macos-support

[fleet urchin]

Thanks for this! What is the difference between MacOS Audio Capture vs MacOs Screen Capture, which one should work better only for Audio? I was using MacOS Audio Capture and was having a ton of issues and bugs (like even if I had the application open the sound was like frozen in OBS and did not output into streams or recordings).

[molten grotto]

I am not sure what the exact difference is. Try both and see how they run

[fleet urchin]

Thanks! Both seem the same and both are giving me a ton of headaches. See how I have Spotify running as an application but the output sound is frozen on OBS, even though I have the source configured. I have to restart everytime to try making it run. (same happens to my Desktop Audio Source). Any ideas what could be wrong? @molten grotto

[hollow bone]

Hola, alguien habla español?

no quiero traducir a cada momento

tengo un problema con OBS

SE CIERRA DE REPENTE, incluso abriendola en modo seguro

[forest axle]

could you post 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

[fading hare]

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

[haughty hill]

i need help too. here is a crash log of mine

[hollow bone]

OBS suddenly closes on my Mac

[forest axle]

can you post a macOS crash report? here are some instructions:

!maccrash

[fading hare]

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

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.

[forest axle]

when is this crash occurring? on startup, or during recording/streaming?

[haughty hill]

Recording, I am using camo studio for my video capture device, a rodecaster duo for my audio input device and screen capturing my safari.

[forest axle]

do you have a replay buffer that is very long?

[hollow bone]

my problem

[haughty hill]

it says it's disabled and set to 20s

[forest axle]

this crash is usually caused by the youtube live control panel dock; closing that dock should resolve the issue

[forest axle]

can you find an OBS log from a session where the crash occurred?

old logs can be found by doing file->open settings folder in OBS, then navigating to the logs folder

[haughty hill]

Checking now.

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)
• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-6820HQ @ 2.70GHz - Possible bottleneck / Radeon Pro 460 - OK!

[forest axle]

that session doesn't have any output, so i don't think it's from a session that crashed?

[fleet urchin]

Thanks @forest axle ! I think I figure out a workaround, everytime it happens I just go to the source "Restart capture" and it works again and has stopped happening since.

[forest axle]

that's a crash report, i'm specifically looking for an OBS log from a session where the crash occurs, so i can more easily see what is happening in OBS when the crash happens

either way i can still tell you that the crash is happening because you're exceeding 8GB of RAM use in OBS, which ordinarily would not be a problem, except for a bug in CEF, which is used by OBS

the only workarounds at the moment are to either adjust your workflow so OBS doesn't use that much memory, or else downgrade to 30.2.3

the thing i'm confused about is how/why your workflow is making you exceed 8GB of memory use, since it seems simple and i wouldn't think it would be that memory-intensive

[haughty hill]

Gotcha. Hmm, I downgraded looking at an earlier thread and am currently on 30.2.3

[forest axle]

oh i see, yeah you posted a crash from a different version just then

[haughty hill]

Yes sir, very confused. Have spent ~ 20 hours trying to fix

[forest axle]

what are you doing to produce this crash? are there specific steps?

[haughty hill]

My Mac is also completely rebooting every-time it crashes

Here’s my latest report, 30 secs ago

It seems to be no rhyme or rhythm. It’s even crashing upon opening. Sometimes I can leave it idle for a while with just the video cam & then I’ll pull up a screen capture and it’ll restart my Mac. Sometimes I just open the application and in 15 seconds it will restart my Mac

[forest axle]

heh, that's not good

a kernel panic usually indicates a macOS issue; applications shouldn't be able to do anything to cause a kernel panic

are you able to update macOS, or not?

[haughty hill]

The newest my computer will allow is Monterey 12.7.6

[forest axle]

you should probably update then if you are on 12.7.4 according to your log, it's entirely possible that small point updates resolve issues like that

[haughty hill]

Gotcha, I will start there. Thank you for your help! It was doing the same thing a while back so I wiped my computer & started with a clean slate. Seems like I may need to buy a newer Mac. 🥴 I’ll let you know if that works. Updating now 👍🏼

[forest axle]

bugging apple about it with a feedback assistant report is probably a good idea too; kernel panics should not happen on modern macOS

[ember tartan]

Y’all, my OBS is literally not working for me to stream because my CPU is going higher and framerate is impacting, please help😭 😭 😭 😭

[next bramble]

I’m using the chat link pro cable to get game audio and my mic audio. But for some reason it doesn’t pick up my mic? Astro a10’s?

[deep sluice]

can someone help me? i have a mac of course. i was successful in using my sony zv camera yesterday but it took almost 1 hr. today, i can't connect again. it seems to do this everytime i use obs. i have the scene set up and the virtual device set up to (sony camera) imaging edge webcam. i don't know why it's not connecting

[nova birch]

Hello everyone, I have a black screen showing in OBS studio since this morning. Had the Elgato 4K for a few months now & had no issues.

[molten grotto]

Chat link cables don't send your mic to the PC. You will need a mic connected to your Mac for OBS to capture

[tough kelp]

I keep getting the error that I’ve can’t connect to Facebook. “Could not access the specified channel or stream key, please double check your stream key….”

I have double checked the stream key
I have made a persistent stream key in Facebook
I have copied the server url
I have tried both safari and chrome
I have cleared cookies, history, etc
I have made sure obs and my MacBook are updated.

This has never happened before, but within the past month or so it keeps happening and I have to try over and over again to get my stream to work. Can someone please advise?

Log file:

https://obsproject.com/logs/uN7Z0AtEmLBeqepX

Thank you

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Stream Delay

Hardware Check

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

[true trout]

I cannot resize my media sources, the red bounding box handles won't drag to resize. My sources are not locked, I have deleted and re-installed OBS, as well. In the properties box there is no place to deselect scale to fit, etc. I feel like I have went through all of the basics to no avail. Is there something I am missing?

[plucky zenith]

the media source shows or is it just one red dot?

[true trout]

the media source shows

[plucky zenith]

select the source, press ctrl+e, screenshot the window that appears

[cursive quest]

I have a question whenever anyone has a chance to look at it. I am trying to work with a Mac for a church stream, with little sucess. In simple, currently, there is a Mac, running pro presenter, running obs.
The goal: take an HDMI output from pro presenter, carrying audio and video to OBS on a streaming mac, and then sending AV from the OBS Mac, to an HDMI display.

We have so far gotten video signal from OBS to the "lobby TV" at the church, and cannot get audio to pass through to this extra display. I have not been able to find anything online about doing this, and will take any possibilities provided. Thanks in advance to any help provided.

[true trout]

When i click ctrl+e nothing happens?

[plucky zenith]

make sure the source isn't locked?

[plucky zenith]

cmd+e
I keep forgetting it's different on macos mb

[true trout]

That's what pops up

[plucky zenith]

bounding box type none

[true trout]

Now there is no bounding box

[true trout]

I selected "no bounds" - was that right?

[plucky zenith]

well yeah isn't that what you wanted?

[true trout]

No, i wanted to be able to resize it? The handles won't drag and resize?

[plucky zenith]

they will

if there is a media playing

[true trout]

Ok thank you

[chrome smelt]

I just drew this schematic up for going live on Twitch while I DJ, and wanted to see if there's anyone else on here that could tell me if this looks correct. I'm pretty sure I've got it all covered, but just wanted to see. I'm on a beefed up iMac and will probably run only one of the two cameras to start, see how much my computer can handle, then go to multi-cam if everything is good.

Thoughts? If you have any questions about anything just lmk

[glad harness]

hey, i am having an issue with OBS suddenly not picking up my headset mic after it twas fine earlier, i been testing a new mic and going back and fourth between the headset mic and another mic and now suddenly obs wont pick up the headset mic, if someone could helpo me out i'd really appreciate it!

if anyone can help, you can privet msg me

[pallid vessel]

Hey, I'm having trouble with OBS connecting to my YouTube live chat. I've tried everything and nothings working. It's streaming directly to YouTube.

[mortal herald]

Hey guys, perhaps this is a dumb question, I've been messing around with settings for half an hour, I keep hearing my audio twice..! what am I doing wrong?

this is for streaming

[fading hare]

To avoid audio feedback or echo, don't watch your own stream on the same computer you are streaming from. If you have already ruled this out as a possible issue, please post a log. Help → Log Files → Upload Current Log. Copy the URL and paste it here.

[mortal herald]

is having OBS open counting as watching it?

[plucky zenith]

shouldn't

[plucky zenith]

you hear yourself twice even when not actively streaming?

[mortal herald]

Yes,

It's the game audio I hear twice

mic is still muted to rule that out 😛

[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

[mortal herald]

https://obsproject.com/logs/pBgJH9C7YR99VPk1

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Apple M4 (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 (not in benchmark DB)

[plucky zenith]

!ac
set the sources to monitor off

[fading hare]

To capture only audio from specific programs:

Windows: follow the Application Audio Capture Guide
macOS: follow the macOS Desktop Audio Capture Guide

[mortal herald]

where do I do this?

[fading hare]

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

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

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

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

[mortal herald]

I can't turn monitor off

[plucky zenith]

no, edit > advanced audio properties

[mortal herald]

I must be silly because in advanced there is nothing regarding audio properties

would it be okay to chat in a vc so I can share my screen?

[plucky zenith]

not in the settings window

!macmenu
close the settings window, click on edit in the top bar menu, then on "advanced audio properties"

[fading hare]

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

[mortal herald]

omg you fixed it..

sorry I took so long to get it corrected

[plucky zenith]

nothing to apologise for, don't worry

[mortal herald]

Thank you ever so much :D!

[blissful forge]

Hello everyone. Brand new here. I am trying to get my OBS to link up with my whatnot so I could stream from OBS rather then streaming directly off my phone. I am having major issues connecting. Last night I was able to pull up the stream but the audio was all messed up, and then today I feel like the audio may have been fixed but now I can't pull any video up. Would anyone be able to help me out with this? I gone back and forth with the instruction Whatnot provided as well as other youtube videos and I feel like I'm stuck in a hole!

[gusty nebula]

Hello, my obs as of late has been continuing to crash multiple times, can I get some assistance please?

[forest axle]

can you post a crash report?

!maccrash

[fading hare]

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

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.

[marble fulcrum]

This is my first comment here but I’m about to pull my hair out I’m currently running a elgato 4k x with hdmi 2.1 through my PlayStation to my Mac m3 air the game everything works fine but the game audio it works but it is crackly there is almost 20% sound and it only crack and doesn’t pick up real music tried a different capture card different HDMI’s different headset messed with apple system settings run terminal crash reports I can’t find a solution or someone having a similar problem if anyone is having this problem or wants me to go more in depth with it please reply

[forest axle]

can you post a log?

!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

[marble fulcrum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/RH308Ra5t3MoMN0t

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

Hardware Check

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

[marble fulcrum]

https://obsproject.com/logs/RH308Ra5t3MoMN0t

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

i don't see any obvious issues there in that log. did the issue occur during that session?

[marble fulcrum]

Yes

[forest axle]

are you able to post a clip/example of the audio issue?

