macos-support

[neon lily]

have

to

do

this

[soft lynx]

ok, what is my downscale filter?

or what should it be?

right now, it is bilinear

[neon lily]

Fine, use that

[soft lynx]

ok

[neon lily]

It's very performant

[soft lynx]

ok

want me to record another 2 minute video and post the log with the right settings now?

[neon lily]

Sure

[soft lynx]

ok

[neon lily]

Remember to keep Roblox windowed

[soft lynx]

ok

[neon lily]

Then after about a minute, make it go full screen

[soft lynx]

hi

oh

uh

i just saw this

bruh

[neon lily]

If you didn't go fullscreen partway through, that's fine

Don't forget to remux your video if you didn't change to Fragmented MP4

Also, delete all the failed recordings, they're taking up space

[soft lynx]

Ok

I gtg to bed

[tacit mason]

Hello, would anyone be able to help me out? I don’t really know what else to do

[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!

[tacit mason]

So I just recently got my capture card and have it connected to my computer via USB 3.0 and to a second monitor which is connected to the capture card along with a second monitor. When I go to OBS to set up the stream settings I can get the camera feed to show up, however I cannot get the second monitor to show up on OBS in any way. I’ve been at it all afternoon and don’t know what to do.

[forest axle]

what device are you trying to capture via the capture card specifically?

[tacit mason]

That would be my old PlayStation 2 slim. I have it connected to the monitor via AV to HDMI, and in turn the monitor is connected to the capture card via hdmi

[forest axle]

right so, you can't capture a monitor with a capture card. a capture card captures output from a device like your playstation directly

what type of capture card is it?

[tacit mason]

This is the capture card I currently use. From all the videos I’d watched and from the directions of the card itself it looked like using the capture card with the monitor is possible

[forest axle]

it looks like that has HDMI input and output, so you ought to be able to get the signal to your monitor still

but the order of operations must be: PS2 -> capture card, and then capture card connected to your machine via USB and to the monitor via the HDMI output

[tacit mason]

So I’m using the iMac desktop in where the monitor and machine are together so my setup was PS2/monitor/Camera -> Capture Card -> Desktop

Basically how it is on the lower image in the photo of the little booklet that I sent

I also tried just putting the hdmi connected to the console straight into the capture card as well and didn’t get anything there either.

[forest axle]

the hdmi output on your card is just that, an output. it outputs whatever you are putting into it

you cannot capture multiple devices with your card

[tacit mason]

That is a bit confusing. However I’ll give it a go with just the console on the input end

Okay. This is where we’re at currently.
Console -> Capture Card -> Desktop
Still a blank screen on OBS when selected USB 3.0 connection for source.

[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

[tacit mason]

https://obsproject.com/logs/pee5bI6s8VycFlsF

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon Pro 570X OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

looks like it's found your capture device fine. can you connect the output on your capture card to another monitor and verify that it's outputting a signal?

[tacit mason]

I only have the other monitor I was using previously to try and capture from but I thought you said you couldn’t capture a monitor with a capture card?

Ah okay, so i got it to show up on the screen now it looks like

[forest axle]

you aren't capturing the monitor. you're capturing the PS2. the PS2 might need an actual monitor on the other end of the card for it to appropriately output a signal, however

[tacit mason]

I switched the port it was in, and set the settings to this

[tacit mason]

I may have misspoken, this is what I was doing originally, I had the console connected to a monitor which was connected to the card

https://obsproject.com/logs/PtVO3RJJd01LdVmB

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon Pro 570X OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[tacit mason]

Current progress

[forest axle]

sure. yeah, i think there may have just been some confusion about what was actually happening under the hood

[tacit mason]

I gotcha, let me see if I can work the next part out

https://obsproject.com/logs/PtVO3RJJd01LdVmB So running it through the monitor we're back to black screen

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon Pro 570X OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[tacit mason]

Switching to the input port yields the same result

https://obsproject.com/logs/86GutitBHkbbhQ0S

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• High Audio Buffering

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon Pro 570X OpenGL Engine (not in benchmark DB)

[forest axle]

i don't know what you mean "running it through the monitor"

you cannot capture a monitor

what is your exact signal chain that isn't working that you're expecting to work?

[tacit mason]

I don’t understand what you’re asking

[forest axle]

what is the exact path from your PS2 to OBS? what is connected to what?

a picture is fine, if you can see everything

[tacit mason]

I just want to play the ps2 on the second screen that I have while still being able to stream it

[forest axle]

so put the PS2 into the capture card's HDMI input. connect the capture card's HDMI output to your second monitor. connect the capture card's USB output to your machine running OBS

is that not how you set it up when it was working? what was the issue?

[tacit mason]

That was not what I tried, let me give that a go

Okay, THAT got it going

Oh my stars that was a lot

Now I just have to get the camera involved and that’s that.

Thank you so much for all of your help man. I genuinely appreciate it.

[forest axle]

you're welcome! glad you got it sorted, hopefully you roughly get how it all works now

[tacit mason]

I hope so, thanks to you i've got the bulk of it down. It looks like i'll have to pick up another capture card though so I just placed a small order and it'll hopefully be here by tomorrow. That took way longer than I wanted it to for just the first half 😭

I basically have to run the console through the capture card and connect it to the monitor through the capture card. and i'll have to run a similar process for the camera it looks like as well. But since there's no output I can just use what I have and don't have to get an extra cord

[nocturne ether]

Hello, I am just having issues with screen recording not capturing the audio from laptop/monitor

[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

[inland quiver]

Zoom Workplace, OBS virtual camera freezes and stops working completely. If I start a new meeting OBS virtual camera is no longer an options in Zoom Workplace. Run macOS Monterey v 12.7.4 and OBS 30.1.2

[neon lily]

Are you able to upgrade past macOS 12? macOS 13 onwards has a new virtual camera that works much better.

[void skiff]

I’m not ablse to add mic boya in obs

Please help

[neon lily]

You can't add what, sorry? I don't understand

[void skiff]

Microphone

[neon lily]

One is already added by default. Do you not see it in your audio mixer?

[void skiff]

Actual I connected an external microphone

That’s not able to connect

[inland quiver]

It doesn't look like I can. I'm on a MacBook Pro (13in, 2016, Thunderbolt 3 ports)

[neon lily]

What kind of mic?

[void skiff]

This

[neon lily]

I see. What kind of Mac do you have, what year, and what size?

Not all Macs have a microphone port

[neon lily]

Ah yes, those only go up to macOS 12. On older versions of macOS that can't use the new virtual camera, our advice is to use the virtual camera through Google Chrome rather than in applications.

[neon lily]

i.e. access your Zoom call in Google Chrome

[neon lily]

That doesn't answer my question

Actually, maybe it does. Looks like a MacBook Air

[void skiff]

I’m using 2017

[neon lily]

Gotcha, let me see

[void skiff]

It’s connected to mac but not able see option in obs

[neon lily]

What do you mean?

Show me OBS Settings -> Audio

[void skiff]

See

[neon lily]

It's the second one

Actually, ideally, leave it on Default

It will use whatever System Preferences uses

[inland quiver]

Don't use the Zoom app? Use Zoom in my google chrome browser?

[neon lily]

Yes.

[void skiff]

I use

I didn’t tried on that

[inland quiver]

Okay, just tried it and I'm running into the same issue. The OBS virtual camera froze and when I started a new meeting with Zoom in the browser the OBS virtual camera options is not available. And the browser Zoom is really lagging.

[neon lily]

Hmm, even after a restart of the computer?

[fathom vale]

hello i have a hd60 s capture card but i cant find it on the obs list so i can stream

[void skiff]

Where will save recordings appear

Not showing here actually

Please help🙏

[inland quiver]

Did a restart and it seems to be working, now. Thanks for your help, Feets! I really appreciate it.

[fading hare]

@fathom vale

On macOS, some older Elgato capture devices may not be supported or require workarounds to use with OBS Studio:

• Game Capture HD and HD60 are not compatible with Apple Silicon-based Macs. On Intel-based Macs, use the Elgato Game Capture app in full screen, then capture it with a macOS Screen Capture/Window Capture source
• HD 60S is not compatible with Apple Silicon-based Macs. On Intel-based Macs, use the OBS Link app
• HD 60S+, HD 60X, Cam Link are compatible with all Macs and can be captured with a Video Capture source. Make sure you are using a USB 3-compliant USB cable or adapter, connected directly to your Mac if possible

[jade shoal]

Hi, I'm trying to connect OBS to vtube studio but couldn't get it to work. I've installed the plugin and activated it in vtube studio. Attached is the error that I'm getting. Please help, thank you.

[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

[jade shoal]

https://obsproject.com/logs/Li88hGoFqeOrdj5h

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (2)

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (1)
• No Scenes/Sources

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

to be clear, have you followed and installed the runtime according to the link in the first image you posted?

[jade shoal]

i fixed the permissions and after analyzing, it didn't pop up anymore warnings.

by installing the runtime, do you mean the installer? for that i only click through and install it as it is

[forest axle]

#macos-support message did you follow the link and use the installer from this image, yes or no?

[jade shoal]

yes and i just found an error during installation! thank you for highlighting this! the plugin is now installed 🙂

[shadow pecan]

hey sorry I'm picking this back up from a couple of days ago, here's the full read out for the web utility from the terminal

[forest axle]

gotcha. so, canon has to provide a system extension themselves for their camera utility to work on macOS sonoma. judging by that output, their system extension is not installed on your system

i have heard that in some regions, canon has updated their utility to provide the necessary system extension

in any case, the version you have does not have that system extension

so you'll need to wait for canon to update their utility or seek out a version that has the system extension

[shadow pecan]

hmmm okay I'll have to reach out to canon

[forest axle]

indeed

[shadow pecan]

https://support.apple.com/en-us/108387

I found this, I might give it a try

[forest axle]

that should work as well, yes

[half shell]

hi guys! I don't know if it's been talked about here before, but I'm new to this channel. I use a Mac with Apple Silicon m1 and the elGato capturers (camlink4k and HD60+) capturing PS5 lose the sound every few seconds... any suggestions? It works perfectly on streamlabs. thak you

[half shell]

example of my problem

[forest axle]

check that voice isolation mode is disabled for your input

in the menu bar

[half shell]

yes, it's disabled

[umbral ruin]

can someone help me add easyworship to obs on a separate computer.

