OBS crashing

[Phoenixoboros]

Hello,

Up until this morning before updated to the latest version I could stream with 2 instances of OBS.
Now I can't anymore, the second instance of OBS needs a UI reset to be correctly displayed and immediatly after starting the stream OBS crashes;

Crash log:

Unhandled exception: c0000005Date/Time: 2025-04-16, 17:55:32Fault address: 7 - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

pastebin.com

OBS logs:

17:57:37.556: ================================17:57:37.556: Warning: OBS is al - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

pastebin.com

Regards,

 

[PaiSand]

A bug allowed to open more than 1 instances of OBS. This was corrected in latest versions.
Doing so may lead to corrupted profile or scene collection. The way to achieve the same is using a portable version of OBS along with the normal installation. You can then import your profiles and scene collections into the portable version.

 

[Phoenixoboros]

What a convenient bug that was.

 

[prgmitchell]

What a convenient bug that was.

It wasn't a bug, it just happened to work for most people. When CEF was updated (the dependency OBS uses for its browser) this stopped working and there hasn't been any plan to change that as the previous possibility of running two instances of OBS from the same config directory had a potential for data loss. As mentioned though, portable mode will work fine for this currently.