Update Broke OBS for Me

[magicdarling]

I've been making game captures and videos every day for the past week and had zero issues. Today I update OBS and nothing on OBS is working and it won't capture anything. I have the black screen issue but can't find any solutions that are working. Anyone else have this issue/fix?

 

[SailorTime]

I'm having the same problem, I was able to stream and capture with no issues, but once version 29 updated, OBS is unusable for me. Window or game captures are either black screens or won't have any options for me to choose from, and I've been experiencing extreme lag and frame drops. I've tried updating all my graphics cards, making sure OBS and all programs are running on the same graphics card, uninstalling and reinstalling, everything I find doesn't seem to work. It's a little relieving to see I'm not alone, but frustrating considering the program worked just fine before the update

 

[SplitCoreGaming]

Same issue with me. All latest nvidia/amd drivers. I can force enable stuff to work with admin mode, but then OBS seems to be a resource hog with constant stutters. Also to note the Stream Deck also can no longer work with OBS 29.
Tested with Guild Wars 2 and it is always black. However if I use something more recent like Darktide it shows fine via Game Capture.

 

[K1m6aTV]

What's the best way to downgrade? obs 29 is horrible for me too

 

[Gazbeard]

What's the best way to downgrade? obs 29 is horrible for me too

Re-download v28 from the downloads page and just install over v29 is the easiest way. That way also retains your scene and source settings etc.