[marble fulcrum]

Would you like to go to the twitch rq? So you can hear it

[forest axle]

you can link it, sure

[marble fulcrum]

https://www.twitch.tv/chiefk712

Currently streaming go listen to the music that should be playing for the game

[forest axle]

gotcha. yeah i think i know what's going on

check voice isolation

[marble fulcrum]

I picked a game with loud music background high on life so you can really hear how there is just crackling

[forest axle]

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-mic-modes-on-your-mac-mchle82b42f0/mac

yeah, it applies to capture card inputs and not just microphones

it's any audio input

click the green camera icon along the top menu bar

then find your capture card input, and make sure voice isolation is off

there, sounds better now i think

[marble fulcrum]

Yo. You could be a freaking genius

No one had this problem but me

so I had no help

[forest axle]

haha yeah it happens fairly often

on macOS

[mellow wave]

can we detect the current state of this option for an input device and log it?

[forest axle]

it's very dumb, apple turns it on sometimes for all inputs and you can't turn it on for just one

[forest axle]

no. lol

there is no API for it, i have a feedback in

[mellow wave]

😦

[glossy night]

hello

[marble fulcrum]

Ok but my game audio mixer is all the way up but it’s still fairly quiet while your being a genius wanna help with that?

[forest axle]

you may have to raise the capture card's volume manually in macOS system settings

[marble fulcrum]

Want to walk me through that chief

[forest axle]

it's just apple menu->system settings, then "sound", then "input"

you'll see a list like this and then you just select the capture card and raise its input volume

the 4k x should be in that list

i think

[forest axle]

!screenshot

[fading hare]

How to take a screenshot - http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

[forest axle]

huh that's weird, i dunno why you don't have an input volume slider there. your system settings looks a bit odd

well, if it doesn't give you control over it, you may just be stuck at that level

you can add a gain filter in OBS if it needs to be louder

or raise it in-game if there's an option there, obv

[marble fulcrum]

Yea in game I think is best option but what gain filters do you recommend if you can’t tell I’m obv new

For my blue yeti mic and or my game audio

[forest axle]

if the game audio is quiet, then select your game audio source, then there's a filters button above it; then you'll just hit the + to add a gain filter, and then it's pretty easy from there

[marble fulcrum]

Ok I see I’ll just trial and error thanks gang your the goat

You’re*

[forest axle]

np, happy streaming

[icy crest]

Hi Everyone, I'm new at streaming and I'm trying to set up my obs so my viewers can hear the music I'm playing in Spotify but i don't know how to do it. Every resource I've seen is for Windows and i have a Mac. Please can anyone here help or guide me? Thanks

[civic flame]

this

not syphon client press media source

[slate cedar]

hey how are you guys i would like to know why cant i see a scene when im on obs i can only record it when im on the specific page otherways it just turn into a black screen

[hazy hawk]

is it possible to set OBS to have multiple outputs?

in particular, I am trying to do this somewhat complicated combination for a hybrid conference:

inputs:

• presenter camera
• audience camera
• remote ASL interpreter (dunno via what…)
• remote BSL interpreter (for a couple talks, simultaneous w/ ASL)
• in-person ASL interpreter camera
• room mic
• remote mics
• Zoom? video of remote presenters (some talks are all remote, some hybrid…)
• human captioner
• slides as PDF or PPT or the like slides
• some YT videos
• IRL powerpoint remote
• remote powerpoint control (Zoom? …?)
• something to capture laptop video from the few presenters who are doing something more complex than slides

outputs (… all of which are different scenes):

• YT stream (primary for remote audience & VOD)
• recording of muxed stream and (ideally) of each separate input (so it can be edited later and in case there's YT corruption, has happened before)
• Zoom (for remote panellists to see IRL panellists and audience)
• room video projector (usually just slides, sometimes also remote presenters)
• room sound PA
• room live captions display

I'd like to test as much of this as possible ahead of time, e.g. without having the actual room HDMI or mixer audio connected, to reduce stress.

I also have no idea if there's some way to pull individual video inputs out of Zoom for manual scene muxing, vs just screen recording its own muxed output. It's not going to be able to handle everything we need, and I'd rather not have to screen-record the Zoom video, but I don't know how to do that better.

[icy crest]

So do I use the Spotify web URL ?

[rare thorn]

Hi OBS community, every time I record a video on OBS and try to play it back, I get this QuickTime error saying the media isn't compatible and when I press continue, it only gives me the audio. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated 🙏🏽

[spring ruin]

Hey everyone, just curious if anyone has had an issue with OBS on mac where all the Audio Sources will just suddenly mute themselves. I lose music audio, mic audio, etc, and the only way I have figured out to resolve it is to close out OBS and reopen which is a huge inconvenience while streaming. Please let me know!

[next bramble]

Hey back again. When I try to do MacOs Audio Capture, Application Capture, The drop down isn't showing Spotify. I'm trying to add music to my streams somehow. I tried playing music and leaving it on in spotify, but OBS isn't registering that Spotify is active? Help?

[civic flame]

no, you need to download some mp3 and import that

[errant cedar]

HIho, may main pc dead atm so so im using mac as replacment, having problem where idle OBS (not streaming) is using 30-40 GPU usage trough window server any idea?

[outer kraken]

Hello everyone, I just tried OBS for the first time yesterday during a Google Meet meeting. I am absolutely sad for the results I got. Video is freezed and audio is bad for the mostpart I am hoping something can be done to improve and recover at leat parts of the meeting. Any ideas? Link: https://youtu.be/gBvyG_X56ZE. Thank you!

[zenith scarab]

Hi everyone, I’m using obs on my MacBook and just recently updated to the latest software for obs but now none of my audio is working for my gameplay. All you hear is the voices when the characters talk but it sounds washed out and nothing else comes through, no background music, sound effects, etc . I have a video on how exactly it sounds for better detail

https://youtu.be/pvFnX5rHttk?si=D_L2fI0BKcWEyOYZ

[forest axle]

i can't look at your video right now, but from the sound of it, you have voice isolation on https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-mic-modes-on-your-mac-mchle82b42f0/mac

[zenith scarab]

THANK YOU!!! I don’t even know how that got turned on!

I do however have another issue with my laptop screen freezing when recording. I have a MacBook m1 air and whenever I screen record on obs it freezes at some point and becomes a still image but I still get all the sound from whatever I’m doing

This happens to steam games, apple games, and even my class online lectures

[dapper mango]

Hello, I'm using obs to stream my ps5, using remote play, from my macbook air to twitch. While turning on my headphone does mute the game audio on my ps5 display, as expected, it does not mute the game audio on the remote play app on my mac. Which creates double game audio into my stream as my microphone picks up the game audio being played on my mac. Turning the remote play audio down doesn't help as that seems to be married to the system volume and if I mute it from there, it affects the audio setting passing through obs and turns them down there as well, resulting in no game audio to my stream.

I'd think that everyone that's ever attempted to stream from a mac should have faced the same problem, but after a day of google and youtube searches, I could not find a solution. I must be missing something basic.

Anyways, thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

[rose heart]

https://obsproject.com/logs/sHUB6B0g8FQnmWVX

[fading hare]

Log contains debug or verbose error messages (browser/ftl/directshow/etc), for a filtered version click here

ℹ️ Info

• Windows 11 24H2 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i7-12700K - OK! / GeForce RTX 3080 Ti - OK!

[errant cedar]

still looking for advice for this :P

30% gpu usage on a m4max idle is not acceptable

[forest axle]

firstly, windowserver is not OBS, it's a system process. secondly, % usage is often misleading because of how the CPU and GPU are aggressively downclocked into power-saving configurations by macOS

[ionic cradle]

I've had this issue before, all you need to do to help this one out is to close some windows you arent using (Settings, messages, other random pop-ups) that should help

[errant cedar]

thing is if i close OBS it instantly goes away..

[forest axle]

if you have macOS screen capture sources, then windowserver is part of what provides the screen data to OBS; so yes

[errant cedar]

this is idle obs nothing going on or getting captured, and even if would be this happen only on the mac os version of obs and only with obs

[forest axle]

i cannot reproduce the issue; feel free to post a log, but it sounds like behavior that isn't related to OBS

!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

[high lichen]

hey so i recently got capture card off amazon called the usb 3.0 one and i have a macbook pro m2 chip. i’ve seen many people simply plug it in and the output and then the blue cable i’ve attached to my dongle then to my macbook, the monitor and console light up once plugged in yet i cannot get the screen to show on my macbook video capture scene. i’ve tried calling apple i’ve tried asking friends if they had a clue i’ve even contacted the manufacturer. maybe it’s something wrong with my obs settings i’m hoping someone can help !!! all i get is a black screen but it’s reading the capture card

[errant cedar]

https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https%3A%2F%2Fobsproject.com%2Flogs%2FpMRBNSOpruO9D3Zh

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[desert cairn]

Sounds like a case of a cheap capture card, do you have a link to that cap card?

[desert cairn]

If you create a new scene collection so it's basically empty, do you still have the same amount of usage?

[errant cedar]

same gpu usage on window server

[desert cairn]

But it drops as soon as you close OBS?

[errant cedar]

yes instantly

[high lichen]

https://www.amazon.com.au/sspa/click?ie=UTF8&spc=MTo2NjA3MDI2NzA0MzYyMTE4OjE3NDAwNDQyMDc6c3BfYXRmOjMwMDA3MTMxOTk3NTg2Mjo6MDo6&url=%2FVIXLW-Capture-Streaming-Broadcasting-Nintendo%2Fdp%2FB0CKYMRH1Z%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2_sspa%3Fdib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3aUBOQe7nRWwIL4T_uOof3xMNf2yO6Q6_UIQ2o5MBHMBJrweoBjRqqeULHLXB2mfH0xHJC_4mnCptPKcIZ41RHw8ILAHQBqB1hd58WTjwWw8ULRL6IeyxJV4lI71v4rh0h6kuYEqWVGEAV3OzUkTgfUrVDAFKtOsfwvNqsjw8FUM7UHTcUOH5ayjVlFAVfbo6QznYb0Bf640eOJIgNG_EFyup6JNIHufCfPFN_j6HtGiXp1JJO9Sd-agccXjwez8Lc2iHbRERapgo6ygQa-FmQkXbQuxe2ODDinqCRnp--Y.iZFBeN4vx0zmWF8xFYFWpWvTtKhjNHuQLafkzxEABgU%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dcapture%2Bcard%26qid%3D1740044207%26sr%3D8-2-spons%26sp_csd%3Dd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY%26psc%3D1

[desert cairn]

So console is plugged into the INPUT and the OUTPUT goes to a screen. Do you have image on that screen?

[high lichen]

yeah so the switch shows on the monitor but not the obs video

[desert cairn]

This could very well be that it's reserving gpu usage. I'm sorry, I don't know a lot about mac but windowserver is basically the service responsible to manage windows (not the OS) on your mac.

[desert cairn]

Are you actually experiencing issues or is that just something that you saw?

[desert cairn]

is the USB connected to some dock?

[high lichen]

no macbook

[desert cairn]

Does it show up here if you select the usb3 capture device
https://webcamtests.com/

[high lichen]

yes it works

on that

[desert cairn]

Okay, can you just remove your video capture source in obs and try to add it again?

Close the site to be sure

[high lichen]

nothing on obs

[desert cairn]

When you're in the properties, what options do you get when you untick 'preset' ?

[high lichen]

i get frame rate simple fps values resolution 1920x1080

but nothing still

[desert cairn]

Can you screenshot it?

