macos-support

[grizzled night]

Yeah sadly author hasnt tried making it on mac

Theoretically ghostscript supports mac

It's just a matter of configuring the build process

If you just want to switch scenes, no changing sources or whatever, you can use hotkeys in obs so you can switch scenes even while the presentation is selected

Alternatively, you could make it so the presentation is open in the same monitor as obs

And simply use fullscreen projector in obs to output to the second monitor

[edgy plume]

i think i understand you here. this could be better. anyway i need to pay attention to the host if he is trying to move i got to be careful to not be step on obs

[grizzled night]

Step on obs? If both obs and the pdf is in the same monitor (yours), then what's the problem?

Also, you could try opening the pdf in your browser rather than adobe

[edgy plume]

the arrows or keys to skip pages, are not switched if i'm on obs. i have to be on the pdf reader window

[grizzled night]

Surely cmd+tab then arrow key wont be too much delay?

[edgy plume]

not really. but i need to remember to selec the window back so host can change.. i'm just trying minimize human work and stress when presentating to a lot of people

i may switch to window.. or install a window instance on this mac

[grizzled night]

Alternatively, you could convert the pdf to only pictures, assuming a page fits a screen. So you can use obs' image slideshow

[edgy plume]

damn. that solves everything lol

omg

[grizzled night]

Glad we thought of an alternative that works for you. Next you'll probably want a utility to automatically convert pdfs for you

[edgy plume]

i just ask the designer to export on .png file and does it 🙂 thank you so much

[grizzled night]

Oh great

[cunning minnow]

clarify Sign language not have transtion to english

[cunning minnow]

Crash again when i switch scense

[forest axle]

can you provide any more details? switching to any scene? or a particular scene? always or not always?

[cunning minnow]

depend on when i need i use for background Interpreter can see backgroud easy that way have only two or 4 time crash

[lavish mango]

I am going to be at a highschool sporting event doing live commentary, i would like to include the live feed of the game along side the commentary, is there a way to add a delay to my audio and face camera while keeping the window capture of the live game up to date?

[neon lily]

You can add Delay filters to the relevant sources

This isn't really a Mac-specific question, so you might also ask in #stream-setup for some other peoples' ideas :)

[lavish mango]

feets how do i do that

and im sorry im just on mac, wanted an expert

[fading hare]

You can fine-tune your video and audio sources using filters. To access Filters, you can either:

• click on the Filters button on the source toolbar
  OR
• right click on your source (or click the Gear icon next to an audio source) and select Filters

See the Filters Guide for more information on what filters are available and how they work.

[neon lily]

Take a look at the Render Delay filter for info on how to use that

That's for the webcam source

For audio delay, you would need to use the Advanced Audio Properties window (click the gear at the bottom of the audio mixer dock) and set a delay there to match the Render Delay filter you set on the webcam

[lavish mango]

Sync offset?

[lusty crystal]

I'm having issues with the obs when I'm trying to use my phone when I try to use macOS screen capture, it will be a blink black screem and I tried to use everything to my best ability in still not working. What do you think I suggest? I have a Mac Intel btw

[neon lily]

Yeah.

[fading hare]

OBS Studio requires permissions from macOS to provide certain features. To grant them:

1. click on the OBS Studio menu → Review App Permissions
2. enable each of the permissions using the buttons on the right-hand side

• (a) click on OK/Allow for the microphone and camera prompts
• (b) grant Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions in System Preferences/Settings
  3. restart OBS Studio

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[sick terrace]

I haven’t been able to control my audio mic paired with my camera unless I add the microphone manually as an individual device in settings, I sent a few feedback reports in apple feedback a couple times with screenshots but my issue still hasn’t been solved.

[lusty crystal]

its still not working

[neon lily]

What are you trying to capture?

[lusty crystal]

Yes

[neon lily]

That is not an answer to my question.

[lusty crystal]

Yes I’m trying to capture

[neon lily]

Capture what

[lusty crystal]

I’m trying to capture my game from my phone

[neon lily]

iPhone or Android?

[lusty crystal]

iPhone

[neon lily]

Well, macOS Screen Capture won't help capture that

You need to connect your iPhone to your Mac using a USB cable, then use a Video Capture Source

[lusty crystal]

I tried it nun is coming up

[neon lily]

Take a screenshot of the video capture window, please

[neon lily]

Hmm

What version of macOS is the Mac running, and what version of iOS is on the iPhone?

[lusty crystal]

mac (Version 14.0 ) ios17

[frosty bronze]

Good Afternoon! Having an issue with some of my users trying to use OBS virtual camera in MS Teams, for most MS Teams is not picking up the OBS camera as an input option but it is for one person. We've got all the permissions allowed, anything of the top of you guys head I can try ?

[steel eagle]

Guys i have updated macos to Sonoma and now Chrome, zoom and other apps fail to recognize Obs virtual camera
Is there any work around or solution?

[frosty bronze]

I think we've got the same problem mate! Seems to have been 14.1 that's knackered it

Will let you know if I get anywhere

[steel eagle]

Thank you so much 🙂

[winged ibex]

Hello Everyone! We’re doing test to livestream a dj set with two scenes, only problem is audio cross fades when transitioning between them, which kills the mood, anybody know how to stop audio cross fade between scene transitions?

Using Sony mirror less for scene one, and iPhone for scene 2. Same audio source for both (from audio interface)

[frosty bronze]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/virtual-camera-problems-macos-14-1-obs-29-1-3.170516/ there's a potential solution at the bottom of this thread 🙂

[urban topaz]

I need help with my OBS, when I ever open it it doesn’t work, when I check the Status app it says it’s running, however it is not.

[pseudo warren]

Hello I need urgent help please! I downloaded OBS Studio and want to use it as videoregie. I have a projector connected to my PC and I want to switch between 2 or more videos via the button switch the source and also see beforehand in the preview what I switch to. Can someone help me?

My first problem is how can I select the source and preview it without it starting immediately?

Secondly, how can I switch them in the preview?

Would really appreciate early help

[pearl path]

Has anyone tried OBS 30 RC1 on Sonoma 14.1? Does it solve the Virtual Camera issue? Any reason to avoid it?

[clever willow]

Hello 🤝 Is this Bug known that the Context Menu in OBS for Mac has some Missing Entries like "Copy, Paste ect."?

Its on my Mac Mini M1 and on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro

My OBS Versions are 29.1.3 for Apple Silicon

[warped mica]

which issue exactly? Yes, it does make the virtual camera work. However, RC1 has an issue where CPU usuage can be quite high which will be fixed for RC2

[fading hare]

An overview of OBS Studio's Studio Mode can be found here: https://obsproject.com/wiki/OBS-Studio-Overview#studio-mode

[pearl path]

The Virtual Camera feature disappears upom install of macOS 14.1 in OBS 29.1.3. There is supposedly a fix for it, but it involves the Terminal and changing deep system settings that I'm not comfortable with.

I did try installing RC1, and found what you described, hi CPU and running fans. Looking forward to RC2. I hope it happens soon!

[forest axle]

the OBS 29.1.3 virtual camera is not compatible with macOS 14, period

[pearl path]

It was working for me in 14.0. I use it daily. Only stopped working upon install of 14.1.

[forest axle]

that may have been a macOS bug that it worked. in any case, it is certainly not supported. as soon as OBS 30 is out the door all these problems will be solved, however

[vestal ginkgo]

Hi ! What’s the link to follow to find the scenes folder on macOS ? I think a have a scene that made OBS crashes and so I want to delete it.

[forest axle]

the easiest way to get at it would be to do file->show settings folder in OBS, then navigate to the basic folder, then the scenes folder

[vestal ginkgo]

Thanks !

May you send a direct link that I can put in the finder directly ? So sorry…

[forest axle]

oh right, you can't open OBS. ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes

note that those are json files for the entire scene collection. i do not know how easy or hard it is to remove just a specific scene from them

[vestal ginkgo]

Thanks !

[vestal ginkgo]

Yes I know, in fact it seems that every time i try to set a specific scene collection, OBS crashes. This problem is not linked with the actual beta bc I had the same with the previous version…

[forest axle]

do you know what it is about the scene collection specifically that causes the crash?

[vestal ginkgo]

I have absolutely no idea 🤷‍♂️

[forest axle]

if you're able to, you could drop the scene collection file in here, might be able to see if there's something obvious

[vestal ginkgo]

I’m not really sure it’s about the file itself bc on a m1 iMac I don’t have this issue.

And I face this issue on a m1 air.

[forest axle]

if OBS is crashing, you can send a crash log

!maccrash

[fading hare]

A crash log is required to investigate the cause of your issue. Please upload the most recent crash log.

1. In Finder, click the Go menu
2. Select Go To Folder, and type in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
3. Upload the file prefixed OBS_ with the most recent date (format is year-month-day)

[forest axle]

it could also be a plugin issue which you could check by removing the ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins folder

[warped mica]

Hi there, this was not known. However, I was able to reproduce the issue. Thank you for the report!

As a workaround, set your OBS to English

[clever willow]

I know, it's a "little" thing, but when you have quick some copy & paste actions, it would be nice when it works, especially in the Chat Box. Ok, so english should solved this? I will try it! Thanks!

[forest axle]

these logs look like you have a media source that's hanging

this can sometimes happen with .webms, since ffmpeg's support is still somewhat choppy there

i'd remove your media sources temporarily (even just moving the files), that ought to clear up the issue

[viral inlet]

Hello I need help

[fading hare]

Welcome to the OBS community support channel. If you have a question, go ahead and ask it, and if someone is available to help they'll respond. Try to be detailed, and provide a log if you are having issues with streaming/recording (Help -> Log Files -> Upload Current Log). Please be patient if someone doesn't respond right away!

[viral inlet]

My screen recording keeps freaking

Freezing

Can somebody help me

[vestal ginkgo]

Thanks ! I will try that

[forest axle]

can you provide more details? a clean log is probably best:

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[viral inlet]

What’s that

[forest axle]

do you not see the bot message?

[viral inlet]

I have a screen recording we’re it freezes

[drifting shuttle]

how to add in obs cam in discord?

[neon lily]

Start the virtual camera

Then access Discord via Google Chrome rather than the app

[neon lily]

You need to follow the steps outlined in the bot's message

[chilly sandal]

So I made some adjustments to my setup but still running into issues with frames dropping. Doesn't drop as much or for too long but I think it's improving.