We have a window computer running EasyWorship and my MacBook Pro running obs, any idea how to add EW to OBS?

ping me pls!

[junior totem]

Question for Mac - if I use the "BIND IP", does that mean everything "IN/OUT" of that obs instance will be via that bound IP? like if I'm using NDI to pull stuff in, and then OBS to encode out to whatever?

[junior totem]

Which service? I’m using mux for streaming and pulling in vision/audio over NDI.

[thorn wyvern]

https://obsproject.com/logs/u1xfcsOoOv1yIJbq

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (4)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 580 - OK!

[thorn wyvern]

https://obsproject.com/logs/NCcCRtucnaims6Hx

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 13.6 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (4)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 580 - OK!

[still panther]

Good day I have question, if there is this bug or feature about the cursor in different Operating system

[void skiff]

I am not able to download recordings in my Mac

Please help me out

[fading hare]

Remuxing allows you to copy video and audio from one MKV/FLV to another video container format for use in players and editors that do not support MKV/FLV. This process is safe, lossless, and takes seconds.

To remux any recordings made with OBS Studio:

1. In OBS Studio, click the File menu → Remux Recordings
2. Click on the … (three dots) button, then select your MKV or FLV file
3. Click on the Remux button

[void skiff]

Thank u so much

[latent isle]

https://obsproject.com/logs/g2PpMKvSiK5pKBzr

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[spice saddle]

sorry to bother all so early! but i’ve been having some streaming problems with OBS. I have a macbook pro 2020 and my stream and connection before i start stream, is fine. but once i start it begins to lag and sometimes skip audio. I am using a cheaper capture card currently for my switch to my mac and to my tv. I just want the lag to go down a bit but im not good with settings or any of this tech yet! if anyone has advice as to what settings could help, id greatly appreciate it!

and even without the capture card when i used to stream, everything would take forever to load or the same problems occurred so i know it isn’t the capture card

[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

[neon lily]

@spice saddle If you could follow all of those instructions there, that'll help us pinpoint the issue

[spice saddle]

sorry don’t wanna sound stupid, but you mean to like actually start the stream correct? as in like a test run kinda thing?

[neon lily]

Yes

That's step 2

We need that so we can see what the issues you're having are, in the log :)

[spice saddle]

i am currently on and so far i’ve had no issues, now im so confused! not even a lag on my computer or the stream!

[neon lily]

Not too shabby

Still, pop us a log when you're done

[spice saddle]

My computer died haha so i will have to do one later today when i hop back on!! thank you and you’ll recieve a log from me later today!!! it’s early morning here right now🤣

[tawdry quartz]

Hello, I was using obs project connected to a vivitar capture card that was connected to my Mac laptop recording Xbox gameplay. The footage only picked up my friends audio, not mine. Is there any solution to this?

[tawdry quartz]

Any help would be greatly appreciated ^

@neon lily Hello, I was using obs project connected to a vivitar capture card that was connected to my Mac laptop recording Xbox gameplay. The footage only picked up my friends audio, not mine. Is there any solution to this?

[neon lily]

Please don’t ping support volunteers who aren’t actively helping you, it’s in the server #rules

It’s 2.30am for me

Be patient, someone will answer when they can. But not at 2.30am

turns off notifications

[tawdry quartz]

Sorry

[winter nebula]

Is there anyone here who can help me with my issues I’m having?

[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!

[fierce wedge]

https://obsproject.com/logs/v0aikPO6SrxhjKko

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• 1.7% Encoder Overload
• Third-Party Plugins (3)

Hardware Check

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

[fierce wedge]

So the 2 problems that I am having is double voice and the whole video not being recorded but it skips and records only my narration.

[tawdry quartz]

Hello, I was using obs project connected to a vivitar capture card that was connected to my Mac laptop recording Xbox gameplay. The footage only picked up my friends audio, not mine. Is there any solution to this?

[candid plaza]

#macos-support Hi everyone! I'm having an issue that no matter what settings I use, I still get dropped frames, so much so I can't go live and haven't been able to for a month. I'm using a mac studio and streaming on youtube. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[fading hare]

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

[pseudo warren]

guys i have a question

i have all the best settings on my obs

but its still bad what can i do against it? i dont have nvidia

[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

[tawdry quartz]

Hello, I was using obs project connected to a vivitar capture card that was connected to my Mac laptop recording Xbox gameplay. The footage only picked up my friends audio, not mine. Is there any solution to this?

[neon lily]

Did you add an audio input capture source, pointing to your capture card?

Secondly, make sure you don't have a headset connected to your Xbox because that means no audio is going out over HDMI so the card would have nothing to capture

[final drum]

Hello,
I would like to know if my Macboock air is compatiblewith OpenGL 3.3? Here are the specs: Macos big sur, version 11.6.7 (20G630), Macbook Air retina, 13 inch, 2018, 1.6 GHzDual-core Intel core i5, 16GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Machintosh HD Intel UHD Graphics 617 1536 MB.
Thank you in advance!

[tawdry quartz]

I think I did, I’ll send a picture soon. My headset is connected to my Xbox, is there a way for me to connect my headset to my Xbox and have the capture card and obs service capture the audio from my headset?

[neon lily]

With a cable similar to an Elgato Chat Link, yes

[neon lily]

Yes

[final drum]

@neon lily Thank you a lot!

[tawdry quartz]

This is my Audi input capture

Is there a way to capture all audio (my headset connected to my Xbox, and the audio in my Xbox party) using the obs project without getting a different cable?

For some reason it only capture my friends audio. Sorry for all of the messages I am brand new to this.

[forest axle]

you could try adding another audio input capture and capturing your voice using your macbook pro's built-in microphone. if that isn't satisfactory, you will need another cable or solution like the chat link

[tawdry quartz]

How do I do that?

I think I got it, I’ll give it a try

[hybrid bronze]

Experiencing choppy audio on stream/recording. Sounds fine while monitoring.

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (14)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

looks like your only source with audio and video is this droidcam one, so this seems like most likely an issue with the droidcam plugin

[hybrid bronze]

I got the same results using an NDI audio source

as well as the laptop mic

[mighty salmon]

Hey everyone, how do I stop OBS from crashing every time I close it, I am running a M1 Pro 14” with 16GB of RAM, and 512 GB SSD. Thank you in advance!

[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

[mighty salmon]

https://obsproject.com/logs/dnjqfcIbdGBHWFut

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Pro 8 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[mighty salmon]

https://obsproject.com/logs/BN0p26obqD4H1ppi

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Pro 8 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[mighty salmon]

https://obsproject.com/logs/doBa3PYf6TUJdYmu

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Pro 8 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[echo tinsel]

How do I solve the problem of forwarding or rewinding the clip?

[plucky zenith]

you're not on macos, don't crosspost

[karmic isle]

Hi

I recently downloaded an obs plugin "Teleport" on my mac

When I opened the folder for it, it showed me two files

One was install.command

Other was obs-teleport.plugin

I tried copying the plugin file into the plugin folder of OBS, but once I did, OBS just wouldn't open

It wouldn't respond

Only once I deleted the file would it open normally

😭

[distant onyx]

So upon further testing, strangest thing regarding the Preview Window looking like 30fps instead of 60fps:
If I enable PORTRAIT MODE on my Webcam, the framerate of the Preview Window smooths out to 60 again on screen.

Damned if I can figure out why.

(also you'd think it'd be the other way around)

[sullen oak]

I want to be able to use my Sony a7III as a webcam to record talking head videos and tutorials ( via screen share). I want to be able to record both video feed and screen share, seamlessly but most importantly, getting the best video quality from my camera.

When I record videos via OBS, the video from camera is super grainy and I know I'm not getting the full 1080p/4K.

Set Up

I've been using my a7III as a webcam via;

1. Micro-HDMI to HDMI Cable + HDMI Video Capture Card
2. into my Mac Mini M1

I also have a TetherPro USB Type-C Male to USB Type-C but when I plug both (Tether PRO and Micro-HDMI) in at the same time, there's no feed.

It's only when I leave the Micro-HDMI in that I get a feed to my computer (OBS, Loom, etc.). Confused because when I use the Tether PRO I can open up Image Edge Desktop and see the feed in 4K.

But when I open other programs, the camera doesn't show up in the options (I can only see USB Video, OBS Virtual Camera and my iPhone [via Passthrough].

I want to be able to use and record videos (and screen shares), with OBS using my sony a7III.

[distant onyx]

I've made a post on the forum with further detail and a video sample: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-preview-window-set-to-60fps-looks-like-30fps.174923/

[hybrid bronze]

Turns out laptop mic is fine. It was being effected by the "voice isolation" magic

Any clues as to how to get NDI/DroidCam audio glitch free?

[split agate]

hi. i am wondering if there are any ways to have mouse clicks be shown in obs recordings? not mouse pointer, i already have that enabled.

please @ me if i get a response. thanks for any and all help!

[swift badge]

so i have a two or three part problem im trying to figure out. one im trying to us obs, in combanation with my xbox seirse s. reason is im trying to run a png program with it

two im currently using apple laptop so im looking for ways to work with this

[neon lily]

You would need to use some third party program that puts a graphic on screen whenever you click. I don't know of any, unfortunately.

But OBS doesn't have a feature to do that itself

[neon lily]

At the basic level, you need an HDMI capture card

[neon lily]

What USB cable are you using to connect the HD60X to your Mac?

[fading hare]

On macOS, some older Elgato capture devices may not be supported or require workarounds to use with OBS Studio:

• Game Capture HD and HD60 are not compatible with Apple Silicon-based Macs. On Intel-based Macs, use the Elgato Game Capture app in full screen, then capture it with a macOS Screen Capture/Window Capture source
• HD 60S is not compatible with Apple Silicon-based Macs. On Intel-based Macs, use the OBS Link app
• HD 60S+, HD 60X, Cam Link are compatible with all Macs and can be captured with a Video Capture source. Make sure you are using a USB 3-compliant USB cable or adapter, connected directly to your Mac if possible

[distant onyx]

It’s hooked into a Caldigit USB3 hub that is USB C’d into the MacBook.

I am suspicious if I’m overloading the hub and will test that next week too.