[desert cairn]

Can you set simple fps value to 60 fps?

[high lichen]

it won’t let me change it to that only rational fps but lags the numbers and vanish

[desert cairn]

This one?

[high lichen]

yeah it’s blank and then number will like glitch quick

[desert cairn]

Can you maybe select it with arrow keys?

[high lichen]

i can try that now

nothing

[desert cairn]

Lol wtf? And do you have other options under 'simple fps values' that do have content other than a checkmark?

Ohh

Okay

[high lichen]

input format colour space and video range

[desert cairn]

Try:
Set input format to NV12, color space to CS 709 and video range to limited

[high lichen]

changed them to that

and 60 fps

[desert cairn]

No image?

[high lichen]

no image

[desert cairn]

Try 30 fps?

[high lichen]

nothing

[desert cairn]

Aand resolution on 720p? I'd play around with settings to see if something gives image.

[high lichen]

okay cool i’ll try that and lyk

i tried different fps and resalutions and still nothing

[desert cairn]

Just to check, your regular webcam works in obs?

To rule out it's not a privacy feature blocking access to cameras

[high lichen]

okay 👌

img it worked thank you so so much

sorry one last question how do i get the mic working i lost it in my audio mixer

[trim canopy]

wdym? is your Mic/Aux mixer missing from the Audio mixer dock?

[high lichen]

yes

[trim canopy]

im also experiencing this problem on windows ( im sorry in advance if im in the wrong channel)
i already assigned the mic in the settings but it still does not pop out

[desert cairn]

Was it the privacy thingy?

Could also be the same for your microphone, you need to give OBS access

And then in settings you choose your correct device next to mic/aux

[high lichen]

yess it was that !! and okay gotcha !

[acoustic moss]

hey guys, might seem dumb but i have a hard time unzooming the scale of my display while editing my scene, can't have it in full no matter what i do, i use mac but i recon this is easy to figure out, can someone help me out please ?

it says 67%, can't edit that down for some reason

ok got it, needs to click next to the ratio, and adapt to window everytime the window display is changed

Now i want to thank me

Happy if this is useful to anyone 🙂

[forest axle]

you have four screen capture sources and a bunch of other stuff going on here, plus, again, % usages are often misleading. this is entirely expected. i would not worry about any of this unless you are having an actual issue with dropped frames or something else

[deft crest]

Hi, I'm sorry I am new and have an issue with opening OBS Studio. I downloaded it multiple times, deleted it again and every file i could find with it. Apparently I didn't shut it down properly. Now, I don't know if that question was answered anywhere already, I tried looking for it in the chat here. This message keeps popping up when I try open it and no matter what i click, i get a long error report. Anyone know what to do?

[forest axle]

!maccrash can you post a macOS crash report?

[fading hare]

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

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.

[noble wing]

Good morning! I'm trying to add audio from my PS5 through the capture card to my laptop, but I'm not able to stream the audio playing from the PS5 using the audio capture. I do have a headset connected through USB to the PS5 and 2.4g connecting them.

[forest axle]

this is a known issue being worked on. for the moment, try this:

1. in finder, do Go->Go to Folder...
2. paste in the following and hit enter: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes
3. move "<your scene collection>.json" out of the folder
4. rename "<your scene collection>.json.bak" to "<your scene collection>.json"

does that make sense?

[deft crest]

let me try

[deft crest]

Do I just move it to trash? mines named untitled.json & untitled.json.bak. Assume its the same order still like you named it just different names

[forest axle]

anywhere should be fine, the important thing is that it isn't in that folder

[deft crest]

Okay, just did. Should i try open it again?

[forest axle]

yes

[deft crest]

same report coming up

[forest axle]

could you post that report?

[forest axle]

alright, unfortunately i think you'll just need to remove your scene collection entirely

so remove both untitled.json and untitled.json.bak from that folder and start OBS fresh

[deft crest]

okay, I did. Seems to work again! thank you!

[deft crest]

How do i get out of the safe mode?

[forest axle]

you should be able to just select "run normally" when starting OBS

[marsh lichen]

I am having trouble with intermittent video freezing on a m4 macbook pro and haven't been able to find anyone with this particular problem yet. If anyone is down to help me troubleshoot that would be amazing. About every 5-10 seconds I get a freeze and then the jump ahead to catch up. It's consistent across all scenes and sources, the easiest way to test is to put a looping gif and i can see it freeze but if there are multiple elements they all freeze at the same time in sync. So I'm wondering if this is like some kind of encoder settings issue. I know it's not a resource or hardware limitation- rather a configuration issue. Anyone have ideas?

[forest axle]

and as long as OBS does not crash, you won't receive that popup again

[deft crest]

sweet, thanks

[forest axle]

can you post a log of the issue happening?

!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

[marsh lichen]

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

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• 1.4% Rendering Lag

Hardware Check

Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[marsh lichen]

Not sure if this is relevant but the stalls are visible in the preview even when not recording.

[forest axle]

are you able to post a clip of a recording that shows the issue?

[marsh lichen]

12 seconds

https://obsproject.com/logs/BTtGhIJaUOWWwTqx

Simplified the scenes to just be this 1 element ^

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[marsh lichen]

issue persists, 3 small hitches throughout

[forest axle]

it looks like you are seeing rendering lag causing that stutter. it's hard to say what's causing it though

rendering lag means the computer's GPU did not draw the frame in time for it to be encoded, so it was dropped. usually this means that the computer is under too heavy of load with too many programs open, etc. but with macs, it can sometimes happen at other times under very little load

what else is running on your machine?

[marsh lichen]

stuttering occurs when obs is the only program open

this is also an m4 max with 128GB of RAM so resources shouldn't be the issue

[forest axle]

yeah; it isn't unheard of that macOS is aggressively trying to save power, so it downclocks the GPU to the point where it won't draw frames in time for OBS

[marsh lichen]

I'm not saying you're wrong but I'd be kind of shocked if the most capably configured laptop apple offers cant render a single .mov in time through OBS, no? What's your take?

[forest axle]

it's not that it can't, it's more that it thinks it doesn't need to. it's a macOS scheduling problem

[plucky zenith]

no matter what your hardware is, if macos decides to throttle the CPU down and limit it, it'll b throttled

[forest axle]

if you start up other programs that make the GPU do more work, the issue will almost certainly resolve itself

[marsh lichen]

do you know if macOS determines how it will limit the GPU based on the load in real time or based on what it 'knows' about the program running. ie, do i need to load up a demanding project in davinci to test your theory?

[forest axle]

i don't know the specifics in great detail, but using powermetrics on the command line you can look at the GPU clock speed in real time, which is one window onto what macOS is doing. the clock can change very often, but if it's spending more time at a higher clock it's less likely that it will miss OBS frames

[forest axle]

you should also probably report the issue to apple via feedback assistant; as far as i know, OBS does everything it needs to for the OS to know about its deadlines appropriately, and the OS not respecting them is a macOS issue

[marsh lichen]

is this an option 2 issue, i know APIs are used in the context of operating systems..? (in addition to the more known web kind of api)

[forest axle]

is that in a browser or the feedback assistant app? i don't know how apple does it these days for first-time submitters

[marsh lichen]

in app- but it seems like 1 is the way to go

[forest axle]

perhaps; 2 might prompt you to spend money

[marsh lichen]

sent

Are you using OBS on a mac? Is anyone successfully using OBS on a mac, this seems like a bizarre way for my troubleshooting to end.

[forest axle]

plenty of people use OBS on macs successfully all the time. i think you can honestly mostly ignore this problem; if you're going about your normal workflow, it seems likely that the GPU will mostly stay active enough that you won't run into this

[marsh lichen]

No that's not the case, there are stutters every 3-8 seconds, this is unusable.

[forest axle]

i've only heard of it happening on basically the lowest possible GPU clock when there is nothing else going on

it's possible that on the m4 max it spends more time there

or there could easily be more significant problems; but i don't have the hardware myself so it's difficult to test

[marsh lichen]

Would you expect to see 'frames dropped' in obs based on what you understand about this issue?

[forest axle]

also, with your feedback assistant report, i'd recommend including the clip, the OBS log that shows rendering lag, and the powermetrics information showing the GPU clocks; if they have actionable information like that it's more likely they'll look at it

[forest axle]

when the issue occurs, yes; you should see frames dropped due to rendering lag

if there aren't any frames dropped due to rendering lag present in the log, it could be a different kind of issue

[marsh lichen]

I don't see OBS reporting frames dropped where I expect to see that.

It's possible I'm not sure where to look, but- it's not complaining in the bottomr right like I've seen before.

[forest axle]

when in doubt, upload a log

[dapper mango]

I found the answer to this problem last night: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/video-output-is-currently-active-please-turn-off-any-outputs-to-change-video-settings-im-not-recording-or-streaming.86364/

[marsh lichen]

the logs i linked here would be the logs in question

i dont see a line for dropped frames in the logs

[dapper mango]

Narcogen states: "For any who come later with a similar problem but aren't using Virtualcam; the NDI plugin, if output is active, will cause identical behavior." I had the NDI plugin installed.

[forest axle]

can you post your media source?

[marsh lichen]

11:46:06.332: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 791
11:46:06.332: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 794 (805 attempted)
11:46:06.332: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 11 (1.4%)

would these be how it reports 'dropped' frames?

[plucky zenith]

Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 11 (1.4%)
that'd be the one

[marsh lichen]

Okay, what's your take on this: https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https%3A%2F%2Fobsproject.com%2Flogs%2FIlKcjkEj3xR6xJ3b

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 Max (not in benchmark DB)

[marsh lichen]

No dropped frames reported, no issues detected in general.

in output- there's a constant chugging stutter

[forest axle]

the output session in that log is only 10 seconds long; you should generally produce longer sessions to get more data

but that looks like a macOS screen capture source, and there are a couple sort of known issues with macOS screen captures not producing a 100% steady framerate, that are currently being looked at

and those drops won't appear in a log

[marsh lichen]

Would display capture source be the recommended alternative? how were you able to tell that was a macOS screen capture source?

[plucky zenith]

log shows what source you have

[marsh lichen]

display capture seems to have resolved that issue

[forest axle]

display capture has a number of other issues, it's generally very inefficient for one, and colors will typically be incorrect, but if it suits your usecase, then that is good

[marsh lichen]

are there any other options and do you know of their specific drawbacks?

in this case, the constant visual stutter is i think just objectively a way bigger issue than color inaccuracy

it was dropping like a third of the frames, crazy.

[forest axle]

i think you can get around that one by setting your display to 60hz instead of promotion, as a temporary workaround

[marsh lichen]

what do you mean by "that one", sorry

[forest axle]

sorry; the macOS screen capture dropping frames issue

[marsh lichen]

i did have the refresh rate of the diplay being captured set to 60Hz in that case, but i had an alternate display at 100Hz. im gonna set them all to 60, reboot and see what happens.

is window capture just not worth getting into or? trying to get a clear picture of all the options here if you're saying display capture has certain drawbacks, OS screen capture has others (known issues), etc

[forest axle]

window capture uses the same mechanism as display capture, so it has the same drawbacks

[marsh lichen]

no luck in my case at least with setting them all to 60Hz and doing a restart

more or less all issues seem resolved though- thanks for your time and help @forest axle cheers

[forest axle]

sure. and yeah the macOS screen capture drops are a known issue and hopefully there will be a fix for them before long

[marsh lichen]

yeah, im really not sure what resolved the major stutters, the test i was doing with a looping .mov file on an otherwise blank scene shouldn't have affected that at all. i ran the auto config wizard at one point just to see, and there do appear to be some latent jitters here and there but markedly better. idk.

