#macos-support

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digital horizon
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i see

forest axle
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if you're seeing near-100% encoder overload with the hardware encoder, it usually means that something else is using the encoder

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if you have any other screen recording processes running or anything similar to that, they need to not be running while you're streaming

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be aware that to compile your own camera extension you'll need to either disable SIP or be an apple developer program member

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forest axle
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do you have a paid apple membership? i've written up instructions on this topic if so

pearl yacht
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The camera extension is part of the application bundle and is codesigned - any tampering would just lead to unnecessary complications

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what is shipped needs to stay unmodified

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the same applied to the DAL plugin, but because that one wasn't sandboxed it could access files in the user library - this is not possible for the extension and intentional

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pearl yacht
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correct, but you have to change quite a few things to make this work, because only we can codesign the app and camera extension with our provisioning profile

forest axle
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make sure your UUIDs are upper case, for reasons

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i'd also examine what behavior you have that depends on a particular placeholder image. it may be possible to do what you want without going through all this trouble

lyric yacht
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Hi. After recent update when playing VLC video source, I can longer seek video using arrow keys. Is there anyway to get those controls back, asap? It's very helpful for analyzing video file on stream.

pseudo warren
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Here's a segment where my voice kept stuttering. I'm trying to figure out what went wrong, because my settings were the same as yesterday, yet I didn't have any issues yesterday.

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forest axle
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it sounds like you have a noise gate on your audio source

pseudo warren
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I did. I guess I have to remove that.

forest axle
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or you can simply adjust it so that the threshold is lower

pseudo warren
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I'll try removing the filter.

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I'd rather have a quiet mic than an echoey one.

forest axle
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seems like the issue is still there, can you send a log?

pseudo warren
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Yeah, let me try.

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forest axle
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it's probably the expander filter then

pseudo warren
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Where is that in the OBS UI again?

forest axle
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double click your microphone source then look under filters

pseudo warren
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Never mind, found it.

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Okay, I'll try again.

forest axle
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sounds like you're good to go

pseudo warren
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YAY!

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So no filters from here on out. I'll give that a go tomorrow.

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night stone
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Hello i am new, can someone help me with audio output capture?

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It keeps saying that I don't have an audio output

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forest axle
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elder phoenix
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I cant select crohme or any app. (I dowload via steam and via web)

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forest axle
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on macOS 13 and above, you should be using macos screen capture; not window capture

elder phoenix
forest axle
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hmm, you probably haven't granted permissions then

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let's see a log

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!maclog

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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
elder phoenix
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forest axle
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!macpermissions

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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

forest axle
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(you haven't granted screen capture permissions)

elder phoenix
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Sorry, is in spanish

forest axle
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that's ok. it's the first one

digital horizon
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how do i allocate more of my CPU to obs?

forest axle
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you cannot

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what's your actual issue?

digital horizon
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well obs cannot record properly because of an issue i forgot hhow to describe

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give me a second

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CPU encoder overload

forest axle
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let's see a log

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!maccleanlog

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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
digital horizon
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neon lily
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Step 3 is the key here

digital horizon
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thanks

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what about for streaming?

novel sun
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Hello! I'm trying to get my chat box from StreamElements to appear in my scene in OBS, the chats show up in StreamElements when I'm testing but for some reason don't show up in my scene. The chat is the top layer of the scene, I've copied the browser correctly, and it was working yesterday. The only change I made between when it was working and when it stopped was the font color and I added shadow because the text was hard to read... I've googled a million variations of this question but nothing that really answers my issue so I turn to Discord!

plucky zenith
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plucky zenith
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plucky zenith
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plucky zenith
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check the size of the overlay itself, not the widget in it

plucky zenith
novel sun
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Okay, and then I can adjust the size in OBS to fit in my little chat box on my overlay?

novel sun
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Can I flip those numbers? I just want it to be a nice little column...

plucky zenith
novel sun
plucky zenith
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that needs to match with the size of the source in obs

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(in the source properties)

novel sun
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Got it

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Thanks, brb I'm testing

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fwiw when I went in there in SE to change that, that was the resolution it was at...

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Okay let me see something

plucky zenith
novel sun
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novel sun
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But I want it to fit in here....

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Testing one sec

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YES

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IT'S WORKING

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So it was just small af LOL

plucky zenith
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nah it was offscreen

novel sun
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OOOHHHHHHHHH

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You are my hero, thank you

plucky zenith
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pleasure OBSHeart

novel sun
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Now that I know wtf was going wrong, I can figure out the rest

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Thanks!!

cunning minnow
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HI good night have a question about Zoom and OBS studio did happen you when start on running somehow zoom look like remove from obs studio then back again. do happen to you ?

wind hill
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Plus button not working for adding new Sources! HELP

prisma shard
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Hey I've sent a reusable link to friend and want to get his audio output from a soundcard. Can't seem to find an option. Any idea how to do it?

neon lily
neon lily
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!videocall Perhaps you want this guide?

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neon lily
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Part of the guide describes how to communicate audio from OBS over the web

prisma shard
midnight gull
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Hey OBS mac team. Struggling to understand something about the new OBS 30 MacOS audio capture source - maybe you can help clear this up for me. For the past 2 years of streaming, I've been using Blackhole (a loopback driver you're probably familiar with) to be able to get "desktop audio" (any audio that plays on the mac and comes out my speakers, mainly for alerts from sources like triggerfyre, etc.). I see there's now a MacOS Audio capture source and looks great. Except... it's not really working as i expected it would. Any of my OBS sources like streamlabs alerts / triggerfyre alerts / shoutoutplayer type stuff, that i'd hear through OBS and that Blackhole would help me capture... doesn't appear to capture at all via the new MacOS audio capture source. Now i can easily just go back to my blackhole setup and call it a day but... trying to understand, what exactly is the purpose of the MacOS audio capture source if not for the very thing i'm trying to use it for?

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in other words... what does it actually do? 🙂

forest axle
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it does what you think it does

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if it isn't working, you may not have granted screen capture permissions

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!maclog

fading hareBOT
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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
viral walrus
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Triggerfyre and Streamelements for me are set up as websources and their audio comes through on their own channels. If you have a silicon mac you don't need to use black hole anymore for audio.

visual quiver
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Is it possible to turn off a camera source when a scene is not in use?

neon lily
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Not on macOS

plucky zenith
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even on win it's not easy

neon lily
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Isn't it just a checkbox on Windows?

plucky zenith
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I might be wrong but as far as I remember there's no UI for it, there's a proc to do that, so you need a script or smth like that to trigger it

visual quiver
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That’s a shame.

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That’s what I had concluded, but I was hoping I was missing something.

plucky zenith
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no mb I seem to be wrong, there's apparently a property for it on win, weird, I don't remember seeing it

grim saddle
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when i try to record/stream, my rendering is really laggy, can someone please help?? it might be my settings but idk. help

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# grim saddle when i try to record/stream, my rendering is really laggy, can someone please he...

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
brave prairie
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how do i use virtual cam on ome tv

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somebody/

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?

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hello

acoustic crow
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You don't. It's against their ToS.

brave prairie
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dosen't matter

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u still can tho right?

acoustic crow
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You won't get help from here.

brave prairie
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bru

cunning minnow
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ok for this from Zoom. when i use for any meeting. somehow start happen part see on obs studio when start freeze itself disappear. i struggle i try search then i restart start on turn on obs studio back again you see blank on there obs studio. disappear for while then i start restart back again why cause that problem ? if that happen to you.

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like picture see that itself disappear. then appear. why cause come from ?

