So I've found plenty of videos that skip right past this issue...

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For_no_raisin

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I got game capture, window capture, etc to work. I got my camera to display and group with them. The issue i have is putting camera on top of the stack to display takes away my ability to make the game function with keyboard/controller. Not sure what im messing up but the help videos skip right past this part as though no one has had the problem. Please help the dumb guy lol
 
OBS is a compositing tool
For the most part, you do NOT interact with the content of a capture from within OBS (there are exceptions)

So, you do NOT interact with a game from within OBS. You interact directly with the game, which OBS captures (along with your other sources)
What you may be thinking is 'wait, how do I do that ?' especially if you have a single monitor. What many will do is capture on 1 monitor and have OBS/Other on a separate/other monitor. Or you minimize OBS so you can see your game on screen, but that has its own challenges, which is why folks use StreamDecks or similar.
 
Lawrence_SoCal said:
OBS is a compositing tool
For the most part, you do NOT interact with the content of a capture from within OBS (there are exceptions)

So, you do NOT interact with a game from within OBS. You interact directly with the game, which OBS captures (along with your other sources)
What you may be thinking is 'wait, how do I do that ?' especially if you have a single monitor. What many will do is capture on 1 monitor and have OBS/Other on a separate/other monitor. Or you minimize OBS so you can see your game on screen, but that has its own challenges, which is why folks use StreamDecks or similar.
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Yeah, im trying to use obs and have chat on one monitor and project on another with the camera displayed in the corner per usual. The issue im having is the order of operations. I can get the game to run and display thru obs onto the other screen and have my camera display in the corner. This requires me to put camera before the game in order and that cuts off interaction with the game screen. Is there a way to bypass that order for control or combine them to allow me to play the game?
 
For_no_raisin said:
Yeah, im trying to use obs and have chat on one monitor and project on another with the camera displayed in the corner per usual. The issue im having is the order of operations. I can get the game to run and display thru obs onto the other screen and have my camera display in the corner. This requires me to put camera before the game in order and that cuts off interaction with the game screen. Is there a way to bypass that order for control or combine them to allow me to play the game?
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So you're using a Fullscreen Projector to... try to see your camera while you're playing? OBS doesn't do that. The Projector is not the game window. To receive input, you need to be interacting with the game window. You cannot use OBS to overlay your camera over your game on your monitor while playing it.
Just on the video stream you're sending out.
 
FerretBomb said:
So you're using a Fullscreen Projector to... try to see your camera while you're playing? OBS doesn't do that. The Projector is not the game window. To receive input, you need to be interacting with the game window. You cannot use OBS to overlay your camera over your game on your monitor while playing it.
Just on the video stream you're sending out.
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That may be the problem, but im doing the same thing (presumably) that everyone else says theyre doing. Camera source and game source put into one scene. Camera runs fine, game runs fine, each sent to main monitor from 2nd monitor that has obs running. Its apparently difficult to explain and i apologize for the confusion. If the camera is displayed, i cant play the game, if i can play the game, the camera is in the background.
 
The only people who send video *from* OBS to a monitor are playing on a console and are projecting the capture card feed. Which is problematic in its own right due to several types of latency added.

OBS cannot be used to overlay your camera on top of the game on your monitor, when playing a game on the casting PC. It will only be overlaid on the outbound stream.

Yes, you take the game capture and camera and put them in one scene. You then do NOT project that composite image to your monitor. You let OBS send it out on the stream. On your monitor you only see the game as it has to be the foreground window to receive inputs.
 
And if you want to check the camera overlay every now and then, that's possible within OBS at the other monitor, where you also do the chatting.
 
For_no_raisin said:
Okay, thank you for being patient and sorry for the confusion. I make dumb faces sometimes.
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No worries!
And yes, uncontrolled game-face is a widespread phenomenon. Usually viewers get a kick out of it. Same with if you're a leaner or jumper. Just go with it and make a !gameface command on your channel bot. :D
 
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