[trail yacht]

Hi All, I'm new here (both to OBS and discord...) but I have a question I can't seem to find in any of the forums or FAQ. I am recording multi-track for a video podcast. I want to export the video as one file, and each audio input (guest) as their own separate files. Is this possible?

[remote berry]

I've looked at previous postings about the app not shutting down properly.

1. in finder, do Go->Go to Folder...
2. paste in the following and hit enter: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes
3. move "<your scene collection>.json" out of the folder
4. rename "<your scene collection>.json.bak" to "<your scene collection>.json"

Can this be explained to me as to how to do this please as its a bit beyond me....

[forest axle]

we won't know if that will solve your issue without context. if OBS is crashing, you should post a crash report:

!maccrash

[fading hare]

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

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.

[remote berry]

I think this is the recent one

[grave kayak]

I have an issue with OBS and my files are missing so my overlay is not appearing. How can I retrieve the files? So that I may see my overlay once more?

Can I retrieve the error file?

[forest axle]

alright yeah, those instructions you posted initially should apply. what step specifically are you confused about?

[remote berry]

In finder do Go ->Go to folder

[forest axle]

"go" is in the menu bar

you can also do command-shift-G and paste in the provided path

[remote berry]

Thank. on it.....

ok. I've deleted both of those folders out of the scenes folder and tried relaunching it. still same issue.

[forest axle]

can you post the most recent OBS log? those are in this folder: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/logs

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (2)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• No Scenes/Sources

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

@remote berry can you post the most recent macOS crash report as well?

that's the one in console.app

[remote berry]

Thanks for all your help on this yam. can we pick this up tomorrow please as I have to go?

[forest axle]

sure, no rush, that's enough for us to look into it for now anyway. thank you for the report

[wanton gate]

Hello, I am having a bit of trouble with OBS and hoping for some help with the matter.

I am part of the tech team at my church and we use OBS for broadcasting our services. It has work fantastic up until a few weeks ago. I believe I have narrow the problem down the the blending of sources.

We use two computers to run the services. One for "In House" use and the other for "Streaming" use. We utilize an NDI to send the media/slides from the In House mac to the Streaming mac.

On the Streaming mac in OBS we have three sources, NDI Source, Camera Source, and Audio Source. We have not had any problems with this until a few weeks ago. Normally the camera and NDI blend together perfectly with both sources in the "Normal Blending Mode" but now, in the same blending mode, each sources tries to "over rule" each other instead of blending like before.

If I have the NDI as the top source it will show only that source. If I have the Camera as the top source it will only show the camera. I am able to play with the different blending modes, and this works fine when we have words across the bottom of the screen from the NDI, but when anything with a full screen comes over it then becomes transparent looks bad.

I know this might be complicated to understand and I more than happy to answer any further questions. Help with this issue would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

[errant cedar]

problem is when streaming OBS takes 30% GPU (between the main process and window server) of a m4max 40 gpu core that cant be right its same proposition of it using up 30% of a 4080, of course 30% usage gonna cause issue

[forest axle]

i'm not sure how many times i have to write "percent usages are misleading because the computer aggressively downclocks the GPU". if you're having an issue, please describe it. OBS and windowserver using a percentage of your system resources is not an issue

[restive bridge]

how do i clear our cache on mac? it keeps crashing i think we overloaded it with musci videos?

[fading hare]

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

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.

[errant cedar]

if you push the GPU e.g gaming and still uses 30% i would call it real not imaginary so i disagree, obs in mac os on a m4max with preview disable idle uses 30% gpu usage on window server and same when not idle the only difference is that then OBS also uses 5-15% gpu for the main process itself

if you want a proof here is it

the problem is when so much of the GPU is used for basic stuff is that resource for other stuff get taken away

[cobalt yoke]

I am having very periodic and random crashes. These crashes can occur just minutes into a stream and then after restarting, work fine for hours. I am uploading the latest crash report.

Crash report.

[forest axle]

can you provide an OBS log from a stream that crashed as well?

in OBS, you can do file->show settings folder, then navigate to the logs folder

that folder will have the past 5 OBS logs

[cobalt yoke]

I believe this would be the one.

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (5)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

how long is your replay buffer set to?

it looks like you're hitting an issue where OBS will crash if it uses over 8GB of memory https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues/11621. you may be able to work around the issue by reducing your replay buffer size. if not, you may need to downgrade to https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.2.3 for the time being

[cobalt yoke]

Thanks for the info! 6 seconds is the replay buffer, so not lengthy at all. If I went back to 30.2.3, is that as simple as installing that package and all of my other settings remain the same? Or does it require installing fresh?

[forest axle]

all you need to do is replace the .app bundle in applications, the rest should work fine

but also, in that case, i'm not sure why you would be using over 8GB of memory

[cobalt yoke]

Me neither, expecially not when I am just starting the stream. Wouldn't be enough time for any kind of memory leak or other factors to build up to size.

[deep sluice]

can someone help me? i have a mac of course. i was successful in using my sony zv camera yesterday but it took almost 1 hr. today, i can't connect again. it seems to do this everytime i use obs. i have the scene set up and the virtual device set up to (sony camera) imaging edge webcam. i don't know why it's not connecting

[errant cedar]

more screenshot

[pine laurel]

I've had issues a couple times now with my video freezing in obs while I'm streaming to twitch. The program itself isn't frozen, and my audio still works fine. I found a thread of someone with a similar problem https://www.reddit.com/r/obs/comments/14slq6c/obs_freezes_when_streaming_and_i_dont_understand/ and one of the suggestions they got was to increase Process Priority in settings. However... I don't have that option in my settings?

My mac has an apple m1 chip and I'm on macOS 14.6.1 if that's relevant!

[graceful plover]

hello!

Looking to get some help with setting up a ps5 to iMac (intel) obs setup wokring

seen a lot of guides but little help on that

Basically I have OBS, OBS Link, and the elgato HD60 S, but cant get OBS to display the video from the console

It looks fine in OBS link and the video shows up fine on Elgatos Capture software

just doesnt show up as a video source either using the video capture or capture card device sources

[clever willow]

Hey Mac Users, I want to know with the Mac Studio M2 Max, what could the best Record Settings for fast Gameplay? I am at 1440p 60fps and 60.000 kbit. For Streaming i‘m on 936p with 6.000 kbit

[heady granite]

Hey, I’m trying to use my FaceTime HD camera in OBS and it doesn’t show anything at all. All the permissions are given.

In Photobooth FaceTime HD Camera works as usual

[clever willow]

You Must Choose the Input Format First 🤝

[heady granite]

I tried tho

[clever willow]

Ok Then change the Framerate Type to rational and choose a Framerate

[heady granite]

can't

[clever willow]

Ok is your Camera something else in use

?

But normally this shouldnt affect it 🤔

[heady granite]

nah all the apps are closed

I restarted my mac beforehand

[clever willow]

But Wait, did you choose this as a Capture Card Device? This didnt work

[heady granite]

oh

[heady granite]

video capture device is the correct one

[clever willow]

You must Choose Video Capture

Not Capture Card

🙂

Then it should work 🙂

[heady granite]

it does indeed

thank you man

[clever willow]

You're Welcome - happy Recording / Streaming 🤝

[wicked oriole]

after changing some settings to make recording more clear, sometimes, after i clicked stop recording, after it converted mkv to mp4, the mp4 and mkv were nowhere to be found

[clever willow]

You mean OBS does the automatic remuxing to mp4 and both files are not visible? Which Output Path do You Set?

[wicked oriole]

yes

a folder on desktop

[zenith ingot]

Over the last week my tik tok chat dock and all my shoutout
overlays videos have stopped playing. Is there any way OBS could be the cause of this? Ive really changed nothing settings wise.

And why everytime when i log in now does my camera automatically move left of where it's supposed to be? It's "locked" but still teleports every time!

[wanton bay]

Watch fvrshayy1 with me on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/fvrshayy1?sr=a

[fading hare]

Self-advertisement or advertisement for others is not allowed on this server unless it's directly relevant to a discussion or question. Please read the rules in the #rules channel.

[west cosmos]

Hi to everyone! Maybe it was discussed many times, but I can’t find any solution. How to remove this behavior, when I use OBS studio?

It frustrating to make double amount of clicks to minimize window or close it, because it open menu at first click, then I need to click what I want

[warped mica]

This is caused by macOS when you use the Window Capture or Application Capture methods. To my knowledge, there unfortunately is nothing you can do about this, besides complaining to Apple (for example using Feedback Assistant).

[west cosmos]

Oh, ok, I got. Mehh..

Yeah, really thought that it is something from Apple side.

Thank you for the answer! 😉

[tough kelp]

I hate obs today

Someone please be out there please

When I click “start streaming” (to my Facebook Page account) I get “failed to connect to server”

My stream key and server are correct
Safari and OS and OBS are all up to date

Log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/slJjSIta2LJHBo16

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Binding to IP
• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Stream Delay

Hardware Check

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

[dark venture]

hi does anybody use vicreo listener I am having an issue with it

and obs, vicreo is sending the keystrokes but obs is not registering them

so like if I have 7 as the hotkey to record, vicreo will type 7 into notes when I trigger it via companion, but obs won't do anything, however when I type 7 on the keyboard into notes, OBS will start to record

so OBS is ignoring vicreo input

I checked all the accessibility settings and both programs have the appropriate permissions based on their documentation

[tough kelp]

I think I did it. I think I conquered my problem. Thank you @fading hare

[late fog]

Hi, I was directed by Elgato to contact here. I am having audio troubles that don't appear on a different mac or quicktime player. The first video is with no audio adjustments added and the second has gain added.

[dark venture]

W16 you can check that you don't have an audio loop, for example both the mic and the "speaker" output going to the same connection. I had an issue like this with virtual cable where I had the mic and speaker going to the same virtual cable and it caused the same sort of clipped distortion.

for example you could have OBS set up to output the program audio to your desktop audio and also be capturing the desktop audio, that would cause this.

the solve in that case would be to capture the program audio specifically from the game and output it to a different audio destination like headphones that is not an active source in obs

[forest axle]

you have macOS "voice isolation" on https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-mic-modes-on-your-mac-mchle82b42f0/mac

[late fog]

Ohhh, you're right! Thank you so much.

[low oxide]

Hello!! My video is upside down

[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

[low oxide]

no. Edit- transform, flip vertical for flip horizontal it is that simple

[calm condor]

Check out Fn https://www.twitch.tv/ibinshiggy

[fading hare]

Self-advertisement or advertisement for others is not allowed on this server unless it's directly relevant to a discussion or question. Please read the rules in the #rules channel.

[pine aurora]

Hi! I wanted to refresh my OBS settings since when I stream and DJ from the same computer, OBS is eating up a lot of CPU. Here are my current OBS output settings and the specs of my MAC. I was having issues DJing with my Rekbordbox software and streaming, getting crazy static and it was slowing down. Are these encoder settings correct? Of note my upload speed is 207.96 . Thanks in advance!!