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brave prairie
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can anyone help me with using obs on ome tv

neon lily
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No

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That's not something we help with in this server.

brave prairie
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where can i find help

neon lily
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Not sure. Not here, though. Already explained why.

brave prairie
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so what if i said i need help on websites like ome tv that dosen't have a rule for that

neon lily
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Sure. Any website where you're not trying to circumvent the service's rules or ToS, that's fine

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But advice for other websites isn't going to help with ome.tv

brave prairie
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so like monkey app

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i cant get my virtual cam to work on monkey everytime i try it just uses my facetime hd cam

neon lily
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Is it an app or a website?

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If it's a website, what version of macOS do you have, and what browser do you use?

grim saddle
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neon lily
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Looks like you haven't done steps 2 and 3 of the instructions sent to you, @grim saddle. This means the log won't have the info we need. Can you try again?

grim saddle
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grim saddle
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like this??

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what on earth am i suppost to do

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??

neon lily
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No, that's the exact same file

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As I said, you skipped steps 2 and 3 of the instructions

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I'll post them again

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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
neon lily
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You seemed to skip straight to step 4

grim saddle
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ohhh

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oops

neon lily
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No sweat

brave prairie
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i use a macbook pro

neon lily
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In Chrome's preferences window (Cmd-comma), go to Privacy & Security -> Site Settings -> Camera -> choose the OBS camera at the top

brave prairie
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i do

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but it still dosen't work

neon lily
brave prairie
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it jsut uses my facetime hd camera

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ik

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it works on other apps like discord or zoom but not apps like monkey or omegle

neon lily
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Well, those Omegle-style websites purposefully block the OBS virtual camera

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And we don't go out of our way to evade their blocks, hence why we won't help you with it

brave prairie
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i read the rules of monkey

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it didnt say anything about virtual cam

grim saddle
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neon lily
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So have I, but what's in their rules and why they may do don't have to align. If they're blocking the virtual camera, they're blocking the virtual camera, that's all there is to it

brave prairie
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grim saddle
neon lily
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Step 3 is the important one @grim saddle

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If you use a hardware encoder, those issues will go away. H.264 is the most compatible but HEVC will work fine too

grim saddle
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mhhh

brave prairie
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how do other people even use obs on websites like omegle or does it only work on windows

grim saddle
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it seem to be working fine now

brave prairie
neon lily
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Yeah, called System Information

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You can get to it by holding the Option key, clicking the Apple menu, then clicking System Information at the top

brave prairie
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is there another way to go on it

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because the top of the screen is broken

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so i cant see it

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?

grim saddle
brave prairie
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k

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i sent it to you

novel sun
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Earlier I was using a Logitech Streamlab webcam and my Nikon D5100 DSLR camera as two cameras in one scene, this seems to have overloaded OBS as it kept quitting while streaming on Twitch (naturally, I'm certainly not surprised). Would it be possible to get some tips on streamlining my scenes so I can use two cameras at once?

forest axle
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you mean OBS was crashing? if so we should see a crash log:

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!maccrash

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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)
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cunning minnow
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noe said crash just freeze that all

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think "hanging" i am not sure

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rigid tundra
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Just updated to 30.0.0 and got a strange anomaly using the countdown timer. While the timer works fine on Preview, all I get on Main is the time at which I cut up the source, it doesn'r actually count, meanwhile the preview window is happily carrying on counting. If I use an externsal file with MyStreamTimer it still all works. Tried the LUA stopwatch script and it has the same issues.

lunar nimbus
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HI guys, i'm new here so hope this is the right place to get help for OBS on mac m1
I get this every single time i start OBS, never used to get this at all and it used to work perfect.
I cannot add any sources, when you click the + button nothing happens
Any ideas what is going on with this new version as it's really laggy / slow for me.
It slows down my mac also where everything is jumpy.
I have also restarted in safe mode.

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plucky zenith
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# plucky zenith the popup was added in 30.0 your system is still crashing on exit on 29.1.3, the...

Many thanks for your reply.
I won't be going back to that version 30.0 if that pop up is not removed or there is not a way to turn it off as that is just really annoying. (reminds me of using a windows machine 20 years ago with pop ups everywhere.
Never ever had an issue before and needed to turn off anything, never had it crash or any issues it was fine.
Anyways that's just my view, i'm sure some users really like that stealing focus pop up they have to do anyother click to close. Glad all our work apps don't do that or i would get nothing done. lol
As for the + button, yes this was on my main screen and non of the scenes or sources are clickable

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plucky zenith
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but it's there because obs is not supposed to be crashing

visual quiver
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It seems that you’d want to find out why it’s crashing, not ignoring it.

lunar nimbus
tame edge
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I am trying to use a virtual background in OBS (without using a green screen and chroma key). is this possible?

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I want to use OBS as a virtual camera when recording through Riverside.fm

neon lily
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Using third party apps, yes

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Which ones, I couldn’t tell you, I don’t actually know

tame edge
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lol, okay

neon lily
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But it’s not natively possible in the macOS version of OBS Studio

tame edge
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is it native in the Windows version of OBS?

visual quiver
neon lily
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If you have a compatible NVIDIA graphics card, yes. It requires an RRX-series card and the NVIDIA Broadcast software.

tame edge
visual quiver
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I have an M1 studio

keen heart
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大家可以用中文来吗？

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# keen heart 大家可以用中文来吗？

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. google_translate Translate

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keen heart
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有没有什么办法可以让你们的英文之间翻译在这里？

neon lily
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I recall Xsplit Vcam has a green screen feature without needing a green screen but I don’t think it was all that good

neon lily
keen heart
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thank you

visual quiver
neon lily
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What background removal are you referring to?

tame edge
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Is it possible to have a virtual background natively using the Windows version?

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If so, I may have to test it on there

neon lily
neon lily
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Try the plugin above

visual quiver
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The filter is just called "Background Removal"

neon lily
visual quiver
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Did I install a plugin when I set this up and forgot?

tame edge
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neon lily
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Second guide

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Has instructions to see where the plugins are installed

rigid tundra
neon lily
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If you're using Studio Mode, this is expected behaviour

rigid tundra
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why?

neon lily
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Oh wait, I misunderstood your GIF

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That's certainly odd, I don't have that behaviour and I'm on OBS 30

rigid tundra
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Its also been reported with 29.1.3 on Win10 in the forums

neon lily
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On mine, either both sides are counting down or both sides are frozen (depending on my duplication settings, in the three dots menu)

rigid tundra
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It looks related to polling the text variable in use. Polling an external file seems OK

neon lily
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You may get more luck finding out what's wrong in #scripting

tame edge
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would I be doing that using chromakey?

neon lily
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Yes

tame edge
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do you have any documentation on that?

neon lily
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!filters

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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
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Check the Filters Guide

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There's a link to the Chrome Key Filter

tame edge
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got it to work, but some issues since I have my headphones on. not the end of the world. I may have figured this out

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really appreciate your help

plucky zenith
visual quiver
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OBS really should have a way to see installed plugins (including their version numbers) within the gui.

neon lily
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There's work on a plugin manager underway

visual quiver
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Awesome.

quartz relic
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Hoping someone can help... I just tried to film a video but it looks so zoomed out than all the other videos I have created. I never had to crop my video output ever. I am using an iPhone to film and wondering if it's capturing the wrong camera?