Gameplay hovers around 30fps while cutscenes run between 45-60fps; still trying to get 1080p60.

https://obsproject.com/logs/3wV6bMBUwAxxO8eu

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 55.7% Rendering Lag
• 53.3% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-8850H @ 2.60GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[neon lily]

If you're recording, use Apple VT Hardware instead of x264 for the video encoder

For a 1080p@60 recording, set the bit rate to 20,000 kbps. (You can't use a CRF setting for Apple VT Hardware on Intel)

[chilly sandal]

There’s Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder, Apple VT HVEC Hardware Encoder, and Apple HVEC T2 Hardware Encoder. Is there a difference?

[neon lily]

H.264 produces a larger file size but is a more compatible file format, HEVC is a more compact file size while maintaining a high image quality, and I'm not sure about the last one

Seems odd for the T2 chip to have a video encoder on it 😄

[chilly sandal]

https://obsproject.com/logs/nSOEItrrY9VIhDGN

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 36.6% Rendering Lag
• 17.1% Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-8850H @ 2.60GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[neon lily]

Hmm. I'd say the encoder lag is likely negligible given how short the recording is. The bigger issue is the rendering lag.

What's happening on your computer while you're running OBS Studio? How many other apps are open? And do you need all those audio filters on your mic source?

[chilly sandal]

I have the activity monitor open to monitor which apps are using those most power. But it's just that and obs. I'd say so since it's just a lavalier mic and I don't have a professional stand/boom-arm mic like the sm7b or elgato wave:3.

Took another recording and screenshotted the activity monitor.

https://obsproject.com/logs/Xn58DqGKLmLfXeuO

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 32.4% Rendering Lag
• 24.4% Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-8850H @ 2.60GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[forest axle]

high kernel_task usage means you're almost certainly hitting thermal throttling

[pearl yacht]

The T2 chip is effectively a mini-iPhone chip - it has Secure Enclave and several encoder/accelerator cores that are usually found in A-series or M-series chips

Which is probably the only reason some Intel-Macs are still supported by macOS

[steel eagle]

Yes, the solution works, Thank you

[ripe granite]

I am having trouble with installing OBS on macbook pro

I install drag the app over the applications and when i go to open it crashes

can anyone help me

[steel eagle]

@frosty bronze However it does uses a lot and by a lot i mean A LOT of CPU. I guess this is only a temporary fix

[verbal kindle]

I (think I) was sent here to ask this questions; #stream-setup message

[pseudo warren]

Hi there j am trying to screen record my game and there’s no game capture option. I have the setting on in my privacy and nothing there.

[plucky zenith]

there's no game capture on macos. that's for windows only.
Use the "macos screen capture" source

[pseudo warren]

Ohhh okay

[pseudo warren]

Then just click start recording ?

[plucky zenith]

if it shows what you want to record in the preview, yes

[pseudo warren]

My screens just black

[plucky zenith]

!log
close obs, reopen, send a log

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[pseudo warren]

Okay

Do I just post it here @plucky zenith

[plucky zenith]

yes

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/M8NHBHdoXp8gmydg

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.2 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8210Y @ 1.60GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 500 - Below minimum requirements

[plucky zenith]

double click the screen capture source and show me the window that comes up?

[pseudo warren]

It’s for my son he wants to record his sims games 😅

It’s not blank anymore but I can’t seem to figure out how to get onto his sims game

[plucky zenith]

select application capture in method and then select the sims window

[pseudo warren]

It isn’t giving that option

Just obs studio

[plucky zenith]

and the sims is currently open?

[pseudo warren]

Yes

[plucky zenith]

did you select application capture or window capture?

[pseudo warren]

Application capture

[plucky zenith]

try with window?

[pseudo warren]

That worked!

Thanks so much

[plucky zenith]

👍

[pseudo warren]

So I did a test record and it doesn’t actually play? Says it’s unsupported file

[plucky zenith]

send a log again now that you did the recording?

[pseudo warren]

K

https://obsproject.com/logs/|JAGczo3FGUXPojT

[plucky zenith]

that url isn't correct

[pseudo warren]

That’s what it gave me

[plucky zenith]

try doing it again then, there must have been smth wrong

[pseudo warren]

Okay

https://obsproject.com/logs/NUp1YtIvSNHjItfK

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 32.7% Rendering Lag

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering
• 9.6% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.2 (OK)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8210Y @ 1.60GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 500 - Below minimum requirements

[plucky zenith]

!vlc
oh, try vlc

[fading hare]

If you are having problems with playing content created by OBS Studio in Movies & TV or QuickTime Player, this is because the media player does not have proper format support. This causes missing video, audio, or for the file to not open at all.

We recommend VLC Media Player for better, accurate format support. Like OBS Studio, VLC Media Player is a free and open source project.

[plucky zenith]

forgot quicktime doesn't do it

[forest axle]

you're recording as an .mkv, which macOS can't play back out of the box. it might be better to record as fragmented mp4 or fragmented mov, which have the same advantages as .mkv. alternately you can get another media player as pen suggested like IINA or VLC

[plucky zenith]

with what you said about VLC support on mac, you'd rather recommend fmp4 over vlc?

[pseudo warren]

How would I change the save file ?

[plucky zenith]

settings > output, change the format from mkv to fragmented mp4

[warped mica]

I'd say fMOV would be the preferred on macOS probably

[forest axle]

i'd recommend fmp4/fmov, or even vanilla .mov/.mp4 over .mkv honestly, and then separately i'd definitely recommend IINA over VLC

[plucky zenith]

👍 I'll keep that in mind

[plucky zenith]

ouki, ty 💜

[pseudo warren]

Uhm I don’t have a settings option

[plucky zenith]

below the start recording button

[pseudo warren]

Oh haha

My kiddo wants to make sims videos so I’m just trying to get that to work for him lol 😂

[plucky zenith]

(fair warning though, I'm not sure you'll manage to get good looking video with that computer but we'll get to that)

[pseudo warren]

Yeah it’s a old laptop of mine 😅

I’d like to get a good pc but those cost money so 😅

[plucky zenith]

in settings > output, in the "recording" section, under video encoder you should have some called "Apple VT" or something like that, try using it instead of x264, it's likely to work slightly better

[pseudo warren]

I’ll try that! Thank you

Thanks everyone!

[plucky zenith]

other issue is that you're currently downscaling the output to 480p (in settings > video) which will make it look very pixellated. Ideally it should be the same as the canvas (1080p) but the bigger it is, the harder it is for the encoder, and you're already kinda overloding at 480p, so idk if you can go much higher on that computer

with the hardware encoders, maybe

[pseudo warren]

Good to know!

He loves to game and wants to stream and stuff so I’m trying to help him

Yesterday he played the old school sonic game and got all the chaos emeralds in one run … 😂😂😂

I don’t think it even took him very long either. 😂

[fading glacier]

hi i need help ive tried everything on youtube and my obs keeps being choppy when recording

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[tender steppe]

I need to use OBS for a school project, I downloaded a few of the latest versions but I just get a "corrupt image" error from DiskImageMounter.app. I'm still on the ancient 10.13.6 High Sierra which I'm guessing is the problem so if anyone could point me to the last stable version that works with High Sierra I'd appreciate it!

[fading hare]

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (29.1+) runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and higher.

• if you use an older version of macOS, you may see the "corrupted image" message (A). To solve this, download an appropriate older version of OBS Studio.
• if you are running macOS 11 or higher but still see this symbol (B), download the latest Intel version of OBS Studio

[fading glacier]

where is the help menu

[wraith tangle]

Hey everyone, I’m sure this has been asked and discussed already but what’s the easiest way to remove background of webcam without green screen for free? Thanks in advance!

[chilly sandal]

https://obsproject.com/logs/L0u6HJqyCKJ9BAJS

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 25.9% Rendering Lag
• 41.7% Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-8850H @ 2.60GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[fading hare]

If you have problems with high CPU usage or encoder overload while streaming or recording, follow our Encoding Performance Troubleshooting to improve performance.

[chilly sandal]

Anything I need to change to get 1080p60?

[errant dock]

I keep getting “Quit Unexpectedly” notice. I’ve already done the thing where you delete the OBS folder from /Library/Application Support and restarted the app but nothing is working. Please help

[fading hare]

A crash log is required to investigate the cause of your issue. Please upload the most recent crash log.

1. In Finder, click the Go menu
2. Select Go To Folder, and type in ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
3. Upload the file prefixed OBS_ with the most recent date (format is year-month-day)

[fading hare]

Logitech's OBS plugin may currently be causing OBS Studio to crash on launch. If this is the case for you, follow these instructions to remove it:

1. Open Logitech's G HUB software
2. In G HUB, select the menu, then Games and Applications. Choose OBS, then disable any enabled integrations
3. Open Finder
4. Click on the Go menu, then Go to Folder. Paste in the following then press Return : /Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins
5. Remove the logi_obs_plugin folder
6. Launch OBS Studio

[errant dock]

this worked , but is there anyway to recover my settings?

[forest axle]

if you saved the obs studio application support folder from before you removed it, then yes. that is the folder that contained all your settings and scenes

[errant dock]

Seems my settings are all gone. Video recording is now only being output as a Photo and my automatic remux to MP4 setting is gone and nowwhere to be found?

OBS refusing to open again. 🥲 why me?

[plucky zenith]

automatic remux is under settingss > advanced

[fading hare]

Logitech's OBS plugin may currently be causing OBS Studio to crash on launch. If this is the case for you, follow these instructions to remove it:

1. Open Logitech's G HUB software
2. In G HUB, select the menu, then Games and Applications. Choose OBS, then disable any enabled integrations
3. Open Finder
4. Click on the Go menu, then Go to Folder. Paste in the following then press Return : /Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins
5. Remove the logi_obs_plugin folder
6. Launch OBS Studio

[errant dock]

How can I use my Logitech Yeti X without having to go through this everytime?

[plucky zenith]

did you disable integrations in logitech ghub as mentionned?

[errant dock]

I did

The bot told me the same thing yesterday, which worked. (and worked agian today). But want to avoid for the future

[plucky zenith]

yeah, it apparently has a tendency to reinstall itself.
Are you sure you need ghub to use the mic?