[slender arrow]

Sup! I'm a streamer and i watched soooo many videos, spend many hours watching Youtube videos and asking chatgpt for how to setup OBS on my MacBook Air(from 2017) with a PS5, chat link pro (i think i bought a fake one, but it works well), Elgato HD60X, 165 hz monitor. I think i have bad settings or i set up the sources bad. Can someone help me setup everything to get atleast stable 60fps. Btw i will send my specs and wifi speed. THX

[plucky zenith]

well, what's the issue?

[slender arrow]

I don’t know exact perfect OBS settings for streaming and I have problems with the audio sources and settings.

[plucky zenith]

which problems

[slender arrow]

Lag, fps drops

[plucky zenith]

in the source?

[slender arrow]

Wdym?

Yes, it says there’s fps drops and lag. Lag is when I review my stream or my viewers are and they start complaining

Fps drops in info or something like that

[plucky zenith]

!cleanlog
you said you have problems with audio sources. lag in the stream is not problems with audio sources.
but anyways send a log as described 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

[slender arrow]

Ok, I’ll do that

[pine aurora]

Bumping this. Hoping for help!

[thick mason]

Hello. OBS has stopped streaming on its own for two of my streams in a row. I can tell when the i see the output on twitch is frozen, and then i see that the OBS icon in the dock starts to bounce up and down, and then i look to controls in obs and sure enough it says "Start streaming" (ie it has stopped streaming on it's own). I have to close obs down completely and re start, then click start streaming again in order for it to work. Any thoughts would be appreciated! here is the log file:https://obsproject.com/logs/BexyNZ1uLhEibfmm)

[plucky zenith]

!manuallog
that's not the right log file, this one doesn't have a stream in it.
go in the folder below and find the right one

[fading hare]

Please manually upload your log file.

(Windows)

1. Press WinKey+R to open the Run dialog
2. Paste the following into the box and hit OK: %APPDATA%\obs-studio\logs
3. Find the desired log file (usually the latest) and drag/drop it into this channel.

Linux logs: ~/.config/obs-studio/logs
macOS logs: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/logs

[thick mason]

amazing ty so much! here is the latest one

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (3)

Hardware Check

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

[plucky zenith]

I'm not asking for the latest one, I'm asking for the log from the stream where it happened

[thick mason]

well there are 3 txt files for today's stream. that one i provides is the latest so here are the other 2 showing for today

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• 0.3% Dropped Frames
• Third-Party Plugins (3)

Hardware Check

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

[sand escarp]

Need help, just downloaded OBS on my MacBook and made sure all the permissions were granted and nothing else is running in the background or anything of that sort. Yet all the capture card devices show up as black screen, capture card is black screen, webcam and even the FaceTime camera. Audio passes through each one though. All the stuff I search just says to let Obs access screen recording and the other app permissions but there all on.

[plucky zenith]

so, stream start at 10:20, stopped at 12:21?

[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

[thick mason]

correct

[plucky zenith]

!n
yeah you're just having a connection issue

[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 are various issues with property selection for video capture devices. you may need to re-add your sources as "video capture device" sources rather than "capture card device" sources and fix them up before they will work as capture card devices again

[thick mason]

ok thank you!

[glad sleet]

Hi there! I’m getting a crackling sound when attempting to listen to the audio input capture with my capture card (after changing audio monitoring). I’m currently on a MacBook Air M3 using the chat link pro cable, with a PS five and steel series headset with gamedac. Anyone know what could be causing this? Any help appreciated! Thank you.

[thick mason]

may not be the same issue i was experience but i was getting crackling during my dj streams, and it came down to the audio input settings in virtual dj, making sure all the input sources were set to the same setting

meaning, the 44.1 settings on the right. one of these was set to 48 but since adjusting i'm no longer getting the crackling

[glad sleet]

I changed to 44.1 just now. Still same partial audio coming in. It’s popping up as something but not playing properly. Idk if I can send a video example of it on here, but yeah 😕

[thick mason]

you may have to look up some YT videos on optimal OBS audio settings as well and try playing around with those

[molten grotto]

Sounds like it could be the voice isolation mic mode https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-mic-modes-on-your-mac-mchle82b42f0/mac

[glad sleet]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! You fixed it!!!

[molten grotto]

Woohoo!

[glad sleet]

holy crap. 😭

Thank you so much!!

[molten grotto]

YW! MacOS trying to be helpful by turning that on by default.LOL

[glad sleet]

I’ve spend countless hours trying to fix this all this week.

good ole Mac 😩

[molten grotto]

I believe it! Glad it's working now

[glad sleet]

Thanks a million again. You saved me so much time.

[molten grotto]

You're most welcome

[thick mason]

i didn't know about this feature either so ty! i will try this out to help isolate my voice with my mic....cool!

[molten grotto]

Awesome! Helpful both ways LOL

[thorny matrix]

why is my OBS recording blurry and seemingly stretched out, i tried 1920x1080, and i tried 2560x1600, im on a 13.3 inch screen on macbook air, also my bitrate is 6k kbps

@fading hare help

[pine aurora]

Can anyone assist? Happened again today where when I am streaming with my DJ software on one computer I’m getting static noise and things are slowing down, majorly, taxing CPU. So I changed my settings back to what I had it before. Can anybody verify these are the right settings for streaming on this particular Mac?

https://obsproject.com/logs/aTuPpafSlsBHHPt5

[pine aurora]

https://obsproject.com/logs/aTuPpafSlsBHHPt5

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• 5.6% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

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

[plucky zenith]

if you select Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder as the encoder in ssetttings > output,
does it have CBR available as the rate control just below

[pine aurora]

thank you for responding! So I only have ABR when I select Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder. So after researching, all resources said to use x264 because I don't have a dedicated graphics card? so I switched back to x264 and 2500 Kbps and my CPU usage is through the roof. Keep in mind I am using Rekordbox DJ software so the minute I use that with OBS that's when the problems start. A few years ago, it was fine. Now it's not.

[plucky zenith]

so, that's not true, you do have a dedicated gaphics card but the apple hardware encoder (which would use it) cannot do CBR so won't be afaik able to stream with it.
If you select the Apple VT H264 Software Encoder do you then have CBR?

[pine aurora]

No, only ABR when selecting the Software Encoder as well. this means I should use x264 on CBR? Any other settings to note? Thanks again 🙂

[plucky zenith]

when you select the apple VT software encoder, you have CBR?

[pine aurora]

No, only ABR

[plucky zenith]

ouki, at the top of the settings > output page, switch to simple mode, then in the streaming section, select x264 for the encoder, ultrafast preset, 6000 kbps bitrate

[slender arrow]

Same for me

[plucky zenith]

do a test stream like that, see how it goes

[slender arrow]

I’ll try that too. Thx

[pine aurora]

Like this?

[plucky zenith]

no

I mean you do whatever the fuck you want, but my advice do not apply to people that I didnt even see a log from

sso don't hold me responsible for what happens if you decide to use advice that wasn't given to you

[plucky zenith]

yes

[pine aurora]

Thank you! Ill try it out. Really appreciate it.

[lethal mortar]

hello I need some help with a green screen

Why won't my green screen blend in with the playstation 5? I did it perfectly fine last time. Please help Btw I already have chromo Key on

See I have it on already

[dark venture]

you want to try and stretch the screen so it has less ripples and get a bit more light in it, it should be flat and bright. Then crop the source so the parts on the border are gone. Then in the filters menu there you can put a color effect before the green screen and turn up the greenness and that will make it a poppier green then you use the chroma key on custom color and select that green

Also I like this plugin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veqNEsMqEE0

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/background-removal-virtual-green-screen-low-light-enhance.1260/

but Idk it might be processor heavy and introduce a delay, but it works for me, you get zoom style background removal so if it was just you in the lower corner of the screen it would prob be good enough

[lethal mortar]

Ok thank you so much Nick

[dark venture]

like with this plugin you don't even need a greenscreen

[lethal mortar]

I see

[dark venture]

but try to clean up that one you have, its a lovely feeling when you get it right

[lethal mortar]

It sure is

Thank you Nick for all your help

[dark venture]

hope it goes well post the good results

[maiden surge]

my first time streamings today couls anyone help set it up?

could

[dark venture]

I think you can check out this video and hit back when you have specific questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKPQJDhrKDQ

[lethal mortar]

alright I see the link you sent me

[lethal mortar]

Nick I just want to say I would like to use my green screen and use chromo key. but it's not working so idk. I know you sent me alot of info so thank you

but if there's a way to fix my chromo key i would highly appreciate that.

btw does this have anything to do with it?

[thorny matrix]

https://obsproject.com/logs/2ydfrLX2D2jOv8gb

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• MP4/MOV Recording

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• Low Stream Bitrate

Hardware Check

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

[brave radish]

Hey guys just wondering if we get the streamelements plugin for mac. It has some pretty cool features. Would love to use test them also on Mac

[molten grotto]

!sehelp They have a discord you can ask in

[fading hare]

If you need help with StreamElements products or services, please join their Discord server or submit a support ticket. The StreamElement's support team is better positioned to help with your issue.

[atomic halo]

Hello

Hello

[potent lark]

!hi

[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!

[atomic halo]

I’m having trouble setting up my internal audio source on OBS

If I’m playing a YouTube video the sound will not show up on OBS

Can someone help me

[molten grotto]

Is the YT video playing on your PC in a browser, or is it a specific source in OBS?

[atomic halo]

Hi I have focus rite

And Starlett

The Mike works but I can get things like YouTube or other sounds to show up

Thanks for helping

The YouTube is on my browser

On the same computer as OBS

[molten grotto]

!macaudio Sure! Check out this guide for capturing audio. 👇

[fading hare]

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

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

[atomic halo]

I tried Mac OS

[molten grotto]

!log Close OBS, reopen it, then grab a log link

[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

[atomic halo]

Ok your not going to believe I tried Mac OS capture and it’s working now

I also have screen deck

Can you tell me how to play audio clips from steam deck

[molten grotto]

That part I am not sure about. Try playing something with it and see if the bars on the OBS mixer move

[bleak matrix]

Plug in stream desk obs no function

[fading hare]

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

[empty wing]

Got an echo while I record audio on my Mac. I’m running a Blue Yeti mic to record my voice, and an Arctis Nova Pro Wireless headset to talk in game chat and record all other audio, all while using the Chat Link. Since my headset also picks up my voice during capture, I’m getting an echo while I record using my Yeti. I’d much rather have the Yeti capture my voice and strictly use the headset to talk. Is there anyway to isolate or separate the audios ?

[slate orbit]

Hey so my audio for my voice chat is choppy. I’m streaming on a Xbox series s using a elegato HDX60 and elegato mk.2. I’m also using a 2019 MACOS.

Could someone help?

Trying to stream on twitch

[rigid kraken]

Hey! Ive been running into encoder overloading problems when i stream just chatting. Im using a macbook 2021 M1 8GB RAM and its hardwired to my modem. I tested my internet speed and im getting 20mbs for upload speed. Any suggestions on how to help with this problem?