The Caldigit hub is basically also the port replicator for hdmi-out to my two screens

So, docking station really

[neon lily]

Possibly. I do wish the HD60X came with a straight USB-C cable, not a C to A

[distant onyx]

I’ve got Usb c to c cables in usb3

[neon lily]

Maybe give one a shot, directly into the Mac

[distant onyx]

It’s worth a test. I did try downgrading to 720p on the HD60x and the frame rate was smooth again

[neon lily]

Yeah, that's what made me suspect an issue in data transfer.

[distant onyx]

I feel like it’s an OBS problem tho - because in a Quicktime window it looks fine. It’s only when I boot up OBS does the frame rate drop

[neon lily]

Oh, even at 1080p?

[distant onyx]

Well, I’m not sure if the high setting in QuickTime is 1080 now that I’m thinking of it. The max setting definitely jitters it

But yeah, I’m gonna test a lot of scenarios out. I’ll also post in the OBS forum with results

[mighty salmon]

1080p is the highest resolution, depending on what type of mac you have

[neon lily]

On the HD60X? The highest resolution is 4K

Depends on the input signal

[swift badge]

I'll have to ch

[neon lily]

That message wasn't directed at you.

[karmic isle]

@neon lily Could u look at this as well?

🥹

[neon lily]

I don’t know anything about the Teleport plugin, sorry

Best to contact its developer

[karmic isle]

Do you know how to install a plugin properly on mac?

Because that's where I'm facing the issue- I don't know what to do with a .plugin file.

[lime drift]

in OBS: File > Show Settings Folder. That should open a window in Finder. The plugins directory in that folder is where your .plugin files go

[karmic isle]

I did that.

But, once I did move my plugin file into there, my OBS just wouldn't open.

I'd have to force quit it everytime.

[lime drift]

might not be compatible with that version of OBS?

[karmic isle]

how do I check that?

[lime drift]

no idea. But it making OBS hang is probably a sign of that. Probably should check with the plugin developer

[wicked oriole]

hello, I recently got an issue where my obs output became extremely laggy. The video I recorded would be smooth for a few seconds and then become choppy. I've tried restarting my computer, reinstalling obs, but nothing worked. Is there anything else I can try to do? https://obsproject.com/logs/YWBpK54pMnbPc2x7

[wicked oriole]

nvm solved it by watching a yt vid which reset all settings

[pseudo warren]

I am having issues with OBS crashing when trying to stream Apex Legends.

[fading hare]

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

1. Open Console.app (Located in /Applications/Utilities).
2. Navigate to the Crash Reports view along the left sidebar, then sort the table by date to find the most recent crash with the OBS process name.
3. Drag and drop the selected crash onto the Discord window to upload the file, or copy-and-paste the report text here.

[neon lily]

Could you also send a log?

[fading hare]

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

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

[winter glade]

I was doing a window capture of a video playing from Music/Itunes but with the audio going out to a Tascam Model 12 mixer first and back in to the stereo bus. I think the round trip audio delay is about 8 ms on the tascam. Thing is, some videos would show a strong delay in the video to the audio and others not much at all. Couldnt figure out the factor

its on a 6 core 2018 i5 but I use an external GPU with 8 gb

wonder if there could actually be a delay issue with the E GPU

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/QgfInG8VAHiHGOGq

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Permissions Not Granted (2)

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

could you see if the crash occurs when launching in safe mode?

[daring bison]

hi, excuse me, someone have a problem with the game audio capture in OBS? (ver. 30.1.2 SO: SONOMA 14.4))

[pseudo warren]

Yes, also crashes in safe mode. And as of now only on 2 games: Apex Legends & Titanfall 2. Doesnt crash when I open Dead By Daylight. I'm not even streaming yet. I just one those 2 games and it crashes. This only started happening on the new update.

[pseudo warren]

https://obsproject.com/logs/k8al3DR3CWBLOyRB

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

to rule some things out, could you check if the issue occurs in a clean scene collection?

create a new one with scene collection->new up in the menu bar

then just add your capture card to a scene by itself, and see if you still hit the crash

[pseudo warren]

It still crashes on the new clean scene collection with just my capture card. I am going to just revert back to a previous version. I believe the last version I had installed previously was 27. Had no issues at all and this is why I never update. Thank you for your assistance on this I appreciate it!

[forest axle]

before you revert, could you try one more thing? the old video capture source type is still available, it's in the "deprecated" folder when adding a new source

the issue should not occur with the legacy video capture device source

which is why it was kept around, in case of issues like this one

[pseudo warren]

Is this issue happening because I am using an old capture card the Elgato HD60 S+?

oh i didnt even realize there were two capture device sources!

[forest axle]

hard to say, i don't think we've seen this particular crash before, so i'm not sure yet what the actual cause is

[forest axle]

yeah. there are technically three actually. there is the new video capture device source, the new capture card source, and the deprecated video capture device source

the deprecated video capture device source is the one from the previous version, so like i said it should not crash

[pseudo warren]

so dont use the 'video capture device' source, use the one in the 'deprecated' folder, correct?

[forest axle]

you could try both. it would certainly be useful to know exactly on which types it does and does not occur

[pseudo warren]

great thanks. I will test and report back

[forest axle]

thank you! and yes the deprecated one is the one that definitely should not crash

[pseudo warren]

and FYI, I am on a dual stream setup so I use my mac to just encode the stream, and my gaming PC to play.

[pseudo warren]

Ok so the legacy capture does not crash obviously, the 'video capture device' crashes and audio from the capture card does not come through for some reason.

[forest axle]

well generally you need a separate audio input capture source for audio from a capture card

[pseudo warren]

Yes, I have the Elgato sound capture software installed on my gaming pc to output it to obs

[forest axle]

right, i'm talking about in OBS though. you need one source for video (video capture device) and one for audio (audio input capture)

assuming both are coming through the capture card

[half shell]

What kind of problem? I’ve same version and my audio sound like a broken speaker. (Elgato HD60S+ and camlink 4k) i’ve a mac whit M1

[daring bison]

My audio sound like a broken speaker too, but I think I have the answer for my case, I desactivated a noise cancelling option on the mic option.

[half shell]

But youre audio? Or game audio? I only have problems with the game audio. And if I disconnect the capture and connect again it works for a few minutes.

[forest axle]

this very much sounds to me like your voice isolation mode is on for this input

[half shell]

Im gonna check it, but i never put filters or something like that. And if I disconnect and connect again it works perfectly for a minutes

[daring bison]

Sorry I’m away from my Mac but yes I quit the noise canceling option for the mic.
Sorry my English isn’t very good but I’ll send screen capture later

It’s like this

[half shell]

YES

I LOVE YOU. Months of headache only for that

[forest axle]

sorry, i should have been more clear before, i thought you knew what i meant when i was talking about voice isolation

[half shell]

No, i though about filters like “compressor” “gain” etc

But thank you so so so so much. 🙌🙌

[crisp rapids]

I have installed SE.Live (Stream Elements) to my MacBook but OBS doesn’t look any different. Is there another step I need to take?

[blissful kindle]

I was just about to record, but then lag happened. Here are my logs, ping me when i am recieving help.

https://obsproject.com/logs/MAWBp5kBflXSsCK2

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (2)
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• 1.1% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

there isn't a great deal of lag recorded in this log. could you post a clip that shows what you're seeing?

[winter glade]

wow. so I just tested this out. when using a window capture of video/media source but routiing audio out to tascam model 12 mixer and back in again there is as much as a 200 ms difference between the audio and video in the output recording

so I delayed the audio input to OBS by 200 ms to fix it

I guess I wont use that method. have to load it as media source. thats what ive been doing anyway

[blissful kindle]

sure

[forest axle]

you maybe could try using application capture instead of window capture under macos screen capture. to me this looks like another issue with window capture

[winter glade]

yea

good suggestion

[blissful kindle]

it doesnt work.

[forest axle]

could you please be more specific? what exactly does not work

[blissful kindle]

when i put roblox in full screen the obs part that shows the thing its recording goes black.

nvm

i got it just right.

[balmy brook]

hey i'm currently trying to steam using OBS and my audio is extremely choppy in a way it's not when i'm recording. Everything else is very stable but the audio

[forest axle]

hmm, the best thing would probably be to see a clean log first:

!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

[balmy brook]

https://obsproject.com/logs/dHe5JPUKL3u6erOh

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• 14.7% Dropped Frames
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• 0.3% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[balmy brook]

wait I think we're OK

[forest axle]

i don't see anything there that i would think would specifically affect stream audio (without affecting recording audio). you are dropping frames in that log though, so that would be my first instinct as a possible culprit

[balmy brook]

also, why would there be an echo?

[balmy brook]

yea I eas able to fix that

[opal oasis]

Is there a way to record with OBS so I can have a circle screen of my face for the user when recording on ableton?

[neon lily]

Yeah, add a video capture source, point it to your webcam

[opal oasis]

how do i do that

[neon lily]

Adding a source is a basic, fundamental action in OBS

Click the +

[neon lily]

Yeah, now click OK

[opal oasis]

oh ok got it still getting use to this

[opal oasis]

If i want to use my snow ball mic to record a video how do I do it so there is no feedbac kon the input?

[neon lily]

There shouldn't be any feedback

[opal oasis]

there is

[neon lily]

Try asking about that over in #audio-support

[opal oasis]

ok

[neon lily]

I didn't hear any feedback

In that clip

[opal oasis]

here

there def i

check arond 0.11 seconds in

[blissful kindle]

hello. The quality of what im recording looks worse than what it appears on obs, may someone help me?

[quick pewter]

Looking for a version that will run on OS 10.12 I've been trying to see how to find earlier releases but cant sort it out

[fierce rock]

!macversions

[fading hare]

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

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

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

[tropic marlin]

Hi, I'm using obs to stream, but for some reason after it's on for a certain period of time, it starts dropping frames. Not just small increments, the dropped frames rack up to the thousands, in a short amount of time. I can confirm this is not because of internet issues, since other programs work just fine. I have uninstalled and reinstalled obs. Can someone please help? I can't stream like this.

[dense kindle]

Hi all. I need help. I’ve started adding sources. Is there a way to put those sources onto the YouTube stream ?