[errant dock]

i dont think so; I'll delete the app

[plucky zenith]

probs the best way yeah

[errant dock]

Would you happen to know why my recordings are only being output as photos? This may also be the reason why the Auto Remux isnt available for me in settings

[plucky zenith]

as I told you, auto remux is in settings > advanced

not output

[plucky zenith]

but you can also skip that step by selecting fragmented mp4 instead of mkv as the recording format

[errant dock]

Ahh duh thanks

hard to read clearly when frustrated since yesterday with this lol appreciate your helo

help*

[plucky zenith]

👍 pleasure

[grim pasture]

Is anyone here?

[plucky zenith]

yee

[grim pasture]

Can u help me with device connection to the obs?

[plucky zenith]

if you have a problem, detail it

[grim pasture]

So I need to show my ipad screen on obs, but I can’t do that. The obs sees ipad but it can’t take the screen image

Also I would like to know how to reset settings

[plucky zenith]

what settings?

[grim pasture]

My iPad screen supposed to be there

[grim pasture]

All of them

[plucky zenith]

create a new profile

[grim pasture]

How?

[plucky zenith]

in the top bar, profile > new

[grim pasture]

Then?

[plucky zenith]

then that's it

[grim pasture]

I still can’t see my iPad screen

[plucky zenith]

yeah that's unrelated to the ipad, that's just how to reset settings

[grim pasture]

Yes settings are ok now, thank you

But what with the iPad screen

[plucky zenith]

I don't know about that, sorry

[grim pasture]

Can I place a link in this chat?

[pseudo warren]

How do I add chat to the screen

[chilly sandal]

Is it possible to add audio filters like noise suppression to a wireless receiver? I watched a youtube video demonstrating setting up a wireless mic with a receiver and transmitter to obs. When adding the source, it detects the receiver so I was wondering if audio filters would work.

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/A6HgPsp4dC3K6fED

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Old NVIDIA Drivers

ℹ️ Info

• Windows 10 22H2 (OK)
• Not Admin
• No Output Session
• Windows Game Mode

Hardware Check

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz - OK! / Quadro K620 - Possible bottleneck

[forest axle]

#windows-support

[pseudo warren]

ok

wait

im on mac

why is showing windows

[forest axle]

if you've added the microphone as an audio input capture source, yes, you can add any filter. you can do this in OBS, or macOS has a "voice isolation" mode it can apply to the input at the system level in control center

if that's your log, you are not on macOS

[maiden ibex]

https://obsproject.com/logs/vOBtaoxOilPH1CFK

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[pseudo warren]

how do i do my ,og

log

[forest axle]

what issue are you having that you need to post a log in order to solve?

[pseudo warren]

i just want to know how to see me info and crap about my pc on obs

[forest axle]

uh, well, there's the stats dock that you can surface via docks->stats

[pseudo warren]

this?

[forest axle]

that is the stats dock, yes

[pseudo warren]

ok

[pearl smelt]

Can u screen record in HDR on OBS for Mac ?

[warped mica]

No

[deep fulcrum]

Is there a way to offset source visuals backwards? As in, negative delay? Similar to putting a negative value in the Advanced Audio Properties for sync offset on an audio device, but for video.
Obviously this wouldn't take place in the preview, but once processed for stream/recording.

[grizzled night]

probably not possible with a simple filter, but you could add video delay on everything else

alternatively, you could have two instances of OBS running, the second one takes the video of the first one, delays it as a whole, then add your video that supposedly has a negative sync offset

why tho?

[upper patrol]

Apologies if this has been answered. I'm getting ready to teach using OBS with Zoom on a fully updated MBP and fully updated OBS. All of a sudden, in Zoom, OBS does not show up as a camera option (i.e., in the Zoom preferences for Video->Camera dropdown, OBS is not even showing). I've restarted everything, reinstalled OBS and still having this problem. This was working fine when I last used it on Friday.

[grizzled night]

!beta can you please try the release candidate?

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[upper patrol]

That fixed the problem.

[deep fulcrum]

Main reason is my camera is about 200ms off, so if I'm doing something in time with music/sound I have to adjust the sync offset for all audio to be delayed about 200ms.
Ideally, I'd only edit the problem device, but in this case I need every other device to cater for the problem device instead.

Seems like that just isn't really feasible, at least not yet. But thanks for helping :)

[maiden ibex]

Does anyone know if there is a way to stop obs from picking up my tablet audio? Its causin my encoder error

[plucky zenith]

just mute it or don't have it as a source, but I doubt it'd be causing an encoder error

[maiden ibex]

Its says Audio overload and it list my tablet

[maiden ibex]

The only other audio i have is pretzel rock and Mic, I am also a digital Artist, so I Kinda need it as a source

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[warm wyvern]

I apologise if this is a painfully simple question but I'd like to use the Chillhop radio stream in the background while streaming. I'm signed up to their program etc, so I'm at the stage where I'd like to set up the downloaded Spotify playlist they recommend to be an audio source, but without my whole computer audio (or at least not the computer mic) being an audio source.

[warm wyvern]

All good, looks like I worked it out with the "macOS capture" and set to the Spotify app. I hadn't granted Screen Recording permissions, which was stopping me from setting the properties. (Just in case it's useful to someone else coming across this monologue...)

[desert cliff]

hello everyone - I hope this is not an old, out-of-date question, but I cannot find anything with the search function on this - could someone help with installing dynamic delay on mac? much appreciated!

[pearl path]

I just installed OBS 30.0 beta RC2 on my Intel MBP. It's making the fans run and several processes are using a lot of resources. Is this something I should report, and if so, where? Thanks!

[warped mica]

is this significantly different to 29.1.3?

[pearl path]

Yes! I was able to teach a class without the fans running in 29.1.3/macOS 13. In macOS 14 with 30 RC2 the fans come on immediately. The fans running impacts the sound quality of the class, and is annoying to students.

[forest axle]

if you return to OBS 29 on macOS 14 is the issue still present?

[pearl path]

I am using the Virtual Camera feature, which is not available in OBS 29 on macOS 14.

com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice 58.2 8:33.17 2 0 0.0 0.00 175 root 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No Yes Yes (null) No 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes No - 0 bytes 0 bytes No (null)

OBS Studio 49.1 2:06.66 22 482 11.5 2:10.50 31959 windrag 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No (null) No 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes No - 0 bytes 0 bytes Yes (null)

com.obsproject.obs-studio.mac-camera-extension 37.5 5:01.88 4 2 0.0 0.00 31821 _cmiodalassistants 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No Yes No (null) No 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes No - 0 bytes 0 bytes No (null)

Sorry, more concise:

com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice
OBS Studio
com.obsproject.obs-studio.mac-camera-extension

These are the processes that are using the most resources.

[forest axle]

for the latter two processes, that is a normal amount of cpu use to expect. i'm not sure what that first process is up to

[pearl path]

It does seem to be specifically the Virtual Camera feature that is causing the fans to run. When I turn off Virtual Camera, but keep OBS running, the resource usage is much less.

Without Virtual Camera running, my top 3 processes are Mail, OBS and Discord (in that order).

Turn on Virtual Camera, and these become the top 3 processes, and fans turn on immediately:

com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice
OBS Studio
com.obsproject.obs-studio.mac-camera-extension

Also, There is a delay of almost a minute between when I quit OBS and when the microphone indicator in the menu bar disappears.

[forest axle]

that first process is an apple system process. i'm not sure why it would be using a significant amount of CPU with the virtual camera on. the two processes that OBS controls, obs studio and com.obsproject.obs-studio.mac-camera-extension are both using a normal amount of CPU there though

[forest axle]

this is a known issue, as far as i know it's on the macOS end

[pearl path]

All right. Thanks for listening. Hopefully some fine tuning will help going forward. Thanks for your good work!

[forest axle]

it wouldn't hurt to report the issue to apple, specifically the com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice usage. to me at least, that seems erroneous

[pearl path]

Are you saying that that doesn't sho up on your Intel test machine?

[forest axle]

no, i can reproduce it on my apple silicon machine as well

i'm saying it seems like there's at least a possibility that there's a macOS bug

[pearl path]

Any tips on where and how to report this for a non-developer?

[forest axle]

there's a built in app called feedback assistant.app that ought to be findable in spotlight

[pearl path]

Wow! That's a new one to me! Thanks for pointing that out.

[forest axle]

at the very least, as far as we know, OBS is doing everything related to camera extensions in the "apple-prescribed" way. so if there's a significant regression in terms of the amount of resources with the new virtual camera format, that's grounds for a feedback in my mind regardless of whether it's technically a bug

[quiet belfry]

Hello! I am having a huge struggle trying to figure this out. I'm trying to screen record and audio is not coming out my speakers, nor is it looking like my multi-output device is working. My recorded videos do not contain any audio either. I am using BlackHole to get my audio. This has worked in the past with no problems, but now returning to it it's not working at all.

[forest axle]

what version of macOS are you using?

[quiet belfry]

Ventura 13.3.1

[forest axle]

if you want desktop audio recorded, i'd highly recommend dropping blackhole and simply using macos screen capture sources, which capture audio automatically

it's available on ventura and above

[quiet belfry]

Okay thanks, I'll give that a try!

[plucky zenith]

normally it should have been fixed in RC2
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/9768

[forest axle]

i did that fix, this is something else

[plucky zenith]

oh mb

didn't know that was your github

[forest axle]

indeed

[twin plank]

this could be a Sonoma 14.1 thing, but has anybody else noticed a regression with native macOS window capture and OBS 30, where the video capture looks fine on a stream but from my perspective the game seems to be dropping frames, and cursor input is laggy?

[forest axle]

what window/application?

[twin plank]

Minecraft 1.20.2, it's playable but pretty disorienting - I don't mind so much because the capture looks fine to me, but very odd that I would experience lag and the capture would be fine

odd enough that I strongly suspect it's macOS doing something weird whilst capturing

[forest axle]

are you sure that it's unique to 14.1?

[twin plank]

not 100% sure but it was bad enough after upgrading that it was obvious

the odd input lag thing happens when Minecraft "UI" is open in game - if you open a crafting table and drag items around for example, it's like 5 FPS 🤯

and totally fine when OBS is closed / not capturing

actually let me double check it happens during a preview capture and not just when actively streaming

yeah lags in UI as soon as there's a capture, streaming or not, so I bet it's macOS 🤔

[forest axle]

i think i technically still have a minecraft license from like 2010 and i haven't updated to 14.1 yet, so maybe i'll test this

[twin plank]

another odd observation: FPS tanks any time the cursor is moving in the window whilst capturing, only when you have UI open (so, if the cursor is still, FPS is fine)

perhaps some odd interaction between the native capturing and lwjgl

[forest axle]

couple questions...so you're using macos screen capture, correct, and not the deprecated window capture? if so, is it in the window capture mode?

does it only occur in window capture mode, or does it also occur in display capture mode?

does it occur with the window at any size, or only at e.g. large sizes?

