theeoddname
Member
Good day folks,
I'm new to the world of audio recording and streaming/broadcasting. Also please forgive me if this is not the right place to post this question or perhaps this has been answered already and I just missed it in my searching -=- if so please forgive me and just point me in the right direction.
(I am running MacOS Catalina -- wishing i hadn't upgraded so early now -- and am aware 24.0.3 vs 2 is not signed off yet so this could be an issue just not yet addressed in what would be the official release.)
I am experiencing the following issues with OBS-studio and have tried uninstalling / reinstalling several times.
1) When setting up the scenes the video doesn't always come through and I have to unplug the camera and replug it. This sometimes works and sometimes doesn't requiring me to attempt it again or even exit OBS and try again. I have turned the camera on/off which again, sometimes works and sometimes doesn't and also I had one time work where pushing the menu button on the camera pushed the video (of the menu) through to OBS and then pushing the menu on the camera again allowed the video through the lens to come through. (I have tried to add the video source as both a "video capture device" and the "blackmagic device" which appears separately under the add menu in OBS.)
2) I can get audio from my Focusrite Clarett 4PRE-USB to come through as a single feed/input. However, I have multiple mics and would each of these to be separate sources in OBS for convince of controlling gain levels and muting purposes. Currently I am not able to see the various channels/inputs form the Clarett in OBS but do see the device Clarett as a source and thus far have to adjust gain levels on the clarett as opposed to having control options in OBS.
3) I'd like a scene with Facecam only, Browswer only, as well as PIP of face & browser (or other media sources like an image or screen capture). I can get one scene to have PIP but I cannot get the video feed to show up for a facecam only scene. I think this is related to (1) above but am not sure. So basically I can get the video to show up from a camera in one scene but not the other (again though I have to do some reconnecting/restarting of the software/hardware to even get video in the first place).
Questions:
1) Whats up with the camera feed? Is this a user issue (i am a nube here) or is this a software bug somewhere?
2) Is it possible to have OBS use separate mics inputs from the same audio interface?
3) How do i get PIP to work properly?
What I am trying to do:
Record (not stream but eventually I will want to) videos for a podcast and youtube: 5-30 minute episodes. This will include scenes for a face cam, PIP of face with browser or other media, intro and outro (currently images but eventually will be prepackaged videos). Audio and Video of course. Currently the workflow would move the recording over to Final Cut Pro X, Apple Motion, and Logic Pro X (if needed) for editing but I am hoping I can get most everything done, if not everything, in OBS.
Hardware Setup:
Camera: Canon G7X-iii
Computer: 2018 15in MacBook Pro, 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4, 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
Video Capture Device: Blackmagic UltaStudio Mini via a thunderbolt 2 - thunderbolt 3 adaptor from Mac
Audio Interface: Clarett 4PRE-USB -- I have a Scarlett 2i2 gen 3 and have not yet tried it but will tonight
Software running:
OBS Studio 24.0.3 vs 2 -- the catalina fix version
MacOS Catalina (10.15.1)
Focusrite Control 3.4.6
Safari
Scrivner 3
Final Cut Pro X -- not running while recording with OBS
Logic Pro X -- not running while recording with OBS
Apple Motion -- not running while recording with OBS
Notes:
I have tried OBS Studio 24.0.2 but could NOT get audio working at all but I did not try running via terminal as suggested in the catalina fix thread. I did install the iShowU Audio Capture app (following the associated links from the downloads page for OBS) but still no audio.
I am a nube to anything related to video/audio on computers.
Thank you for all the help! I am hoping this is a user issue and not a software thing.
~W~
I'm new to the world of audio recording and streaming/broadcasting. Also please forgive me if this is not the right place to post this question or perhaps this has been answered already and I just missed it in my searching -=- if so please forgive me and just point me in the right direction.
(I am running MacOS Catalina -- wishing i hadn't upgraded so early now -- and am aware 24.0.3 vs 2 is not signed off yet so this could be an issue just not yet addressed in what would be the official release.)
I am experiencing the following issues with OBS-studio and have tried uninstalling / reinstalling several times.
1) When setting up the scenes the video doesn't always come through and I have to unplug the camera and replug it. This sometimes works and sometimes doesn't requiring me to attempt it again or even exit OBS and try again. I have turned the camera on/off which again, sometimes works and sometimes doesn't and also I had one time work where pushing the menu button on the camera pushed the video (of the menu) through to OBS and then pushing the menu on the camera again allowed the video through the lens to come through. (I have tried to add the video source as both a "video capture device" and the "blackmagic device" which appears separately under the add menu in OBS.)
2) I can get audio from my Focusrite Clarett 4PRE-USB to come through as a single feed/input. However, I have multiple mics and would each of these to be separate sources in OBS for convince of controlling gain levels and muting purposes. Currently I am not able to see the various channels/inputs form the Clarett in OBS but do see the device Clarett as a source and thus far have to adjust gain levels on the clarett as opposed to having control options in OBS.
3) I'd like a scene with Facecam only, Browswer only, as well as PIP of face & browser (or other media sources like an image or screen capture). I can get one scene to have PIP but I cannot get the video feed to show up for a facecam only scene. I think this is related to (1) above but am not sure. So basically I can get the video to show up from a camera in one scene but not the other (again though I have to do some reconnecting/restarting of the software/hardware to even get video in the first place).
Questions:
1) Whats up with the camera feed? Is this a user issue (i am a nube here) or is this a software bug somewhere?
2) Is it possible to have OBS use separate mics inputs from the same audio interface?
3) How do i get PIP to work properly?
What I am trying to do:
Record (not stream but eventually I will want to) videos for a podcast and youtube: 5-30 minute episodes. This will include scenes for a face cam, PIP of face with browser or other media, intro and outro (currently images but eventually will be prepackaged videos). Audio and Video of course. Currently the workflow would move the recording over to Final Cut Pro X, Apple Motion, and Logic Pro X (if needed) for editing but I am hoping I can get most everything done, if not everything, in OBS.
Hardware Setup:
Camera: Canon G7X-iii
Computer: 2018 15in MacBook Pro, 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4, 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
Video Capture Device: Blackmagic UltaStudio Mini via a thunderbolt 2 - thunderbolt 3 adaptor from Mac
Audio Interface: Clarett 4PRE-USB -- I have a Scarlett 2i2 gen 3 and have not yet tried it but will tonight
Software running:
OBS Studio 24.0.3 vs 2 -- the catalina fix version
MacOS Catalina (10.15.1)
Focusrite Control 3.4.6
Safari
Scrivner 3
Final Cut Pro X -- not running while recording with OBS
Logic Pro X -- not running while recording with OBS
Apple Motion -- not running while recording with OBS
Notes:
I have tried OBS Studio 24.0.2 but could NOT get audio working at all but I did not try running via terminal as suggested in the catalina fix thread. I did install the iShowU Audio Capture app (following the associated links from the downloads page for OBS) but still no audio.
I am a nube to anything related to video/audio on computers.
Thank you for all the help! I am hoping this is a user issue and not a software thing.
~W~
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