OBS virtualcam forces 16/9 ratio

[GiBoss]

Hello,
It seems like the virtualcam built in has no option to keep the original aspect ratio like the plugin did, and gives me stretched 4/3 output, completely nullifying its purpose for me. Is there any way to force it to use the correct aspect ratio ? Thank you.

https://obsproject.com/logs/QaQ4U0kvSNqcPDeO

 

[R1CH]

It will use the aspect ratio from your canvas, in your case 1080p which is 16:9.

 

[GiBoss]

My canvas isn't 1080p or 16/9.

 

[R1CH]

Your log suggests otherwise:

15:23:56.359: video settings reset:
15:23:56.359:     base resolution:   1920x1080
15:23:56.359:     output resolution: 1920x1080

In any case, if you changed the canvas, you must make sure all apps using the camera are closed and restart the virtual camera in OBS. The resolution can't be changed if its in use by any programs.

 

[GiBoss]

Weird.. Well, now it crashes discord when attempting to turn on video.
Here's the current log : https://obsproject.com/logs/h8RZ2oy8L14f-hrv

 

[R1CH]

Try using a more normal 4:3 aspect ratio such as 1600x1200

 

[GiBoss]

Still crashing : https://obsproject.com/logs/HcbE4sERWvb3kq_6
Again, the 'keep aspect ratio' option in the plugin let me use any canvas resolution I wanted without stretching.

 

[Woodsticks]

Hello,
It seems like the virtualcam built in has no option to keep the original aspect ratio like the plugin did, and gives me stretched 4/3 output, completely nullifying its purpose for me. Is there any way to force it to use the correct aspect ratio ? Thank you.

https://obsproject.com/logs/QaQ4U0kvSNqcPDeO

Did you ever get a resolution to this? I am fighting the same issue right now. Virtual camera doesn't follow the Canvas size and it is super frustrating.

 

[Jeff_andrews]

I'm also struggling with this, is any solution known?

https://obsproject.com/logs/PKSTXYFJYisAshj3

13:33:48.123: video settings reset:
13:33:48.123:     base resolution:   1440x1080
13:33:48.123:     output resolution: 1440x1080

recordings are correctly going to 1440x1080, but when using VirtualCam for webconferencing I am stretched to 16:9 aspect ratio.

 

[LIV32WIN]

yep same issueee

 

[cyclemat]

1440x1080 is HDV resolution
look here

Pixel aspect ratio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

obs didnt work with anamoph pixels !

 

[LIV32WIN]

yeh i ended up having a zip of the old plugin but it did work for a second without it.

 

[Black Platypus]

Giving this my +1
Output not having the same AR as the canvas doesn't make much sense to me

 

[EricM81]

+1. This is very frustrating.

I had been using this plugin that supports my 19:9 virtual cam, but it stopped working with OBS 28. Luckily, I found this fork that updates to OBS 29, but the developer says:

You should really be using the integrated OBS Virtual Camera over this plugin. This is used as a stop-gap for things that don't yet work with the integrated Virtual Camera ...

 

[kevinlinxc]

+1 this is very scuffed, no reason this should be the case