multiple games audios into on source (see image attached) but I have noticed this has changed in OBS & can only really have it capturing 1 source at a time - i cant seem to find the window (see image)

 

[R1CH]

That's a 3rd party plugin that is also known to cause crashes.

 

[CodyUp2g]

thank you ! dam thats annoying I found that really useful :(

 

[AaronD]

Yeah, I advise people to use an actual loopback instead, either by installing something like VB Cable or using OBS's Audio Output Capture or global Desktop Audio - the last two take advantage of an existing loopback that Windows provides for each output device - or for more capability, installing a virtual mixer like Voicemeeter or its larger versions Banana or Potato, instead of VB Cable.

In all of those cases, you're using a loopback device, which is a virtual speaker that behaves just like a physical one, and a virtual mic that also behaves just like a physical one. You can connect apps to them as if they were physical devices, but they have no actual connection to the outside world. Instead, whatever goes to that virtual speaker, appears in that virtual mic.
Except in Voicemeeter and its larger versions, whatever goes to that virtual speaker appears in a channel strip in the mixer, and whatever you send to VM's virtual output appears in the corresponding virtual mic. It has routing buttons just like a physical mixing console: use them accordingly.

 

[CodyUp2g]

Perfect! thanks so much! that helps alot !