macos-support

[exotic patrol]

@yam I think it got worse

@forest axle

[forest axle]

please don't ping me, i'm right here

[neon lily]

Do you have it set to Display Capture? Or Window Capture? Because if you want the full screen, use Display Capture

[forest axle]

what is "worse"? if you move your source up, so the bottom is aligned with the bottom of your canvas, is that not exactly what you want?

[exotic patrol]

This is what I already did, before I did the first Screenshot

[forest axle]

what "first screenshot"?

[exotic patrol]

Plus when I make a video, and then go to an application, it just stretches down

[forest axle]

i don't know what "it" is, or what you mean in general. can you take a video of the behavior

[exotic patrol]

@forest axle

[forest axle]

so move the source up so the bottom is aligned with the bottom of the canvas

do you understand what that means?

[exotic patrol]

Pushing the scren up

[forest axle]

just click and drag and move it up

[exotic patrol]

@forest axle

[forest axle]

that looks to me like exactly what you want. the top of the window is aligned with the top of your canvas

macOS is sticking an extra black area on top of the capture, but that's a macOS issue, you can't do anything about that

there's nothing there that you want anyway

[exotic patrol]

@forest axle Why can´t I change anything about that

[forest axle]

firstly, your output resolution is a different aspect ratio than your canvas resolution, so everything is getting stretched

as to why your window capture is moving around when you switch to the application, that is a macOS issue

[exotic patrol]

It´s 2880x1800 that ''was'' the original resolution

[forest axle]

in your most recent log, these are your output settings

you're stretching 2880x1800 to 2560x1440. those are different aspect ratios

[exotic patrol]

yeah 2880x1800 the original resolution to 2560x1440 so that it is 16:9

But it shouldn´t be shown

@forest axle

[forest axle]

what shouldn't be shown

you're scaling 2880x1800 (16:10) to 2560x1440 (16:9). this stretches everything

[exotic patrol]

but only be shown in the video

[hushed flame]

Any recommendations on how to actually get it centered filling up a vertical template?

[neon lily]

No, that’d be a #stream-setup question

[neon lily]

Of course only in the video, that’s what the output resolution is used for

[exotic patrol]

I know

[exotic patrol]

That is why there shouldn´t be a problem

[neon lily]

No, because like Yam said, they’re different aspect ratios

That is the reason why there is a problem

[exotic patrol]

But I hadn´t had a problem when I used it for the past 6 months

This problem appeared out of nowhere

[neon lily]

Can you send a clip from before the issue occurred?

[exotic patrol]

Couldn´t find a real video because I was using it mostly for streaming and only have a recorded stream

[neon lily]

This clip is squished

Because, again, it's 16:9 when your desktop is 16:10

So either you output to 16:10 or you change your base resolution to be 16:9

They should both match

[exotic patrol]

no because the game was made for 16:9, So it already looked like 16:9. so it was already getting stretched

[neon lily]

No, your whole video is stretched

Look, I'm not interested in arguing over this

The whole video is squished

And you're complaining about the video being squished

And when we tell you why, you won't accept it

Again, either you change your base resolution to be 16:9 or you change your output resolution to be 16:10

[exotic patrol]

My problem is this black area that always appear

[neon lily]

Because that's the space where the menu bar should be, but you're choosing not to capture it

[exotic patrol]

the weird part is that it changed it´s source resolution

[neon lily]

And we've told you how to deal with that

#macos-support message

[exotic patrol]

And i also changed the resolution you gave me and it also did nothing

[exotic patrol]

Plus everytime I go into an application it stretches down because it wants to record the bar on top but it can´t so it get´s a black bar

[fringe pulsar]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to make the streams stay at a consistent 60fps. I have a hard time telling if the broadcasts are at a proper, native, and smooth framerate after the stream, so I just wanted some advice or anything to make it look good enough.

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M2 Pro 10 Core 3480 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M2 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

is there a particular type of source that you're concerned about? the answer may depend on the type of source

[bitter jolt]

Hey Team! Quick question- I just got OBS, lauched the program, and my iphone was available as a camera (not plugged in, just bluetooth I'm guessing?) I setup a video capture source using the iphone, and then had to take a call. When I went back to setup the iphone again, it was no longer available as a video source. How can I get that back?

[fringe pulsar]

Just something related to the capture card (avermedia live gamer ultra 2.1)

[prime cave]

how do you obs to record roblox

[frosty hazel]

Hey guys! New streamer here and need help diagnosing an OBS audio input issue

I tried to stream on Streamlabs and it works no problem, so I know it's not a hardware issue. I made a Reddit post looking for help - all the details are there if anyone would care to look

https://www.reddit.com/r/elgato/comments/183qshx/elgato_obs_audio_input_quality_for_game_is/

[fading hare]

Due to a change in the way Roblox works, OBS Studio's Game Capture source is unable to capture it. As a workaround, please use Window Capture instead:

1. add a new Window Capture source
2. select Roblox from the window list
3. change the Capture Method to "Windows 10"

On Windows 10, you will see a yellow border around the game which cannot be disabled. This is not visible in your stream and can be ignored (use the `!yellow` command for more info).

[neon lily]

The roblox factoid is for Windows, not Mac

[ember meadow]

My mistake. Thought I was in w-s

[neon lily]

Use macOS Screen Capture source set to Display Capture mode

[obsidian scroll]

how do i hide obs window from mac os capture?

its hard to test my window layout in obs, when i see obs

trying to set up vscode with twitch popuout chat (i also cant figure out how to get BRAVE twitch popout chat to always stay on top)

[obsidian scroll]

i dont see that

[neon lily]

Can you show me what you see, please?

[obsidian scroll]

v30

[neon lily]

What version of macOS?

[obsidian scroll]

14.3 Beta (23D5043d)

[neon lily]

Also, we're at 30.0.2 now

[obsidian scroll]

trying

legit

thx

[neon lily]

Boom

[obsidian scroll]

perfect timeing

[neon lily]

No problem

[obsidian scroll]

woop

i guess i cant hide discord

or other windows

[neon lily]

Correct

[neon lily]

Better to just capture the windows you want. Set macOS Screen Capture's method to Window

[obsidian scroll]

oh

how better?

[neon lily]

Well, why capture everything if you only need to capture one or two things? 🤷

[obsidian scroll]

right

thx

[neon lily]

When I do coding streams, I only need people to see VSCode, for example

[neon lily]

Yes

[obsidian scroll]

nice

[neon lily]

Yep

[obsidian scroll]

widow or applicaitn?

and whats this view src?

[neon lily]

Depends. Window only captures one window. Application can capture all windows for an application on a single desktop.

[obsidian scroll]

i see

what u use?

[neon lily]

I use Window

[obsidian scroll]

ok

[neon lily]

Sometimes I open a VSCode window I don't want people to see

[obsidian scroll]

isnt a pain to set up each time using window?

if you open and close windows

[neon lily]

Don't open and close windows then 🤷

[obsidian scroll]

ah

[neon lily]

If you're streaming, you should everything set up and ready

[obsidian scroll]

ok

did you figure out a way to always have a twitch chat PiP?

FYEO

[neon lily]

NightBot, Streamlabs, StreamElements… any of the usual chat overlays

[obsidian scroll]

vs having a seperate device

[neon lily]

Or do you mean just on your display, not on stream

[obsidian scroll]

on my dispaly

i have stream setup

but it lags

[neon lily]

Not sure, sorry. I use my iPad as a second screen and drag my Twitch chat over to that

[obsidian scroll]

hmm ok

[neon lily]

I do remember the app Chatty, which is a Twitch chat app, has an "Always on Top" mode

[obsidian scroll]

oh

[neon lily]

I didn't use it personally, but you could try it

It's a pretty good app

[obsidian scroll]

https://chatty.github.io/

[neon lily]

That's the one, yeah

On macOS, we must use the JAR version. As it says, it means you need to install Java, too.

I usually install it via Homebrew but whatever way you prefer is fine

[obsidian scroll]

yikes

[neon lily]

Why are you sending screenshots of every window

I don't need to see this

[obsidian scroll]

ok

[neon lily]

Chatty is a fairly comprehensive program, it can do all those things. It's basically like the Twitch Dashboard

[obsidian scroll]

cant seem to keep it on top

will try restream chat

yup that works

ok great, obs crashed

glad i wasnt streaming

do we still need black hole to record audio?

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30+ running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Audio Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS and/or OBS Studio, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[obsidian scroll]

legit

man took me 2 days to figure all this out again after a year not streaming

2 daas of not coding lol

@neon lilything is, windwo capture not gonna work for most the time, as im switching between terminal , vscode and browser to much, ill just have window capture for half screen chat and drawing

woudl be cool if the z-index in obs resspected the z-ord in my macoss

[brisk karma]

Okay OBS on mac is just pain. I've been trying to reenable the visual camera after hours now, can someone assist me? The documentation from https://obsproject.com/kb/virtual-camera-troubleshooting#macos-compatibility is not helpful at all

I'm not getting prompted to install the virtual camera again upon reinstalling obs on macOS

[fading hare]

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

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

[brisk karma]

https://obsproject.com/logs/gaqWdH9zLq1QHLUF

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

it looks like the camera extension is installed successfully on the OBS end. when you activate it, are you seeing an error message? or is the feed just not appearing in receiver applications? or something else?

[brisk karma]

it just says :
The virtual camera could not be recognized. Please try again.

[forest axle]

is that "not found" or similar? i don't speak german, sorry

gotcha. that is a macOS issue. sometimes the camera will install successfully, and macOS is supposed to start the extension, but sometimes just won't for unclear reasons

logging out and back in should start it

[brisk karma]

ah yea, didnt restarted my mac for surely couple of days

but loggin out is okay u say?

[forest axle]

logging out should be all you need, yes. if that fails, then you can restart

[brisk karma]

Okay sounds good, will try, tyvm so far 🙂

its incredible

tyvm yam!

had lots of lag experiencing when using Figma

but restart fixed it all

(maybe the restart thing should be added to the docs, i even considered streamlabs as an option, but obs is just too good)

[brisk karma]

nvm just temporarily, anyone else experiencing lots of lag within figma when using obs?

[forest axle]

hi there, sorry for the very delayed ping. would you be available to provide some more details about your issue? particularly the capture card device, and an example of the distortion?

[forest axle]

what sort of lag? how is the virtual camera used within figma? it's not an application i've ever used

[prime cave]

what type of video encoder should I use?

the settings are really confusing

[winter oriole]

anyone know what this emoji popping up while im recording is?