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compact quarry
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Hi Yam, my livestream froze again today. Uploading the log file here - if you are able to take a look, please let me know if you see anything off. Thank you!

compact quarry
forest axle
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# compact quarry

the capture device disconnects are definitely appearing in the log. that means that they're getting disconnected from your machine entirely. you'll most likely need to use a different adapter or connector that isn't that apple adapter

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unfortunately capture devices are super finicky about how they're connected on macOS, and even apple's own accessories don't always work

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i'd personally recommend getting either a simple single-connection usb-a to usb-c connector adapter that's certified for usb 3, or a hub certified for thunderbolt 3

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if i knew one 100% guaranteed not to have any issues, i would link one

mortal lichen
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So I'm having a very strange issue with my OBS on Mac where when I try to pull in audio from the ATEM switcher directly, or via a CamLink 4K (with the HDMI connected to the output from the ATEM), the audio garbles within OBS. Within Audacity on Mac, it works fine. I tested the same audio pipeline with OBS for Windows (I won't stream off that but I wanted to test to try to rule things out), audio is absolutely fine in OBS. I'm running an M1 MacBook Air

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ℹ️ Info
  • No Output Session
  • Third-Party Plugins (1)
Hardware Check

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

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past ruin
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Hey guys. I've brought in a signal from an old DVC Pro deck into my iMac Pro. I did this via a converter to a USB-C adapter. It was recommended to me to get the OBS software, which I did. I can see the image and hear the sound from the DVCPro tape in the OBS import window. When I attempt to record the feed the video freezes after a few seconds but the audio continues to record. I've tried changing several settings with no luck. Any suggestions. Thanks.

mortal lichen
forest axle
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can you provide a sample of the garbled audio?

mortal lichen
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(this is a 10yo video I use for testing purposes only at this point)

forest axle
mortal lichen
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So in my case it's something wrong with OBS itself?

cunning minnow
forest axle
mortal lichen
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Filed an issue, hopefully it can get resolved.

forest axle
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thanks, that is the best way for it to receive attention from the appropriate people

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the macOS capture device code is quite old and it is entirely possible it contains issues

mortal lichen
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even the audio capture?

forest axle
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not sure, but possibly

mortal lichen
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I'm using an audio input capture source for the audio (and a separate video input capture for the video itself)

forest axle
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it's the same plugin/code for audio and video

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obviously doing different things but yeah

mortal lichen
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So both those using the same plugin and code?

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# cunning minnow hard explain when i stand and play on recording when me sign language somehow fr...

i'm sorry, i don't understand what you mean. i really don't mean offense, but for us to effectively help you may need to find someone with a better grasp of english to help explain the issue. or if there's a written language you are better in, you might be better off using google translate https://translate.google.com

Google Translate

Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.

cunning minnow
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Sign language not have to English.

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my language is Amercian Sign Language.

forest axle
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i know you speak ASL, but i can't understand ASL, and the way you are translating ASL to english in here is very difficult to understand for people who only speak english. i'm sorry that i can't be of more help

cunning minnow
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ok... recently show that picture ... ok .... anyway

neon lily
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Yeah, I’m sorry, I can’t usually understand sign language glossed to English but I don’t know ASL grammar all that well

coral orbit
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can anyone point me in the direction to download OBS version 27.0

fierce rock
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!macversions

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The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (30.0+) runs on macOS 11 (Big Sur) and higher on Intel and Apple Silicon.

Some features, such as the new macOS Screen Capture and macOS Audio Capture sources require macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.

For versions of OBS Studio compatible with prior versions of macOS, see the macOS Versions page.

upper ridge
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Yo can someone please help me? I’m trying to record my screen but Display Capture doesn’t come up on the sources.

neon lily
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Use macOS Screen Capture

quaint rose
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how to apply obs on ometv for macbook

warped mica
fierce rock
quaint rose
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on desktop

fierce rock
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Doesn't change the fact it's against their ToS

wind tartan
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Hi 👋🏾 I’m new here (like 2mins) … virtual camera has stopped working out of the blue for me. I saw people had a similar issue in October and installing the beta version of OBS (30.0 RC1) worked but not RC2. When will there be an official fix? And is there anything else I can do to resolve this??

acoustic crow
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What mac version you on?

quaint rose
acoustic crow
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That's not for you nor a correct answer.

cunning minnow
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ok i will make gif and photoshop.

wind tartan
forest axle
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do you have OBS 30?

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as in the current release version?

wind tartan
forest axle
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30 has been officially released, yes. not sure why updating would have put you on 29

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(the 29 virtual camera does not work on macOS 14; you need 30)

wind tartan
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Okay lemme do this now. Weirdly it stopped working before I updated to 29.something today

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That didn’t work 😭😭 am now on OBS 30.0.0 but virtual cam not being found on zoom

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Wait! I think it back (did a computer restart 🤪)

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I hope everything else works as expected. Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction; really appreciate it!

forest axle
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sure thing. yeah, sometimes installing the v30 camera will require a logout/in, or a restart

upper ridge
# neon lily Use macOS Screen Capture

Thanks, I used macOS screen capture but even then it doesn’t screen record, just a black screen and when I go to open the file, I can’t even open it

neon lily
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Right, so the actual issue is that you can't capture your desktop

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Make sure you've given OBS Studio the necessary permissions; specifically, Screen Recording

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# upper ridge Thanks, I used macOS screen capture but even then it doesn’t screen record, just...

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

cunning minnow
cunning minnow
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See gif

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If not work will change

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see on video what i mean that itself happen after then start on back agaon

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i hope get it

languid lagoon
#

Anyone else experience scene size changes when a near by active bluetooth source is detected? It is so utterly obnoxious and trying the "set within bounds" setting and locking the video source didn't work either...

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For reference: I have a iMac 2020 I stream on with OBS next to a Mac Studio that I edit on while I'm streaming. For months I was using a bluetooth earpiece to listen to what I'm editing while I'm streaming. NOW if my iMac detects an in use bluetooth earpiece and it auto connects, OBS auto resizes my streaming video scene. I don't even use that bluetooth device in my stream as a mic source either...

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The only solution is I disconnected the bluetooth audio device and deleted it from my bluetooth devices on my editing computer as I record my streams in OBS and use the earpiece to mute incoming stream audio from the recording while still being able to hear my audience.

neon lily
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That’s odd, audio devices shouldn’t affect anything at all. What kind of capture source? If it’s macOS Screen Capture, what mode is in it (display, window, or application)? And what window/application specifically, if it’s either of the latter two modes?

languid lagoon
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The issue is also happening if another website tries to tap into my webcam source while I'm streaming too. Example: Streaming on a webcam site then all of a sudden another internet tab is active and a customer calls my audio only line - OBS auto resizes. I'm at a loss here.

languid lagoon
neon lily
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Ah, a camera, not a window. Gotcha.

languid lagoon
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Website - Web Encoder

neon lily
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Wait, which one is resizing?

languid lagoon
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OBS is resizing

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As soon a website requests my cam source (which Chrome has permission to do so) it resizes. If my iMac detects the bluetooth audio source in use from my Mac Studio, OBS resizes.

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The padlock on my video source is locked - still resizes

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I tried the "set within bounds" setting AND locking the video source - It didn't work either...

neon lily
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What do you mean by “a website requests my cam source” — you mean the virtual camera?

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OBS Studio doesn’t automatically resize anything in response to those events, so if it seems like I’m asking obvious questions, it’s only because I’ve never heard of this issue before.

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@forest axle any idea?

forest axle
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my first guess would be plugin shenanigans

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is there a way to start in safe mode without uninstalling plugins outright? i'm not at my machine at the moment

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but i would test and see if the behavior occurs without any plugins in OBS to begin with

mortal lichen
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Top bar -> Help -> Restart in Safe Mode

neon lily
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I’ll hand over the reins, I’m in a meeting now 😄

languid lagoon
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Like I'm a cam girl straight up and it's a common problem regarding a website requesting webcam permission and the screen in OBS resizing. It's just new now with the bluetooth audio source coming into play.