[pseudo warren]

is retina 1440x 900 the problem i have bad video quality? how do i get a retina 1980 x 1980

[molten grotto]

The sources should show on stream just fine if they are showing in the OBS preview.

[neon lily]

Not necessarily. Send a log of a recording session.

[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

[dire trout]

hello, someone tell me why the HEVC hardware encoder makes my recordings lag and why ProRes even in 4K works well?

[neon lily]

Let's take a look at your settings to find out why

[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

[dire trout]

https://obsproject.com/logs/KwUsEB0JNJ5fin98

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 59.9% Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (30.1.0)
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Apple M1 Pro 8 Core 3200 MHz - OK! / Apple Apple M1 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[dire trout]

HEVC Settings

[dire trout]

ProRes Settings

[neon lily]

That's not HEVC settings

Oh, you have them in reverse order

You are using CBR for recording. That's my first clue something is wrong :-)

[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

[neon lily]

Try using the quality presets in Simple Mode

[forest axle]

indeed, the hardware encoders really don't like CBR at higher bandwidths. if you must be in advanced mode, since i see you have particular color settings, use CRF around .7 or so

ABR will also perform better than CBR, but CRF performs a good amount better than either (which is what simple mode uses)

[dire trout]

thank you all, but that doesn't solve my problem, I think I'll stay with ProRes because it's the best that works.

[neon lily]

Is ProRes right for what you're doing?

[forest axle]

could you please post a log that shows whatever issues you're still having with HEVC after switching to CRF or simple mode?

[dense kindle]

Ok

[stiff quarry]

Is hardware acceleration supported???

[forest axle]

it is. depending on which mac you have, you have some combination of h264, HEVC and prores available in hardware

[soft lynx]

@neon lily

hey

Remember how you gave me the correct settings for 1080p 60fps settings

Is my computer able to stream and record in 1440p?

[neon lily]

Yeah, should be

For 1440p, the bit rate would be 25,000 kbps

[sullen oak]

Using my a7III and the video output (from recording) is not in 4K. Any ideas on how to adjust this setting?

[sullen oak]

Video Output Settings

[plucky zenith]

that's 4k

[plucky zenith]

!cleanlog
if the issue is that the video you get isn't at that resolution, do as described by the bot below

[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

[soft lynx]

everything else the same?

in my settings

@neon lily

[distant onyx]

For anyone who runs into what I did - not sure what's going on, but OBS didn't like having 2 sources running at 1080p (FaceCam Mk2 and HD60x). Changing either one to 720p got me back on buttery-smooth-easy-street at full 60fps in preview and stream and recording.

[sullen ginkgo]

Can anyone help me with OBS and whatnot. Everything looks great in OBS. When I open whatnot and select virtual camera my steam is super zoomed in and not reflecting what I see in OBS?

[blissful kindle]

@forest axle or@neon lily

I need help with quality.

Im sorry i pinged, but i’ve been asking for 2-3 whole days and i need to get a video uploaded.

[neon lily]

If anything else needed changing, I would have said so.

[neon lily]

Whatnot as in the shopping site? Isn't that geared towards vertical video?

Is your base resolution set up in a portrait orientation? i.e. 1080x1920 rather than 1920x1080

[forest axle]

you will need to be more specific. if your recording quality doesn't seem good, post a clean log per these instructions as well as an example clip from your recording. pinging us does not help; providing details helps!

!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

[tepid berry]

!macversions

[fading hare]

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

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

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

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

Certain games or applications will require OBS Studio to be run with elevated privileges (Administrator) in order to be captured. Running as administrator may also improve OBS performance when gaming.

To run as administrator, close OBS Studio, then simply right click the OBS Studio shortcut and select Run as administrator.

[forest axle]

er, do you need help with something?

[blissful kindle]

thats another problem..

It doesnt show anything in the logs.

https://obsproject.com/logs/Tl12dw2OdvHBKhO7

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (2)
• Non-Standard Framerate

ℹ️ Info

• 0.8% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[blissful kindle]

why is it that its not being the same quality its showing on obs

[forest axle]

what exactly are you seeing that you're calling bad quality? at first glance that recording looks fine

[blissful kindle]

the one on obs looks 20x better

its showing the same quality on my comuter, it looks good on computer but when i record it looks like worse quality

would that work

[forest axle]

can you take a screenshot of your recording settings

i would recommend simple mode, and indistinguishable quality with the hardware encoder

!local

[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

[blissful kindle]

how can i make it look as good as possible

[neon lily]

You just did

That’s the best it will look, that’s why it’s called Indistinguishable

[forest axle]

specifically you should set it to indistinguishable, in that screenshot it's on high

[blissful kindle]

so it cant get any better?

[forest axle]

did you set it to indistinguishable yet

[blissful kindle]

yes

[forest axle]

technically it can, but if you are still seeing an issue on that quality setting, you need to be specific about what it is

[blissful kindle]

can u tell me what to do to make it better

i just want it better

fpr example, this guys quality is good. https://youtu.be/O3GW6Ge9mvA

[forest axle]

i cannot give you effective advice on how to make it "better" without knowing in what areas you think it is deficient, no

[blissful kindle]

look how bad that looks

[blissful kindle]

the whole thing

[forest axle]

i think you're just talking about the resolution

you aren't recording at your monitor's resolution, so of course your recording is going to be lower definition than what you see on your monitor

[blissful kindle]

oh

let me check iy

it looks like its on 1920 x 1200 but my obs is on 1920 x 1080

[forest axle]

the 15" m2 macbook air (your computer) does not have a 1920x1200 display, it has a 2880×1864 display

[blissful kindle]

oh

let me see

oh my goodness

it looks so much better

tysm yam!

[eternal totem]

how can i use green screen on discord

plssss help

[fading hare]

You can share your OBS Studio content over video call services such as Zoom, Skype, Discord, etc. by following the Video Call Streaming Tutorial.

[neon lily]

That's for how to get your OBS picture into Discord

As for setting up a green screen, that's something you can ask about in #stream-setup since it's not macOS-specific

[signal beacon]

I'm having an issue with my audio capture

QuickTimePlayer picks the audio just fine, but OBS doesn't

From a capture card

[forest axle]

have you added your capture card as an audio input capture source in OBS?

[signal beacon]

I did, but i found out

It's Apple's fault...

You see they have a voice isolation feature for the mic? Well yeah it was working VERY fine

Now it makes sense why the only audio that it picked up were the character's voices

[forest axle]

yep, common issue, at least you got it sorted. unfortunately its also easy to end up with it enabled even if you never actually turned it on for that input

[signal beacon]

Yeah it makes sense

Oh wow I feel dumb, buy ey at least I know now xD

[forest axle]

don't feel dumb, file an apple feedback instead! 😛

[safe escarp]

hello. I recently bought an elgato hd60x specifically so I can record my ps5 on my macbook pro m2.

Unfortunately, both the preview window and recordings are choppy, and its always very random. I've gotten desperate to get this fixed, to the point that I'm willing to pay if I can get this fixed

https://obsproject.com/logs/FuZh8cCaO3go8nHK

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• Non-Default x264 Preset
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[prisma rune]

having problems with my macbook air recording ableton live where the audio like stutters and lags as im recording or i look at the recording after and its all laggy and stuttery and shitty. ive tried closing everything except obs and ableton and still its laggy. not sure what to do

[forest axle]

at least one user has had success resolving minor frame stuttering with the HD60x on apple silicon by changing the "input EDID mode" in the elgato capture utility to "display." you may want to try that and report back

[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

[safe escarp]

lemme try, thanks

[prisma rune]

https://obsproject.com/logs/aRjtXvF8vMy3CfSp

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac

ℹ️ Info

• 0.4% Rendering Lag
• 0.9% CPU Encoder Overload
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[safe escarp]

well, its better, but unfortunately I still saw some drops

https://obsproject.com/logs/rRt07JWBHcU43fma

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[safe escarp]

honestly looking at it a few times, there are like 2/3 moments where theres one duplicate frame

however, I had this before where a 1 minute recording felt really good, but when I came back a few hours later it was starting to feel choppy again

[forest axle]

honestly that recording looks pretty much fine to me, or at least as good as you can reasonably expect

at its core OBS is not designed to capture each and every frame at any cost

[safe escarp]

oh yeah I doubt anyone would complain. However, I dont want a repeat of the situation when I come back a few hours later and see severe drops again

[forest axle]

yeah, if it does return feel free to report back, though i'm not sure what else i can recommend

[safe escarp]

thank you, because I'm unfortunately here again

its definitely noticeable at 0:50

heya @boreal raven @weary knoll did y'all manage to fix the hd60x stutter on mac m2? I'm currently suffering from it as well

[full hazel]

When I scale a source down to a smaller size, it becomes extremely pixelated, beyond what I would expect from a simple loss of resolution, and beyond what I see in other people's streams. For example, when my webcam fills the whole canvas, it looks fine, but when I scale it down to be in the corner of the screen, it looks jagged and blocky, as you can see in the attached image. I can tell that this is not an issue that is specific to streaming or recording, because even in the OBS canvas, I can see that pixelation.

[forest axle]

i only see a single dupe here at :51; at :52 i see what looks like an ingame frame stutter rather than a capture card stutter

given their close proximity i would even guess they could be related

[safe escarp]

hmm

you know whats funny, I bought this card a few days ( second hand ) before the release of elgato neo

so stupid

[forest axle]

i wouldn't assume brand new devices are free of issues :p

[safe escarp]

definitely possible

[neon lily]

Right-click on your camera's source and try a different scaling method

[full hazel]

That fixed it. Thank you so much.

[neon lily]

No problemo

[prisma rune]

can someone help me idk what to do with the log

[neon lily]

You're using the software encoder which is putting pressure on your CPU.

[prisma rune]

oh ill turn that off

[neon lily]

Use the auto config wizard to change your settings to use the hardware encoder

[fading hare]

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

[prisma rune]

ok imma try recording now thank you i appreciate it

[neon lily]

No sweat

[prisma rune]

still having lag problemmss

https://obsproject.com/logs/foTyPVAGWRZ51srK

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• Auto-Config Wizard
• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• 1.8% Rendering Lag
• 2.8% Encoder Overload
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[neon lily]

Huh, you seem to have a window capture and a macOS Screen capture. Just have one or the other.