[twin plank]

above done with macOS native capture, in window capture mode, 1920x1080 window size - I'll try the others

macOS native whole screen capture doesn't cause it, only happens in native window mode
it also appears to be approximately linear with window size 😄 small window doesn't have any appreciable frame drops, large window is pretty bad

[forest axle]

uh oh. that makes me fearful that apple shipped a regression

can you open activity monitor and report how much memory windowserver is using?

[twin plank]

sure, is it just called "windowserver"?

[forest axle]

yep

[twin plank]

I don't see it - WindowManager maybe?

that's a lot of virtual memory lol

[forest axle]

windowserver is definitely a process, you can search in the top right

[twin plank]

sure I'll check

ah I had it filtered to "my processes" - shows in "all processes"

CPU and memory usage both seem high for that process?

[forest axle]

cpu is normal but memory is definitely high

@west cypress sorry for the ping...is there any chance that the window capture scaling/performance/giant RAM use ballooning at large window sizes issue made it back into 14.1?

@twin plank i'll need to wait to hear confirmation. before 14.0, there was a macOS bug with the window capture mode specifically where windowserver would try to render windows at enormous scales under certain conditions, and slow down the entire system. your symptoms sound identical to that issue, so i really hope that apple didn't re-ship it on accident

[twin plank]

sure, thanks for following it up 🙂

[wraith tangle]

hey everyone, tried streaming just now and got this video setting suggestion, the stream was lagging quite a bit, the app seems to be using up quite a bit of the CPU, any suggestions on how to troubleshoot or use the best settings for the setup?

I'm streaming online poker, and funnily enough the program I'm using today is just a different skin of the same poker room I've been streaming recently, which has been running smoothly and not using up as much of the CPU....

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[tall bay]

hi! My Chrome has stopped showing OBS virtual cam as a source.

[plucky zenith]

chrome is a bit fucky with the vcam, try in firefox

[tall bay]

even on firefox, it doesnt show up ;_;

[plucky zenith]

my bad, had a brainfart, I thought this was windows support. You're on macos 14?

[tall bay]

yep!

[plucky zenith]

!beta
use the beta

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[plucky zenith]

(basically, macos 14 deprecated the way obs did the vcam before, so a new vcam has been made that works for it, but it's only in 30.0)

[tall bay]

ohhh. I was going crazy to why one day it stopped working. I'll try it out now and let you know if it's working.

also, what's differences between OBS-Studio-30.0.0-rc2-macOS-Apple.dmg
and OBS-Studio-30.0.0-rc2-macOS-Intel.dmg?

[forest axle]

intel is for x64, or intel macs

[plucky zenith]

first one if your mac is apple silicon, second if it's intel

[forest axle]

apple silicon meaning, m1, m2, etc.

[plucky zenith]

if you don't know which, the "about this mac" thingie should tell you

[tall bay]

Sweet!

[plucky zenith]

(also if you download the wrong one it'll be immediately obvious it's the wrong one XD)

[tall bay]

Always good to double check :P. I really do appreciate your efforts to help. And its working!!!! :celebrate

[plucky zenith]

👍

[hybrid matrix]

Hello! My text portion of my scene is very blurry and I don't know why? It hasn't done this in the past. Could someone please assist?

[plucky zenith]

increase the font size

[hybrid matrix]

I did that

it's fixed for apparently no reason whatsoever

[plucky zenith]

what size is it at?

[hybrid matrix]

it was at 36

is there a recommended?

[plucky zenith]

the recommended is the one you want it to be in your scene

[quaint meteor]

hello. i'm using OBS to output from a capture card. the video output is both way too saturated and way too dark, as you can see in the image. is there a way to fix this with obs' color correction?

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[worthy fractal]

When I stream, the quality of it, is bad. Is there a way to fix that

[night tusk]

Hi folks , apologies if this question has been discussed before.

I wanted to do some tutorials etc so I wanted to get the zoom track and follow mouse feature working

I did a bit of setup but as I am on the Mac the zoom does not work as expected

Does anyone have a definitive solution for this for Mac users

[wraith tangle]

https://obsproject.com/logs/pqDiUD1jgFgx1B1N

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 81.1% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• 0.3% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-7920HQ @ 3.10GHz - Possible bottleneck / Radeon Pro 560 - OK!

[steel eagle]

Does OBS works on Whatsapp desktop?

I have tried using it but it always shows that Camera is being used by some other app

Is there any solution?

[spark niche]

There are a few forum posts about it, but most say it doesn't work, while other post state that you need NDI in order to make it work.
However one post says the WhatsApp Desktop only detects physical cameras.
Generally how these things work is that if the camera works everywhere else, then the program itself is blocking it for any number of reasons.

[viral walrus]

Not sure if anyone has tried streaming Baldurs Gate 3 or not, but it doesn't give me the option to capture it using Mac OS Screen capture

[plucky zenith]

what capture mode are you using?

[viral walrus]

I use Mac OS Screen Capture, BG3 isn't even listed even tho I have it running

application capture

[plucky zenith]

try window capture instead of application capture, afaik some games can be touchy with application capture

[viral walrus]

thank you! that worked, not sure why but I've always used application capture

[forest axle]

if it's fullscreen in another space, macos screen capture will not see it as an option

not sure if that's your issue but could be

[bleak sage]

hello needing help recording my Macbook air M1 audio

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[bleak sage]

doesnt work

[plucky zenith]

those aren't macos screen capture

[charred sail]

how do i completely uninstall obs from my macbook pro?

i'm trying to take a virtually proctored exam and both chrome and firefox use obs as the default cam even after i deleted it which is preventing me from showing myself

from what i understand there are remnants of the app somewhere that still need to be deleted but i'm not sure how to access them

like even after i selected facetime hd it still uses obs

[forest axle]

what version of macOS are you on?

[charred sail]

big sur version 11.4

[forest axle]

roger that, the old virtual camera plugin is stored in this folder: /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plugins/DAL/
if you remove it, it should stop appearing in applications. if you don't know how to get to that folder, you'll want to go to finder, then cmd-shift-g, and paste that path in

[charred sail]

ok so i should just move this folder to the trash?

are there any others?

[forest axle]

you should remove the OBS plugin files from that folder, yes

and no, OBS doesn't store anything else on the system. it stores its own settings and your scenes, but they don't do anything if OBS isn't open

[charred sail]

so once i delete these files i should be all set?

i think it worked bc obs isnt shown as an option in the drop down list on firefox or chrome

[forest axle]

yes, if those files are gone that's all there is to it

[charred sail]

thank you so much

[pseudo warren]

Hi I have a Problem the Programs for Virtual cameras like chromacam / xsplit wont

[plucky zenith]

which version of macos are you on?

[pseudo warren]

14.1 they wont appear in the Settings selection for Video Source

[plucky zenith]

!beta
yeah 14 blocks the old OBS virtualcam. A new virtualcam has been made for obs 30.0, but it's still in beta

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[pseudo warren]

thank you I was completely puzzled about it

[pseudo warren]

Still not showing up I may consider downgrading to Ventura I think

[forest axle]

were you prompted to install the system extension and did you enter your password?

[pseudo warren]

yes and I can see Virtual Camera as well but Chromacam still not showing up in the list

[forest axle]

oh. well that's a chromacam issue

[pseudo warren]

Its also with Xsplit

[forest axle]

i didn't even know xsplit made a virtual camera for mac

[plucky zenith]

probably the exact same reason the OBS one didn't show, contact their support to see if they have made an updated version

[pseudo warren]

I looked for it and even freshly downloaded and installed them

[forest axle]

they have to make fundamental changes to the architecture of their programs for them to work on macOS 14. if they don't explicitly say they support macOS 14, they likely have not made the necessary changes

[pseudo warren]

so this seems to be an issue between the three, macOS, OBS and both of the Softwares

[forest axle]

OBS 30's virtual camera is completely compatible with macOS 14. i cannot speak for the other two programs

[pseudo warren]

yeah well I´m downgrading theres

no other way out right now

[forest axle]

what workflow do you have that requires the use of three different virtual cameras?

[pseudo warren]

I just use chromacam cause I have no space for greenscreen

Xsplit was just testing cause chromacam didn´t work

[plucky zenith]

so your use for chromacam is to do a virtual greenscreen?

[pseudo warren]

yeah

[plucky zenith]

can do that inside OBS
https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/background-removal-virtual-green-screen-low-light-enhance.1260/

[shy elbow]

hey guys can you help me, im on my imac and when i try to get obs it says "the following disks couldnt be opened. corrupt image

can you guys help please

[fading hare]

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (29.1+) runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and higher.

• if you use an older version of macOS, you may see the "corrupted image" message (A). To solve this, download an appropriate older version of OBS Studio.
• if you are running macOS 11 or higher but still see this symbol (B), download the latest Intel version of OBS Studio

[pseudo warren]

This Works Thx

[plucky zenith]

👍

[shy elbow]

that didnt work

[plucky zenith]

what version of macos are you on?

[shy elbow]

1 sec

10.13.6

is there any way.i can update it?

[plucky zenith]

what version of obs are you trying to install?

[shy elbow]

idk the one i can install

[plucky zenith]

the bot's message literally tells you

[shy elbow]

but nothing works

[plucky zenith]

click on the link

[shy elbow]

it dont work

i did

[plucky zenith]

which one did you try installing?

[shy elbow]

i tried all of them none worked said corrupt iamge

[plucky zenith]

did you try 27.2.4?

[shy elbow]

there was no

was there?

[plucky zenith]

there was

it's literally the one indicated for 10.13

[shy elbow]

when i go on the link it just goes to a website not the download

[plucky zenith]

the download is in that link, scroll at the bottom

[shy elbow]

is it under assets

its loading rn

[plucky zenith]

yes

[shy elbow]

tysm!

it worked

[shy elbow]

wait guys

when can i find the videos i recorded

[fading hare]

OBS Studio recordings can be found by selecting File > Show Recordings. The output path can be changed under Settings > Output.