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Lots of us industry women experience that problem. Could be a Google Chrome issue too.

forest axle
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can you try my suggestion above of seeing if the issue occurs in safe mode?

languid lagoon
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restart in safe mode and stream with OBS?

forest axle
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i don't know if you need to stream to reproduce the behavior usually- the point is just to try and reproduce it with OBS in safe mode. if it only occurs while actually streaming, then yes

languid lagoon
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Ok. I will do this tomorrow when I'm actively using OBS again in safe mode. I also disconnected the "auto connect" feature to my bluetooth audio source that also triggered it earlier (the pop up in the upper right corner that showed the device auto connecting between computers.)

wind tartan
neon lily
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I wonder if that can be remedied by not using the default Preset setting, which lets the camera control its resolution/fps, and rather by setting it to custom and specifying them manually

proven onyx
#

Hello goodnight.
My OBS is emitting a sound that I don't know where it's coming from, I've uninstalled it and installed it again and the sound continues, from the last game I played

pearl yacht
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e.g. you can select a 720p preset, but then change the activeFormat to 640p - CMIO will keep the 720p sample buffer size and automatically centre and "scale-to-fit" the 640p image in it

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changing the activeFormat changes the device format however, so that impacts every app tapping into that device iirc

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OBS only changes the size of the source based on the sample buffer size - so if you started with 720p, the source stays at that size even when you change the activeFormat

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however if you deselect "Use Preset" before selecting a device, then configure the source manually, every resolution change will also change the sample buffer size (because no preset has been set) - it's very unintuitive

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so if a browser or zoom or whichever other program changes the activeFormat of the device, it will impact the visible video area of the source (but if it was initialised with a preset, the source size should not change)

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I have no idea how the bluetooth audio device might play into this, but other applications impacting the size of the webcam is OBS is expected due to how the technology works - apps should not use "activeFormat" and instead select a preset and let macOS actually handle the hardware device settings

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(it goes even further, usually you should not even select a resolution, but select "high/medium/low" depending on your user experience need, but that's another topic)

languid lagoon
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Ok I’m not as tech fluent as you but so happy there may be a solution. Can you explain what I need to turn off?

pearl yacht
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there's nothing you can do really

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except paying attention that you don't use the webcam in other apps while you have it active in OBS

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alternatively you can test the other apps you might use the cam in and check if they impact the resolution in OBS and only use those while you have a stream running

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as mentioned I have no idea how the audio device might trigger that behaviour, but then it might be another application reacting to the device change and impacting the webcam - it's really hard to tell without reproducing this exact issue on another machine

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you're kinda at the mercy of other applications behaving well

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if you got time, it would be helpful if you could create a new scene collection with just the webcam source in it (new collection allows you to have a fresh setup but retain your current scene setup), then reproduce the issue by getting the bluetooth device to switch, then post a log

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!maclog

fading hareBOT
#

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
languid lagoon
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I’ll try all the above and 🤞🏻

pearl yacht
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in theory you could set up other applications first, then start OBS and set it up - that way OBS is the "last one" to configure the cameras

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otherwise you would set up OBS and get everything neat and tidy, then launch Chrome or some other app, go to select a webcam there, and the app does god-who-knows that resets the camera formats

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(e.g. Chromium might grab your actual webcam by default, configures it, thus ruins the configuration in OBS)

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the virtual camera should always be "there" and starting with OBS 30 in modern macOS it defaults to a single resolution, so that would be "stable" - you can preselect it and then configure/set up OBS to your liking before hitting that "start virtualcam" button

languid lagoon
lofty radish
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Since installing OBS 30.0.0, I noticed that the OS X "Currently Sharing" icon stays purple all the time, even when OBS is closed. It looks as though OBS is sharing the screen non-stop. Has anyone else noticed this, or do I have a setting wrong?

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Hitting Stop Sharing does nothing

forest axle
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it's a macOS bug that's fixed in either the next OBS hotfix release or macOS 14.2, whichever comes first

lofty radish
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Ah, ok thanks! Was thinking maybe just a wrong setting I had

chilly mesa
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how do i update obs

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potent lark
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You can also update via the update menu options in The Help menu

chilly mesa
potent lark
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On MacOS it should be in the menu bar at the top of the screen

chilly mesa
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i wanna update

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@potent lark

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also how do yk what cmds triger obs bot

chilly mesa
fading hareBOT
chilly mesa
#

whats the prefix

potent lark
chilly mesa
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is there any update on when this will be fixed?

chilly mesa
potent lark
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Yeah, its !

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!commands

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violet sonnet
#

hi everyone, have you encountered increase of render time(above 16ms) due to macOS gpu scheduling strategy?
(by my observation, macOS only increase frequency when a continuous load is running, so when a short load is running, even the short load is causing GPU usage to increase to 100%, the GPU is still running at a low frequency(~550MHz), so cause the render time increase)

if so, how do you solved(or mitigated) that?

(tested in a empty scene and safe mode, canvas size 2560x1440, target fps is 60)

forest axle
forest axle
violet sonnet
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the fps in stats also decreased, and the "Frames missed due to rendering lag" also increased

forest axle
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ok, so you are dropping frames. hmm

violet sonnet
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and it's not recoding or streaming when test this

forest axle
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i would verify that the behavior occurs when streaming or recording

violet sonnet
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let me try that

forest axle
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macOS could easily treat the process differently when it's actively outputting vs. not

violet sonnet
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same when recording

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and the GPU stats shown by asitop

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(it will increase to 1.3GHz when running some continuous load, like a game)

forest axle
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the short answer is no, you don't really have much control over the macOS scheduler

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i'm not sure why you would be seeing a low clock rate with full utilization unless it was waiting on the CPU for something

violet sonnet
forest axle
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i would file a feedback with apple

violet sonnet
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thanks

forest axle
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i'd also verify that the clock rate is indeed that value with an apple tool like powermetrics. asitop has reported erroneous data for me before (albeit for other subsystems)

violet sonnet
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sudo powermetrics --sample-rate 1000

forest axle
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if the scheduler's doing its job correctly, then the gpu is spending its time at that clock rate because if it was any faster, it would just be waiting

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if you can create some workload where you don't see any rendering lag with the same scenes and setup and the GPU is at a higher clock, that would be one thing

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in any case, this is a pretty advanced debugging situation and really not the purview of this channel. this is the sort of thing i would spend a TSI on if you're a registered apple developer

violet sonnet
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umm

violet sonnet
forest axle
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what are your stats like without the game running?

violet sonnet
forest axle
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i mean in terms of the number of dropped frames

violet sonnet
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(when dragging a window)

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forest axle
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i see

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do you have xcode?

violet sonnet
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yes, but not registered as developer

forest axle
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you can try manually enabling game mode, which has some effect on the scheduler

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no idea if it will help with this

violet sonnet
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umm, is there any document of that?

forest axle
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just run /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/gamepolicyctl game-mode set on

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no, there isn't :p

violet sonnet
forest axle
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you'll probably want to restart the session after, it might have a temporary effect like that after turning it on

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unless it's still bad

violet sonnet
forest axle
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the increase in dropped frames

violet sonnet
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by the game mode?

forest axle
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also i would only put weight on these stats if you're actually outputting something

violet sonnet
violet sonnet
forest axle
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also what SOC is this?

violet sonnet
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detail config or just name?, if just name then M1 Pro

forest axle
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basically the only thing i can suggest if game mode didn't work is to file a feedback with apple and be as detailed as possible, it looks like you're in a weird liminal space between macOS deciding to clock up or not and your performance is suffering

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since it's not missing a ton of work, just a few frames, it probably thinks it's "fine"

violet sonnet
forest axle
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you might be able to write some goofy code/program that would fool macOS into clocking up, but yeah, you'd be pretty on your own there :p

violet sonnet
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okay, thank you

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❤️

forest axle
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sure thing. good luck!