[forest axle]

are you recording or streaming?

[forest axle]

along the menu bar, find the green or purple camera icon/sharing indicator, then find your camera input and disable "reactions"

or i mean, it's a built-in macOS "feature" that pops stuff up on your video feeds when it detects certain gestures. if you want to disable it, see the above

[winter oriole]

where is this menu bar located? in obs? or my phone? (recording using myiphone)

[forest axle]

!macmenubar

[fading hare]

On macOS, the menu bar is located at the top of the screen, not the OBS Studio window. If you are in full screen mode and cannot see the menu bar, move your cursor to the top of the screen.

[winter oriole]

ahh found it!

thanks!

[prime cave]

recording

[fading hare]

For high-quality, no fuss recordings, 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 a hardware encoder, if available

[prime cave]

oki thx

[brisk karma]

i talked about this here in the community of figma, but its probably a obs issue, since it didnt occure in Streamlabs.
https://forum.figma.com/t/lagging-while-streaming-with-obs/61006
(in short: Figma is a design Tool, example in videos are small files (not taking any memory))

the virtual camera is only being used inside discord when streaming to friends

or collegues

[forest axle]

hmm

[brisk karma]

but the virutal cam is not the culprit

[forest axle]

so it's an issue with general system unresponsiveness with the virtual camera active

[brisk karma]

no the cam is not responsible for this, the laggyness is constantly there when obs is open (not streaming or active virtual camera)

Which is very suspicious because I'm running multiple Adobe programs simultaneously, and they are responsive.

[forest axle]

hard to say then. there might be something in OBS that's taking up an abnormal amount of resources for some reason, but i don't see anything obvious from your log

i can't recommend updating macOS unfortunately because of other issues with macOS screen capture in 14.2

[brisk karma]

hmm weird

what a bummer

[forest axle]

other users have also reported sonoma performance being markedly inferior to ventura, but no specific issue has been pinpointed

if you are able to restart with a blank scene collection, and identify sources that you add that negatively impact system performance, that would be good debugging information

[brisk karma]

okay great, ill try that

[pure mulch]

Hey all. I'm recently new when it comes to obs on macOS and installing plugins. Recently installed a plugin that has a bin, data and obs-plugins folder. How would i install that on my obs mac version?

[prime cave]

Click the macOS blue rectangle, and then either click intel or Apple sillicon

[forest axle]

are you on an intel or apple silicon mac?

[pure mulch]

Im on an M1 if that specifys it. Idk how else i'd check

[forest axle]

yep that's it

unfortunately those types of plugins don't work on apple silicon

[pure mulch]

Oh ok

[forest axle]

they were deprecated awhile ago, and there is a new way plugins are meant to be packaged

which plugin is it?

[pure mulch]

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/bongobs-cat-plugin.992/

oh im also dumb

just saw it says "Supported platforms, Windows"

lol

[forest axle]

yeah i was just looking at the files

they packaged it strangely

but in any case yeah, it doesn't work on any kind of mac

unfortunately

[pure mulch]

Awh shucks.

[formal tundra]

Hello, I have a problem with my eos kiss m. I have a problem with my eos kiss m.
For some reason my eos kiss m has not been able to connect since my last obs upload.
The device part is in red.

I have already reinstalled and rebooted the eos device.

Is there any possible cause for this?

DeepLで翻訳しました (https://www.deepl.com/app/?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=share-translation)

[pseudo warren]

Hi there I uploaded the log file as instructed, to the chat twice but never heard anything back thereafter. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do next? 😀

I’m having issues streaming a pre recorded video. Some viewers can see it clearly. Some say it’s really glitchy. I’m wondering if this is a problem on my end. Perhaps I need to lower the specs?

[forest axle]

hmm, neither of your logs show any lag. if some viewers have lag and others don't, that may be an issue with the streaming service

[pseudo warren]

Thanks for getting back - they say they can view other creators streams very well, just not mine…

Also I forgot to mention the instructions say to end the stream after 30 seconds and then submit the log. However, I don’t know whether the lagging issue occurred within those 30 seconds… can I run it for the full hour and submit the log again?

[forest axle]

yeah, that would be fine. any time after you know the issue has occurred, you can stop and upload the log

[pseudo warren]

Can I ask a question before I try that, I settled on 720p, 30fps, sound rate of 280something, and bitrate of 3500. Do you think if I lowered these, the stream might be accessible to more people? I am wondering if the current specs are just too high for some people’s internet capacity… what would be your opinion ?

[winter glade]

any of you experienced using groups?

[forest axle]

that bitrate should be plenty low enough for your viewers. the main question is if your upload can handle it. from your logs, it appears it can, but a longer log might shed more light

it's pretty rare to have internet that can't handle watching a 3500 kbps stream

[forest axle]

generally it's best to go ahead and ask, and if someone is they can see it and answer!

[winter glade]

no one has used groups?

[forest axle]

sorry, i meant, if you have a specific question about groups or are having an issue with them, that's what you should ask about, rather than whether someone has used groups. chances are, someone reading has

[winter glade]

well I havent used them but I was wondering how they functioned. can you as a group mute or disable the elements as you do with single element sources

[forest axle]

you can hide them as a group. i'm not sure if you can mute them as a group

ah yeah, hiding them mutes them, so yes

[pseudo warren]

Thanks heaps - so I might have found where the issue is then will the file itself. So, it’s from IMovie. I saved it as a file as it gives the option of a resolution of 720p. However, I just checked and IMovie also has an option to share the video for ‘YouTube and Facebook’ instead… perhaps I need to choose this option. I’m not sure which one to select though as there are two options with the number 720 in them. They are: 720x405 or 1280x720. Which of those is the ‘basic level’ 720 that I would be looking for?

[forest axle]

if you want the video to be 720p, that usually means 1280x720. but, if the video is playing back smoothly in OBS, that's unlikely to be the issue

the video can be basically any bitrate if it's just being played back on your machine; in terms of streaming, the only bitrate that matters is the output bitrate in OBS

[pseudo warren]

So what should the output bitrate be on OBS then? And also the Base (canvas) Resolution? I had them both set to 1280x720 perhaps that’s too high?

[forest axle]

that should be fine

and 3500 kbps should be fine as well

i'd recommend getting a log from a longer session like you suggested before

[pseudo warren]

Sorry I meant, I had the Output Resolution and Base Resolution set to 1280x720

[forest axle]

yeah; that's just fine

[pseudo warren]

Will do thanks 🙏🏻

[whole loom]

hello

[fading hare]

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

[winter glade]

thats good yam. thats how I want to use them

[pseudo warren]

I actually found the log from the other day when it was messing up - in ‘show log files’. Can I upload that to you/how?

[forest axle]

yeah sure. if you have the file, you can just drag it onto the discord window and it will be uploaded

[pseudo warren]

so this is one of them - I hope this works ok

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-5250U @ 1.60GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 500 - Below minimum requirements

[pseudo warren]

and this is the other, as i tried twice that day

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)
• 0.5% Dropped Frames

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-5250U @ 1.60GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 500 - Below minimum requirements

[forest axle]

yeah, so you can see here, you really aren't lagging at all or dropping any frames

so, if your viewers are seeing issues, that's either on their end, or on the service's end

have you checked if the streaming service has any specific stream settings requirements?

[pseudo warren]

I’ll suss it out 😀

[whole loom]

hello

[neon lily]

Hello. Are you having an issue with OBS?

[brisk karma]

It appears that the newly implemented scene collection has proven to be effective, as there is no longer any lagging. Is it possible that deprecated settings within a scene collection could have become corrupted?

[forest axle]

if you've added all the same sources that were in your old scene collection, and now you aren't seeing any lag, yeah, i can't explain that

[sharp void]

Hi everyone how to add browsers by window capture in obs
I have a Mac and it’s shows null at google when I added windows capture in source

One more thing mamini m2 with 8 bgmi ram is capable to live stream 1080 p

[polar ruin]

I have no option to add ios camera in my video sources when I click the add device button. So frustrated

Can help me understand why and help to fix

hello

[stark bronze]

Hi i'm trying to fix this problem can someone help me please. Switching betwen apps give me this problem is there any way I can fix this ?

the first video is to show what I'm doing and the second is the registration of obs, as you can see when I go to chrome the registration in excel bugs

[forest axle]

hi. what version of macOS are you using?

[stark bronze]

Monterey 12.7.1

is a macbook air 2017 with intel Core i5

[forest axle]

hmm, unfortunately i don't think there's a good way around this issue on monterey. the only workaround is probably not to have the app in fullscreen

[forest axle]

what version of macOS and ios are you using? if you're on ios 16 and macOS 13 or above, you can add your iphone as a capture source without using any plugins like ios camera

[wicked oxide]

Can someone please help me fix my settings I’m trying to stream on kick it worked for 2 streams no issues now it won’t even start stream

[forest axle]

i think you're exceeding their max bitrate, and possibly their max accepted resolution

check their requirements, and then change the 'bitrate' under encoder settings to whatever that value is

i also think they require 720p but i don't know

[wicked oxide]

It reconnects then drops back down to zero

[fading hare]

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

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

[wicked oxide]

https://obsproject.com/logs/k33A6OOfdfhAllLF

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

you did not read the instructions. please make sure to follow all the steps

[ionic bloom]

I wondered if someone could give me some help troubleshooting some issues in OBS? First is that my OBS thinks I'm always recording, streaming, or having some sort of an output because a bunch of settings (i.e. recording tab in Output) is always greyed out, even when I launch. (I will say that I have to force quit almost every time I close OBS... which could be related). This is the case even when I don't have record buffer, virtual Camera, recording, or streaming going. And after doing some research on my own, I also don't have the other virtual camera listed under "Tools".

[fading hare]

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

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

[ionic bloom]

https://obsproject.com/logs/Sm3Yz1NnmXLP5TFo

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (7)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[ionic bloom]

Any thoughts from someonw who knows better than me what's going on? Nothing seems to be wrong, yet my settings are greyed out.

[forest axle]

one of your plugins has an output session running on startup

i'd look at either source-record or replay-source, both seem likely

[ionic bloom]

Ok, I can do that.... how do I do that?

😂🤦‍♂️

[forest axle]

😅 i don't have those plugins, so i'm not sure, you'll want to look around the menu bar for something related to them

if you don't need those plugins, you can also just uninstall them

[ionic bloom]

Ok, I'll try and come back and report what I find. Is there a way to uninstall or just delete a plugin to trial and error troubleshoot?