[bitter gyro]

Oh, I am glad I at least learned about OBS Studio... I have a fairly complex task (for me, having never done it) ahead of me. I will simulcast a conference to Telegram and Discord live using a Zoom H6, XLR mic, Capto, OBS, and VLC

Now how to fit the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle, and perhaps most importantly, test in a real environment... I can't bother my channels with this I suppose

[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

[flint bronze]

When I screen record the full screen of my desktop. It’s cutting out the side of my screen. I try everything I can think of to fix it but it’s still not working. Can somebody help me troubleshoot the issue?

[wicked gale]

Hi, maybe someone knows how to solve this problem - on my mac OS Sequoia in applications that request the camera automatically get the image from my physical web camera (although in the browser settings I choose obs virtual camera), and if in the system settings I deny access to the browser to the camera, the browser does not see any camera at all and gives an access error. Accordingly, the sites in the browser do not see the virtual camera obs, although on my second computer on Windows everything works fine and the image from the virtual camera works on the same sites. How can this be configured on a mac?

[runic slate]

Greetings everyone. I'm using OBS 30.1.2 and since that update the "Browser Sources" are not working any longer.

Says "browser" must be updated, etc. I've no idea that we could even do that much less how in OBS in a Mac. Does anyone have experienced this issue, or has a solution? Thanks in advance! 🙂

Mac is also sequoia 15.3.1

[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

[somber fossil]

hi, everyone or just me, but is the mac obs producing video files that are corrupted somehow and don't play back? i tried all formats, changing the encoder, etc. but i only get a video file where it shows the first frame but pressing play doesn't lead to a video.

[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

[somber fossil]

https://obsproject.com/logs/MD1ZcF80NG9fHg6P

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

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

[plucky zenith]

upload 2025-02-28 15-47-37.mov here?

[somber fossil]

as far as I can tell, it's not playing back here either

[plucky zenith]

why is it in .qt here?

[somber fossil]

I just used drag and drop. Original file is .mov. Behaviour is the same.

[plucky zenith]

ouki yeah it's just discord doing dumb shit with filename, but wanted to confirm

[plucky zenith]

just to be clear the obs preview does not show a static image?

[somber fossil]

no, previous works as expected, both for video and audio. also the recording length is correct.

[plucky zenith]

just to check do the same test with mkv?

[somber fossil]

Already did, will do again now with you.

[plucky zenith]

yee yee it's just so I can see the log and recording of that

[somber fossil]

https://obsproject.com/logs/AKFVOQTiAJd7BlWr

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

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

[somber fossil]

already tried settings up a new profile, didn't work either.

[plucky zenith]

send the file?

[plucky zenith]

ok, this one does have movement on my end

looks like fingers moving?

[somber fossil]

that is correct

on my side it just makes the playback software freeze

[plucky zenith]

which software?

[somber fossil]

vlc, iina. if i scroll though the video I can see the frames, but when i press play nothing happens.

[plucky zenith]

and in quicktime player?

[somber fossil]

qt doesn't like mkv

[plucky zenith]

joy

[somber fossil]

just did remux to get the video out, same behaviour, it doesn't playback

[plucky zenith]

both in VLC and qt?

[somber fossil]

yes, same for both

tried on iphone. iphone plays it back fine.

[plucky zenith]

yeah it's likely a fuckup of your players

make sure they're updated

[somber fossil]

everything updates. gopro players plays it fine too, so something wrong in the vlc/iina/qt realm

thanks for taking the time to walk me though this

[plucky zenith]

👍

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 19.2% CPU Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• 8.8% Rendering Lag
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.7 (OK)
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 5000 - Possible bottleneck

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.7 (OK)
• 0.1% Rendering Lag
• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 5000 - Possible bottleneck

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 11.7 (OK)
• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz - Below minimum requirements / Intel HD 5000 - Possible bottleneck

[frozen gate]

alguien habla español?

tengo un problema

[fading hare]

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

[cursive wraith]

Hi. I am trying to capture old vhs cassettes (720x578i PAL) using a magewell usb gen2 capture card on a mac book.
When I try to choose the resolution it brings up only lower resolution presets (see screenshots). If I try to set a custom resolution, I have the feeling that nothings changes. I get black borders on all sides as if it ignores the custom resolution and defaults to 640x480. Is there anything I can do?

[tough whale]

how do i get high quality reocrdings on obs on mac?

im trying everything to get this result but my joint keep coming out blurry

result i want:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VdaAlCdAvZw

and i been trying to get the audio to be higher quality

what do i do?

[fading hare]

For high-quality, no fuss recordings on macOS:

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

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

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

[novel kite]

what settings should i change because when i stream on my macbook it says obs overload and the stream basically stays on frames and is stuck there fir a wguke vefire moving to another

[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

[novel kite]

hi i did it https://www.twitch.tv/firetouch01_ but also i found it it is fine when no apps except obs and chrome are open but when i open more apps like Minecraft or more chrome tabs it says encoding overload

anywya i can fix that?

[tepid wren]

hi is there any way i can stream on twitch on mac while showing my ps4 screen whitout capture card?

[frank vortex]

Can you help me with this problem?

[plucky barn]

Ok this is weird - I moved a scene .json file from Windows to Mac and when I open it none of the text items show up and I can't get to their properties

Platform 1 is a text item

[outer hawk]

Hi, I can't find any play/pause button when I want to play back a scene I just recorded on Window Capture. Can anyone help?

[buoyant briar]

hey i was trying to hookup my tascam mixcast4 to obs it has four individual channels but in obs all coming out on same channel. help i have amac mini

[south jewel]

im trying to connect my switch but im only getting this or a black screen idk what to do

via usb video

[novel kite]

just realised i sent my twitch channel instead of the twitch log which is this, please get back to me as soon as possible!

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 53.3% Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (30.1.2)
• Permissions Not Granted (1)
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

Hardware Check

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

[novel kite]

what is the standard aspect ratio

[potent lark]

16:9 is the standard

[lyric comet]

Hi I have a problem with OBS, when I use quicktime player to duplicate my phone on my MacBook I don’t find the way to put it (with window capture) how can I fix it pls ?

[wispy thicket]

How do I fix this weird visual issue

[coarse tartan]

Good morning. My Sony SRG360-SHE RTSP-based PTZ Cameras aren't visible to OBS today. I'm on the current MacOS (15.3.1) and the current OBS (31.0.1). I can see the cameras via Safari (via web access to the PTZ camera). I've supplied the user & password credentials. The very same URI has previously worked. I've restarted OBS. I've restarted the switch. I've restarted the Cameras. Any other ideas? TIA.

Oh, I'm see a tiny red square in the upper LH corner where the image should be shown. What's that mean? --- (Later) The service has now ended. The PTZ Cameras are now showing in OBS!! However, the image displayed is NOT the current scene; it is a snapshot in time from 10-15 minutes ago. This is weird. Did something change in OBS 30.0.1 relative to the handling of RTSP data streams? (Still Later) The issue with the cameras being so far behind real time may be related to the "Restart Playback when source becomes active" setting. When I reverted that setting, the video image became current. I'm still mystified as to why the cameras did not immediately show up in OBS. This used to work fine.

[rain cliff]

Have an issue with NDI not working from other mac studio running pro presenter screen to this mac studio running stream for visual slides in OBS. Can someone help? Can not get visuals for services. Has been this way for a couple weeks now.

[dusk cosmos]

Any help for a non tech savvy guy, can’t get sound after connecting my new AirPod max , why this caution sign . Anyone feel free to dm please 🙏🏽

[exotic igloo]

I keep getting this error when I shutdown or restart my Mac mini. How to I fix this?

The only way I've found to get the docks and everything to show back up is to change the streaming server, change it back and apply. That fixes it but I shouldn't have to do that everytime. I should remember it correct?

[coarse tartan]

Hi Mike, the pixelation in your image can be due to several issues. (1) insufficient network bandwidth (2) insufficient CPU power for OBS. An MPEG data stream sends the entire image at regular intervals (say, every second); then sends delta frames until the next entire frame is sent 1 second later. The software has to recreate the entire image from the delta information. But it also has to keep up with the real-time stream; basically, the software has a time budget, and if it exceeds that budget, it aborts further processing on the current input frame (which are probably coming in a 30fps), and goes with what it has finished so far. Check your CPU meter in OBS; you may be able to correlate pixelation with exceeding some CPU threshold. The fix is to either lower the frame rate (say, from 60fps to 30fps), or lower the time between index (complete) frames, or make more CPU time available to OBS (move other tasks off the system, buy a faster PC, etc). Hope this helps.

[coarse tartan]

Window capture in OBS has, sadly, been moved to deprecated status. When adding a Source, scroll down to Deprecated and you will see WIndow Capture there. I'm sorry to see it leaving us. I was able to use it today to save my butt when I couldn't access my Sony PTZ cameras except via Safari.

[lyric comet]

So I can’t do my live 🥲

Ty for the answer but why its been moved to deprecated status ?

[velvet topaz]

Is window capture leaving OBS for other platforms as well, or just for mac?

[forest axle]

window capture is replaced by macOS screen capture, which offers more functionality and performance

it's available on macOS 13 and up

[velvet topaz]

Ah, kk

Thanks for the elaboration

[velvet topaz]

Is this already in effect?

[forest axle]

macOS screen capture has existed for several major OBS versions now, yes

[velvet topaz]

Ah, okay

[velvet topaz]

@lyric comet

[forest axle]

i think this is due to bad deinterlacing. i have no information about what camera this is or what path the signal is taking here, but i would look at deinterlacing that might be happening either by the camera, in OBS, or somewhere in between

[lyric comet]

Tyyy

I’ll try later

[velvet topaz]

Sorry for the mention reply ping by the way, I often forget to turn it off, that's my bad

Intentionally did it this time, in order to make sure that you've read it, lolz

[plucky barn]

Seems like the sources/objects for text have different types on Mac OS and Windows and didn't convert - I was able to bring them back with some find and replace on the json file
This explains why it looks a bit different between operating systems.

[rigid kraken]

I need help.. idk what im doing wrong but i keep getting issues while streaming with encoder overload and dropped frames. Im running off a 2021 desktop Mac with M1 chip.. Can anyone help me out?

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• 6.3% Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• 1.3% Dropped Frames
• 0.1% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (3)

Hardware Check

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

[oblique tide]

What’s the highest bitrate level I can use with a Mac mini M4 pro? I seem to not be able to surpass 6000

[plucky zenith]

1 000 000 kbps

[oblique tide]

You answered my question on the other forum. But I do have a second question.

Can you use OBS & stream to multiple platforms via OBS without having to pay $ to do so?

[plucky zenith]

!multistream
yehup

[fading hare]

A third party plug-in for streaming to multiple endpoints is available for OBS Studio.

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/aitum-multistream.1991/

[south jewel]

im trying to connect my switch but im only getting this or a black screen idk what to do
(via usb video)

[south orchid]

I’m trying to stream my switch to discord, but am failing completely. I have the video capture card all hooked up, but OBS is just not doing anything I want it to do. I don’t even know really where to begin. I can’t find any useful information online, I’m about to pull my hair out with this.

[gilded dagger]

Was beyond frustrated for about an hour. Wanted to pull this down, this was the solution. Anyone having issues with Virtual Webcam remaining as a webcam after uninstall, this is the golden piece to the puzzle. Thanks yam!

[quaint thistle]

I don't broadcast or record, but my OBS usage is high. Why is that?