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the more detailed you can be, and with solid documentation, the better your chances of getting a meaningful response from apple in my experience

violet sonnet
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ok

forest axle
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oh, one last thing, make sure to turn game mode back off

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that setting persists through reboots

violet sonnet
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oh, thanks

silk spire
#

I've encountered an issue while using the multiple output plugin for OBS on my Mac. When streaming to YouTube and Twitch simultaneously, the video title on Twitch remains static and doesn't update with the current stream information. I'm using the built-in output for YouTube and the secondary output for Twitch. Has anyone else faced this problem, and is there a known solution to ensure that the Twitch stream reflects the correct video title in real-time?

rapid tusk
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what the fuck

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does this mean

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can someone help me

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i cant open obs

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it dosent even let me open it it gives me that error

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):

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can someone help me pls

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someone???

acoustic crow
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2 things

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Any particular reason you're still on v29?

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And can you update to 14?

wind tartan
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I assume 4ghouls is on v29 the same reason(s) I was. Being I didn’t know 30 was out and when I asked OBS to update, it said it was up to date.

acoustic crow
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The thing is they're still on a hotfix version that had another hotfix after that.

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So there would still be a version after that.

compact frost
#

Just updated to 30.0.0 and OBS no longer works in application capture mode. Every time I try to use it, it freezes OBS and I have to force quit it, that or it crashes on its own. How can I provide logs, or other debugging information? Where would I find them? Where do I send them?

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(safe mode too)

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Reinstalled 29.1.3 for the moment, everything is working once again

pseudo warren
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Hello, with OBS I would like to only record the selected area - but it still always records the 16:9 field, even though I have now "cropped" it - how do I fix that?

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remote dragon
fading hareBOT
remote dragon
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some things i saw but i have no idea if its useful or not

file 08-45-01) 08:45:23.850: [coreaudio_get_device_name] failed to get name: 560947818
file 09-26-05) 12:49:19.362: Source Media - Match 2 Camera Ingest audio is lagging (over by 1226.35 ms) at max audio buffering. Restarting source audio.

forest axle
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if so, we'll probably need you to reproduce the behavior and then take a spindump

remote dragon
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whats a spindump? and yeah, i noticed that the time to render a frame shot up to like 2500ms

forest axle
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you'll need to open activity monitor while OBS is unresponsive, select OBS, then click the ellipsis in the top bar and select spindump

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it'll create a large text file that you can drop in here after it's done

vocal obsidian
#

Hi, I am new here and need help setting up my mevo cameras(x3) with the OBS. Am I in the right place? (Neither Mevo nor Logitech are any help).

remote dragon
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is this file helpful? i was able to recreate the issue, which happened when i disconnected and reconnected my headset in the bluetooth settings

📎 Spindump.txt
forest axle
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is OBS actually unresponsive when you took this spindump?

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is it beachballing? what exactly is going on?

remote dragon
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rendering lag occurs

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its not beachballing but it gets really really really slow until i press stop streaming at which point i think it beachballs

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another clue - the rendering lag only occurs then when i swap to a scene that has a media output that is being monitored by the headset i reconnect/disconnect

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ok i guess the issue is temporarily fixed

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but i have no idea why this is happening

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i had it set to WH-1000XM5

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swapped it to default which i think goes to desktop audio

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assuming that hte speaker symbol next to desktop audio indicates that its the default output

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so i'm assuming when the device disconnected and reconnected the monitor function somehow got zapped/lost connection that it was supposed monitor output to the sony headphones

midnight crater
pearl yacht
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No worries

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That’s what closing tickets as duplicates is for, but it’s considered good practise to search the issue tracker for your issue before opening a new one, but you’d have to also search among closed tickets

lean kiln
#

Yo boys im tryna see my recordings but I can’t find it, im recording on a MacBook and when I try to export it into iMovie it don’t show up

neon lily
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If so, you'll need to remux them in OBS Studio first so that iMovie can import them

fading hareBOT
#

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.

fluid ruin
#

I want to install InfoWriter from GitHub, but I don’t know what to do. I click on “Go To Download”, and it shows me all these different things. I’m not great with computers, so I feel like it’s speaking another language. Can someone guide me on downloading and installing what I need to do so I can get this for time-stamping OBS livestreams? Thanks in advance!

acoustic crow
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Grab the one for your respective operating system

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In this case the pkg file

fluid ruin
acoustic crow
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Yes

summer bison
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I can´t see the Virtual Cam in Ome.Tv why has it been removed ?

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Can someone help me and knows hot to fix it ?

potent lark
summer bison
potent lark
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nope, not fixable without violating their TOS

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which we wont assist with

summer bison
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ok

old mesa
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this may be a stupid question but if I remove a scene, and some sources inside aren't used anywhere else, do those sources automatically get pruned or do they stay around so they can be readded to other scenes?

potent lark
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Yes, they get removed too. They need to be in at least 1 scene

old mesa
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thank you 🙂

jaunty pewter
neon lily
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Any crash logs?

fading hareBOT
#

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)
jaunty pewter
forest axle
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looks like CEF is crashing. you could try removing its cache. in finder, do command+shift+g and then paste in ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/plugin_config
then remove the obs-browser folder

jaunty pewter
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what is CEF out of interest?

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and do you reckon I should stick with the latest version of OBS or downgrade for stability?

forest axle
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that's the chromium embedded framework used for the browser source. it's the same version shipping with 30 as ships with prior versions. the source of crashes is most likely related to macOS changes

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(so downgrading OBS probably wouldn't help is my guess)

cunning minnow
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i use that try fix it match seem see blur my hands

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understand my body is fine but one moving my hand it blur how can fix it what i mean

neon lily
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Usually a problem with the Chroma Key indicates that there isn't enough even lighting

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What kind of lighting do you have?

potent lark
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Looks like auto exposure may be turned on as well, the framerate and blown out light are indicators of that for me

neon lily
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Ah yeah

fluid ruin
# acoustic crow Yes

Can anyone verify that it’s free from malware? My computer’s giving me a possibility warning…

neon lily
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macOS gives a notification for every software

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It's likely just that it's not signed by Apple, meaning the developer doesn't want to fork out $99 a year for a certificate. Fair enough, really

fluid ruin
pearl yacht
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if you get that warning it's usually a good idea to scan the file at virustotal first

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not signing your software is a badge of shame

cunning minnow
cunning minnow
fluid ruin
fluid ruin
fluid ruin
cunning minnow
fluid ruin
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Woah…

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Nice!

cunning minnow
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yep thanks that why i use green background try figures how blur my hand.

fluid ruin
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Any time! Is that house, dorm, studio?

cunning minnow
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this house in Basement

fluid ruin
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Sweet! “So much room for activities!” Haha!

cunning minnow
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hahahaha

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thanks

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last time covid quarantine other apt and Trailer RV i use background have lot fun use my hobby use space hotel after open less oh well haha. @fluid ruin

fluid ruin
neon lily
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Please take non-support discussion to #tech-talk, folks :)

cunning minnow
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don't be jealous. have Special for who Deafblind low income have provider free only who have vision limit like Deafblind sorry but other one neewer light have pay yes. other iMac and Mac Mini that free form goverment only who have Deafblind i have left eye. @fluid ruin

cunning minnow
fluid ruin
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I’d hate to keep asking y’all about it, but what do I do after it’s downloaded? I thought I read something about configuring, but I’m not sure if that applies to the one I got

lethal falcon
#

Hello everyone,

I'm currently facing a challenge with OBS and PowerPoint during live streaming on YouTube and would really appreciate any assistance.