How would I do that?

And if it's not the culprit, could I just reinstall it once everything is working?

[forest axle]

you can find the plugins folder by going to the menu bar and selecting "file->show settings folder"

then inside the plugins folder

[ionic bloom]

👍

Ok, one of those two was the culprit, settings are no longer greyed out. I'll trial and error adding them back one by one.

Looks like Source Record is what's greying out all my settings. Anyone familiar with that plugin (should I ask this Q in the plugins-and-tools channel?) that could help me know what setting I'm using that is causing that to happen so I can still use the plugin?

[forest axle]

yeah, plugins and tools is probably a good place for that sort of question

[pseudo warren]

How can I stop my PS5 audio from crackling and stuttering?

[merry frigate]

obs

[fading hare]

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

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

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/1DH1q5BuYAxKdr7s

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-9880H @ 2.30GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5500M - OK!

[pseudo warren]

That didn't give me anything.....

[forest axle]

can you share a clip that contains an example of the affected audio?

[pseudo warren]

There's no PS5 audio in the clip it recorded. But OBS still picks up audio, but it's stuttering and crackling.

[forest axle]

right. can you share a clip of the audio?

can you make a recording, and share it? i need to hear it directly, not through a cell phone video

[pseudo warren]

It sounds fine here. But it sounds like shit through my Macbook's speakers.

And I used the Macbook's screen recording. Not OBS'.

Something is wrong with OBS.

[forest axle]

can you make a recording with OBS

and share it

[forest axle]

can you send another log?

!maclog

[fading hare]

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

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

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/8NejZa4aW8Ohbs95

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-9880H @ 2.30GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5500M - OK!

[forest axle]

how did you produce this recording with clear audio? with quicktime screen recording?

[pseudo warren]

I recorded it in OBS.

[forest axle]

i don't understand. so you've sent two clips recorded with OBS, one with fine audio and one with broken audio. in what circumstances is the audio clear, and in what circumstances is it broken?

[pseudo warren]

The first one was with Macbook's own Screen Recording getting the audio from the capture card.
The second one was in OBS.

[forest axle]

ok, that's what i was asking, thank you

this is an issue we're currently trying to gather more information about. unfortunately i don't have a workaround for you at the moment

[pseudo warren]

Great.

[forest axle]

it only seems to occur for some users in specific circumstances, and the cause hasn't been narrowed down

[pseudo warren]

It worked perfectly once. But then it went back to this... Quite annoying.

[forest axle]

@pseudo warren if you would like, you could add your configuration information to the github issue here: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/9901 along with the OBS clip you posted. it will help to have a public record of different circumstances where this is occurring, since it's still being figured out

[soft yacht]

Hi everyone! I've been sent from the #audio-support channel to here because the audio problem I am facing has probably something to do with my Mac. I'm running OBS on a Macbook Pro M1 and I use the Elgato HD60 X as my capture card. Everything works fine except the audio. I've already made a recording with audicity and there the audio works just fine but in OBS it's very distorted.

[molten grotto]

Sorry to ping, do you think @soft yacht might have the same issue you are referring to here?

[forest axle]

no worries

[forest axle]

could you send a log of the issue, and an example clip of the distorted audio?

[fading hare]

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

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

[forest axle]

ah sorry, i see you already did that in audio-support! makes sense

let me go look over there

@soft yacht it looks to me like you have the same issue some others have been reporting. it's being looked into, but the cause has not yet been determined =/

[soft yacht]

Ah too bad!

[soft yacht]

I don't know what happened, I didn't really change any settings but my audio is fixed!

[forest axle]

that's quite odd

if you have any idea what may have changed to fix it, that would be very good information :p

[soft yacht]

The only thing I did was download Streamlabs (oops) to see if it would work there and after transferring my settings it was fixed

[forest axle]

so you mean it works in streamlabs but still not OBS?

[soft yacht]

No because I closed streamlabs and it still works

[forest axle]

quite interesting

[soft yacht]

I also had an automatic update form Xcode but I doubt that has something to do with it

I can make another recording and log? Maybe you see some differences

[forest axle]

sure, that may be helpful

thank you

[soft yacht]

https://obsproject.com/logs/FedFDfXmTKC7J9cO

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

yeah that's super odd, i certainly don't notice anything different between your logs that should matter. nevertheless, useful to know that it can work under some circumstances. certainly explains more why more users aren't reporting it. hopefully it stays stable for you

[soft yacht]

I hope it stays stable as well! Thanks a lot for looking in to it!

[sage swan]

How do I remove plugins?

[forest axle]

if the issue happens to reoccur for you, can you tell us if the issue is heard when monitoring the audio source in OBS (right click->advanced audio properties, "monitor and output" for the source)? cc @pseudo warren if you are able to check this out as well

thanks for your help, you don't have to try to break it if it's working

[sage swan]

Anyone able to help with removing plugins?

[forest axle]

whoops missed this. in OBS, do file->show settings folder, then navigate to the plugins folder. they should be stored there

and from there you can remove them by removing them from that folder

[sage swan]

Thank you!

[urban jetty]

What file type should I output in to be able to edit in iMovie?

[neon lily]

Leave the file type as is, and do this…

[fading hare]

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

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

[wicked gorge]

Hey everyone. I'm getting into game streams again, and I have purchased an Elgato Cam Link 4k to stream and record content. The video connection from my Canon XA-40 camcorder works no problem. But i'm struggling to get the audio set up properly. I have a mac laptop - with a del monitor attached - and the cam link plugged into the dell monitor. I also have a Yeti Blue Mic. What i'm trying to achieve is to have my mic audio and computer audio outputted through my headphones, but I'm either not getting that, or my mic is having a delayed echo

[pseudo warren]

Just wanted to say thank you for your help - turns out the platform bans pre recorded videos (frustrating). This is what was causing the issue. Thank you again for your time 🙏🏻

[native forum]

Hi all, I have tried every single setting for streaming Zwift on OBS with my MacBook Pro 18 with intel I9 32gb ram and 4gb AMD Radeon dedicated card. No matter what setting I am using it still lags a lot, it got a little better when I dropped the video quality on Zwift to 720p but still pretty bad. The whole machine slows down so that even the trackpad lags.
I thought that a Mac with these specs would be able to handle Zwift and OBS at the same time.
Has anyone had the same issue and got it fixed?

[neon lily]

Can you send a screenshot of OBS Settings -> Output, please?

[neon lily]

Fairly sure you can't use the hardware encoders to stream on Intel Macs because they don't support CBR. What service are you streaming to?

[pseudo warren]

The only way to solve the problem I had, was to delete OBS and download Streamlabs instead.

[native forum]

YouTube. I sort of tried them all to be honest, I'll try again with a software encoder

[native forum]

I tried that and it was even worse

[neon lily]

Their issue was audio related, not performance

Could we see a log please?

[fading hare]

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

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

[native forum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/4wLlw0vWAAhK7BlE

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 34.0% Rendering Lag

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Non-Standard Framerate
• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[boreal raven]

Hello Everyone. Had a query related to recording with OBS on a latest Macbook Pro with M3 Max. I was recording 1440p60fps gameplay footage from PS5 with H265 and am seeing occasional lag and specifically one frame drop immediately followed by one frame duplication which the eye perceives as stutter. Had to import the recording to Avidemux to figure that out. Has anyone come across such micro stutters on Macbooks with Pro/Max apple silicons ? I am away from my laptop to share any further details right now but wanted to know if anyone come across any such odd things ..

[native forum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/4wLlw0vWAAhK7BlE

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 34.0% Rendering Lag

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Non-Standard Framerate
• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[native forum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/4wLlw0vWAAhK7BlE

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 34.0% Rendering Lag

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Non-Standard Framerate
• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[native forum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/TpwuCMEqeVNfslAG

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i9-8950HK @ 2.90GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[native forum]

I managed to do a couple of changes so that I don't get the crical errors and warnings anymore, however it's still lagging.

[boreal raven]

@native forum How is the stream looking like post the changes ? Interesting to see the rendering lag go away. Wondering if its the network congestion thats changing the bitrate dynamically .. making the stream worse.

Any chance you turned on .. Advanced => Network => Dynamically change bitrate to manage congestion

I am new here and may not be that much of an expert, but just wanted to help

[native forum]

The stream is the same as the video on OBS, just keeps lagging, is not fluid

[boreal raven]

also have you tried disabling the preview to stream and see if that made any difference ?

Also when you made the changes, you selected 60fps to be the framerate, can you try 30 first .. and see if its helping anyway

[lilac topaz]

I need help, I have an apple mac M1 and everything was working normally and since I switched to the new version of OBS 30.0... everything started to behave strangely, I recently checked for errors and everything was ok but in reality it wasn't for about 20 every few minutes it disconnects from the stream it does all kinds of crashes... when I turn off obs it throws an error when I turn it on it wants either normal or safe mode... now it started doing it I select a stream and let it broadcast and it crashes instead of broadcasting.. I restart it and it works and after about 20 minutes the stream drops, what about that.. I tried to go back to the old version and it does it too... can you help me? when I had version 28 before, the stream ran for x hours just fine, I never had any outages, neither program nor stream, I was supposed to start a podcast online in 2 hours and unfortunately I had to cancel it for these reasons, an unfortunate solution but unfortunately better than being an amateur. https://obsproject.com/logs/5yXuRls335gOOs7x

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (7)

Hardware Check

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

[fading hare]

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

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

[forest axle]

usually this is due to the capture card. if you'd like, you can test the new capture card PR, which may have improved frame pacing: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/9344

[boreal raven]

Thank you very much @yam for your reply. Will go through the PR and get back if I have any further doubts, especially how to test it etc ..

[boreal raven]

Quick question. Do i need to build the code myself before i test this PR ? or is there any chance that the PR specific build has already run producing the artifacts which i can readily test it on my Macbook ?

[forest axle]

there are artifacts there. you'll want to go to "checks" along the top bar, then under "artifacts", download the arm64 one

hmm, also, after downloading, you'll need to ad hoc sign it or you may not be able to output

do you have some facility with the command line?

[boreal raven]

ya, i am on a mac and knew the shell very well.

[forest axle]

ok cool, you just want to ad-hoc sign it then with codesign --force --deep -s - /path/to/this/OBS.app

[boreal raven]

do i also need to log into the github to be able to see artifacts by any chance ?