[quaint thistle]

Is it possible to have youtube chat twitch chat kick chat all on the game screen on one monitor? I want to play while watching my viewers chat

[royal inlet]

Hi there, I'm struggling to remove OBS virtual camera on macOS Sequoia. After unistalling OBS app, I've also deleted obs-studio folder in /Library/Application Support/. Are there any option to remove the extention?

[south jewel]

same here ;-;

[plucky zenith]

what capture card?

[south jewel]

hdmi video capture

[plucky zenith]

you have any specifics of the model?

[plucky zenith]

if you test it on the site below, does it work?
https://webcamtests.com/

[south jewel]

same results

ive tried swapping it out, and nothing

[plucky zenith]

well, it is not nothing, those bars mean that the card is sending video to the computer, but it isn't recieving any

so, the issue is either the capture card, or its upstream connection

[south jewel]

so that means the switch dock yes

[plucky zenith]

or the HDMI cable or the capture card itself

those capture cards are famously unreliable

[south jewel]

already tried swapping it out so yeah :P

[buoyant briar]

@buoyant briar

[hasty fulcrum]

Having trouble with virtual camera. It doesn't show my camera source when sharing. Camera is on in OBS. Virtual cam doesn't work through Webcamtests.com either. I'm using OBS 29 because the latest version doesn't let me right click, lags and crashes. Using Sequoia 15.2

Okay, tried using OBS 31, and virtual camera works but I have these other issues with it that make it unusable.

[quick plume]

streaming from mac from my xbox series x with a hd60x capture card , trying to figure out how to get my discord chat on to my obs, i can pick up game sound and everything else just not discord

[surreal otter]

Hii

I’m having an issue with my microphone. My microphone appears as an output device on my Mac, but it doesn’t show up as an input device at all.
I’m using a Mac, and my microphone is from the brand Boya. It’s a headset that functions as both a microphone and headphones. However, when I try to select it as an input device, it doesn’t appear in the system settings.
It’s visible under the output settings, but it’s completely missing from the input settings.

Is there anyone who can help me?

[hasty fulcrum]

Does it appear in your Mac's system settings?

[surreal otter]

yes

not as a input.

Output is also seen as External Headphones. That's the microphone. But it is not visible in input.

For this reason, it only records audio from the computer.

[hasty fulcrum]

This is a Mac issue. In your Mac go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Microphone. Does your headset appear here? If so make sure it's toggled on.

[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

[surreal otter]

https://obsproject.com/logs/24aMZA5RcZZyIFH0

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[pseudo warren]

yo can anyone help me out? on obs i wanna move my sources with the box around it but idk how to get it

like the box to move images on google slide ykwim

[hasty fulcrum]

Go into your OBS settings, then choose General and enable Source Alignment.

[surreal otter]

its sttill same

https://obsproject.com/logs/Yf6XLOjVBmcDJ4GP

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[surreal otter]

its not working

https://obsproject.com/logs/xk7P8EvyrjMSmgx9

[fading hare]

Hardware Check

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

[surreal otter]

what does it mean? İts not working

[oblique tide]

Discord chat, or discord audio?

[oblique tide]

Following for this.

[supple wasp]

can someone help me out my obs wont recognize desktop audio??

[fading hare]

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

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

[fading hare]

OBS Studio 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.

[pseudo warren]

??

you know the boxes on corner to resize images in slides and powerpoint and stuff? i need that on all my siuces but idk how to

this tya thing

[pseudo warren]

anyone know?

[pseudo warren]

damn no body knows lmao

[hasty fulcrum]

This is what needs to be enabled to resize, and move around.

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 74.9% Encoder Overload

⚠️ Warning

• 7.2% Rendering Lag
• Permissions Not Granted (1)

Hardware Check

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

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Permissions Not Granted (1)
• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[surreal otter]

Good öorning

[pseudo warren]

I dosent work

[sonic vapor]

I have a weird issue I use my MacBook built in FaceTime cam and just got a elgato 4k X capture card … I have a the background image on my cam on with an image and some how in a different source that background for the FaceTime camera is on my game capture source from the elgato card any idea how to fix that ?

[simple perch]

Hi Chicky, in what order did you add the capture card and set the background image? Try this. Remove the capture card. Remove the background. Add the capture card. Add the background to the FT cam. Does that also add it to the capture card? If so, forget about using the background image.

[sonic vapor]

What option should I use for the Capture card ?

[potent lark]

Video Capture Device

[sonic vapor]

I can assume but just wanna make sure

Yeah the back ground is still showing on the elgato

[remote siren]

hello there

is there a customer service number i can call

[river fossil]

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is a completely free and open-source program. There is no paid version of OBS, and it does not require a subscription. If you think you purchased it, you might have been scammed by a third-party website.

[simple perch]

Thanks for trying. I'm out of options myself.

[forest axle]

a macOS system effect applied to one device in OBS unfortunately applies to all devices in OBS. this is a macOS limitation that we can't do anything about. it's a longstanding issue and i would encourage you to send feedback to apple about it.

the workaround would be to disable macOS system effects for any inputs going to OBS, and then use OBS filters to achieve the effect you need

[sonic vapor]

Okay will do thank you 🙏

[native cedar]

Silly question, so I use obs for streaming my speedrunning, I was wondering if there was a way to have a segment of my screen show my speedrun timer and without a secondary display

[elder plank]

Would anyone happen to know how to invert my ps5 screen? I’m using a capture card to connect it to OBS and it’s correct on my tv but on OBS it’s upside down

[native cedar]

This is a shot in the dark, can you use the red outline box and rotate it around?

I honestly have no clue

[potent lark]

Yes, there is a little tab at the very top of the red box that you can grab to rotate it

[plucky zenith]

that won't do it because it's not rotated upside-down, it's flipped vertically

[plucky zenith]

right click the source > transfom > flip vertical

[potent lark]

Ah, though they were asking a question in general, and not in reference to the screenshot. My mistake, lol

[plucky zenith]

oh

idk maybe XD

[exotic stratus]

Hey, ive been struggling to capture music or any desktop audio on stream or recordings. The output sound bar for audio capture moves when i play something but on recordings or stream you can’t hear anything at all. Does anyone know why that is?

[plucky zenith]

screenshott edit > advanced audio properties and settings > output

[neat pilot]

Hey so I recently updated my MacBook to 15.3.1 and my obs repeatedly crashed when I tried running it. I already tried instantly the new version of obs and nothing works

[fading hare]

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

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.

[sudden zinc]

Dear Community, does anyone know how to solve crackling sound issues? I capture my PS5 via a capture card and the sound is ver quiet and crackling. Tried all settings and followed various guides available in the internet but the problem persists.

[paper tundra]

I’m having the same issues! It almost seems like the audio is being duplicated causing the sound to be distorted but I can’t figure out why. I also see that in some YouTube videos, there’s an audio section when you add a “video capture device” source but for some reason I don’t have that on my end. I would appreciate any help from the community.

[exotic stratus]

if i play music the sound bar moves but wont be on the recording or stream

[winter star]

yo, when i use scripts on obs the app crashes when closing it

can someone help

a video of my issue

[hasty fulcrum]

I've been using OBS 29 since OBS 31 is freezing with Sequoia when I go live. I saw in a previous post from someone that had the same problem, that you suggested to download OBS 30. The problem with both is I need to use Virtual Camera and it only works with OBS 31. For 29, when I try to use it, the camera doesn't appear. Just the image I had above. With 30, it says that virtual camera can't be found.

How can we get OBS 31 to work with Sequoia? Or how can we get virtual camera to work with the others?

[forest axle]

when you say OBS is freezing when you go live, can you be more specific? what exactly freezes? does it happen when you record or only when you stream?

you probably also want to post a log of the issue happening; you can find logs by selecting file->open settings folder in OBS, then navigating to the logs folder

[feral briar]

GM is there a way to reset obs to default settings

[hasty fulcrum]

The last time my camera movement was seen but all of my sources froze. Audio went mute too. Then sometimes it crashes.

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (29.0.2)

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]

that is a log from OBS 29; i am more interested in figuring out your issue with OBS 31

the virtual camera in OBS 29 will not work with macOS sequoia

which is because of macOS; OBS 30 adds a virtual camera that is compatible with the newer macOS 14/15 requirements

[hasty fulcrum]

I ran 29 and 31 the same day so there are multiple logs. Sorry about that. I ran one through the Analyzer and it said to get rid of the 2 plugins.

You have the following third-party plugins installed:
obs-multi-rtmp
obs-websocket-compat

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• 45.1% Rendering Lag

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (29.0.2)

ℹ️ Info

• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[hasty fulcrum]

I deleted the plugins but now it keeps loading.

[forest axle]

i don't think it was telling you to delete those plugins, it was just telling you they were installed; though you probably indeed do not need obs-websocket-compat

can you be more specific about what is happening? your log from OBS 31 there looks fairly normal with you starting a stream that appears to run for about 45 minutes without any significant issues

a screen recording might help if you don't know how to describe what's going on

[hasty fulcrum]

It's constantly loading. I couldn't click on my scenes or sources, and it muted my audio. The audio was on, but the bar stopped moving.

[forest axle]

hmm, sounds like OBS is hanging/unresponsive then. does that happen on launching OBS, or are there specific steps you have to take to make it become unresponsive?

[hasty fulcrum]

It's starts right away. Then I close it and open 29.

I thought it was fin yesterday, but I was painting and didn't notice, lol.

[forest axle]

can you send the most recent log in that folder after trying to load OBS 31? the only log you've posted shows a normal startup on OBS 31, so i can't tell what might be happening

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Old Version (29.0.2)

ℹ️ Info

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

Hardware Check

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

[hasty fulcrum]

Sorry, it say it's 29. I'll try to get a file with 31 today and report back.

[hasty fulcrum]

I just went live and this is the log it came up with.

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

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

[feral briar]

I'm having issues using obs on my MacBook also. It was working great until about 2 months ago.

[magic trout]

What video or output config can i change to get better resolution on live presentations via zoom or gsuite etc? These are side by side comparisons of what a participant would see. The left images are me sharing an application view directly via zoom/google. The right images are sharing the virtual camera feed through OBS. its unreadable and clearly not internet or zoom/google related. (Note I've fuzzed out my name in both but the other details are all part of my demo environment)

Current settings

[civic raft]

Having some issues integrating NDI with OBS, can’t get the new DistroAV plugin to install on my Mac mini. Anyone have ideas why it won’t go? Currently going around it by using rtsp feed but it’s laggy and goes black often

[feral briar]

I'm starting to not like mac lol

[sage socket]

hi, so i am using the record feature of OBS to record my gameplay for youtube. It is lagging my entire computer and the game, making it low fps. How can I fix this? (my output file is set to good quality medium size). I'm on macbook air 13"

and yes, I am sure it is OBS as I tested closing other apps etc.

It drops framerate from 60->45 when just open (not recording). it drops 60-30 when open and recording. Why is it lagging so much 😭 i'm really satisfied with the recording result and do not wish to switch recording software

[hasty fulcrum]

As soon as I can afford it, I'm buying a PC just for streaming. There are too many cons with streaming with a Mac.

[feral briar]

Ty for responding. 1) i wasn’t sure anyone seen my posts and 2) u know it's not just me lol

[red jacinth]

My OBS crashes on startup every single time. Reinstalled a few times and no change, any ideas??