I'm using a Mac Pro M2 and OBS for streaming. My setup involves using PowerPoint's presenter view to change slides, as I need to refer to the notes while presenting. However, I've encountered an issue where the slides do not always update in OBS even though they have changed in PowerPoint.

Here’s a brief overview of my setup:

Device: Mac Pro M2
Application: OBS for live streaming
Activity: Presenting a PowerPoint slide show
Issue: Slides not updating in OBS when changed in PowerPoint
If anyone has experience with this or knows how to resolve such an issue, your guidance would be immensely helpful. I've tried to troubleshoot it myself but haven't had much luck.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

cunning minnow
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i use keynote it work with obs studio but i not know about Powerpoint i should try that but not have app

lethal falcon
pseudo warren
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hey guys

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i have a macbook pro m2,

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and whenever i record

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idk it just comes out very huge and heavy files

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such as a 10 second video would come out as 35 MB

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how do i fix this?

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another thing is that OBS is making my PC lag so much

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including my discord

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logs

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pseudo warren
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please help

pseudo warren
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omg

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its been like hours

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can yall

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pls

fading hareBOT
#

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neon lily
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neon lily
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You know what, I'm putting that in a factoid

abstract sparrow
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was that link harmful? I didn't want to click on it

fierce rock
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It's apparently a phone game referral link

pseudo warren
fierce rock
neon lily
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It's not harmful, it's just Gartic Phone

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It's just a game invitation

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But regardless, first message on the server in months

fierce rock
neon lily
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!macrecording Also, just made this

fading hareBOT
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For high-quality, no fuss recordings on macOS:

Apple Silicon Macs: use the recording quality presets in Simple Mode:

  1. In OBS Settings → Output, set the Output Mode to Simple
  2. In the Recording section, choose Indistinguishable Quality as the Recording Quality
  3. Set your Video Encoder to "Hardware, H.264" (more compatible) or "Hardware, HEVC" (smaller file size).

Intel Macs: use these recommended recording settings. Note: you only use these settings for recording, not streaming.

neon lily
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Because the situation on Intel Macs means Simple mode is basically useless

pseudo warren
fading hareBOT
pseudo warren
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Why is my PC lagging lol

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@neon lilyAny idea why?

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When I delete OBS it does not lag but when I install it back and use it normally, my PC is lagging

cunning minnow
silver peak
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This annoying little icon has been stuck on firefox for days. OBS isn't even running.

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Any way to make it go away?

potent lark
silver peak
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Good to hear that it's being sorted out, thanks

plucky zenith
lavish tide
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hi

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@fading hare i have a question

potent lark
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!hi

fading hareBOT
#

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!

lavish tide
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oh um anyway do you guys know how to fix where the video is really laggy and ends before i hit the stop recording button

fading hareBOT
# lavish tide oh um anyway do you guys know how to fix where the video is really laggy and end...

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
lavish tide
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lavish tide
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pseudo warren
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Hi! I'm trying to setup OBS on my m2 chip device
I'm using Source Record plugin to make 1 recording of display and output audio and a second recording of webcam and input audio
in both recordings I get both input and output audios
and the recordings aren't recorded for the whole session
using mkv output with Different Audio assigned to the desired source and these encoding settings

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no idea how to resolve both issues

plucky zenith
lavish tide
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queen roost
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check your sink

potent lark
queen roost
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oh

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sry

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but you must check it

forest axle
fluid ruin
lost rune
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Is it possible twitch had an issue today with drops in bitrate from my stream? Have changed nothing in OBS.

potent lark
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!connection this is all of the info available for dealing with network connection issues, including contacting your ISP

fading hareBOT
potent lark
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fix what?

molten grotto
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!droste Yes, it's normal.

fading hareBOT
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What you are seeing is normal and is called the Video Feedback Effect. It will go away when you stop looking at the OBS preview on the same display you're capturing. Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_feedback for more info.

potent lark
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Yep, you are using a Display capture, and capturing the display that OBS is on, so OBS will show itself, showing itself, showing itself… and so on

true lotus
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Recursion is 🆒

lethal falcon
#

Hello everyone,

I'm currently facing a challenge with OBS and PowerPoint during live streaming on YouTube and would really appreciate any assistance.

I'm using a Mac Pro M2 and OBS for streaming. My setup involves using PowerPoint's presenter view to change slides, as I need to refer to the notes while presenting. However, I've encountered an issue where the slides do not always update in OBS even though they have changed in PowerPoint.

Here’s a brief overview of my setup:

Device: Mac Pro M2
Application: OBS for live streaming
Activity: Presenting a PowerPoint slide show
Issue: Slides not updating in OBS when changed in PowerPoint
If anyone has experience with this or knows how to resolve such an issue, your guidance would be immensely helpful. I've tried to troubleshoot it myself but haven't had much luck.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

forest axle
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what version of macOS are you on?

lethal falcon
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2023

forest axle
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if you click the top left apple menu, then click "about this mac", in the window that pops up, what does it say next to "macOS"?

pseudo warren
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u cant download obs in imac catalina now?

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# pseudo warren u cant download obs in imac catalina now?

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (30.0+) runs on macOS 11 (Big Sur) and higher on Intel and Apple Silicon.

Some features, such as the new macOS Screen Capture and macOS Audio Capture sources require macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.

For versions of OBS Studio compatible with prior versions of macOS, see the macOS Versions page.

lethal falcon
chilly wasp
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@fading hare are you human?

neon lily
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No, it's not. It's called OBS Bot and has the Bot icon.

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But humans trigger it to reply to people

autumn raft
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Anyone using the Source capture plug-in? I've downloaded it without OBS open, then opened OBS and it's not under tools ( Like it is on PC) even though I know you enable it to record under filters (Also not there either)

potent lark
autumn raft
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multiple times due to fact me thinking it didn't at first

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cunning minnow
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Color Grading anymore? i see message say "no properties available can add or anymore ??

potent lark
cunning minnow
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oh got it can send me FreeFX what is link plese thanks also before yes oh got it now understand what you mean hmm thanks for clarify @potent lark

potent lark
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oh wait... there may not be a mac version

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I just see the Windows EXE and the Zip for Windows portable mode. No Mac or Linux versions

Only other options would be...

  • to compile a Mac version yourself (NOT trivial)
  • sign up for the StreamFX patreon at the tier that provides the StreamFX binaries
cunning minnow
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Mac Mini m2

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oh i see got it wow thanks for clarify yes before old one yeah mean i need swap to freeFx. oh got it wow thanks for clarify that

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can later checking thanks

tired pier
potent lark
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understandable. nothing wrong with speaking out against using something from ones own experience.

cold minnow
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Hi there! i have an issue with sonoma / ezcap 170 / obs : i dunno why but obs see only audio and not video in from ezcap. is it happening also to aomeone else?

pseudo warren
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Hi, i started using obs, but i cant get audio apart from mic, are there any easy fixes or source changes i can do

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idk waht to do

lavish tide
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how do i fix bottleneck @everyone

sly current
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hey, so each time I stream, the quality really annoys me because it just doesn't look appealing. Can anyone help me with the problem?

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# sly current hey, so each time I stream, the quality really annoys me because it just doesn't...

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
sly current
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plucky zenith
sly current
plucky zenith
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no

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settings > video

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not output

sly current
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ohh ok

sly current
plucky zenith
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no other way around

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change the output resolution to match the base one

sly current
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is that normal?

plucky zenith
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not change base to match output

sly current
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oh ok

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wait i forgot what my original output resolution was

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nvm

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thanks

cunning minnow
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@potent lark seem i forget suppose i put in file on mac that long time ago. seem streamfx remove that i can't remember if that StreamFx that similar before download where i put correct? i see little ifferent root hmmm

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if that correct?