I only see this on my browser as of now.

[forest axle]

weird, maybe you do need to be logged in

i can just link you the build directly

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/suites/19225498834/artifacts/1127905034

[boreal raven]

Was able to see the artifacts post logging in. 👍

[boreal raven]

@forest axle I was able to test the build and i could still see stutters every now and then. But the analysis pane tells me that the third party plugin "mac-avcapture-legacy" is installed. The question is, has the OBS used the updated mac-avcapture module/plugin ? The latest stable build output at 1440p seemed more stable compared to this build for sure. As it only happens with in 3 frames if its frame drop/duplication (like i said, one frame drop, next 2 frames are same like they are duplicates of each other). Lag used to appear once in a while but the jerky motion is very less. This test build has that plenty. 😆
https://obsproject.com/logs/4OQoEkM8VOXGNBy7

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Custom OBS Build (30.0.0-rc1-182-g116d598b7)
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M3 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M3 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

you should delete and recreate your source. by default when you install that PR, it will keep the old source type. you have to make a new "video capture device" source (or, "capture card source", which is specifically designed to address this issue as well as latency). the old source in this build is found under "deprecated"

[boreal raven]

Ya, for the sake of keeping things clean, i have removed older OBS and its files under Library .. the obs-studio folder, created new using "video capture device" and tested this

[forest axle]

i see

definitely try the capture card device source as well and see if that alleviates anything

[boreal raven]

let me check and get back

[west cypress]

@shrewd canyon not seeing the dropped frames. Looking at your logs, they both have the same reported frame lag..

16:53:46.047: Output 'adv_ffmpeg_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 28 (0.4%)

16:49:50.734: Output 'adv_ffmpeg_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 19 (0.4%)

I tried BG3, window vs display, default settings except rescale to 720p and 60FPS

[forest axle]

the frames dropped there are not dropped in OBS, they're dropped in the output

[west cypress]

yeah, im looking at the generated recordings

you see this issue?

[forest axle]

yeah i was looking at it

[west cypress]

you locally reproduced it? not in the shared video itself

[forest axle]

if i proceeded frame by frame in their two recordings, the recording produced with window capture had vastly more duplicated frames

no, i'm still not on 14.2 :p

[west cypress]

yeah I can see it in their recordings

just not in my own attempt to recreate the problem 🙂

[forest axle]

hmm

on 14.2 or 14.3?

but yeah in any case OBS won't report anything about duplicated frames from SCK, i don't think

or rather using an older frame from SCK

[west cypress]

14.2.1

[forest axle]

there's the separate issue with roblox and minecraft producing large amounts of rendering lag with window capture in 14.2

perhaps this is something else minecraft-specific

[west cypress]

I did not use minecraft, so it could be app specific yes

[forest axle]

that one is super weird. i forget if those users filed feedbacks. but given that behavior it wouldn't really surprise me if this was some other weird minecraft thing

[west cypress]

yeah, ill give it a shot with minecraft and see if that makes it happen

[native forum]

No I haven't tried it yet, but ideally I would want to have it on. I did change it to 30 FPS and was pretty much the same.

[versed raptor]

I have a windows PC setup but considering getting a Mac Mini to handle the stream what are your thoughts? 99% of the time I’m playing Call Of Duty Warzone Can a 2012+ mac mini handle it or do I need a M1 or newer? Is OBS stable on Mac OS? Any reason I should stay away from it and just stick with a traditional windows based dual PC setup?

Thanks!!!!!

[forest axle]

if you mean outputting your PC feed to a mac mini and letting it stream, it's certainly possible. you won't want any mac mini pre-apple silicon though. it should be at least m1. those can definitely handle 1080p60 streaming and recording comfortably

[versed raptor]

@forest axle yes I like the simplicity of having a Mac mini vs a whole other PC taking up space but want to make sure OBS is stable on Mac OS and if others use the Mac mini for a streaming PC with good results

Thanks for the reply 🙂

[forest axle]

yeah, lots of people use it and are happy with it and OBS is generally regarded as quite stable on macOS

no less stable than OBS on other platforms

[lilac topaz]

can i ask for help I don't know how and where to look. I'm a normal Windows user and I don't know how to do this. When I click on the finder, I don't see anything like that there
In the Finder, click the Go menu
Select Go to Folder and enter ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

[boreal raven]

@forest axle I have used the Capture Card Device as you have suggested and by far this has been the impressive one .. I have recorded the game at 1440p60fps for ~35 mins and only 3 or 4 times the lag appeared in the recording. When the lag appears, usually it stays for sometime and auto corrects itself .. the first time it occurred is at 6 min marker and stayed around 2 mins and then the video played smooth for some time etc .. when it auto corrects, the game looks pretty perfect .. at least to my eyes. The game i am playing is God of War: Ragnarok, especially the scenes with heavy combat as well as cut scenes and walking around.

Usually if i slow pan 360 degrees in an open area with lighting the lag will be clear, i have not checked it out yet, its almost midnight here, so i will be further testing this build when i have time and report back. 😉 Thank you for taking time to respond to the query. Highly appreciate it. 🙂

[forest axle]

this isn't an obs crash log

[forest axle]

the menu bar is at the top of the screen, and that's where "go" is located

!macmenubar

[fading hare]

On macOS, the menu bar is located at the top of the screen, not the OBS Studio window. If you are in full screen mode and cannot see the menu bar, move your cursor to the top of the screen.

[forest axle]

sure thing, glad there's noticeable improvement

feel free to leave feedback on the PR itself as well

[lilac topaz]

@fading hare

In the Finder, click on the Go menu and I don't have the rest there...
Select Go to Folder and enter ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

[forest axle]

that's not the go menu. i think "go" is the fourth one

[lilac topaz]

I guess I have it, I was already looking for the original document, what next, which document from it?

[forest axle]

that's weird, there should be a crash there. are you able to trigger the crash, and then when you see this screen, can you click the report (ohlásit) button and then paste all the text from the report in here?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/636682784156549152/1194296250095386686/414520921_942923340680214_1525051685125324271_n.png?ex=65afd60e&is=659d610e&hm=1ab271eef83f3a42cbbab9efeb165ba5fd16e6ac672d5d841677503dbcc8d009&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=802&height=954

[lilac topaz]

@fading hare this will probably be it

[forest axle]

that is it, thanks

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle That's not a problem, just turn off the obs and turn it off and I have it right away

it is from this

[forest axle]

so, one of your browser sources is causing a crash

which one, i'm not sure

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle As a browser, what am I missing? like chrome? or in obs? in the dock or in the source?

[forest axle]

are you streaming on youtube? do you have the youtube live control panel dock?

[lilac topaz]

Yes, I have it, it's part of obs, it's not my accessory. but now i deleted the plugins and this started happening. it was also one add-on that worked with the browser

[forest axle]

that's not too important

the issue is the youtube dock

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/9929

if you hide or remove that youtube dock, your problems should all go away

[lilac topaz]

ok so just turn it off?

[forest axle]

yep

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle I think it's ok, it doesn't work like that, today I'll read what you sent me and upload the things I deleted and try it tomorrow, if it doesn't work, I'll get back to you...

[forest axle]

sure thing. as long as that youtube live control dock isn't there, you shouldnt see any issues

[shrewd canyon]

Idk what to tell u bro. Idc what the logs say its dropping many frames with window capture

I can see it

[keen inlet]

Hello, I am helping a friend setup streaming stufff. She is on an imac desktop using a capture card with PS5. We got everything working great except she can not hear her desktop audio through her headset (alerts from twitch such as bits or donations, music, ect) The stream can hear it all though..which is good. We have set monitoring device to headset. We have also went into advanced properties and set that to monitor and output. It still won't work. Note: she does use a splitter for audio since she's doing ps5 and capture card. Can anyone help us so she can hear her alerts? I am a windows pc user so I’ve been struggling with her iMac but I’ve finally got everything but this working. I am logged into her pc remotely doing this for her. Thx.

[west cypress]

they show 0.4% for both capture types

[west cypress]

Oh, I can see it in the video Yam mentioned, no question

[shrewd canyon]

Yeah. I think it’s just something with Apple or I’m being dumb somehow

[forest axle]

the issue is the logs don't record this type of lag

[west cypress]

do you see the issue in a different game?

like just record your browser playing a video or something? not even a game

[shrewd canyon]

I’ll check I don’t have time rn

[west cypress]

sure no rush

[forest axle]

"rendering lag" in OBS means that OBS couldn't render a frame in time because it had to do too much to composite, do effects, etc. it's totally independent from whether the frame from SCK is identical to the one it used last frame

you could make the number of duplicate frames from SCK appear in the log, but there's also perfectly good reasons for duplicate frames like static scenes, etc, so it's hard to imagine it being of much value

[chilly sandal]

Does anyone know how to get the h6 recorder (or any version of it) to show up as an audio input device to be used with obs on Mac?

My setup is: Shotgun Mic > H6 recorder > USB Hub > Macbook

I connect the H6 recorder to my USB hub using a dcv to usb adapter. Then the hub connects to my Macbook.

[edgy ingot]

Hi guys, I am banging my head against a wall with OB today. I have used it for years and not had any isues but today the OBS camera will not show in Zoom or Google meet. Can anyone help please?

I have just updated Zoom and OBS and no change

Permissions are all set ok I think

[plucky zenith]

!win10cam
well, first thing first, make sure they are

[fading hare]

Windows has privacy settings for microphones and video capture devices (primarily webcams and capture cards), which may block them from being used in OBS. If you are having issues capturing them, follow these steps to check that OBS is allowed to access them.

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Go to Privacy -> Camera for capture cards and webcams, and turn "Allow apps to access your camera" on.
3. Go to Privacy -> Microphones, and turn "Allow apps to access your microphone" on.

[edgy ingot]

this is for a mac

[plucky zenith]

my apologies am a dumbass, thought I was in windows support

[edgy ingot]

lol

[plucky zenith]

!macpermissions
I think this below should also allow you to check for perms for google meet or zoom

[fading hare]

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

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

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

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[plucky zenith]

(as in, doing the same in google meet/zoom instead of obs)

[edgy ingot]

thanks mate but that didnt owrk either

[plucky zenith]

ok, does the virtual cam appear in this site : https://webcamtests.com/

[edgy ingot]

hmmm it shows may cm but not sure if it is the obs one

[plucky zenith]

well, test it and check whether it displays the obs preview

[edgy ingot]

ok so it just shows my logitec cam and not the obs

[fading hare]

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

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

[edgy ingot]

https://obsproject.com/logs/XO32ydDUoywLB7nY

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Insufficient Hardware
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz - Possible bottleneck / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon Pro 555X OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[plucky zenith]

personally unsure here, sorry, but the more mac-savvy people in here might be

[edgy ingot]

ok no worries

it was all fine until today. I only updated the software when I realised I had the issue thinking it would be a fix but no change

[boreal raven]

Permissions seems to be granted. But i do see initialization errors on the log.