Same for computer audio, you've got one of those and a macOS Audio Capture source

My recommendation: keep the macOS Audio Capture and macOS Screen Capture

[prisma rune]

ye ur right

[neon lily]

Beyond that, you should also install the Apple Silicon version of OBS Studio. For some reason, you're running the Intel version

[fading hare]

OBS Studio can be downloaded:

• directly from the official OBS Project website: https://obsproject.com/download
• Microsoft Store (Windows)
• Steam (Windows, macOS)
• Flathub (Linux)

[neon lily]

The top link should be fine

[prisma rune]

ye im still having lag, u think the silicon versions the problem?

ill install it either way im just wonderin

[neon lily]

No, you're running the Intel version

Not running the Apple Silicon version is a minor performance penalty for no real good reason :)

[prisma rune]

no ye thats what i mean

[neon lily]

So be sure to get the Apple Silicon version and replace the copy you have 👍

[prisma rune]

if i install the silicon version will it just overwrite the intel one or should i uninstall firs

[neon lily]

Just overwrite, it's fine

"Uninstalling" isn't really a thing on macOS

Just be sure to quit OBS first, of course

[prisma rune]

damnn still lagging

https://obsproject.com/logs/5jt5jEfIDqBTLctU

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• 1.6% Rendering Lag
• 0.2% Encoder Overload
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[neon lily]

What kind of a Mac are you using?

MacBook Air? Pro? iMac? Mac mini?

[prisma rune]

air

[neon lily]

Do you have a monitor plugged into it?

[prisma rune]

no

only thing plugged in rn is a charger and a flashdrive

[neon lily]

Hm, then we could probably stand to reduce the resolution you're recording at

[prisma rune]

whenever i go to change the aspect ratio the only one that fits is the bigger one. but theres no other option other than that and 1920 by 1080

is there a way to enter a custom one

[neon lily]

You can type them in

It's not obvious but the box is editable

[prisma rune]

oh damn

doing rn

[neon lily]

For the sake of testing performance, I would do this:

In OBS Settings -> Video, set both the base and output resolutions to 1280x800
Reduce the frame rate to 30 (if you're just recording Ableton, it doesn't need to be particularly high)

After that, restart OBS and try another recording. See if that improves anything.

If it does, you can always try going higher and higher with the resolution in steps:
-> 1440x900
-> 1680x1050

[prisma rune]

ok ill try that rn

thank you for helping btw i appreciate u taking the time

[neon lily]

np

[forest axle]

hmm, that's not really an appreciable amount of lag either. it's normal for OBS to drop a few frames at the beginning of a recording

if you're seeing significant lag, it may be due to something else

in which case we might want to see a clip

[prisma rune]

https://obsproject.com/logs/E6PZ4bqpd4jEOISl

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• 0.4% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[prisma rune]

still lagging

[neon lily]

Getting lower and lower

[prisma rune]

ye i can send a clip

[forest axle]

that's 3 dropped frames out of 855

that's not rendering lag

not a meaningful amount, anyway

[neon lily]

3 out of 855 is basically nothing at that point

No encoder overload, at least

[prisma rune]

i think its making the program lag

idk tho

[neon lily]

Making Ableton lag?

[prisma rune]

ye

cause the frame rate seems to be fine its just the playhead slows down and speeds up

and audio drops out

there have def been times where ive recorded clearly

with more tracks too

[neon lily]

I wonder if it's SCK being dumb

Thoughts, yam?

[forest axle]

the window capture mode of macOS screen capture performs quite poorly in this version of macOS. you may want to try application capture

yeah

[neon lily]

Good call

[prisma rune]

even when i have obs open and not recording it still lags

idk if that matters

[prisma rune]

i will do this

[neon lily]

So double click on your macOS Screen Capture, set it to Application Capture mode, and then set it to capture Ableton

@forest axle I'm a little out of the loop wrt macOS Audio Capture. Should they have to do the same with that, too?

[forest axle]

i wouldn't expect that they should. audio capture uses the display/application paths, and even if it didn't, i've never seen one cause lag the way window capture does

[prisma rune]

ok it seems like its gotten better but still def lagging a bit and consistent audio drop outs

https://obsproject.com/logs/KKqZsaJgFElZMJWW

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• 0.4% Rendering Lag
• 0.2% Encoder Overload
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

can you post an example clip?

[prisma rune]

yep

the dropouts are definitely shorter but theyre creating these clicks

[neon lily]

Are you still using the Blackhole device? Because you don't need to anymore if you're using macOS Audio Capture

[forest axle]

i don't actually hear any clicks there

[neon lily]

Also, I don't hear any clicks

The video sounds fine. I think the program you're playing with is probably struggling to play the clip properly because of everything else loaded

[forest axle]

with a DAW you might still need it since they do weird audio routing, but not sure specifically with ableton

[neon lily]

hm

[forest axle]

in any case yeah, your clip seems fine

[prisma rune]

oh i switched the audio device and it seems to be working fine now

thank youuuuu

[neon lily]

I noticed the VLC plugin in their log is x86_64 only. I wonder if that means they have the Intel version of VLC? That might be choking?

Because the website defaults to the Intel version 🤷

https://get.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.20/macosx/vlc-3.0.20-universal.dmg <-- latest universal version of VLC, just in case

[prisma rune]

ok

i think everthings gud now

[neon lily]

Excellent

[prime coral]

Hi gang, I'm using OBS on an M1 Mac to screen record. I was working fine for a while, but in the last ~4 weeks I ran into a persistant issue where I'm unable to stop recording unless I quit the app. Clicking "Stop" shows the "stopping recording..." text, but never stops, even if I let it sit for minutes.
I've tried using the app in safe mode and disabling plugins (I only use 1), I've tried recording to other formats. Nothing has worked so far.

[neon lily]

Hm, that one I'm not sure about, sorry.

Usually an errant plugin is the cause but you're saying it even does this when it's disabled, huh?

[prime coral]

Yes indeed, and the only one I use is Source Record, which I imagine is pretty common

[forest axle]

it's common, but also commonly has issues :p

let's see a log of you reproducing the issue, preferably without any plugins in safe mode, that might reveal something

!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

[prime coral]

Hm maybe I'll take a closer look at it then, thank you both

Actually I just updated the Source Record plugin to the latest and that seems to have fixed it 😬 I assumed that was included in app updates but I guess not

[latent tinsel]

Guys. Please my MacBook keeps hanging anytime OBS is on. I would have to force restart it before it can work. Then after some minutes, it will hook again. I am using M3 Pro.

Also, I noticed it is showing CPU. Is there any way I can make OBS use my MacBook GPU?

[vagrant charm]

How to put the recording in zoom screen only? I don’t want to show what im doing now just record ZOOM meeting

[bleak shard]

Hi guys, unsure whether I’m posting this in the right place but hoping someone is able to help. I’ve recently bought a 2020 MacBook Air and I’m looking to record longer clips on my PS5 using OBS. Does anyone have any recommendations for starter capture cards/HDMI splitters which would be compatible with PS5 and Mac/OBS? Thanks 🙂

[soft lynx]

ok

[magic veldt]

Hi, today I updated my Mac's OS and since then OBS no longer sees my Sony Alpha 7II. Anyone know how to solve it? I've tried every way I know but nothing. It's definitely a problem that occurs with the update

[magic veldt]

?

[forest axle]

is OBS seeing your other camera devices like the built in camera?

[magic veldt]

yes

[forest axle]

did you require any software or special devices to get the camera to appear as an input in OBS before?

[magic veldt]

audio monitor

[forest axle]

i mean for the video feed

[magic veldt]

ah no no

[forest axle]

i think you need something like sony's "Sony Imaging Edge Webcam" software; i would look into that. i'm not sure what version of macOS you would have been on before that did not require that

[forest axle]

this sounds like something abnormal is going on. what are you doing while OBS is open? we should see a log as well:

!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

[soft lynx]

@neon lily is there a page on the obs website to tell you what birate to use according to what you want?

[sullen oak]

Got it. Okay. The output file is super grainy. I'll take a look.

[plucky zenith]

send the log here

[sullen oak]

https://obsproject.com/logs/JsMGx0PvmxXVTBav

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Framerate

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[sullen oak]

https://obsproject.com/logs/JsMGx0PvmxXVTBav

[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

[sullen oak]

What am using

[plucky zenith]

irrelevant, do what the bot said

[potent lark]

Recording or streaming?

[raw quartz]

How do I capture my screen? It's a black screen no matter which scene I use or which type of capture I use.
I'm trying to record my screen.

[soft lynx]

recording

[potent lark]

You wouldnt use a bitrate for recordings. You would either be using simple mode, or if you are using Advanced mode you use CQP as your rate control

[raw quartz]

I'm trying to record my screen. Entire desktop.
But I when I choose my screen or application, it doesn't give me options.

Nevermind! Figured it out! ❤️

[crude basalt]

Hello, I am not sure what happened with the last update but OBS will not work for me to record my game. There is black space around my screen when I record and the resolution keeps changing from 3840 X 2160 to 3840 X 2204. My TV and game are set to 4K. The base canvas and output size is as well and this has never been an issue until the last update. No matter how many times I edit transform or make changes, there is a black bar at the top that records.

[forest axle]

what game are you recording and what source type are you using to capture it?

[crude basalt]

I am recording the Sims 4 using MacOS Screen Capture. The game resolution is also set to 3840 X 2160. This has worked for over a year just fine. Not sure what happened.

[forest axle]

what mode of macos screen capture (application, window, display)? could you take a screenshot of your entire screen while ingame with command-shift-3 and post it?

[crude basalt]

Window. It actually works with application mode but I like to be able to see the preview and was able to use this until the April 4th update.

[forest axle]

yeah. apple basically broke the window capture mode in several ways with recent macOS updates

captures resize themselves in fullscreen and have glitchy behavior and also perform poorly

[crude basalt]

So is there any way I can get the application to show in preview using application capture?

[forest axle]

without the game also being visible onscreen, no

[crude basalt]

Any hope that this will change with a future update

I recorded several videos not knowing my screen was cut off 😢

[sullen oak]

got it. still a no go on the grain in the output.

They are exporting at 3840x2160 but the output is grainy.