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neon lily
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No

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That folder contains the source, not the plugin, it needs to be built

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The fork that Rob linked is only built for Windows

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And instructions on how to build that fork are out of scope for our support. If you have to compile it anyway (which I wouldn't it's a huge hassle requiring some development knowledge), you'd actually be better off just building StreamFX itself — Xaymar has instructions

cunning minnow
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@neon lily will show screenshot other one anymore.

neon lily
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?

cunning minnow
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wait i show few min

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see "Color Grading" anymore. see said 'no properties available.

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@neon lily see other iMac show

neon lily
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Sure, because you don't have the necessary plugin installed

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As I already said, you haven't installed the plugin.

rustic dragon
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i need help bad

cunning minnow
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i already have before. use that for background

rustic dragon
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i need help im a new streamer and i need help pulling up my chat oin the obs studios i accidently exited out of oit

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it

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rustic dragon
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omg thank u boss lemme try that

neon lily
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That'll get your chat dock back

rustic dragon
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ur the man

neon lily
cunning minnow
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that one from StreamFX last time use that

neon lily
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Right, and you don't have StreamFX installed.

rustic dragon
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bud

cunning minnow
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you don't got it what i mean sorry before i have yes last time yes i have. when i use upgrade they remove form that got it

neon lily
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That "no properties available" means it's not installed

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Let's see what you have

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Send a normal log, please.

fading hareBOT
#

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
rustic dragon
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okay one more question how do i take my buddies audio out of the stream i have him in a fb call but my stream can hear him

cunning minnow
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neon lily
neon lily
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Well, not a version that works with OBS Studio 30

rustic dragon
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how do i send a log

neon lily
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I'll send them again

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# rustic dragon how do i send a log

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
rustic dragon
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neon lily
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Bruv, you're on Windows

rustic dragon
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oops im sorry bro

neon lily
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All good

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@cunning minnow You can either downgrade to a previous version of OBS Studio 29.1.2 or check for plugins that work with OBS Studio 30

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I think downgrading would be easier at the moment

rustic dragon
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bruh no one is answer in windows

neon lily
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Be patient. Everybody here is volunteers.

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And we can't help you with Windows issues here

rustic dragon
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okay bro im sorry

neon lily
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np

cunning minnow
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that one August 8 2021 i was downlaod

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when after 2023 anymore remove that one

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ok i will do again if work.

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@neon lily hey that one he send me that window. i need apple not window sorry i wrong download lol sorry

neon lily
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Yeah, there isn't a Mac version of FreeFX

cunning minnow
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oh that why before have one now anymore bummer got it now understand that

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thanks for clarify sorry

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@neon lily how can i find Mac if that anymore ?

neon lily
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You'll need to downgrade. Let's see

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!macversions

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#

The currently-supported version of OBS Studio (30.0+) runs on macOS 11 (Big Sur) and higher on Intel and Apple Silicon.

Some features, such as the new macOS Screen Capture and macOS Audio Capture sources require macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.

For versions of OBS Studio compatible with prior versions of macOS, see the macOS Versions page.

neon lily
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Hmm

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Not on there

cunning minnow
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i think i have save in Hard Drive other have save DMG that mean won't work correct? i save in exteral HD will work or anymore ?

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neon lily
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You can use those, but you will need the compatible version of macOS

cunning minnow
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what do mean clarify can give examaple thanks

neon lily
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It doesn't matter if you reinstall StreamFX

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It's not compatible with OBS Studio 30

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It will not load

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You must downgrade your OBS to the previous version you were using

cunning minnow
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oh got it understand that

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hmm

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mean if i download 29.1.3 obs studio i will get lost my program or will save which ?

neon lily
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You won't lose any data

cunning minnow
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phew ok thanks

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other one imac i use old i did download still not avaialble for color grading hmmm

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recently i download that see screenshot look like anymore @neon lily

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neon lily
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Was 29.1.3 the version you were last using? I just found that as a suggestion

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You need to use the version you had, that was compatible with StreamFX

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Could have been older

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!oldversions

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cunning minnow
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@neon lily was last time use yes ok let know i have other Mac Mini m2 need "arm" not intel why i use other my iMac use intel match other arm match for Mac mini m2

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ok i will click link

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@neon lily ok where can i find "Color Grading" seem anymore. ok i guess that anymnore. let know i have slow and ask for some help that why ok

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ok it alright i guess can't find that one

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but it alright thanks i need good background. oh well

neon lily
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You're back on 30. We already know it doesn't work on 30.

cunning minnow
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@neon lily yeah now understand that thanks

cunning minnow
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sorry complains that i need accept that thanks

rustic dragon
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can anyone tell me how i pull up my twitch options like change stream title or somethimng like that

neon lily
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Please don’t cross post

cunning minnow
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obs studio has crash recentl

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cunning minnow
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# cunning minnow obs studio has crash recentl

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

  1. In OBS, click the Help menu
  2. Select Crash Reports, and then Upload Last Crash Report
  3. Copy the URL, and paste it to the chat here.
plucky zenith
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# cunning minnow https://obsproject.com/logs/BYYjIY2J8LFV9Ocn

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)
cunning minnow
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can anyone help why have one time crash what is cause ??

potent lark
cunning minnow
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why i have 3D Effect been remove said " no properties avaialbe".

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recently. remove that

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make me stress.

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sorry

potent lark
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posting the logs and crash logs would help

cunning minnow
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posting what do mean ?

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can you help me please. i not know how use that posting where gooing sorry

potent lark
plucky zenith
cunning minnow
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sorry i have limit read have low IQ sorry can send again which that one sorry.

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cunning minnow
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got it?

forest axle
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this looks like a crash in QT/macOS, possibly related to accessibility features

fast moat
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How do i delete the virtual camera? I have no use for it and it just gets in the way.

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forest axle
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on macOS, it is not actually possible to remove the virtual camera without removing OBS as well, at the moment, unfortunately

potent lark
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oh, didnt realize that. wasnt even thinking that the command was just for windows

forest axle
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i think better control over the virtual cam installation process is being worked on or at least talked about, it's just integration into the UI that is the trickier thing

cunning minnow
forest axle
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can you tell us how to make it crash? with steps?

cunning minnow
forest axle
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what macOS accessibility features are you using?

tender bough
#

I'm having a couple issues with OBS on mac (v30, Sonoma on M1 Max)
1 - OBS doesn't exit correctly and reports crashing.
2 - Often when this happens the next launch I can't right-click on anything or click the + buttons for scenes or sources. Its like the menus are there but invisible.

The obs logs don't show any critical issues or warnings. https://obsproject.com/logs/E2xlR89lSp7gBAW7

In mac crash log
Thread 0 Crashed:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
crash log here https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/eddmbwjxfeq724ydfpnzl/OBS-2023-11-26-122612.ips?rlkey=ge8lnbefmt8hkrb96ia3mjvf0&dl=0

forest axle
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yeah, post the full crash log please

cunning minnow
cunning minnow
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understand what i mean?

forest axle
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i understand that part. i asked what macOS accessibility features you are using, since the crash seems like it has something to do with accessibility, not just switching scene collections

digital lotus
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hi everyone 👋 was wondering why this is happening? i am trying to use my cam but its just black

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cunning minnow
forest axle
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extra large mouse cursor

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things like that

tender bough
digital lotus
cunning minnow
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oh got it yeah i use Mouse cursor big yes. not know othar hmmm. that one

digital lotus
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ooh

cunning minnow
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@forest axle

forest axle
# cunning minnow <@652014206845190175>

i have no idea what is causing your crash. it looks like a bug in QT's code. switching scene collections on my end does not trigger the crash.