11:31:26.948: Phone: Could not initialize device with unique ID '00008120-001145EE1E68C01E'
11:31:27.881: Ipad: Could not initialize device with unique ID '0726fbd90687552afa286fc6fb34b6590caa52b8'
11:31:28.324: Ipad: Device with unique ID '0726fbd90687552afa286fc6fb34b6590caa52b8' connected, resuming capture

I am new around here and no expert but just checking to see if i can help

[plucky zenith]

that shouldn't affect the virtual cam, that's just that their phone (which they use as a camera in obs) wasn't connected

[boreal raven]

Got it @plucky zenith

[edgy ingot]

sorry just read this

yeah it may have picked up an iPad which I use to show through OBS

They both show fine in OBS though so its all to do with the virtual cam not being shared externaly from OBS

[hearty oxide]

When I go to start OBS, I get the message "OBS did not shut down properly during your last session. Would you like to start in Safe Mode (third-party plugins, scripting, and WebSockets disabled)?" Then it gives me two options: "Run in Safe Mode" or "Run normally". Earlier, I could get it to start with either option. Now, I cannot get it to start at all. I have gone onto the forum page's for both Windows and Mac (I have a macbook pro). Windows has a solution, which is to write a script (which I have no experience with). Macbook has no solution (the person who asked the question never uploaded a log, so no solution was given). I believe a secondary problem has come from this too: When I could get it started, it would not record, due to "low disc space." I had the record path set to a 1TB hardrive that had 994GB available, so I don't think I actually have low disc space.

[exotic patrol]

Is there anything I could do for my Microphone

Because my Microphone is hearing almost everything it can even hear me typing on my keyboard

[forest axle]

the old OBS virtual camera does not work with macOS 14. you'll need to use OBS 30+ if you want to use the virtual camera with macOS 14

[forest axle]

to fix the first issue, you need to temporarily revoke OBS's screen capture permissions, remove your macOS screen capture sources, then re-grant the permission. here are some steps:

1. open system settings, go to privacy and security, then screen recording. either toggle OBS off, or remove it from the list
2. restart OBS
3. go through your scenes and remove macOS screen capture scenes
4. in system settings, give OBS the permission again
5. restart OBS, and add macOS screen capture scenes that you want once more

as to the second issue, is the drive a network drive? there is a known issue with network drives in OBS 30.0.2, and you will need to downgrade to 30.0.0 for the moment if so

[lilac topaz]

@forest axleSo I'm back again. I wanted to start testing as I wrote yesterday and I finished before I started. I had a new stream created and I set a name etc.. private and I put the button to schedule and select the broadcast in the morning it crashes and pops up the table with sending apple and then when I start again it offers me to start normal or in safe mode and the whole thing repeats itself... I send the data as soon as it was ready to be sent

[hearty oxide]

Worked like a charm! OBS is functioning normally again, except the hardrive issue. My hardrive is not a network drive, so I'm not sure about where to go from there

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle So I won't try anything... if you want some more report data... I'll provide it

[forest axle]

let's see a log

!maclog

[fading hare]

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

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

[forest axle]

do you have a specific way to reproduce this consistently? i.e. is it when you hit a particular button or something?

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle At the moment I just turned on the obs, I wanted to start a test stream on Youtube, so I just put the button to manage the broadcast. it switches me to the table where I set the broadcast ..name, description, public non-public broadcast and then after setting this I just put the button to schedule and select the broadcast so that I can stream and nothing else when I press the button it falls

[forest axle]

can you take a screenshot of the manage broadcast window?

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle Here it is

[hearty oxide]

https://obsproject.com/logs/HlUM2nTtGBJf8XN6

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.0 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

for the moment, you will need to just not configure your broadcast from within OBS. you'll need to use the youtube studio page in your browser

[forest axle]

how is your drive connected? and do you know how it's formatted (APFS, etc)?

[hearty oxide]

Plugged in with USBC... ExFAT

[forest axle]

have you written to this drive with OBS before?

[hearty oxide]

No, never. To date, I have used it exclusively to record videos from ATEM Blackmagic.

[forest axle]

hmm. macOS should be able to write to exfat without issue, so OBS not being able to is odd

are you able to write to it normally in other applications?

[hearty oxide]

After I fixed the first problem (with screen recording), yes. So, it's not a BIG deal anymore... but I would still like to use the hard drive.

[forest axle]

you may just need to format it. iirc macOS might be particular about block size with exfat?

stepping out but i'll be back in a bit

[lilac topaz]

@forest axle Ok, I will do it and turn on the test stream and hope that it doesn't crash from this version I'm really bad.. it crashes like crazy.. it's calmed down on windows but I had similar problems there but it's a really hard version for me . I hope that a patch will come soon.. because it doesn't work.. and when I go back to the old version, they do it too. How did everything not work.... I would like to use windows for the podcast, but I have it in another room and I use a mac even on the go with podcasts... That's why I need to have it stable on the mac... it was mainly the problem with windows. live when he went away, it goes to mac so.live wasn't even there....

[formal condor]

Is obs a video editing app

[fading hare]

Editor functionality is not something that is currently in scope for OBS Studio development at this time. Our main development focus for OBS Studio right now is streaming and recording features.

We're happy to leave editing for other, more specialized software to handle. For a list of recommended post-production software, including video editors, see our list of Post Production Tools

[forest axle]

can you tell me when specifically OBS crashes when you are using the youtube manage broadcast window?

[forest axle]

also, can you see if the issue occurs if you restart OBS via Help->Restart in Safe Mode?

[boreal raven]

@forest axle Added the findings on the MR https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/pull/9344

Is there any formal process to be able to test somethings for you guys ?

[forest axle]

nope, no formal process, contributing feedback on PRs is just fine, thank you! good to have testing and public feedback from users so things are merged with more context

a side note, you tagged a random yam on github who is not me :p my github username is entirely different

but no need to tag me either :p

[boreal raven]

Got it. Thanks @forest axle

Also how can i know the timeline for actually merging these changes to master so that they go into which upcoming stable build ?

Not necessarily the contents of this PR, i am asking about any PR in general

[warped mica]

it depends™️

can be hours, can be years

Really no way to say in general

[forest axle]

generally PRs that are set for a release will have a github 'milestone' attached to them. that one doesn't yet. i'm hopeful it makes it into the next release but that's just me :p

[warped mica]

the milestone says pretty little tbh

[forest axle]

yeah i guess it's pretty inconsistent

but user feedback does play a role too in any case

[boreal raven]

understood.

[boreal raven]

I totally understand.

[pseudo warren]

Hello, I would like to use the option 'application audio capture (beta)' but it doesn't appear on my OBS app - is there a way I could get that option?
I am trying to configure a good balance between my speaking voice and spotify music.

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 30+ running on macOS 13 (Ventura) and later can capture desktop and app audio using the macOS Audio Capture source.

For previous versions of macOS and/or OBS Studio, see the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide.

[desert tangle]

im really conufsed because the +/add sources button has just dissapeared, ive tried dleteing and re downloading obs, and restrating my mac but nothing works and theres no tutorials

[lilac topaz]

it falls exactly the moment I press that button
then a table should pop up saying it is planned and ready but nothing suddenly disappears the whole obs and there is no...

[plucky zenith]

can you show a screenshot of obs?

[desert tangle]

okay bare with

[fading hare]

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

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

[desert tangle]

theres the full ss

[desert tangle]

right okay ty

[desert tangle]

nvm 😭 i cant find the log files option

[desert tangle]

tyty

https://obsproject.com/logs/gFwrs3GQuQAUbiev

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.4 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

can you see if the issue occurs after restarting in safe mode? with help->restart in safe mode

in the menu bar

[desert tangle]

wait so you want me to record smth? sorry im shattered and dont get much rn, i havent streamed for like one and a half weeks mainly because i want to be able to re decorate my stream bu cant bcz of the sources

[plucky zenith]

no, don't worry about that

do what yam suggested

[fading hare]

In case a plugin is causing issues, try opening OBS Studio in Safe Mode. This mode prevents plugins and the built-in WebSockets server from loading which can help you identify whether a plugin is causing issues for your setup.

1. Click on the Help menu → Restart in Safe Mode
2. When you are finished with safe mode, click on the Help menu → Restart in Normal Mode

[desert tangle]

tyty on it

[desert tangle]

yeah its still hapenning

[plucky zenith]

maybe stupid question, but how many screens do you have?

[desert tangle]

wdym 😭

[plucky zenith]

do you have more than one screen connected to the computer

[desert tangle]

nope!

[lilac topaz]

Yes I did and it didn't fall off I tried it 2x so far

[plucky zenith]

ok, then sorry, no idea

[desert tangle]

its fine

[forest axle]

by didn't fall off, what do you mean? does that mean it still crashes or it doesn't crash

[lilac topaz]

no crash but now it didn't work even in normal mode.... I'll try again and let you know the report tomorrow

[iron mica]

Hello, can someone help me, my obs hasn't been working for 3 days https://obsproject.com/logs/nJzimzIRZDXWoTjc

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (9)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[neon lily]

What do you mean by "not working"?

If you can send a log, that sounds like "working" to me

[iron mica]

ok, it doesn't work properly, no matter what I do it's always overloaded, even at start

I've already seen obs with 100 GB overload

[fading hare]

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

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

[astral orchid]

Hello all, im currently on a macbook pro m1 and since the update my resolution is fucked up... i cant remember my settings i had before the update... lol can anyone help me with the best settings for a macbook pro m1. Before the update i had 2 screens that where aligned and good to see, now its fucked up and look like this haha, can anyone help me please 🙂

[neon lily]

You need to resize your source, then click one of the transition buttons in the middle of the screen

[astral orchid]

I changed it and now it looks like this, i changed to 1920x1080 but the right screen output still isnt as it used to be, it used to bethe same size as the left one 🙂

i need the output to be as big as the left one so i dont need to cut it when editing 🙂 if thats possible ofc 😮

[neon lily]

Could you exit Studio Mode and see what it looks like, please?