[wide hearth]

If im trying to record audio from discord on obs how would i go about that. I've seen some videos on "application output capture" but i never see that as an option in my sources. My obs is fully up to date so im not sure whats up

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[plucky zenith]

application output capture is a windows-only source

[wide hearth]

https://obsproject.com/logs/mcBTkTOEzMJd2g9m

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.4 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[wide hearth]

Ok sorry i must be slow

which one of these shuld i be using

I'm sorry

[fierce rock]

macOS Screen Capture, like the guide says.

[wary pebble]

so uhhhhh
how does one decrease the amount of memory that the replay buffer uses
cuz right now it's nearing 2GB despite only being 60 seconds

im using macos12 on an m1 btw, if that changes anything

[vague coral]

hello, did you download obs on your macbook? it says the site is damaged? how to solve the problem

[forest axle]

what are your encoder settings? assuming that the replay buffer stores everything in memory, which i'm not sure if it does, there will be a linear relationship between the size of the output and the amount of memory used

[forest axle]

can you take a screenshot of the error you're seeing?

[vague coral]

нуы

yes

2 min

[acoustic crow]

!macversions

[fading hare]

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (29.1+) runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and higher.

• if you use an older version of macOS, you may see the "corrupted image" message (A). To solve this, download an appropriate older version of OBS Studio.
• if you are running macOS 11 or higher but still see this symbol (B), download the latest Intel version of OBS Studio

[acoustic crow]

That may be of use.

[maiden atlas]

RTMP on mac os

[acoustic crow]

?

[maiden atlas]

hello I am trying to stream on twitch and youtube at the same time

I am using M2 mac OS

I've download a plugin but it doesn't work.

is there any tutorial for the multiple RTMP?

I restart the OBS but the plugin didn't pop up

my obs is 29.1.1

[forest axle]

!maclog

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[forest axle]

can you show us a log per above?

[maiden atlas]

https://obsproject.com/logs/8sKfMlyOB7TvJhcB

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (29.1.1)

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.2 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

OBS appears to be loading the plugin successfully

i do not know where to find a tutorial for multi rtmp, you may need to search elsewhere. OBS is definitely loading it according to that log though at least

[maiden atlas]

https://obsproject.com/logs/kEsIgEsmLa7OHrwU

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.2 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB)

[maiden atlas]

I restart my computer it still don't work

i'll stay here and pray

[neon lily]

I'm fairly sure it's a dock

Check the Docks menu, see if it shows up in that @maiden atlas

[maiden atlas]

yes it shows up on the menu and present a check mark

but I didn't see it

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found the way!!!!!!

the new world！！！

Just click the reset docks

and click the multiple output

then it will pop up

hope this exp may help people in the future !

[neon lily]

That just means it was showing but wasn't attached to the window

It was probably behind the OBS window

[maiden ibex]

https://obsproject.com/logs/OrLhdzvHfcMfOg3c

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[wary pebble]

I meant that it actively uses around 2GB of memory in the activity monitor, not storage space - each 60-second clip is roughly 48MB or so
The video encoder is set to Use Stream Encoder, which is x264, and the audio encoder is set to CoreAudio AAC
I’m recording in .mkv format, if that makes a difference

[languid lagoon]

After I updated to Sonoma 14.1, my virtual camera disappeared from sources everywhere. Is this is a reported issue here?

Seems like Reddit found a complex solution to my above problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/VIDEOENGINEERING/comments/17ahygl/did_macos_sonoma_141_just_remove_the_ability_to/

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-isnt-working-after-macbook-sonoma-14-update.170086/

I guess I shall wait. 😭

[grizzled night]

well yes, the solution is to update obs, and the new obs update is partly due to that

[fierce furnace]

I've just found that the M3 series chip now support AV1 hardware encoding and decoding. As I'm not a developer, I wonder how long will it take to add support for it. Just curious, I have no plan to upgrade my MacBook and I'm not urging the developers.

[grizzled night]

generally when new hardware like that releases, it has to release first, and only then software will follow suit

[languid lagoon]

I have the newest OBS Studio 29.1.3 - I guess version 30 will be compatible soon...

[grizzled night]

you could try the release candidate

!beta

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[fierce furnace]

Sorry, just decoding AV1, no encoding, my bad.

[fierce furnace]

OK, I get it.

[azure creek]

Hello i have Problems with my obs and I can’t tell it in a text message. So when you are good with obs. Can you add me then so we can call and I can explain it to you. And pls excuse my English it is not my first language

[forest axle]

@twin plank i updated to 14.1 and i cannot reproduce your macos screen capture window capture issue. are you still experiencing it?

[indigo summit]

Hi all, I have been trying to fix a problem with OBS, tried searching everywhere and found no solution so wondering if anyone on here might have a solution. When trying to show my Chat on OBS everytime I enter the link for the overlay from Stream Elements it never shows up. I have searched sites and videos and tried everything really stuck would really appreciate any help!

[safe minnow]

What is the best setup for MacBook Pro? (Resolution and fps)

[fading hare]

Please run the OBS auto-configuration tool. To use the auto-config, click on the Tools menu in OBS, select Auto-Configuration Wizard, and then just follow the on-screen directions. You can use this tool to get a set baseline settings for your hardware, and adjust as necessary from there.

[safe minnow]

I was expecting a little better

[forest axle]

if the auto configuration tool chose those settings for you, your hardware is likely quite old

[safe minnow]

Is there any way to fix that?

[forest axle]

fix what, exactly?

[safe minnow]

Never mind

[forest axle]

if those settings are appropriate for your hardware, raising them will probably lead to rendering and/or encoder lag, which is worse than subpar quality

[neon lily]

If you have an Intel Mac, check out the details in https://obsproject.com/kb/hardware-encoding#vt at the bottom of the page

[wary pebble]

Any ideas?

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[wary pebble]

Will do, standby

[wary pebble]

https://obsproject.com/logs/VMOCWkfK0JE3Aeca

sorry that took so long

[wary pebble]

If y’all find anything then ping me

[cunning minnow]

Scene Collection have total 19 different title names those obs studio look itself trick that not from Logitech i notice normal on when i try transferring change on on each make me frustrated don't know why @forest axle that why i have total. look like itself automatic fix or i don't know. did checking logitech webcam normal on all Scene Collection from different title. don't understand why i feel frustrated.

oh well

[stray lynx]

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong here.... I have the client installed

[small sapphire]

Hello and good morning! Would anyone be able to help me get my ndi plugin working correctly? I was here a few months ago and was able to get everything working through OBS, but now all of a sudden it's not picking up my capture device

Everything is up to date, and I have already installed the latest plugins for the ndi source

[grizzled night]

!log pls

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[small sapphire]

@grizzled night https://obsproject.com/logs/UPLAXge8LBsvd26w

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz - OK! / Intel Iris Xe - Possible bottleneck

[small sapphire]

It's odd because everything was working fine for me on Monday, and now I can't get anything

[grizzled night]

https://github.com/obs-ndi/obs-ndi/releases

install this runtime

then restart obs

[small sapphire]

@grizzled night all I'm getting is a select capture device message from obs link

[grizzled night]

did you follow what i said

[small sapphire]

Yes I did

[grizzled night]

send a new log

[small sapphire]

https://obsproject.com/logs/fmiyZ8d1bG8FZjDN\

https://obsproject.com/logs/fmiyZ8d1bG8FZjDN

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz - OK! / Intel Iris Xe - Possible bottleneck

[grizzled night]

log says it still can't find ndi

[small sapphire]

Where should the download location be?

[grizzled night]

default location when you run the .pkg

[small sapphire]

I re-downloaded it again, still nothing

[grizzled night]

did you run it

[small sapphire]

Yes

[grizzled night]

restart obs one more time and send a new log

[small sapphire]

https://obsproject.com/logs/TLfQl4Z2Oua6Jykj

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8257U @ 1.40GHz - OK! / Intel Iris Xe - Possible bottleneck

[small sapphire]

This is really weird

@grizzled night what would I search for in my mac to find the .pkg

[grizzled night]

show me a screenshot of you running the pkg

[small sapphire]

running obs?

[grizzled night]

no

the pkg i asked you to download

[small sapphire]

When I try to look for a pkg that has ndi in it nothing comes up on my computer

Let me record what I'm doing

[grizzled night]

i asked you to download this

it's only this you need to show me

you don't search for it because it should go in your downloads folder

[grizzled night]

and the screenshot where you ran it??

[grizzled night]

did you run it like that earlier?

[small sapphire]

Yes

[grizzled night]

alright, all i can do is confirm you've followed the installation process correctly. I'm not sure why ndi isn't being detected on your mac, sorry.

[small sapphire]

Where would I go to get that help?

And thank you for your time also

[grizzled night]

you could wait for someone here to reply, but i also advise you to ask in https://github.com/obs-ndi/obs-ndi/issues

[small sapphire]

Okay I'll try there. Thanks again @grizzled night

[neon lily]

Access this site in Chrome, not Safari

[proper glen]

Hello

I'm struggling to figure out how to capture my desktop audio

No device is showing up in the audio output capture list

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[proper glen]

I'm currently running on OS 11.7.4

I'm not able to macOs Screen Capture

[plucky zenith]

then use the relevant guide

[proper glen]

ty

[earnest sun]

Does anybody know if you record PS5 and switch footage at 59.94 or 60fps?

I have the HD60X

[lusty coral]

Evening all. Sorry if this has been covered, but I'm running into the issue where my OBS (v29.1.3) virtual camera is not showing up in Zoom (v5.16.6 {24664}) running on a MacBook Pro running Sonoma 14.1.

I've already uninstalled and reinstalled OBS v28 and then v27.

[forest axle]

the OBS 29 and earlier virtual camera isn't compatible with macOS 14. if you need the virtual camera, you'll need to use OBS 30

[lusty coral]

...and checked that the app file was "read and write" enabled.

[forest axle]

OBS 30 is in the release candidate phase...see #beta-testing-30-archive or https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases

[lusty coral]

Did not know there was an OBS 30... beta...

gotcha... thank you!

[lusty coral]

Installed v30 OBS, and it's working perfectly! Thank you for your help.

[forest axle]

no probs 👍

[pseudo warren]

can someone help me with the OBS background removal

[magic veldt]

Hi obs can't see my Sony, I also tried to uninstall, add a new source but nothing

[magic veldt]

?

[stray lynx]

Wow.... way to reply to my question. This place is ultimately useless i guess.