as i've told you lots of times now, we need a minimal way to reproduce the crash on our end. does the crash occur in two fresh scene collections? if not, what needs to be in the scene collections to trigger the crash? does the crash occur without any other programs open? if you don't give us a way to cause the crash, there is basically nothing we can do

cunning minnow
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you mean Quicktime? ok. i ask if you have Screen share you can see on my computer understand only one can help me for share screen easy that way but not here in group will direct message. better than i have limit english sorry but i am try my better if i understand

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@forest axle if that QT how notice that bug on QT?

forest axle
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no i don't mean quicktime. QT is the framework that OBS uses for its interface

cunning minnow
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if use that Screen share that lot of help better for that way

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ohh sorry i am misunderstand that

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thanks for clarify that

forest axle
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i can't provide support via screen sharing unfortunately. generally this channel is the only way we conduct support

cunning minnow
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i have my Teamviewer. got it clarify sorry i wrong said "you". sorry i said if have screen share like teamviewer or realvnc. i have. i can give but direct message only nbot here i mean that sorry. my wrong said you not mean that if have sorry

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i did look up oh correct sorry i wrong

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if can't then that fine.

woeful estuary
#

Update: I have a firm repro by copying one of my scene collections into a new ApplicationSupport folder. It appears to be a video capture device and NOT my audio interface.

I'm experiencing a 30.0.0 issue with SafeMode on MacOS (unfortunately MacOS 14.1.1)

https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https%3A%2F%2Fobsproject.com%2Flogs%2FUrWGtocbn8L3xEZI#logURL

Symptoms: on MacOS 14 OBS 30 does not startup, the final message in the logs relate to initializing my virtual audio interface:

15:52:31.029: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
15:52:31.036: Switched to Preview/Program mode
15:52:31.036: ------------------------------------------------
15:52:31.067: All scene data cleared
15:52:31.067: ------------------------------------------------
15:52:31.176: coreaudio: Device 'CASTER Stream Mix 1' [48000 Hz] initialized
15:52:31.176: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Mic/Aux'
15:52:31.176:     - filter: 'Limiter' (limiter_filter)
15:52:31.206: coreaudio: Device 'CASTER Scarlett 4i4 USB' [48000 Hz] initialized
15:52:31.206: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Mic/Aux 2'
15:52:31.206:     - filter: 'Gain' (gain_filter)
15:52:31.206:     - filter: 'Limiter' (limiter_filter)

Using Force Stop and trying again in Safe Mode results in no progress following clicking "Safe Mode" (mouse is a spinning beach ball when it's over the Safe Mode dialog).

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forest axle
woeful estuary
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It's one of the devices in my scenes.

woeful estuary
forest axle
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click the ellipsis along the top and take a spindump, then drop the file in here if you could

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(with obs selected)

woeful estuary
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I'm going to clear my stream key first now that I have a solid repro.

woeful estuary
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my repro is 100% with this scene collection. I do see my coreaudio (ground control) device in the collection but I have a second one with fewer video devices that works.

forest axle
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ok, so it's that particular audio device? does unplugging it but keeping the source resolve the issue or no?

woeful estuary
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shutting down ground control (virtual device) does not resolve it

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let me try unplugging some of the UVC devices

forest axle
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i haven't been able to look at the dump yet but i'd encourage you to go ahead and file an obs github issue when (if) you are able to determine what exactly causes it

woeful estuary
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Looks like it was the ATEM Constellation 1 M/E. Plugging everything else back in.

forest axle
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and i assume this device works elsewhere on the system like in audacity or something?

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(so as to verify it's not a broader macos issue)

woeful estuary
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It worked this morning. Next reboot after my stream it did not.

forest axle
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hmm

woeful estuary
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perhaps it's a display

forest axle
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did not anywhere? or just OBS?

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could try making a recording in quicktime

woeful estuary
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just OBS

forest axle
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roger

woeful estuary
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I think I can make a minimal scene

forest axle
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worth rebooting and seeing if that resolves it too since we already have the spindump

woeful estuary
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aye

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going to unplug all devices just to be sure

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It's 90% reproducible. Rarely with everything unplugged I can get into the scene.

woeful estuary
cunning minnow
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just curious anyone do show their face or without? just curious that all thanks.. have a great day

forest axle
# woeful estuary Filed https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/9923

i would really try to amend this to only include the least amount of devices you can that still produces the crash. unless the steps you've posted are indeed the most minimal configuration that reproduces the issue, in which case that's fine. and is it specifically switching to the scene collection that causes it? if you startup with that scene collection does it load fine?

woeful estuary
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I'll amend to startup with all devices disconnected. Unfortunately I haven't had a stable non-repro such that I can remove devices from the scene in the last hour.

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Only the once.

thorny dock
#

hello, I'm new here and new to OBS... hope for some help... I updated the software for OBS today and suddenly my DSLR camera is no longer detectable. I can open my camera with the Sony Image Desktop app, but none others. It had no problems before the update. Ideas? Can I roll back easily to the prev app version?

forest axle
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the spindump does seem to indicate a possible stalled thread in mac-capture, which is macOS screen capture. it would be odd if a hang there was indeed triggered only with multiple peripherals connected. we should really try to narrow this down to the most minimal possible case

woeful estuary
forest axle
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what do you mean?

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as in that is a way to repro it?

cunning minnow
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i am sorry stupid question. can ignore me sorry

forest axle
woeful estuary
thorny dock
forest axle
woeful estuary
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Ok, the bug is much cleaner now @forest axle. I need to head out.

thorny dock
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ah, I think I did a macos update recently too. I'll check that out as well

forest axle
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if you switched very recently, you might be able to check your logs folder for logs from the older version. you can get to that folder from OBS by doing file->show settings folder then looking for the logs folder. it only stores the last 5, however

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but yes, this is much more likely to be a macOS issue

thorny dock
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thanks again!

jaunty jacinth
#

heyo! I'm trying to use a capture card on obs in a macbook pro m1 2021 with a usb c port, but it's not recognizing it. I tried using it on an iMac with a usb a port and it does there. do you think this more of a cable issue or with the docks on my macbook?

acoustic crow
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What device is it?

jaunty jacinth
plush ferry
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I'm trying to use Mac OS Screen Capture-Application Capture in OBS 30.0.0. Is it normal when you move the application window around on the desktop, that it moves in OBS also? It seems to crop the applicating window off when I moving it

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i dont remember this in OBS 29

acoustic crow
jaunty jacinth
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yeah nothing oon the macbook

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i am using a different cable than the one that came with the mirabox for that one

forest axle
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(and yes, it behaved this way in ventura and OBS 29)

jaunty jacinth
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would it be better if I get an usb-c adapter for the capture card usb cable rather than using a different usb to usb-c cable?

forest axle
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the important thing is that the weakest link of the connection between the card and your machine is specced for at least usb 3. you can achieve that with a usb-a to usb-c adapter, or a cable, depending on the port on your card

jaunty jacinth
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mmm I wonder why its not recognizing the card then, the cable is usb 3

forest axle
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what's the specific card and cable?

jaunty jacinth
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Its the mirabox 4K pass through, here lemme get the links

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this is the cable

forest axle
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seems like it should be working

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let's see a log

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!maclog

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#

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
jaunty jacinth
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aight gimme a sec

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forest axle
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i'm not sure why that wouldn't be working to be honest

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either macOS doesn't like the card or it doesn't like your cable

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if you open quicktime and do a movie recording, does it appear there?

jaunty jacinth
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yeaah im inclined to think it might be the cable or something, the card works just fine on the imac

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let me see

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nah it doesnt

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i guess maybe the cable in particular is not powering the card enough or something?

forest axle
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it's a weird card. you aren't supposed to put a type A connector on a device

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i honestly couldn't say whether it's a card issue or a cable issue