Click on the Studioläge button

[astral orchid]

ok

[neon lily]

Okay, now resize it there

[astral orchid]

its liek to much black on the sides 😮

ok

hmmm how do i rezise it? there is no option for that

[neon lily]

What do you mean? You click on it, there should be a red rectangle around it

Oh, I see

You've locked the source in the Sources list

Unclick the lock

[astral orchid]

oh

omg, thanks, you are a life saver 🙂

[neon lily]

No problem :)

You can probably make it fit even better if you crop out the titlebar

[iron mica]

https://obsproject.com/logs/0XazQy13QLKpVTCL

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (9)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[edgy ingot]

Legend! that worked ! I just thought that the last update I did yesterday would have been the lastest one! problm fixed thank you

[iron mica]

Hey guys, does anyone know where the problem is, no matter what I do, support obs, this happened because I deleted a filter. https://clips.twitch.tv/HumbleTangiblePelicanCharlieBitMe-_Si_f5U22C6sPrJT

[lilac topaz]

I have a question, I have two monitors on my Mac, respectively I have a Macbook that has a display and then a TV connected via HDMI. I would like to project an image from the obs on the TV. I am talking about a mixed image and scenes from the obs... I do it by pressing 2 mouse buttons on the obs screen, then I click on the full-screen projector and select the second monitor. which works fine but it happens to me that it randomly turns off.. and I have to turn it back on.. sometimes after a minute sometimes after an hour. it does this to me across all versions.. does anyone have experience with it, how to fix it so that it runs all the time? from when i turn it on until i turn it off?or are you using something else for it? it turns off randomly whether i'm doing something on the mac or i just turn it on and walk away...

[neon lily]

Hard to tell what’s going on, your log is full of StreamElements spam. Are you using StreamElements OBS or just using their browser source overlays?

And lots of issues with third party plugins, particularly StreamFX, not loading properly

[neon lily]

Have you tried using a windowed projector and making it full screen on the TV?

[lilac topaz]

I think I tried it but now I don't know the result now I'm testing it so I'll do a test.

[iron mica]

​

timer chat and overlay, but everything has been going well for the last 6-12 months. it's been like this for 3 days

[lilac topaz]

then it didn't turn off, but it always seems to turn off and it flashes... but it catches again. so it works for now...

[quasi zenith]

Every time i close OBS - this appears

mmm.... help?

[forest axle]

are you using the youtube live control panel dock?

[forest axle]

this looks like you have a significant memory leak, probably from a plugin

@iron mica can you do the following?

1. restart OBS
2. start a stream or recording *for long enough that you reproduce the issue*
3. in OBS, from the menu bar, select Help->Show Log Files
4. stop your stream or recording and quit OBS
5. after OBS is closed, upload the most recent file in the log folder

[forest axle]

that's not what i was asking for, but if you need help with OBS crashing we can also do that. is there a consistent way to reproduce that crash?

[iron mica]

I can't start obs

[forest axle]

what happens when you try to start it? is it unresponsive with a beachball? or does it crash with the above?

[iron mica]

The crashing message comes immediately

[forest axle]

do you see a prompt to restart in safe mode?

[iron mica]

ok, if that could come from a plugin, it can only come from multi stream

[iron mica]

ok

[forest axle]

uh, is that a yes or no

[iron mica]

it loads, obs is mega slow

https://obsproject.com/logs/wAwdrCZSxBBVEYO9

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Safe Mode Enabled

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

can you do this?

1. in OBS, from the menu bar, select Help->Show Log Files
2. stop your stream or recording and quit OBS
3. after OBS is closed, upload the most recent file in the log folder

[iron mica]

Which date? install new OBS?

[forest axle]

the most recent date

[iron mica]

already done 50 times today

Wait, I'll do it again

[forest axle]

i need a log from after you quit OBS

because that might show what is leaking memory

[iron mica]

https://obsproject.com/logs/VhKLEEspksJxL0mm

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Safe Mode Enabled

ℹ️ Info

• 0.1% Encoder Overload

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

you need to *quit OBS* before you upload the log

[iron mica]

https://obsproject.com/logs/OZG0KvB7tYL2ngh1

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (9)
• No Scenes/Sources

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[iron mica]

correct?

[forest axle]

no

look

can you do help->show log files in OBS

and then just drag all of those files into here

there will be like 5-10 of them

[iron mica]

​

I think I know now

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (9)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (9)
• No Scenes/Sources

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Safe Mode Enabled

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[iron mica]

@forest axle all 10 log files

[forest axle]

thank you. i'll take a look through them in a bit

[iron mica]

I thank you

[iron mica]

@forest axle I'm going shopping for a bit, I'll be back in an hour

[forest axle]

one of your browser sources is using an immense amount of memory. there is not an easy way to tell which one it is, so you will need to go through and remove them to see which one is causing the issue

[desert tangle]

BTWWW if anyone else has had the add sources button disspear and has fixed it, please let me know how 😭

[plucky zenith]

pop a log again, just in case there's smth I missed?

[desert tangle]

okay on ittt

https://obsproject.com/logs/JUa1gL8M2YF7rAXY

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Safe Mode Enabled

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.4 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[plucky zenith]

<@&715347355565817879> one slipped by

[desert tangle]

its either a new issue or im just missng something and i need to click something to getit baack

[plucky zenith]

you tried reverting versions yet?

[desert tangle]

wdym??

like changing from safe mode to normal mode? if so yes, i started on normal mode

[plucky zenith]

try installing this version of obs, and check if it still happens :
https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/29.1.3

[desert tangle]

okay ty!

which one should i download?

[plucky zenith]

if I'm not mistaken, the macos-x86_64 one

[desert tangle]

tyty

[weary knoll]

Hi all,

I have a dual computer setup, M1 mac mini 16gb (stream machine) and a PC. I use a HD60X capture card. OBS barely uses 10% of CPU usage when streaming or recording and the stats show around 0.1% Frames Missed/Skipped Frames. My average time to render frame however is around 10ms to 12ms. Yet my streams seem choppy and not a smooth 60fps. Any idea what could be going on? I am on the latest version OBS and my mac is plugged into a 4k monitor, not sure if that makes a difference . I’ve tried digging around on forums etc but couldn’t find a fix. Any input is appreciated.

These are my current settings

[fading hare]

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

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

[desert tangle]

the issue is still here, i really dont want to have to move platforms tbh

[forest axle]

your issue is that the + button to add sources has literally just disappeared?

can you take a screenshot?

[desert tangle]

yes, and ofc

[plucky zenith]

it's the whole toolbar at the bottom of the sources and scenes docks

[forest axle]

does view->reset UI have any effect?

[desert tangle]

i swear if i just havent noticed it this whole time 😭

[desert tangle]

ill check

OMG, ITS FIXED

your actually a lifesaver

thank you so so much

[forest axle]

you can go back to the latest version as well

sure thing

must've been something weird with that theme you were using

[desert tangle]

yeah probably

[plucky zenith]

ty yam, should probs have thought of that 🤦

[forest axle]

qt fun

[pale stream]

Has anyone else experienced a bouncing black line at the top of their videos when recorded through OBS I used to scale the video to 101% in post and now that is no longer covering the bouncing line

[weary knoll]

I’ll send it over asap

[weary knoll]

https://obsproject.com/logs/sUC8BPuYOjzwTpAS

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

you aren't losing a meaningful amount of frames to lag. can you send an example clip of the choppiness you're seeing?

[weary knoll]

Sure will do right now

(also what's the YUV color range warning?)

[neon lily]

Click on the Solutions button for info about it

[weary knoll]

Will do, thanks.

[weary knoll]

This was streamed. The game's running at 90fps on the pc. @forest axle

Not sure if it's really that visible in this short clip. But when I go up the stairs it doesn't seem like 60fps to me. I could try to find a better one if needed.

[neon lily]

That looks smooth to me

[weary knoll]

Ok, well maybe it's just me then. I'll try looking for a more noticeable clip. Thanks for your time either way!

[boreal raven]

The snippet has frame duplication

[boreal raven]

The duplication is probably due to frame drop while the last frame present in the video queue/buffer is repeated ?

I have tried most recent stable version along with a bunch of other older versions as well but none has recorded from HD60X (Macbook with M3 Max combo) clean.

@forest axle is there any chance that OBS works seamlessly for some macbooks with apple silicon but not for some other ?

Many youtube videos with Elgato HD60X + OBS combination along with Macbook Pro with M1/M2 vouched that things are working seamlessly .. which made me wonder if anything is amiss with M3 lineup recently released

[forest axle]

definitely noticeable here, the effective framerate is closer to 30. can you show your capture card's source properties in OBS?

and are you sure your PC is actually outputting to the HD60x at 60fps?

as a side note, you generally won't want to play at 90fps and stream at 60fps, because that leads to pretty bad issues with frame pacing, where your card will effectively miss every 3rd frame

but that's unrelated to your issue here, where you're seeing basically every other frame duplicated

[forest axle]

if there is, we haven't seen any real evidence along those lines yet

[weary knoll]

Where should I look to verify that?

[forest axle]

this looks fine

[forest axle]

i'm inexperienced with capture devices on windows, so i'm not sure, sorry =/

[weary knoll]

Good to know! Thanks for that info.

[boreal raven]

Its too late tonight for me to test and provide evidence. i will circle back to give you the recordings with latest stable version so that you can have a record of it

[weary knoll]

What fps lock would you recommend?

[weary knoll]

That's ok! I'll have a look around.

[forest axle]

ideally, your framerates should be same, so game capped to 60, stream at 60. short of that, they could be multiples of one another, so game at 120, stream at 60

honestly, most people can just uncap their fps and achieve a relatively smooth stream regardless. but capped at 90fps is basically the least ideal, since if it's a stable 90fps, it basically guarantees the card will miss every 3rd frame and the stream will look weird

[weary knoll]

I see 👍 . I'm pretty new to all that, this is very helpful.

Anything I should be looking into in order to correct the frame duplication issue?

[boreal raven]

Also are there any tools you are using to learn the effective frame rate here ?

[tough ingot]

So is it normal for when OBS restarts on mac that game audio automatically goes awful?

[neon lily]

No.

[tough ingot]

well it is for me and i cant fix it

[neon lily]

How are you capturing audio in OBS? Something like Blackhole?