[grizzled night]

yeah, because your question was not relevant to obs

need help with StreamKit? ask them

[magic veldt]

up

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[grizzled night]

!maclog

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[west cypress]

it should not be there in 14.1

[forest axle]

yep, i ended updating myself and could not reproduce their issue either. odd

[wary pebble]

how does one decrease the amount of memory that the replay buffer uses?
cuz right now it's actively uses nearly 2GB while enabled, despite each 60-second clip only being 48MB or so
The video encoder is set to 'Use Stream Encoder', which is x264, and the audio encoder is set to 'CoreAudio AAC'
I’m recording in .mkv format, if that makes a difference - using an M1 mac on Monterey v12.6.3
Log File: https://obsproject.com/logs/VMOCWkfK0JE3Aeca
Any ideas? Ping me if y’all find anything

[forest axle]

are you positive that this memory use is unique to the replay buffer? i.e. is it there with the replay buffer off and simply recording or streaming?

[wary pebble]

Only the buffer is enabled, i am not recording or streaming otherwise

oh and this is when the preview is disabled, though i doubt that makes any substantial difference

[forest axle]

can you check the memory use while recording and not using the replay buffer?

[wary pebble]

sure, i'll do that later today

[ripe fiber]

Hello,
english is not so good, but i will try.
since I make an update in Mac it is not possible to use the vurtual Cam in Google chrome oder discord.
i Can start the cam but i didn´t find it to choose it. Just the "normal"cam´s.
OBS has the authorization to use Screen recordings.
but that was not the Solution for my problem.
Did anyone has an Idea?

[plucky zenith]

!beta
in macos 14, the old obs virtual camera has been deprecated. A new virtual camera has been made in obs 30.0, but it's still in beta. you can get the beta in the link below

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[ripe fiber]

thanks,
i use MacOS Sonoma 14.1
so that will be the problem i will try it with the betaversion of OBS.

[valid shale]

hey guys

[fading hare]

Welcome to the OBS community support channel. If you have a question, go ahead and ask it, and if someone is available to help they'll respond. Try to be detailed, and provide a log if you are having issues with streaming/recording (Help -> Log Files -> Upload Current Log). Please be patient if someone doesn't respond right away!

[valid shale]

i need help with something

i cant seem to find the hide obs while recording box

is it not avaliable with mac

[plucky zenith]

it is not on 29.1.3. the 30.0 beta added something similar if I remember correctly

[valid shale]

i have a friend he has it hes using windows

[plucky zenith]

yes

[valid shale]

what can i do im trying to record a video on a mac

and i dont want the obs to show up on recording

[plucky zenith]

well the easiest solution is to either not record the full screen, or to minimize obs

[valid shale]

im kinda new to obs could tell me how to minimize obs

[plucky zenith]

like any window, you press the yellow button in the top left of it

[valid shale]

what about just recording a window not fullscreen

[plucky zenith]

use the "window capture" mode of the macos screen capture source

[valid shale]

thank you

[west cypress]

why are you using x264 isntead of the built in hardware blocks?

[wary pebble]

That’s a damn good question

yeah that fixed it lmao

that might also explain why the bitrate looked kinda fucky in replays

Thank you!

[west cypress]

I was willing to accept you had a legitmate reason, but its nice to know that fixed it 🙂

[mystic swan]

anyone else having an issue with video capture card?

for some reason once i updated it my capture card is not found? 😦

https://obsproject.com/logs/y8DtY55SBpA7F3cw

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated

ℹ️ Info

• Release Candidate OBS Version (30.0.0-rc2)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[mystic swan]

So i just enabled the Accleration

but I still cant see my video capture card

nvm i think i fixed it lol

[maiden ibex]

https://obsproject.com/logs/JdKVi3JIp5z0dyMo

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[maiden ibex]

https://obsproject.com/logs/FapsDFgowjgzZHkV

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 27.7% CPU Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• 3.2% Rendering Lag

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[winter vapor]

Hi there, I'm in macOS 14.1 on an Intel MBP and I'm trying out the latest RC2 of OBS 30.0.0, but the virtual camera is just a black screen in every application where I can look at a camera as a video source. The preview in OBS looks fine.

[plucky zenith]

can you click on the cog next to the "start virtual camera" button and show a screenshot of the window that appears?

[winter vapor]

I did give the app the permissions it wants.

[plucky zenith]

set it to "Internal" and "Program output", check if it's still black

[winter vapor]

Sorry, where is Internal?

[plucky zenith]

sorry Program (default)

[winter vapor]

Oh hey, I can see the stream now!

[plucky zenith]

keep forgetting the UI isn't the same

👍

[winter vapor]

Thanks, I clicked around in those options before but somehow didn't realize Program worked.

[plucky zenith]

👍 don't forget to close the github issue

[winter vapor]

Okay, will do

[winter vapor]

Now if only the screen recording notification would go away after I close OBS, I'd be all set. Having to log out to get rid of the big blue icon is a pretty big pain. Is that happening to anyone else?

[plucky zenith]

yeah it's afaik a macos-side bug

[forest axle]

it happens to everyone. killing replayd via activity monitor will remove it as well

[winter vapor]

It's weird because I don't have that thing stick around with other apps. Though the only app I could find on my HD which triggers it is ScreenFlow, and it puts itself away nicely after I stop recording.

[winter vapor]

But this is really handy info, thanks. I've had to log out/in so many times lately while testing OBS.

Amusingly, Apple's own QT Player does not put the notifier in the menu bar when you do a screen recording. They seem to have exempted themselves from the requirement.

[forest axle]

yeah quicktime screen recording i don't think uses the same resources. it also drops tons of frames at higher resolutions

[winter vapor]

Yeah, I don't use it for anything. Not even playing movies! I play movies with IINA which is ffmpeg-based and I record my screen with ScreenFlow most of the time. OBS is great for setting up more complex scenes and mixing audio, etc. OBS is my screen recorder of choice on PC too since ScreenFlow is Mac-only.

[lean plover]

Hey guys hoping someone can help me

I'm trying to stream on Instagram using obs and streamon

After I click source browser and input my YouTube url

Everything's seems right till I go live on Instagram

The quality is terrible

Using MacBook Pro

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[magic roost]

Wondering if anyone can help me figure this out.

The native Twitch chat widget has BTTV but can't get it to work in a custom dock that points to Twitch chat.

When I select Twitch as my Stream Service in Settings, there's an option to enable BetterTTV emotes in chat.

The problem is that I want to use Restream, which means the "native" chat dock is replaced with Restream's chat. When I try to add a custom widget pointing to my Twitch chat I don't get the BTTV experience in the custom widget.

I have the browser extension installed (in my regular Chrome) and I tried to use the same url Twitch is using for its "native" Twitch chat doc but I still only get the regular chat. Clearly there's some additional ingredient that makes the native chat different but I'm not sure how to achieve it with a custom widget. Does anyone have any tips on this?

If it helps I'm on MacBook Pro running Ventura 13.6 (22G120) and OBS 29.1.3.

[plucky zenith]

not possible to have bttv in chat dock, apart with the integrations

[neon lily]

Yeah, use the version of the dock that comes with the Twitch integration

Then be sure to enable BTTV

Then be sure to enable it from the chat’s settings

Although imho enable FFZ instead and then turn on its BTTV features like emoji

[magic roost]

But I can't do that once I'm using Restream as my stream. The "original" chat dock is replaced by Restream's chat.

[neon lily]

Ah

Tell you what’s a great alternative

Chatty, a chat app for Twitch that can have BTTV/FFZ features enabled

[magic roost]

I'll check that out.

But I also was hoping someone here can explain what's the magic causing the "native" dock work even though everything is supposedly going through the same browser internal parts.

[neon lily]

Simply the integration version has BTTV/FFZ provided by OBS itself, whereas adding a custom dock is separate so the integration is not provided

Nothing particularly magical about it

It’s not a web browser, it’s a mistake to think every use of the browser component within the program provides the same features :-)

[magic roost]

I understand, the part that stumbled me was that I could "copy the url" from that and it pointed to the chat, I understand it's more complex than that but I wish there was still a way to evoke the native docks even if selecting a different integration. Especially with anything that's multistream like Restream since the whole point is not to exclude platforms.

[neon lily]

Restream has its own chat

Perhaps you could make a feature request for them to add BTTV integration to it

Couldn’t hurt

[magic veldt]

Hi, with the new macos obs update the sony alpha 7III no longer sees me as a camera, I tried restarting, resetting and installing everything again but nothing.

[plucky zenith]

!beta
macos 14 deprecated the thing obs uses to do its virtual camera.
a new one has been made for obs 30.0, but it's still in beta

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta is now out! More details can be found here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-studio-30-beta.168984/

[magic veldt]

nothing even with the update it doesn't see the Sony cam

[fierce furnace]

I have a question(maybe it's silly). Why is OBS and other software like VLC based on ffmpeg4.4 instead of ffmpeg6.0?

[warped mica]

OBS at least isn’t

we're on 6.0

to be precise, OBS uses this commit: https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/a6dc92968a325d331bb6dcf9b3b2248026cd1d6c

as for VLC, I couldn't tell you (if they are in the first place)

[fierce furnace]

OK, I get it, maybe.

[fair beacon]

hello, my OBS wont even start and just stuck at not responding. i have attached the manual log

[forest axle]

that looks to me like OBS is starting successfully, but something is slowing it to a crawl. possibly a plugin?

[fair beacon]

i dont think ive ever installed plugins, apart from OBS link

what else can i check maybe?

[forest axle]

you have obs-ndi as well. if you aren't using that especially, i'd try with it removed

[fair beacon]

i need it to be able to broadcast my nintendo switch. do you think i should update it if there's an update needed?

[forest axle]

oh, that's what obs link uses

i'm not sure

[fair beacon]

seems like it's up to date as well

[forest axle]

i would still try removing it to see if that's what the issue is

if it is, you'll probably want to contact them

[fair beacon]

what would be the optimial way to remove plugins from OBS?

im sorry but im not sure 🙈

[forest axle]

no worries. if they're installed correctly, they should live in this folder: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugins

if you dont know how to get there, use finder and cmd-shift-g and paste that in

[fair beacon]

alright, i got it :D so just deleting it should be fine?

im thinking maybe reinstalling might be a good idea too

[forest axle]

just the folder for the ndi plugin should be sufficient

reinstalling is unlikely to do anything

[fair beacon]

alright, ill check then. thanks a lot :D

[fair beacon]

deleting the scenes seemed to do the trick 🙈

i dont mind puting them all together again. however, seems like my audio now is very static-y as well when i tried recording 🫠

[forest axle]

so what of removing the plugin? are you saying that did not resolve it? we should go step by step here

[fair beacon]

yeah i removed the plugin and it also opened OBS successfully and like you said, reinstalling obs link + the NSI thingy didnt help at all

but since i needed the plugin to show my Nintendo Switch on OBS, i searched in google and someone suggested to remove the scene from the directory, which i did and OBS opened and im able to use the NDI plugin as well

[forest axle]

which scene specifically needed to be removed?