Green File was recorded in Camera at 1080p - (crispy)

[sullen oak]

Yellow was recorded via OBS - exported at 4K but grainy..

[forest axle]

it's been reported and i know that the feedback has been received by them, and at least some of it is being looked at. i have no indication of when or whether it will be fixed.

[crude basalt]

Okay, well thanks for the input. Guess I will have to use application mode until it’s resolved.

[forest axle]

feel free to file a feedback with apple as well. more indications that it is frustrating for users might make them focus more on fixing the issues

[patent sage]

Hey 🙂 my names fabia… I’ve been having issues with my OBS. It started happening yesterday and still not working

Has anyone experienced this before

[fading hare]

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

[forest axle]

there is no indication what type of files these are supposed to be

[forest axle]

if you followed the bot's suggestion regarding local recording settings and you're still seeing issues with your output, please post another log from a session as you did before

[sullen oak]

https://obsproject.com/logs/OfdeAABfbF98Tbsg

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Framerate

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

you did not follow the bot's instructions. here they are once more

!local

[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

[frank arrow]

Can I multi-stream to different platforms using a different overly at the same time?

[worthy gale]

Question: I've set the FPS=25 , but VLC shows the FPS as some approximate value, e.g. 24.29 or 24.14. Why?

Hmm, I'm guessing the problem is that I have two different video streams: an external camera at 25 FPS, and display capture at 30/60 fps?

Is it possible to capture the display at 25fps?

Hmm, it seems to be caused by the videotoolbox encoder

using Output/Recording/Type = Custom Output (FFmpeg) produces 25fps

but then using the videotoolbox encoder doesnt produce the error when using ffmpeg... weird

[warped mica]

@worthy gale could you send a clean log file?

!cleanlog

[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

[worthy gale]

Thanks. I gave up on the Standard output and will be trying ffmpeg instead.

But I'm struggling to change the quality.

no matter the video bitrate, or q=... , the bitrate is

    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:00:09.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2122 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: hevc (Main) (hev1 / 0x31766568), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 3840x2160, 2114 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]
  Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 2 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]```

What is the correct way to set quality/CRF?
Ideally I'd like to set -q:v 60 -tag:v hvc1

Is there a way to just specify arguments to ffmpeg, not specific to "Muxer Settings" , "Video Encoder Settings" or "Audio Encoder Settings" ?

[warped mica]

We won’t be able to provide help for Custom FFmpeg Output unfortunately

But I’d look into the original issue if you could provide a clean log

[worthy gale]

OK.

VLC outputs this:

redacted log

Also, the CRF setting doesn't work, because it's not relevant to VideoToolbox...
is there a way to set the quality setting?

[warped mica]

Thanks, I’ll take a look later

[worthy gale]

Thanks. Does OBS "Standard" also use ffmpeg?

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro#VideoToolbox

VideoToolbox supports two types of rate control:

Bitrate-based using -b:v
Constant quality with -q:v. Note that the scale is 1-100, with 1 being the lowest and 100 the highest. Constant quality mode is only available for Apple Silicon and from ffmpeg 4.4 and higher.

[warped mica]

No, it’s a native implementation

[worthy gale]

It might just be a bug in VLC that it reads the fps incorrectly.

[worthy gale]

I see.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here. With CRF I tried setting max bitrate to 50k, and with ABR to 25k/50k:

but it still gives me a low bitrate, e.g. 4026 kb/s

  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2mp41
    encoder         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:00:05.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4354 kb/s
  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 3840x2160, 4026 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
      vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]```

although the video is just recording a still image, so maybe it's just not necessary with a higher bitrate / it's compressed?

I'm finding that the screen recording is slightly blurry, so that's why I'm interested to increase the bitrate.

14:58:42.823: QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
14:58:42.840: [mac-virtualcam] mac-camera-extension: OBS cannot install the virtual camera if it's not in "/Applications". Please move OBS to the "/Applications" directory.
14:58:43.696: [VideoToolbox advanced_video_recording: 'hevc']: session created with hardware encoding
14:58:43.721: [VideoToolbox advanced_video_recording: 'hevc']: settings:
14:58:43.721:     vt_encoder_id          com.apple.videotoolbox.videoencoder.ave.hevc
14:58:43.721:     rate_control:          ABR
14:58:43.721:     bitrate:               25000 (kbps)
14:58:43.721:     quality:               0.880000
14:58:43.721:     fps_num:               25
14:58:43.721:     fps_den:               1
14:58:43.721:     width:                 3840
14:58:43.721:     height:                2160
14:58:43.721:     keyint:                0 (s)
14:58:43.721:     limit_bitrate:         on
14:58:43.721:     rc_max_bitrate:        50000 (kbps)
14:58:43.721:     rc_max_bitrate_window: 1.000000 (s)
14:58:43.721:     hw_enc:                on
14:58:43.721:     profile:               main
14:58:43.721:     codec_type:            hevc

CBR works though, so maybe it's just compression...

Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 3840x2160, 23452 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn (default)

and it looks equally blurry as the 2500 kb/s one... 😦

[analog stratus]

Bonjour je n’est plus la fenêtre qui indique le temps du live et le nombre de spectateurs quelqu’un pourrait m’aider svp

[worthy gale]

---

I'm using "macOS Screen Capture" of an external 4K display, which, due to text scaling, seems to have a base canvas resolution of 5120x2880, that is then Output scaled to 3840x2160...
is there a better way, that achieves sharp text? I mean the display is 4K and looks sharp? So why can't I capture that output?

But I also have a camera source that is 4K... so I'd have to transform it to 5K, then back down to 4K... so I thought to just keep the canvas resolution, to only downsample the "screen capture" once...

[forest axle]

if the display is 5120x2880, that isn't 4K. and no, text will not look as sharp scaling that resolution down to 4K, regardless of bitrate; that is the nature of the beast

[worthy gale]

It's mysterious to me how MacOS resolution works. Because obviously the output is 4K. But perhaps at the application level, it fakes a 5K display resolution?
and then downscales that to 4K output. But as you said, I don't understand how it achieves sharp text when doing that...

[forest axle]

the output of what is 4K

[worthy gale]

my monitor

[forest axle]

based on what you've posted, no, it's 5120x2880, which is not 4K

[worthy gale]

but MacOS shows it as "2560x1440" resolution, which is 5K scaled 200%

[forest axle]

macOS shows the resolution in "logical" units as opposed to physical pixels

typically at the default settings, those are 2x apart

it does that in order to abstract the details of display scaling away from how content is meant to be presented

in other words, it's saying that things should "look" 2560x1440, so a 1440p video would open in fullscreen, for example, but the physical resolution is in fact double that

[worthy gale]

Hmm, if I choose the 200%. 1920x1080 resolution, it's sharp:

[forest axle]

i don't know where you're getting the 200% figure. if you've set 1080p logical resolution on a 2880p display, it's probably doing 250% scaling

[worthy gale]

I just can't understand where this goes wrong:
In OBS?
In "macOS Screen Capture"? maybe the API captures the 5K scaled resolution, when it should have a 4K downscaled output
In playback, when VLC takes a 4K video, and maybe MacOS upscales to 5K, then downscales to 4K output...

I don't have a 5K display

[forest axle]

you very much do. i think that that is at the heart of this misunderstanding

5120x2880 is not 4K. nor can it ever be

[worthy gale]

I just checked my monitor's built-in debugging output, and it says: 3840 (H) x 2160 (V) SDR.
with MacOS set to 2560x1440.

That's why it doesn't make sense to me 😅 I understand why it doesn't make sense to you either

[limpid delta]

how do i veiw my clips

[forest axle]

oh, i think i see

[worthy gale]

The problem for me is that the "1920x1080" (4K scaled) resolution is a bit too big for me.
But it does solve the sharpness issue.

[forest axle]

i was confused because you told me that your resolution was 5120x2880 initially

[worthy gale]

What I meant was that it seems that MacOS creates a virtual screen resolution of 5120x2880 since the display setting is "2560x1440".
and OBS recognizes that resolution as base canvas "5120x2880"

so I think the issue is with the MacOS Screen Capture API...

or, with the OBS downscaling algorithm being inferior to what MacOS is using

but again, maybe MacOS should just provide the scaled output (4K), not the virtual resolution (5K)

[forest axle]

hmm, how are you determining that macOS screen capture is actually giving you a 5120x2880 capture? can you take a screenshot of the source properties?

[forest axle]

i'm talking about the source properties, not your OBS canvas properties

[potent lark]

Would it happen to say in the logs?

(Not sure if mac screen captures get the res reported in the logs)

[forest axle]

can you do the following?

1. set your canvas to 5120x2880 per your first screenshot
2. add a macOS screen capture display capture to your scene
3. select the macos screen capture source and press command-R
4. take a screenshot of the OBS window

[worthy gale]

the only related log entry I found was - source: 'macOS Screen Capture' (screen_capture) ... no mention of resolution anywhere

[worthy gale]

What is comamnd-R for ? Recording?

recording doesnt seem to add any information to the UI

[forest axle]

it just resets the transform on the source, so i can tell what the actual raw size of the framebuffer is to rule out any extra scaling

[worthy gale]

I see, I usually click "trasnform - fit to screen" after changing base canvas

I did a reset also, and it made no difference to the screenshot

[forest axle]

yeah, just wanted to make sure

and yeah. it indeed looks like SCK (the API) gives you the 2880p framebuffer for some reason

[worthy gale]

thanks for confirming. I was going crazy 😄

[forest axle]

you might have some success adding a custom downscale filter to the source

i don't know what method macOS uses specifically to go from 5K to 4K

the API does not give you discrete control over the resolution you get from the system, so there isn't much OBS can do beyond that

[worthy gale]

I just tested all the 5 filter-scaling modes and they all cause significant blur/quality loss

[forest axle]

could you send an example? like a screenshot of text from your display and then a brief 4K clip of the same text via OBS the best you can get it? i would like to see how bad it is

[worthy gale]

https://ufile.io/f/afw6g

this is using bicubic

and I concude that it's not encoding related, since it looks 99% the same when using 1920x1080 (scaled) resolution

[hardy mirage]

Can someone help me with getting the discord voice chat sound to obs and my stream? What source should I use? I can’t download the streamkit from discord (error message all the time)

[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.