[tough ingot]

im using a hd60 x

to my PS5

[neon lily]

So to be clear, where is the audio being weird? On your TV?

[forest axle]

if you can tell your windows PC is outputting at 60 fps, and your OBS source is set to input from the card at 60fps, and you're still seeing captures that look like the above, i would not be sure what the issue is. most likely still something on the windows end

[tough ingot]

weird on my mac, when monitoring and output, and when I record or stream. tv audio is great

[forest axle]

i don't have a tool for this, my understanding is it's somewhat nontrivial for programs to measure. i just go frame by frame in a media player that does so well

[forest axle]

can you provide a sample of the messed up audio?

[tough ingot]

how so? like a video record?

[forest axle]

sure, a short recording would be fine

while you're at it, a full clean log would be good

!maccleanlog

[fading hare]

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

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

[tough ingot]

https://obsproject.com/logs/GnLB0yxpsIxF2Fyr

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[tough ingot]

i have other samples from game play but this is most recent

[forest axle]

thanks. this is an issue that's being actively looked into. we haven't narrowed down a cause yet unfortunately. you said it happens when you restart OBS? does that mean it doesn't happen the first time you launch OBS? do you know under what conditions it occurs for you, and when it doesn't?

and also, you said that it occurs when monitoring the source as well as in the output?

[tough ingot]

so my very first time i added everything in it sounded great, i restarted today to test everything and it sounded like this

yes I have it set to monitor and output through my headphones connected to my mac so i can hear if its still a problem, but its in recordings and on stream as well

[forest axle]

ok, so it occurs in monitoring

[tough ingot]

yes

[forest axle]

i also don't suspect that this is the issue, but could you confirm something? can you go to the menu bar to the green or purple capture indicator, find your HD60X audio input, and toggle on and off "voice isolation" to see if that has any effect on the issue?

[tough ingot]

nope that made it worse and more staticy

[forest axle]

ok

the team has been trying to reproduce this to figure out what's going on, but i don't think they've been able to quite yet. it seems to only occur for some users =/

[tough ingot]

dang i just got all this cool stuff to start streaming too wahhh, I guess I will wait for an update

[forest axle]

yeah, stay tuned. you should still be able to record audio with other programs, and apparently streamlabs does not suffer from this issue, if you're willing to use that to stream it's definitely an option

[tough ingot]

i'll try it out for now

thank you!

[weary knoll]

Just wanted to give an update. recording and playing at 60fps looks perfect.

[forest axle]

cool, was it your windows settings?

[weary knoll]

Nope, just locking the game at 60fps seemed to have made it smooth.

[cedar hazel]

Just downloaded 30.0.2 on my M1 Mac studio (Ventura 13.3) and when I launch OBS, it keeps asking for permission to screen record - which is enabled. I'm able to create MacOs screen capture source, but its not pulling anything and I can't access my properties (grayed out.) Has anyone else had this issue?

[fading hare]

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

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

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

[neon lily]

Try this @cedar hazel, it'll refresh the permission database for OBS

[iron mica]

what do you mean by browser sources?

[lilac dome]

where do i go to have help with my camera

[neon lily]

If you're using macOS, then here. What's the issue?

What's happening with your camera (or not happening)

[lilac dome]

i need help to do so i can se myself in the stream

[neon lily]

Add a video capture source, then select your camera

[lilac dome]

how

[fading hare]

To learn about the various sources and how they work in OBS Studio, see the Sources Guide.

[neon lily]

Adding sources is a pretty basic part of using OBS Studio

So you might want to see the beginner's guides :)

[fading hare]

✨ If you're new to OBS Studio:

• follow the Quick Start Guide to set up your first scene and get streaming/recording
• learn more about the interface in the Overview Guide
• follow the Stream Layout Tutorial series to create a stream-friendly layout, including setting up alerts and a chat box

🎞️ If you prefer to learn with videos, check out:

• our OBS Studio Tutorials video series presented by EposVox
• EposVox's OBS Studio Master Class series
• Nerd or Die's How to Stream with OBS Studio series

[lilac dome]

its working

[neon lily]

Excellent

[runic slate]

Hi there guys, I have a simple question about “unloading sources”. My OBS (30) is mostly working and rarely crashes… except when I close it. Then it ALWAYS crashes. It also usually crashes when changing Scene Collections and I believe I could pinpoint the problem to sources not being unloaded. Funny enough there is no pattern to which sources don’t unload correctly, it is images, cameras, even plain text. Any idea or tips about handling that?

For context I use the popular move and vertical plugins.

[boreal raven]

Nice to know. I am employing same method as of now but thought of asking if i am missing out on any tools available.

[acoustic crow]

Are you switching while recording/streaming?

[deep fulcrum]

Updated to the latest and now OBS just will not launch, in safe mode or normally. It just loads forever. Never opens.

I use Intel build on M1 because I need it for VST support.

[plucky zenith]

does the silicon build load correctly?

[deep fulcrum]

Oh this is weird, it launched successfully a moment ago. I tried exiting and opening again and it's back to failing to load.

[boreal raven]

@forest axle Here is the recording for duplicate frames on Macbook Pro with M3 Max + Elgato HD60X.
https://obsproject.com/logs/KY8eH4ViOhmFxKIc

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

Apple M3 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M3 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[weary knoll]

Does it also happen when streaming or just recording?

I wonder if it’s specifically related to the hd60x and silicon Macs.

[boreal raven]

It happens during streaming as well. Tested YouTube streaming at 1440p 60fps and observed similar frame duplication which is perceived as lag

I preferred local recording to rule out any internet connectivity issues which might make stream laggy as I am using WiFi to push the stream from my MacBook Pro

I am surprised to see no one talked about this (OBS issues on Silicon Macs) on any of the YouTube videos by anyone

Even updated the firmware of HD60X to the latest which I think dates back to May or June 2023

@weary knoll Has your problem got solved post adjusting frame rates on both sides keeping things in sync ?

Or were you still seeing some lag or duplicate frames still happening despite the change ?

[cedar brook]

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate some help. I don’t think this has been mentioned. So for some details I am looking to record from my Xbox series x to my iMac (monterrey) via an Elgato hd60x on to obs studio. I have finally got everything work however when I watch the recordings back they appear to have a really low frame rate. Can anyone tell me what needs to be done to fix this. Both are on 60fps but the recording appears as if it’s like 10fps. Please and thank you

[light junco]

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all well. I’m really in need of support, as I just can’t seem to resolve the issue I’m having where all my footage is extremely choppy. I’ve spent hours and experimented with different settings within OBS, but nothing seems to fix this issue. Please find my iMac specs below:

Processor: 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB
Memory: 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Storage: 512GB Interal & 8TB External

Please let me know what the best solution would be to resolve this laggy footage. Thank you!

[boreal raven]

!maccleanlog

[fading hare]

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

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

[weary knoll]

I see. Me too, I’ve done a lot of digging around before reaching out. Couldn’t find any info about anything. I also updated my hd60x but it didn’t improve the issue.

[boreal raven]

Last reply from you seemed like the problem got resolved post adjusting both ways to 60fps .. rather than 90 and 60.

[weary knoll]

The stream was indeed a lot smoother at 60fps. I could still notice small hiccups here and there but nothing as drastic as playing at 90fps. My initial thought was that frame pacing must have been the issue. I then tried 120fps (gsync on + vsync NVCP on) on a different game, and it was a hot mess unfortunately. Maybe even worse than playing at 144fps. I also tried gsync off, uncapped fps, well above 240, and it seemed the smoothest it’d been so far. I really couldn’t say for sure what the issue is.

[boreal raven]

I have tested 720p 60fps using quicktime recording, i did not see the stutter. Unfortunately the 1080p recording in that one gets restricted to 30 fps so have not tested it.

The issue is visible if you try to stand in a place and pan the camera 360 degrees slowly .. the twitches does not get noticed during fast paced games but this panning one exposes the imperfections clearly ..

I have tried some older major versions of OBS until 28 or something when it initially started supporting M1/M2 officially .. but i see similar results .. then i ended up joing the discord here .. LOL

[boreal raven]

@forest axle suspected frame pacing to be the cause initially when i came in first to ask questions about this.

I even did a renice of -15 for the obs process thinking perhaps it might be some priority issue but its not.

[forest axle]

you have used the capture card device PR and performance is better there though, correct?

[boreal raven]

yes @forest axle i have and it almost nullified the glitches (i mean just 1 or 2 frame duplications) caused. But i was still seeing ocassional 1-2 min lag and recovery .. about 2-3 times in 15 mins of recording, but when the lag isn't there its perfect

[weary knoll]

That’s a great idea. I’ll also try recording using quicktime and see if there’s any difference on my end.

[boreal raven]

But i could not understand why the capture card PR ocassionally started going off rails and coming back on in a min or two

[light junco]

https://obsproject.com/logs/OeIBZsrsSmH7586z

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• 8.2% Rendering Lag

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.0 (OK)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5500 XT - OK!

[light junco]

I have enabled VSync and set a reasonable frame rate limit however, nothing has changed. I have also turned down the video quality options in the game + I don’t have any other programs open on my iMac, so I have no clue what to do at this point

[forest axle]

i'd recommend using macos screen capture over window capture, it has much better performance and may alleviate some of that rendering lag

[light junco]

Gonna give it a go now and let you know how it goes! Thanks!

wow, that has help so much, thank you! i’m gonna send another log report just to see if there ‘s anyway i can improve it a little more

https://obsproject.com/logs/UkfC0Ovw7oEAwAQa

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 39.7% Rendering Lag

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.0 (OK)
• 0.1% Encoder Overload

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5500 XT - OK!

[light junco]

It’s definitely better performance wise, however, it is still rather choppy

Is there anything that can be done about this, I feel like my specs are good enough to be able to record at 4K 60fps, so I’m just so confused

[median ridge]

Hey guys, just downloaded OBS and am a noob so bare with me please.

I am trying to overlay a video feed on top of another video feed and then am trying to capture that new feed in a video software. It will work for 3 or so minutes and then OBS will freeze and occasionally crash.