[fair beacon]

the one that holds all my scenes in this directory Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes

it's the .json file

[forest axle]

oh, so just all scenes

yeah, im guessing if you add another scene that uses NDI, it will do the same thing as before

[fair beacon]

yeah, for now it's opening OBS. not sure once i turn off computer and back on if it will still work

now, when i try to record a gameplay, all i hear is static noises from the background music

[forest axle]

we could look at a clean log. im guessing this is just more NDI misbehavior

!maccleanlog

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[fair beacon]

alright, will do now

https://obsproject.com/logs/H16PEjhLv2jzD8bU

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.5 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5300M - OK!

[fair beacon]

here it is

[forest axle]

did you reproduce the audio issue in this recording?

[fair beacon]

yes unfortunately. everytime i try to record, the audio issue is always there

i dont even need to do anything, it's just like that when recorded

[forest axle]

oh, the audio is just in the ndi_source it seems like

yeah, this is just NDI having issues

don't think there's anything that can be done besides "go ask them", unfortunately

[fair beacon]

oh yeah i forgot to mention that for audio from other places like desktop audio, it's fine

just in my game recordings

[forest axle]

right

[fair beacon]

but thanks for clarifying! i guess it really is an NDI issue

i appreciate the help! :D

[clever flower]

ciao ho bisogno di aiuto chi mi puo aiutare con obs???

[fading hare]

Welcome to the official OBS Community Discord server! Unfortunately, our support volunteers can only provide support in English. Most of our support documents and guides are also only in English. If you feel comfortable using a service like Google Translate, feel free to use that to send messages to us. We'll do our best to understand your intent, and we'll try to help you as much as we can. Translate

[clever flower]

can someone please help me, i want to stream but obs keeps telling me "An encoding error occurred while streaming"

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[clever flower]

the fact is that i cant start the stream because it keeps telling me An encoding error occurred while streaming

[neon lily]

You can still send the log after that happens

[rigid charm]

Hi, can someone help me use Reaper DAW on OBS for my MacBook? Can’t figure out how to make it appear as a VST plug-in in OBS.

[fading hare]

OBS Studio supports most VST2 plugins. More information can be found here, including restrictions and plugin install paths: https://obsproject.com/wiki/Filters-Guide#vst-plugin

[torpid cosmos]

Hello I am worried that after I close obs it still records my screen

[forest axle]

OBS does not do that, you do not need to worry. if you are talking about the capture indicator that stays on the menu bar, that's a bug that will eventually be fixed

[torpid cosmos]

sorry i have another question

if i want OBS to only pick up on my screen noise e.g the game and music but not the sounds outside my computer e.g my voice do i use audio imput?

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[modern roost]

In facetime, Teams, Zoom, when using webcam, reactions can be turned off. When OBS virtual camera is used, deselecting "Reactions" does not turn them off.

[wild monolith]

hi everyone, i am a beginner in OBS. I am recording my video with iPhone and iPhone sends the frame to Macbook m2. Then OBS shows my video on Youtube. However when something moves, camera focus automatically. How can I turn off auto focus? I HAVE A STREAMING VIDEO TOMORROW!

[forest axle]

can you provide more specific steps? in my testing, i do not get options for reactions, etc. for the virtual camera specifically in the menu bar at all. do you see those options for the virtual camera?

there is also a known macOS issue where applying effects to one device will apply them to all devices, despite the UI telling you that they aren't on, so it may be tough to distinguish from that issue

[low flume]

im starting to stream and learning the basics of obs, im trying to download a template from own3d and it says. i need to go to tools and pick own3d pro but theres nothing there what do i do?

[fading hare]

If your capture card appears blurry on macOS 12 or higher, make sure Portrait mode is disabled:

1. click on the Control Center icon in your menu bar
2. click on Video Effects
3. check if any video effects are enabled, such as Portrait and uncheck them

[neon lily]

@wild monolith Oops, I misread your question and had the bot send the wrong info.

!smartphonecamera @wild monolith

[fading hare]

@wild monolith

To use your iPhone or Android phone as a webcam, follow the Smartphone Camera Guide.

[neon lily]

Instead of using Continuity Camera, which does not allow you to control things like auto-focus, use something like Camo or EpocCam

[silk sky]

the plugin for multy stream stop working it starts but dose not go to youtube

[zealous violet]

Iv been using this all night but Im not getting any audio signal. Pretty sure I'v followed all instructions but clearly something is missing. OS 12.7 Monterey. Any ideas? Im trying to display capture a video. All works perfectly except the audio. The audio meters show no signal so Im quite sure the problem is with Obs...

[plucky zenith]

what exactly are you using for the audio

[zealous violet]

trying to record web browser audio (firefox) but obs doesnt pick up any other desktop audio.. I have added blackhole 16ch as audio output capture source and in settings > audio > desktop audio. Followed all other instructions too

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[zealous violet]

https://obsproject.com/logs/K3oG721diquOg4U4

[fading hare]

OBS Studio requires permissions from macOS to provide certain features. To grant them:

1. click on the OBS Studio menu → Review App Permissions
2. enable each of the permissions using the buttons on the right-hand side

• (a) click on OK/Allow for the microphone and camera prompts
• (b) grant Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions in System Preferences/Settings
  3. restart OBS Studio

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[zealous violet]

does it need mic and camera permissions even if not using them (only display capture)?

[plucky zenith]

just to be entirely sure, grant all

[zealous violet]

ok thanks. Now I have sound. But its just like very loud delayed feedback...

[plucky zenith]

!am
set it to monitor off

[fading hare]

To hear your audio sources through your own speakers/headset:

1. In OBS Settings → Audio, set your Monitoring Device to the speakers/headset through which you wish to hear the source audio, then click OK
2. Click the Edit menu → Advanced Audio Properties
3. For each device you wish to hear, change Audio Monitoring to:

• Monitor Off: only hear in your stream/recording
• Monitor and Output: hear through your device and your stream/recording
• Monitor Only: only hear through your device; don't hear in your stream/recording

Note: ensure you use a different monitoring device than any device you capture. Otherwise, your stream/recording will contain an echo.

[plucky zenith]

and remove Audio Output Capture btw, just use the desktop audio one

[zealous violet]

thanks yes Iv done that. checking bot list

alright! seems to be working

thanks for your help!

[plucky zenith]

👍

[cunning minnow]

@forest axle i have a question seem. start since normal but i think when i turn on Quicktime look like fix on obs studio normal i am not sure. if if i not use Quicktime can notice i dont know why logitech should normal seem from obs studio Scenes collection this problem i am not sure. next time will without use usb on my ipad. if i see again i will use. ipad recording. see happen ok

[odd torrent]

When I stream on my Xbox to Twitch everything is fine but when I use obs it’s rendering n dropping frames I tried lowering the bitrate but still in the red I stream from my MacBook Pro M1 chip

https://obsproject.com/logs/hbYq1hEubSLO2pXE

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.3 (OK)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[spark niche]

You didn't stop the stream before sending the log. So the diagnostics reports are not there

[odd torrent]

https://obsproject.com/logs/Mm15epZGeYO3F2lI

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.3 (OK)
• 2.3% Dropped Frames

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[odd torrent]

https://obsproject.com/logs/Mm15epZGeYO3F2lI

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.3 (OK)
• 2.3% Dropped Frames

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[fading hare]

If your stream is disconnecting or OBS Studio reports dropped frames, follow our Stream Connection Troubleshooting guide for details on how to reduce these issues.

[odd torrent]

https://obsproject.com/logs/G1RKADDeHO7CJTAR

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.3 (OK)
• 2.3% Dropped Frames

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[silver musk]

Hello, i have an issue ive seen around the internet but they seem to be old and everything has moved around and changed.
My issue is that the window capture source barely picks up anything such as google chrome or other applications i would like to capture. I would like to fix this and see all my windows rather than just random ones

[neon lily]

This shows you haven't granted OBS Studio the necessary permissions

[fading hare]

OBS Studio requires permissions from macOS to provide certain features. To grant them:

1. click on the OBS Studio menu → Review App Permissions
2. enable each of the permissions using the buttons on the right-hand side

• (a) click on OK/Allow for the microphone and camera prompts
• (b) grant Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions in System Preferences/Settings
  3. restart OBS Studio

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[neon lily]

Specifically, it's missing the Screen Recording permission

[odd torrent]

https://obsproject.com/logs/p4GZmLw8b17XCm3g

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.3 (OK)
• 2.3% Dropped Frames

Hardware Check

Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[silver musk]

I thought the same thing but screen recoding has been on though

[neon lily]

Try resetting your permissions using these instructions

[fading hare]

If OBS Studio reports that it does not have system permissions but they do show up in System Preferences/Settings, follow these steps to fully reset permissions for OBS Studio.

1. Quit OBS Studio and System Preferences/Settings
2. Open the Terminal app (located in /Applications/Utilities)
3. Copy-paste this command then press Return: sudo tccutil reset All com.obsproject.obs-studio
4. Type in your user password then press Return. Nothing will appear on screen while you do this.
5. Open OBS Studio again, then set your permissions straight away in OBS the OBS Studio menu → Review App Permissions

Also, make sure you have only one copy of OBS Studio installed in /Applications. Multiple copies of the application causes issues with properly setting permissions.

[wary pebble]

hmmmmmmmm the bitrate is poopoo and i do not know why

gettin my settings now

[plucky zenith]

!cleanlog
doesn't look too bad to me. pop a log?

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[wary pebble]

wait a second

ok so it looks fine when i convert the mkv file to mp4, but when watching the original mkv file i see that bitrate issue i was talking about ... huh???

i converted it via handbrake, maybe it fixed some things or smthn

[plucky zenith]

I don't see any "bitrate issue"

and if you want to convert from mkv to mp4, remux, don't reencode

!remux

[fading hare]

Remuxing allows you to take one video container (FLV, MKV, etc) and make an exact copy of the video and audio in another video container. This process takes seconds, and can be done with any recordings made with OBS by selecting File > Remux Recordings.