[worthy gale]

and here's the screenshots with 4K resolution (2K scaled)
they're basically identical, so it's not an encoding issue

https://ufile.io/f/92smy

[potent lark]

Oof, that link and the download just gave me a bunch of fake malware alerts

[worthy gale]

oh sorry, I just googled whatever file service was available, I use ublock so I didnt get any alerts

any alternatives?

[forest axle]

you can just drag the files onto this window

i'd also prefer an actual clip of your recorded output at 4K rather than a screenshot of it

[plucky zenith]

for files lower than 100 MB, you can send them here directly
for files bigger : https://send.tresorit.com/

[narrow chasm]

Guys I want to set up OBS on my macbook Intel Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1 and I'm a total noob in using stream OBS... How do I set it up? Please help me out

[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

[narrow chasm]

I don't wanna stream anything just screen record with audio that's it

[distant onyx]

So, you basically would need to make a scene, which is your screen canvas, if you will. You'll need to add and insert each element, like your webcam, your content (an application, a window, a website, your whole desktop, etc), and you'll need to ensure your microphone is also added (sometimes that's through your webcam depending upon your setup).

Really, it's about what your setup is, and where you want things

Then take a look at video settings and check your recording statistics, that's where it gets real technical

but just focus on setting up your environment first

[worthy gale]

So after spending hours on this problem, it seems that:

if I record with a 5K virtual resolution (2560x...)
regardless of canvas size 4K or 5K
with a 4K output
it will look blurry

until I change the scale to 4K (1920x...)
then it looks sharp in either case.

so I conclude that the problem is with how it upscales from 4K video file to 5K virtual resolution
this seems to occur both with VLC and QuickTime... and when having the video file paused in QuickTime, and changing the scaling from a separate monitor... the sharpness clearly changes.
it's only a slight effect, but enough to be noticable by the eagle-eyed...

which is good news: I can record while using scaled resolution... but when playing back, I have to use 4K scale to evaluate the sharpness...

[potent lark]

2560x1440 is not 5k, is 2.5k technically

[fluid finch]

Hey ya'll got a mac OBS + Source record plugin question.

I am attempting to use OBS to record my camera (via Elgato camlink 4k) while simultaneously use the Source Record plugin to capture my 4k monitor (Acer 32” 144Hz 4K). This is happening on am m3 macbook pro. I want to capture both at full 4k res. However, I'm running into an issue where just a few seconds into the recording the camera video gets extremely choppy, and it gets worse and worse the longer the recording goes to 1 fps or even less.

I tried several things suggested online including disabling freesync, changing the refresh rate of the monitor, but does not work.

Interestingly, it works totally fine if I capture the macbook pro screen rather than the secondary monitor.

I thought this might be an issue with just maxing out the GPU, but I tested both on this machine and another machine and the GPU does not have its resources maxxed out while doing this dual capture.

Any recommendations?

[worthy gale]

yes but it's scaled 2x

[potent lark]

The screen capture you showed earlier showed it was 2.5k resolution, so if you add it and then make it 4k or 5k, it will look softer

[worthy gale]

I also have a new hypothesis, that this is actually a fractional scaling issue with MacOS (just as it is in Linux)... because the more I look, it seems the "1920" scaling is sharper in general, than when using "2560"...

anyway, I give up, and will stick to 1920 scaling :D. sorry for the time wasted!

[forest axle]

no. the user has a 3840x2160 display. macos uses a logical resolution of 2560x1440 with it. it scales by 2x, gives OBS a 2x frame buffer, then scales down for the actual presentation on the display

it's convoluted

[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

[fluid finch]

Adding the log file link for the issue I mentioned above: https://obsproject.com/logs/c7DiedwO1LNCcUGK

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording
• 64.1% Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (30.0.2)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[fluid finch]

Wow, this log checker is awesome

[forest axle]

looks like recording two sessions at 4k is just too much for your machine

i would switch either source record or your main output to use x264 instead

(one of the two)

[fluid finch]

Yeah, I actually just tried switching the source record to use x264, but not it just spits out a zero byte file :/

It's odd, activity monitor does not seem to indicate that my resources are overloaded

[forest axle]

the encoder activity doesn't show up in activity monitor

apple apparently did not foresee a situation where you would need to monitor their load or performance

[fluid finch]

It doesnt count as a part of the GPU load?

As in, activity monitor -> window -> GPU history?

[forest axle]

no

as to why source record isn't working with x264, i don't know...might just be a question for the source record dev unforch

or you could do it the other way around (main output x264, source record VT)

[worthy gale]

is this a Macbook Air? I'm using a Macbook Pro M1 and have two 4K 25fps input streams and output to 4K 25fps (VideoToolbox HEVC)

and the reported CPU load is minimal (like 5%)

[forest axle]

hevc is a good amount more capable than h264 too, if that's an option

i don't know what encoder suite exists on the base m3

[worthy gale]

while recording

[forest axle]

again, the encoder load doesn't surface in activity monitor

[worthy gale]

%GPU = 41,8

while not recording

%GPU = 29,9

[worthy gale]

It does seem to register in %GPU ?

maybe the number isnt fully representative, just a partial increase when the actual number is much higher?

[forest axle]

the GPU is more active when encoding, yes. but there is no figure that tells you how much load the actual part of the SoC that performs media encoding is under

that part is not the GPU by macOS's accounting

[fluid finch]

ok, I'm able to get the source record to work with software enciding. This helped, and will hopefully work out for me.

[worthy gale]

videotoolbox is vastly more efficient, but it's up to you

like 50fps vs 2fps

(using ffmpeg)

[forest axle]

the entire point is that his system probably cannot support two simultaneous 4k sessions. the media engine is much less capable on the base chips than the pro/max/etc

[narrow chasm]

I want to record the whole screen itself and the setup is just as the MacBook no external devices connected

[distant onyx]

So add a source, there should be a SCREEN CAPTURE choice. That’s it.

[acoustic abyss]

I use OBS on a Macbook Pro M3 which was working with my Elgato 4kx, but I accidentally selected the virtual camera while troubleshooting a problem. After I restarted OBS it is failing with a segmentation violation on startup. I have tried safe and normal mode startup, but neither work. I have also uninstalled OBS studio and re-installed. Same issue. I'm new to OBS, MAC OS, and Discord, so if this is not the proper way to ask for help, then I apologize. Any help would be appreciated. The following is the header of the full crash log posted at the following URL on PasteBin: https://pastebin.com/HsArMbFF

Translated Report (Full Report Below)

Process: OBS [4894]
Path: /Applications/OBS.app/Contents/MacOS/OBS
Identifier: com.obsproject.obs-studio
Version: 30.1.2 (8576208847)
Code Type: ARM-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2024-04-24 11:35:20.5267 -0500
OS Version: macOS 14.4.1 (23E224)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 6ED1D2DB-18B4-9A7B-807C-C48E853A82E5

Sleep/Wake UUID: 8E3EE800-6218-4EC6-BC7A-6BFD6F7166D3

Time Awake Since Boot: 32000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 55 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 9 Dispatch queue: session queue

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000328
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000328

Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [4894]

VM Region Info: 0x328 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 4299062488
REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL
UNUSED SPACE AT START
--->
__TEXT 1003e8000-1007ac000 [ 3856K] r-x/r-x SM=COW /Applications/OBS.app/Contents/MacOS/OBS

[forest axle]

to solve this you'll need to remove your scene collection unfortunately. it's been addressed but hasn't made it to an OBS release yet

to do that:

1. open Finder
2. press Command-Shift-G or do Go->Go To Folder
3. paste in the following and hit enter: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes
4. remove the .json and .json.bak files for your scene collection out of the folder

[acoustic abyss]

Brilliant! Thanks so much for your help!

[fluid finch]

@forest axle Thanks for your help with my issue. Using a combo of hardware and software encoding works for me.

[solemn hull]

hello, I am trying to delete my camera from my OBS interface. everytime I click trash and yes when "are you sure you want to delete" the system crashes. I've forced quit OBS from finder and activity monitor. deleted the application. deleted the applicaion from the trash and redownloaded the application. every time I re open the application, even after deleting and re downloading, i get the message"

all my settings still come in with my elgato cam link, camera, and el gato wavelink. but if I deleted the software and redownloaded it how do all my devices still pop up??

[forest axle]

the crash when deleting sources is probably because of your stream deck software being out of date. all you should need to do there is update it

if you're still having issues at that point, let us know

[solemn hull]

I deleted the stream deck application as I sold my stream deck

[forest axle]

the plugin might still exist on your system

we can see a crash log to make sure:

!maccrash

[fading hare]

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

1. Open Console.app (Located in /Applications/Utilities).
2. Navigate to the Crash Reports view along the left sidebar, then sort the table by date to find the most recent crash with the OBS process name.
3. Drag and drop the selected crash onto the Discord window to upload the file, or copy-and-paste the report text here.

[neon lily]

Stream Deco plugin caused the crash yup

[ruby owl]

i have been using the NDI plugin for a while but it keeps crashing when i try to remove a NDI source. has anyone else seen this or have a solution?

[forest axle]

this is due to outdated stream deck software. if you update, all should be well

[timber bay]

Hello, I would like some help with why even though i allowed OBS in privacy and security settings on my mac to record applications i have open, it still wont show the option to record desktop audio and record specific applictions i have open, please somone help, ive been trying to figure this out for quite a while now.

[forest axle]

hmm, let's see a log please

[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

[timber bay]

https://obsproject.com/logs/BL508461ZjOLk0kx

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

sorry, got distracted. looks like you're trying to add the deprecated window capture source

what you want is the "macOS screen capture" source

[timber bay]

what does that mean? I am new to this kinda stuff

[forest axle]

when you go to add a source, you want to select "macOS screen capture"

[solemn hull]

how do I fix that? I moved the streamdeck application from my mac to trash and then deleted it from the trash

[forest axle]

https://help.elgato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028232731-Stream-Deck-Uninstall-Procedure-on-macOS

[timber bay]

thank you so much! that really helped.

[solemn hull]

thank you!!