Any thoughts in suggestions to avoid this happening? Thanks all

[digital horizon]

I was trying to start stream just now and it had some issues which might be resolved now but I have come across a new problem which is that OBS says the my stream has started but continues to not show it on youtube

[fading hare]

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

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

[digital horizon]

https://obsproject.com/logs/ENwQpGTUYDKJAXDQ

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 97.5% CPU Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• 7.9% Rendering Lag

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.5 (OK)

Hardware Check

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

[fair beacon]

hey quick question for a friend: does Razer Ripsaw capture card work for Mac M2? she tried plugging it, obs detects it but nothing happens

[forest axle]

a few notes. you're trying to record significantly above 4k, not 4k. you're also recording using custom ffmpeg output so i can't tell what encoder you're using. i'd recommend using standard output instead of custom ffmpeg. you probably can't use the hardware encoder, but your system may be able to handle 4k60 with x264, though it seems pretty marginal

[forest axle]

you should stream with the hardware encoder in CBR mode, not x264. then for your recording settings, for the encoder, you should select "same as stream"

the base m1 can't really do two separate encoding sessions at once

[velvet horizon]

How can I remove the OBS Virtual Camera Video system device? I’ve deleted the app, and none of the online guides are helpful.

[forest axle]

when you removed OBS, were you prompted for your password to remove the system extension?

[velvet horizon]

Yes. I actually found the system extension that is still lingering. However I do not have permission to remove it?

[forest axle]

system extensions aren't fully removed until you reboot

have you rebooted?

[velvet horizon]

Yes.

[forest axle]

let's see, have you used the command line before?

[velvet horizon]

Yes.

[forest axle]

cool, can you tell us the output of systemextensionsctl list ?

[velvet horizon]

com.obsproject.obs-studio.mac-camera-extension

Is what I want removed

[forest axle]

is there still a copy of OBS.app in your applications folder?

the only way to remove the system extension is to drag the app to the trash via the finder

so if you rm -rf'd it before, you'll need to redownload it to applications and then re-remove it via finder

[velvet horizon]

There is not a copy of the app in applications. I have redownloaded and deleted it from finder multiple times.

[forest axle]

hmm, that's pretty weird. can you take a screenshot, or maybe a recording, of any prompts you see when you put OBS in the trash via the finder? one other thing is to empty the trash before putting OBS in it, as if another copy of OBS is in the trash, removing the system extension can fail, because macOS things

[velvet horizon]

So it went right to the trash no issues

[forest axle]

can you run the systemextensionsctl command once more and see if its output has changed?

[velvet horizon]

It says terminated. Waiting to uninstall on reboot.

For the OBS extension

[forest axle]

ok, that's normal. reboot and run that command afterward, if you could

[velvet horizon]

Empty the trash first?

[forest axle]

either way

if it's terminated in according to terminal, you're past the trash issue

[velvet horizon]

And it’s gone!

Well done thank you

[forest axle]

you can install OBS without installing the extension too; just don't follow the prompts to allow it after you install OBS, and it won't bug you again

[gritty lark]

I run OBS to livestream to Youtube, Its all set up works fine. My problem is that when I hit start streaming I'm never confident that actually started streaming until I check youtube and see the stream is going. But that's a long delay. How can I tell that streaming is working and youtube is good from within OBS?

[forest axle]

ultimately the only test of whether your stream is in good shape is actually viewing it on youtube. in OBS, you can bring up the stats dock to see if you're dropping frames, but you can't actually view the stream itself from within OBS

[gritty lark]

thanks for the response, not the answer I was hoping for, but thanks for the response

what is the time delay between OBS and Youtube? approximately?

[forest axle]

it's different for every user and depends on a few factors. usually like 10-15 seconds in my limited experience

you can configure youtube with different latency settings at the cost of quality as well

[gritty lark]

ok, very good, thanks for the help

[arctic pendant]

Why is my recording quality low, how can i increase it?
https://obsproject.com/logs/Xdz69IzIsxwIOGpL

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

Hardware Check

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

[arctic pendant]

the recording

its like blury and stuff

[shrewd canyon]

@west cypress wait u were the person i was talking to before right?

what did u want me to do again

with the window capture stuff

[forest axle]

i think she wanted you to check other games/applications and see if window capture was also dropping frames there

[austere vapor]

Hi latest update keep saying there is insufficient space for recording. Really annoying have to keep downloading the 30.0.0 because it keeps updating it for some reason even though turned updates off

[plucky zenith]

have you tried on 30.0.2?

[austere vapor]

30.0.2 is what’s causing the problem

Have to keep downloading older version

[plucky zenith]

oh mb, I thought the fix had been added to 30.0.2, but apparently no

it should be there in the next version

you're recording to a network drive, right?

[austere vapor]

Hard drive

Sorry what do you mean by network drive

[plucky zenith]

is the drive on your computer or over the internet?

[nimble vortex]

Hey folks, I ended up returning the M2 Ultra but wanted to show my findings in case it's any use.

[forest axle]

your results don't totally make sense to me, as i've been able to do two 4k60 h264 realtime encodes simultaneously on my m1 max. if you have documentation on your complete testing methods including exact encoder settings i would be interested in taking a look

[nimble vortex]

That's interesting... I tend to just keep these for whichever

[forest axle]

that goes some of the way toward explaining it, but is still puzzling. CBR is much less efficient than the other two modes, you can get much better raw performance with ABR and CRF

[nimble vortex]

I'll have to play with those some more, I only did slightly. Reason is I play racing games which tend to outpace variable bitrates

Which is also why I bother with 1440p on YouTube, their 1080p bitrate is poopy

[forest axle]

i don't really know what you mean by "outpacing" variable bitrates, as the entire point of VBR is that it will increase bitrate in response to more changes in the input. a VBR recording should have strictly superior fidelity to CBR at the same bitrate. beyond that, CRF generally delivers the best results with videotoolbox over either, if your goal is quality and performance

[nimble vortex]

Just been a while sine I tried it, since previously it would lower quite aggressively so you'd notice blocks as the game sped up after say a race end screen

I'll give those a test on the M2!

[forest axle]

did you ever get meaningful feedback from apple about the ultra choking at those lower settings?

[nimble vortex]

Nope they didn't really manage to provide much

Just basic tech support stuff like asking if I'm scaling the res of my monitor etc

[forest axle]

heh, that's annoying

[nimble vortex]

Now I wish I tried CFR on the Ultra 😤

though I guess the M3 Max seems to mirror the results, so I can try that

[inland moss]

does anybody know if it's possible to keep the Chat dock "always on top" without having the main studio on top? I'm trying to stream from an emulator and I only have one monitor, so ideally the emulator would take up most of the screen but keep the chat on the side

[neon lily]

It's not possible on macOS, no

[inland moss]

alright thank you

[median abyss]

I’m having a bit of problems connecting my MacBook to stream on BIGO LIVE. Could somebody give me a hand or give me the details what to connect to my Apple MacBook I’m having a bit of problems because it’s not getting any further

[brittle dagger]

For some reason, when I stream a window, and switch to another app on my mac, it moves on my recording, is there a way to like lock a window in place so when im not on it it still reccords it and doesn't show a black screen?

[plucky zenith]

are you using the macos capture source in window capture or application capture mode?

[forest axle]

also, what version of macOS are you on?

[grand lake]

Can anyone steer me in the direction of - or tell me how to use Zoom with OBS so that I can interview people while recording my podcasts.

[ember meadow]

Hold Space and scroll the mouse/trackpad
https://obsproject.com/kb/keyboard-shortcuts

[brittle dagger]

window

[brittle dagger]

sonoma 14.0

i basically need it locked in place @plucky zenith @forest axle https://gyazo.com/0d58e6f45b7068acb506cbba9c66b2bc

[forest axle]

you should use macOS screen capture; not window capture

but also, this is a macOS issue and it won't ever go away completely

[naive zinc]

i experienced a lot off corrupt frames when recording with OBS 30 https://youtu.be/bykmSveGI9s?t=232 ... is there a better name for my symptoms?

[summer charm]

can anyone help with setting up web cam for stream on ons

[fading hare]

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

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

[neon lily]

???

[neon lily]

What versions of macOS and OBS are you using?

[pseudo warren]

Hi, ive been trying for hours but since I've updated, obs isnt picking up the audio signal from my Scarlette 2i2 interface, can someone help me out with it please?

[pseudo warren]

ciao ragazzi sono un nuovo utente analista di calcio. mi hanno consigliato di scaricare obs ma quando lo installo mi dice che il mio macbook non lo supporta. ho il sistema macos sonoma 14.2.1

mi aiutate a risolvere il problema??

[fading hare]

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

[velvet umbra]

Hi, I was going live on youtube and I couldn’t share my screen I was wondering if someone can help me out!

[neon lily]

Describe what you mean by “couldn’t share my screen”

[velvet umbra]

Like when your on discord it shows if you want to share your screen.

I can't do that on OBS Studios.

[neon lily]

So what have you tried so far?

[velvet umbra]

I saw a youtube video on how to do it and it doesn’t work.

Let me see if I can find the youtube video.

[neon lily]

No

YouTube videos are always full of such cack advice

All you need to do is add a macOS Screen Capture source

If you can’t select your display from it, then you need to click the OBS menu -> Review app permissions -> grant the Screen Capture permission

!new Take a look at these guides and tutorials made by us

[fading hare]

✨ If you're new to OBS Studio:

• follow the Quick Start Guide to set up your first scene and get streaming/recording
• learn more about the interface in the Overview Guide
• follow the Stream Layout Tutorial series to create a stream-friendly layout, including setting up alerts and a chat box

🎞️ If you prefer to learn with videos, check out:

• our OBS Studio Tutorials video series presented by EposVox
• EposVox's OBS Studio Master Class series
• Nerd or Die's How to Stream with OBS Studio series

[neon lily]

Right, so it looks like you haven’t chosen a display to capture

When you double click on the macOS Screen Capture, do any show in the list?

If none show up, do this

[fading hare]

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

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

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

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[velvet umbra]

@neon lily Thanks dude it works now. 5 stars for you!

[neon lily]

No problemo

[gentle heart]

hi I play in Fortnite streched and when I want to make a video I have black borders on the sides can someone help?

[neon lily]

Either change your base resolution to the same aspect ratio as the game (probably 4:3)

Or just resize the video by holding Shift and dragging the resize handles

[gentle heart]

I will try that, thank you

[light junco]

hey! i’ve given this a go, things are smoother overall, slight choppiness, here’s my log file, please let me know if i’m doing anything wrong! https://obsproject.com/logs/8VOjPxRKR4hpq9HE

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 34.9% Rendering Lag

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.0 (OK)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 5500 XT - OK!

[velvet umbra]

Does anyone know how to add a image in Starting soon? @neon lily

[neon lily]

With an image source