Remuxing is the safest way to get MP4 files for use in editors, or other software which doesn't support FLV or MKV files.

[wary pebble]

i might be calling it the wrong thing
but pixels kinda tear and blend when looking in different directions - lemme see if i can record the recording and post that here instead

[plucky zenith]

remux the file, check if it looks good to you

[wary pebble]

for reference

[wary pebble]

just did, took a look and yeah i don't notice it at all

[plucky zenith]

remuxing doesn't change the video at all. so that means the issue is your media player is bad with mkv

[wary pebble]

i use VLC for mac, weird

alright well that's good to know, thank you so much!

one last thing, i think i saw an "auto-remux" setting somewhere, should i enable that? or just leave it disabled

my editor program does accept mkv files tho

[plucky zenith]

if you want to automatically remux yes, if you don't want to, no

[wary pebble]

though for some reason, the mkv file i posted above was 50MB, whereas the mp4 version i posted in my first message is onlt 39.3MB

so should i just change it to record in mp4 format to save storage space, or does that take more memory? no idea ngl

[neon lily]

No

[fading hare]

Record to FLV or MKV. If you record to MP4 and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable. If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.

[jagged geyser]

Hi all 👋
I'm new to OBS and streaming to YouTube, but have been making solid progress (in my opinion 😅 )
I did a stream last night, and noticed one of the my sources was severely delayed compared to others...

I'm not 100% sure what was causing this, but I checked the Stats dock mid-stream, and noticed the following stat in red:
Frames missed due to rendering lag: 20%

How would you suggest I identify what is causing these missed frames?

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file from a fresh launch of OBS Studio containing an output session. Follow these instructions to upload a clean log file:

1. Restart OBS Studio first!
2. Start your stream/recording replicating any issues (meaning having any games/apps open and captured, etc.)
3. Stop your stream/recording after 30 seconds or after the issue has occurred
4. Click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
5. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[pseudo warren]

How do I get a Video Capture Device in my OBS Studio for Mac? I want to stream a game from steam (Jackbox) and it works best with a game capture device source.

Currently I've been just using display capture instead but I don't believe this is the best method for Jackbox

[fading hare]

The Game Capture source is made for Windows only and is not available on macOS. To capture games, you should macOS Screen Capture (macOS 13 and later) or Window/Display Capture (macOS 12 and prior).

[pseudo warren]

What does the source Syphon Client do? It shows a video game icon?

[odd torrent]

How is this helpful?

[neon lily]

It's a deprecated source, it used to be similar to Game Capture (on Windows) but no longer works

In modern macOS, use macOS Screen Capture

[pseudo warren]

Thanks for the help

[neon lily]

How is what helpful?

Sorry, I may be missing something

[minor terrace]

Hey y'all - I have a 4 channel audio interface and I wanted to separate it into two separate stereo audio sources (channels 1-2 and 3-4). I haven't found a way to do it yet - anyone have any ideas?

[forest axle]

this isn't currently possible in OBS out of the box, unfortunately

your best bet would be to use a third party program to output those stereo mixes to simulated input devices , i.e. blackhole or similar

[minor terrace]

@forest axle Ah ok I figured it might not be possible in obs - is blackhole what you'd recommend?

[forest axle]

i haven't used blackhole for that purpose specifically, but sure, it should work

oooorrr actually maybe not

since OBS amalgamates the inputs from blackhole

you'd need two separate devices

i don't know what the best solution for this offhand would be

[minor terrace]

Oof, yeah I even tried 2 of the same audio interface and macos only allowed one at a time

[forest axle]

yeah, that's a macOS limitation. you'd definitely want a software solution that allows for creating multiple emulated input devices, and then routing audio to those devices. i just don't know what that solution is

ideally some point in the future OBS will support multitrack audio inputs properly, but unfortunately no one has been able to see that effort through

[modern roost]

Thank you for persevering.

Zoom seems to be behaving now... But MS Teams is still an issue.

The Reactions option appears under OBS (not under Teams or Zoom), but do not turn off whether the option is selected or deselected.

[pearl yacht]

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/9766

[harsh orbit]

i’m using chat link pro and i changed my HD60X audio monitoring to monitor and output but now i can’t hear anything and when i change it back still nothing and the audio balance is greyed out

[plucky zenith]

you're sure you didn't mute it?

[harsh orbit]

i believe so i can hear my ps5 sound through my headset but very very low

[plucky zenith]

show me a screenshot of it in the mixer

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[harsh orbit]

https://obsproject.com/logs/d7UFyP1C3wSZwA1U

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.2 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M2 (not in benchmark DB)

[plucky zenith]

are the bars for "audio input capture" moving in the mixer?

[harsh orbit]

no

[plucky zenith]

does the capture card's audio work in any other program?

[harsh orbit]

this is the only program i use i’m new to this whole thing

[plucky zenith]

try in discord, or audacity

[harsh orbit]

will do thanks

[harsh orbit]

okay so 1 more question. the mic i’m using through my ps5 controller isn’t even an option to add to my sources on OBS and i have the chat link pro cable hooked up

how do i get that to work

[potent lark]

what port are you plugging the ChatLink Pro into on your PC?

its not a USB device, so it wont appear as a device itself. Just the audio jack that is already on your PC

[harsh orbit]

i have my chat link pro plugged into my controller and the headset plugged into the cable connecting to the HD60X

[potent lark]

and the audio isnt going thru the HD60X?

[harsh orbit]

my mic audio isn’t picking up just the game audio

[potent lark]

!elgato that would be an Elgato issue

whoops, lemme find the command

[fading hare]

For help with Elgato products, please submit a ticket with them directly at https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. They also have a community Discord server.

[harsh orbit]

thanks

[silk sky]

https://obsproject.com/logs/IOZivyMgHRYB57YM

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.7 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 @ 3.70GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D500 OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

ooh, neat

[forest axle]

i am not currently able to reproduce this. for me, turning off reactions works, though because of the macOS issue i might have to toggle it on and off for it to properly turn off. the behavior you're describing happening in only teams and not other applications also seems unusual

[forest axle]

are you having an issue?

[neon raft]

I wish this simple question was "searchable" but unfortunatley certain company made it impossible to find an answer. Here we go: "How do I zoom in on a camera?" My laptop is a couple of feet away from me and I would like to use virtual camera from OBS in zoom meetings, but I want to figure out first if there is an OBS setting that would allow me to "zoom in" :). Thanks!

[neon lily]

This depends on your camera. What do you use?

[neon raft]

the camera itself is MacBook Air built-in, so has no zoom. I was hoping I can find a software that can "zoom in" digitally

[neon lily]

You can certainly do that with software such as Camo Studio

Or in OBS Studio, you can apply a crop filter to the source for your camera, but keep it the same physical size on your scene

[civic quiver]

Hello, I updated my Mac OS and now for some reason my OBS isn't detectable by Zoom, any suggestions on how to fix this? I updated zoom and restarted my Mac, and downloaded 29.1.3 and I still can't get it to show up as a video source. any suggestions would be appreciated

[forest axle]

do you mean the virtual camera?

[civic quiver]

yes

[forest axle]

gotcha. the 29.1.3 virtual camera isn't compatible with macOS 14; if you need the virtual camera you'll need to use the OBS 30 release candidate

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.0.0-rc2

[civic quiver]

thank you ❤️

[forest axle]

you probably want the one labeled OBS-Studio-30.0.0-rc2-macOS-Apple.dmg assuming you're on an apple silicon machine

under assets

[civic quiver]

thank youuuu

I just had a zoom meeting and felt a like dork because I couldn't get it to work and realized it was because I updated my OS 🙈

[primal anvil]

Hi, new here and new to OBS... When I set up restream.io, my twitch stream is black with just my voice and my youtube stream was okay.. I do have screen recording allowed for OBS, and newest updates on both my Mac and OBS.. can anyone possibly help me with this?

[neon lily]

Given that the YouTube stream is working fine, that issue would be at the Restream level, not the OBS one. I would consult their support.

[primal anvil]

Could it have been that I renamed the stream after starting the live?

[silk sky]

https://obsproject.com/logs/LJiyL1Fv8R7A1ZQZ plugin not work

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 42.9% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.7 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 @ 3.70GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD - FirePro D500 OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[neon lily]

Which plugin

[silk sky]

@neon lily multiple output plugin

[scarlet pebble]

anyone have a problems with obs on mac and the eos webcamutility

[neon lily]

According to the log, it's loaded. Have you enabled the Multi-RTMP dock from the Docks menu? If it's already ticked, it might be hiding behind something else

[rancid plover]

Is there a way to record audio easily when using obs? The using blackhole makes it so that i can't control the volume. Is there any alternitives or tips?

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[scarlet pebble]

I have problems with MacOs 14, OBS and EOS webcam

[plucky zenith]

what is the issue

[normal venture]

Hello what are the requirements to run obs i just wanna make sure i have all what i need right now i have am mac0S 10.13.6 i know i need to upgraded it ETC

[plucky zenith]

!macversions
you can run obs on 10.13, but it'll have to be an old version (but should work)

[fading hare]

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (29.1+) runs on macOS 11 Big Sur and higher.

• if you use an older version of macOS, you may see the "corrupted image" message (A). To solve this, download an appropriate older version of OBS Studio.
• if you are running macOS 11 or higher but still see this symbol (B), download the latest Intel version of OBS Studio

[normal venture]

Ok ty

[scarlet pebble]

It does not recognize the camera or the eos webcam utility program

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[vocal estuary]

Does anyone know how to record Roblox audio with OBS?

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[vocal estuary]

My OBS doesnt have a 'Screen Capture'

[fading hare]

To help resolve your issue, we need to view a log file. Follow these instructions to upload your current log file:

1. In OBS Studio, click the Help menu → Log Files → Upload Current Log File
2. Click the Copy URL button
3. Paste the URL into this Discord channel

[vocal estuary]

https://obsproject.com/logs/OOFpKZsU0Kihj9YN

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.0 (OK)

Hardware Check

VirtualApple @ 2.50GHz processor (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M1 (not in benchmark DB)

[plucky zenith]

!macaudio
yeah, your version of mac is too old for screen capture.
check the second link in the message below

[fading hare]

OBS Studio running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Screen Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[vocal estuary]

VB cable?

[plucky zenith]

for example, yes