[pale frost]

Hi hi! Am I allowed to show a video recording example of one of my tests? Along with some technical issues, there's this problem I've been having with the program I'm recording; it keeps moving itself from it's original position the moment I am in the program, and I'm not sure why it does this

[forest axle]

you are definitely allowed to do that. if i am going to venture a guess, your issue has to do with macOS screen capture's window capture being broken (the resolution for which is to use the application capture mode), but we should see the clip and a log even so

[pale frost]

Okay, that's good.
I might upload a log file as well, since I just tried to apply different settings - which my main problem has sort of fixed itself :/
It's only when I need to see the top menu of my Mac does everything lag or even freeze.

https://obsproject.com/logs/FsbTaTPGspY9ucFF

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• 5.6% Rendering Lag
• Safe Mode Enabled (2)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

yeah, i would try the application capture mode instead of window capture

looks like your capture is resizing itself

it's a macOS bug. we're all patiently waiting for it to be addressed

you'll need to crop and deal with application captures differently. but they won't resize and move themselves around at least

[pale frost]

Alright. I'll see how it goes. I didn't realise there was a bug, but best of luck that it does get fixed soon. Thank you for the help!
^w^

[vague berry]

My mac shut down randomly when I tried to select safari as a source for window recording. I was in fullscreen OBS.

Strange but true

[wet rover]

Hello, i've been running into this pixelation problem when recording in OBS. It only seems to happen after recording for 15 minutes or more and sometimes it eventually goes away. It seems to be linked to my keyframe interval as I changed it from 2 to 5 recently and the pulsing happens at roughly the same interval.
I've spent a long time looking for best recording settings etc, I record at 2560x1440 at 60fps. I've attached my output settings.
I'm on an M2 Mac Studio on Ventura 13.6.6
Any help would be great and let me know if you need more information. 😀 (Not sure why the video is download only)

[neon lily]

If you're recording, you shouldn't be using bit rate

Use a recording preset

[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

[wet rover]

Ah okay, thanks, is there anywhere that has info on the audio quality formats for the different presets? Bit depth and format?

[plucky zenith]

you can select the audio encoder in simple mode

the different presets of simple mode for recording (high quality, indistinguishable and lossless) only affect video, not audio

[wet rover]

Okay thank you, is there anyway to get higher quality audio using this simple mode? I would ideally like to have 16bit PCM or 24bit if possible as I record my microphone through OBS and process it after.

[plucky zenith]

no, for that you'll have to use advanced afaik.
If you want to use advanced, set the rate control to CRF, and the CRF value to 16

that should do it

[wet rover]

Okay will give it a go and see, thanks for the help

[uncut hearth]

whenever i finish any screen recordings i cant find the files and when i press show recording it doesn't show anything accept a empty folder

[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

[ionic topaz]

Hi, i have M1 Mac, and i have problem with Capturing video. Sometimes capturing with my elgato capture card works without any problem, but sometimes it dosen't. Shows only a blank screen and that's it. I've tried capturing on diffrent hardware/software and it works. On windows version of OBS i have no problems, but on mac i have this problem. How to solve it? I've reinstalled OBS several times and no luck. I;ve tried with photo booth and there elgato works very well, so it's not my capture card problem, but rather OBS problem.

I've tried to change resolution, no luck

Any solutions?

[plucky zenith]

!log
close obs, reopen, send a log

[fading hare]

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

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

[ionic topaz]

https://obsproject.com/logs/vBGmXa4AlPQy1neW

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

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

[plucky zenith]

make sure the cables and ports you're using are usb 3?

[ionic topaz]

yes it's running on usb 3.0 hub

and plugged in with original cable

[plucky zenith]

anything else on that hub?

[ionic topaz]

no, only elgato

tried with other hubs, the same problem

[forest axle]

is the device currently working in photo booth or quicktime?

[ionic topaz]

no, other camera related apps are closed

[forest axle]

could you try them?

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (30.0.2)

ℹ️ Info

• Windows 10 22H2 (OK)

Hardware Check

AMD Ryzen 5 3350G - OK! / GeForce GTX 1650 - OK!

[potent lark]

Good thing that @ reply is disabled on this server

[south saffron]

Need some help please. Trying to hook up my Iphone 15 promax to record vertical into OBS. Switched my video base and output to 1920x1080 and turned on continuity in the iphone settings. When i connect it, it stay in landscape and I only have the option in sources for 1080x1920. THank you eveyone for your time

[forest axle]

unfortunately, continuity camera does not support vertical video

[south saffron]

so most people add a dslr, a yeti, hook it up to a mac?

[forest axle]

people do all sorts of things 😅

if you want to record vertical video with continuity camera, you can still do it, you should just orient your phone horizontally and crop the feed coming into OBS

[charred cedar]

Hi everyone. I am using MacBook Silicon chip. How can I restrict some apps from being recorded while all other be recorded? I have a Safari, Chrome and One pdf. I want to screen Safari and pdf file while restrict screening Chrome. And when switching to Chrome I want screen recorded to keep screening either safari or pdf. How can I do so? Should I separate desktop spaces and what changes should be done in app?

[twilit tangle]

Hi All, I too am having a problem that id like some opinion on. I was livestreaming over the weekend from a sony 4k camera. I was using a Magewell USD capture card Gen2 and I was hard lined into the internet. Everything was working completely fine until I pressed stream through OBS. As soon as i pressed stream the picture immediately went out and I couldn't get it back until i completely closed out of OBS restarted my computer and reopened OBS. I got it working again and went to stream another performance and IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I had sound but no picture....help...

[solemn hull]

I hooked up my sony a6300 to my macbook studio m2 via camlink. I keep seeing all these options (first screen shot) when watching youtube videos but I'm only getting the options in the second screen shot

[solemn hull]

is there something I'm missing??

also my recorded videos have artifacting and aren't crisp

[forest axle]

you probably want to just check "use preset" and use a preset

[solemn quiver]

Hey I’m having problem recording/screaming on my MacBook Pro retina early 2013. Every time I try to record/scream the “overloaded encoder” message pops up. I tried using apple vt h265 hardware encoder (CBR not showing when selected) but still doesn’t work. Even tried x264 with CBR selected and it eats you my CPU. Need help please

[forest axle]

a 2013 macbook pro is going to heavily struggle to do any sort of realtime encoding

feel free to post a log and we can try our best:

!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

[solemn quiver]

https://obsproject.com/logs/oyvi1mTB4d7AIw6m

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 97.4% Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• 3.6% Rendering Lag
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz - Possible bottleneck / GeForce GT 650M - Possible bottleneck

[forest axle]

you'll need to adjust your expectations here

1080p60 will not be achievable with any encoder on your machine

i would try perhaps 720p30

it looks like you're also trying to do prores here? which i'm not sure if that's actually possible on your machine or not

[solemn quiver]

Ok when I change the base/output resolution to 720 it changes when I resize display

[neon lily]

On a 2013, 360p or 480p is more realistic

At 25fps to 30fps

[magic briar]

hi i need help with black screen with game capture

can anyone help me?

[neon lily]

macOS doesn't have Game Capture. Do you mean macOS Screen Capture?

It's likely that you haven't granted OBS Studio the right permissions

[fading hare]

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

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

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

For more information, see the macOS Permissions Guide

[magic briar]

oh yeah thats what i meant, but it says all access is granted

okay so i needed a new usb cord to connect my astro mixamp to my mac, so i went to the store and got one but when i came back i had a black screen. everything was fine before i left

so i changed my resolution on my ps5 from 4k to 1080p and now it shows

but how come it didnt work like before?

[neon lily]

Oh, you're talking about Video Capture

What kind of capture card do you have, and how is it connected to your Mac?

[magic briar]

elgato hd60 s+

i have it connected to a thing that has a bunch of usb 3 ports thats connected to the charging port on mac i forgot what its called

[neon lily]

A dock

Capture cards really need to be connected directly to the Mac

Sending 4K video data from your capture card, along with the data from the other connected devices, seems to too much for the dock. That's why 1080p works, because it's less data to transfer

[magic briar]

but everything was fine before

ohhhhhhhh ok ok

[neon lily]

What kind of Mac do you have?

[magic briar]

the 2019 one with the touch bar

13''

[neon lily]

Oh yeah, so it has a few ports

The ideal thing with Elgato devices is to have a Thunderbolt 3-capable USB Type-C cable going from the Elgato directly into the computer, no dock or hub in between

Why they pack in a USB C-to-A cable, I'll never know

They could've made everybody's life easier by packing in a C-to-C cable, with a C-to-A adapter for those who need it, but noooooooo

[magic briar]

okay so now im getting desktop audio through the plugin blackhole 2ch but no audio from ps5

[neon lily]

Did you add an Audio Input Capture source, pointing to your Elgato?

(Also, if your Mac is up to date, you shouldn't need Blackhole anymore)

[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.

[magic briar]

omg so this is probably irrelevant but yesterday i tried this and it wouldnt show so i saw an article online saying it had something to do with sonoma and it said i had to do something in terminal so i went to terminal and did something but it said the disk was encrytped with a password or something so i gave up and restarted and niw my mac was in a constant restart loop it would restart every time i tried to log on. i didnt change anything in terminal. so it siad i had to force update to log in then i had to delete windows off my disk i forgot what its called

and i had to reinstall sonoma to be able to get out of the restart loop because repairing didnt work nor did updating

anyways theres this loud static

my audio input is selected on my capture device

pls help

[magic briar]

idk why there is just static

[magic briar]

okay so static came from my bose soundbar being connected

[thorn sandal]

could any one help me with an issue im having with seige its the only game that black screens i do play stretched but every other game i have strethed works ive allowed third party things still doesnt work

[stoic steeple]

Hello OBS community,
I'm using Obs to crop a stream in portrait mode. It works pretty well except that the cropping doesn't trigger for each stream.
I can't reproduce the bug every time. Sometimes the cropping is ok and other times not.
Is there a setting to force it?
Attached is my cropping setting.
Thanks for your help.

[narrow chasm]

Okay I installed and demo recorded one screen recording...

So is it possible to remove the outside audio for example when I record my online classes and use OBS to record the screen it records the screen, and mic audio and also the outside audio like fan sound etc, I don't want it to record the outside audio i want it to record only the screen and the class sound which is coming through the online classes. Is it possible? If yes then how?

[kind parrot]

ああ

[molten grotto]

You can mute the microphone by clicking the speaker icon under it in the OBS mixer window, or turn its volume slider all the way down

[fading hare]

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