I have a brand new HP 5210 HD webcam which is working beautifully. Well... except for in OBS of course - the only program I really need it to work in. It works fine in Xsplit, FFSplit, Skype and other general webcam software, but for whatever reason I am having problems with OBS. You'll find a screenshot of the problem at the end of this thread.
Things I've tried already:
-Made sure no other programs are trying to use the webcam.
-Changed output format.
-Tried various resolutions.
-Tried refreshing.
Here's what happened. When I first opened up OBS and initially added the webcam it worked pristinely. Absolutely immaculately. I was able to size it down to fit in my graphic overlay perfectly and it looked great. Then after a few minutes of me messing around with OTHER sources that had nothing to do with the webcam, the image disappeared. Now it's just an empty red box when I go to edit it. I've tried restarting the program several times, I've tried activated the webcam in other programs then closing them and opening up OBS to sort of "jump start" it's functionality, didn't work.
I haven't tried rebooting my system, something tells me this will work, but if I have to reboot my system everytime this problem happens (something tells me it's going to happen often and make it impossible to stream unless I figure out the root of the problem). I've seen a lot of people with Webcam problems, but not many (if any) have this exact issue, with it working perfectly and then randomly without solicitation, going dead.
If you guys could give me some methods to try troubleshooting with as soon as possible that would be great.
Things I've tried already:
-Made sure no other programs are trying to use the webcam.
-Changed output format.
-Tried various resolutions.
-Tried refreshing.
Here's what happened. When I first opened up OBS and initially added the webcam it worked pristinely. Absolutely immaculately. I was able to size it down to fit in my graphic overlay perfectly and it looked great. Then after a few minutes of me messing around with OTHER sources that had nothing to do with the webcam, the image disappeared. Now it's just an empty red box when I go to edit it. I've tried restarting the program several times, I've tried activated the webcam in other programs then closing them and opening up OBS to sort of "jump start" it's functionality, didn't work.
I haven't tried rebooting my system, something tells me this will work, but if I have to reboot my system everytime this problem happens (something tells me it's going to happen often and make it impossible to stream unless I figure out the root of the problem). I've seen a lot of people with Webcam problems, but not many (if any) have this exact issue, with it working perfectly and then randomly without solicitation, going dead.
If you guys could give me some methods to try troubleshooting with as soon as possible that would be great.