Silicone mac

[unborn veldt]

Hello Everyone,
I'm having a severe Issue with OBS in which none of my cameras, be it external through capture cards or internal webcam of a MacBook m4 running sequoia 15.2 show up. They're all just black. I did all settings in the system settings to allow screen recording and video recording, yet still no image of any webcam/camera. Also tried the workaround running OBS from the terminal, no luck. Unfortunately I need this setup to continue my job :S
Screen grabbing works fine, just the webcam or cameras don't work - be it internal or external

[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

[unborn veldt]

https://obsproject.com/logs/HoXwBgr5nG7iBkrK

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session

Hardware Check

Apple M4 Pro (not in benchmark DB) / Apple Apple M4 Pro (not in benchmark DB)

[unborn veldt]

Also this might help

[simple linden]

Hi all,
I am new to OBS. I just bought an HDMI video capture card that allows me to extend my work laptop's screen (Windows 11 PC) to my personal laptop's screen (2017 MacBook Pro) and I use OBS to treat the input from the card. Everything works fine except for the fact that the image quality that i get on the macbook is pretty poor, and the colors are also off. Attached is a screenshot off the result. I tried the sharpen filter but it did not solve the issue. I use an 8K HDMI cable and the capture card from Guermok is supposed to support 4K @ 30 fps or 1080p @ 60. Does anyone have a suggestion to enhance the image quality ? Actually I am not even sure that OBS is the best tool for the job.

[scenic cedar]

Ever since updating to 31 I get crashes when streaming for periods of time

[fading hare]

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

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.

[forest axle]

you may need to add your device as a "video capture device" source rather than a "capture card device" source

[forest axle]

i would suggest downgrading to 30.2.3 for the time being if you're experiencing this crash

[forest axle]

could you please post an OBS 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

[simple linden]

Yes it is already a video capture device source

[forest axle]

i hadn't responded to your post

your image looks fairly normal to me given the information you included about your setup; is the windows machine's resolution 1080p?

[simple linden]

Sorry, actually I solved my problem doing the opposite. I added the source as a capture card device and by selecting a different input format I get a much better result. Thank you !

[scenic cedar]

I have a couple because i had it lauched I believe it is this one

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• Dynamic Bitrate
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

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

[scenic cedar]

lemme check this one

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

the crash you posted is known to happen if OBS exceeds 8GB of memory use. do you know if OBS consumes that much memory for you typically while you're streaming/recording?

[scenic cedar]

i am not sure

how does that happen

[forest axle]

it can happen if you have a very long replay buffer, or sometimes in other situations

[scenic cedar]

i think i did leave my replay buffer on

[forest axle]

you can open Activity Monitor.app (in /Applications/Utilities) to see how much memory OBS is using

[scenic cedar]

lemme check

[scenic cedar]

well right now I just ran it idle only 560MB

[hasty fulcrum]

Here's another log for today. I tried 31 again and it just loads. In Force Quit it goes back and forth from being fine to saying Not responding.

[fading hare]

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• High Audio Buffering

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

in that case it sounds like you have a browser source or filter with runaway cpu usage

you have a lot of sources, scenes, filters, and generally a lot going on

so it's going to be difficult to pinpoint what the exact cause is

it doesn't seem like the program is hanging so much as one or more of your sources is just slowing OBS down

[hasty fulcrum]

Why doesn't it affect 29?

[forest axle]

since i don't know what "it" is, i can't really answer that

[hasty fulcrum]

Good point. Interesting.

[vernal blaze]

Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing a recurring issue with OBS Studio (version 31.0.1) on my Mac running macOS 14.4.1 (Mac model: Mac14,9, Apple M2 Pro). Each time I re-download OBS, it immediately shows the message:

“OBS did not shut down properly during your last session. Would you like to start in Safe Mode (third-party plugins, scripting, and WebSockets disabled)?”

Even after uninstalling OBS and manually removing associated configuration files, the problem persists. I’ve tried running OBS in Safe Mode, but it still crashes.

Has anyone else encountered this problem on similar hardware or OS versions? Any troubleshooting steps or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance for your help.

[fading hare]

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

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.

[forest axle]

hmm, it doesn't look like that attached correctly. can you try copy-pasting the entire text here? discord should automatically turn it into a .txt file

[stray jay]

hey i was wondering if i could get some help, i have been trying to get plugins to work on my obs but every time i download one it dosent work on my mac some reason, would someone be kind enough to help me

[forest axle]

thanks. this is a known issue; there are a couple things you can try:

1. in finder, do Go->Go to Folder...
2. paste in the following and hit enter: ~/Library/Application Support/obs-studio/basic/scenes
3. move "<your scene collection>.json" out of the folder
4. rename "<your scene collection>.json.bak" to "<your scene collection>.json"

let me know if that makes sense. if that fails, you may have to remove your scene collection files entirely (both the .json and the .json.bak)

[stray jay]

@forest axle is there any possable way you could help me aswell

[forest axle]

it helps to be as specific as possible about your issue; if you're seeing an error, you should post the specific message, along with other details like what plugin it is, how you installed it, what version of macOS and OBS you're using, etc.

[stray jay]

im on the newest upday of obs my mac is a macbook m1 chip i was trying to install the plugin for subtitles to come up when i spoke, but the file downloads not to the plugins file some reason and it downloads as what seems to look like a lego brick and it dosent say any errors or anything

[stray jay]

^

[vernal blaze]

it worked!! thank you so much! 😊

[stray jay]

it looks like this

[stray jay]

anyone think they could help me tho

[vernal sparrow]

Hey! Every time I record or stream any game the ambience audio like wild life, footsteps, gunshots, pretty much any kind of audio that is not a character speaking or any kind of dialogue sound clear but the rest is both too low and sounds distorted, Im using a Elgato HD60 X capture card connected to my ps5 and a Mac book pro laptop. Any amount of help and information will be heavily appreciated as I have no idea what to do anymore.

[forest axle]

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-mic-modes-on-your-mac-mchle82b42f0/mac

[vernal sparrow]

The mic is fine it’s like the in game I can’t here any background noise I can hear myself fine

[stray jay]

@forest axle did i give you enough detail on my problem because its still not working and ive tried nearly everything

[forest axle]

your issue is that the voice isolation mic mode is enabled for your capture card; you want to disable it per the instructions in that article

[forest axle]

can you provide a link to the plugin you're talking about?

[stray jay]

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/auto-subtitle.1012/

and i also tried to get a face tracking plugin aswell

[vernal sparrow]

BRO THANK TOU SO MUCH

[forest axle]

did you use the installer located here to install the plugin? https://github.com/summershrimp/obs-auto-subtitle/releases/tag/1.1.0

[stray jay]

yeah i did the mac universal one and none of the download files after fully downloading ot dosent show up on my files or anything or looks like a lego brick, i would say i could screenshare to you and show you

[forest axle]

did you run the .pkg installer and follow the steps?

[stray jay]

yeah

[forest axle]

can you post 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

[stray jay]

https://obsproject.com/logs/23IOMjP456sG4S8I

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Intel OBS on Apple Silicon Mac

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[stray jay]

i know why now

i should have downloaded the bottom one instead of the top one on the main obs page,is that what i shoud do then try it all again

[forest axle]

the auto subtitle plugin is loaded fine according to your log

though yes, you should probably use the arm64 version of OBS

[stray jay]

i have looked everywhere for it tho i cant fine it anywhere

[forest axle]

i have no idea how that plugin is supposed to work; that's probably a question for the plugin author, or, presumably they have some sort of explanation in their documentation

[stray jay]

i also tried to do the face tracking one i think it was the ptz one but cant find that anywhere either

[sage socket]

someone please help

[stray jay]

@yam my plugins are still not working some reason for anything

@forest axle

https://obsproject.com/logs/QBYFsRZOTcSBAWgh

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Non-Standard Aspect Ratio

ℹ️ Info

• macOS 12.7 (OK)
• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (2)

Hardware Check

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

[forest axle]

please don't ping people who aren't actively helping you already. your two plugins have loaded fine

[sullen vigil]

Hi. I’m new to the page and I recently just downloaded OBS. I am trying to stream my PS5 through obs to my multi stream channels. Would I need to get a capture card to use on my MAC? Any help with be appreciated.

[stray jay]

i have added 7 different plugins now thats whyt im trying to say tho

and im sorry

[sage socket]

please help me, stop ignoring me :((((

[undone sable]

????

[sage socket]

someone help please, literally having the app open lags my computer

🙏

HELP

[ember tartan]

Try lowering the recording resolution, reducing the bitrate, and capping the game’s frame rate. Set the Common FPS Value to a lower value like 30 or 24, and consider using the x264 encoder, which is generally a good choice for macOS

[ember tartan]

You likely need a capture card

[sage socket]

where do i set x264 encoder, also what does it do?

[ember tartan]

If you go “settings”, you will have “Apple VT Hardware, Software, and x264. After settings, go to output, and then go to “video encoder”. You will see the 3 encoders. And x264, it encoders video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video coding format, which is widely used for streaming and recording

[sage socket]

like this?

[ember tartan]

Oh, you do simple, you can only do that if you chose advance for output mode

[sage socket]

does this work?

i only use it for recording, so i dont need to change anything else right?

[ember tartan]

No

[sage socket]

Okay thankyou

[ember tartan]

Have you guys experienced an “encoder overloaded”?

!commands

[fading hare]

A list of commands can be found here: https://obsbot.rodney.io/

[sage socket]

yes

[ember tartan]

Here’s my OBS settings

@sage socket

[sage socket]

okok thanks :)

[flat jacinth]

how do i know which one is the one i should download

[hallow mauve]

Hi

I need change name virtual camera , this is possible?

[narrow sun]

if u are using a m chip mac then u do apple silicon
otherwise intel

[flat jacinth]

thanks

[ember tartan]

I have 2 problems! How do I fix them?

[ember tartan]

Who in here use Apple Encoding?

[forest axle]

can you post the link to the log itself?

[vernal scaffold]

@undone sable sei italiano?

[fading hare]

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

[ember tartan]

https://obsproject.com/logs/06JXqXUKqgwFXs9q

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated

ℹ️ Info

• Non-Default x264 Preset
• Third-Party Plugins (3)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[ember tartan]

My CPU is going higher when I record/stream to almost 60

[outer mortar]

hi y'all im not sure what my error log means, but i downloaded VLC and now my obs is like morphed when i open it and it constantly crashes. Should I post my log

[fading hare]

🛑 Critical

• Auto-Config Wizard

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• No Scenes/Sources

Hardware Check

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

[outer mortar]

i'm sorry i did all these and it still crashes

[fading hare]

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

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.

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Wrong YUV Color Range

ℹ️ Info

• No Output Session
• Third-Party Plugins (6)

Hardware Check

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

[ember tartan]

https://obsproject.com/logs/uGB0ge0qIb1mbEZB

[fading hare]

⚠️ Warning

• Browser Not Accelerated
• 10.5% CPU Encoder Overload

ℹ️ Info

• Non-Default x264 Preset
• 1.0% Dropped Frames
• 0.9% Rendering Lag
• Third-Party Plugins (1)

Hardware Check

Intel Core i5-8500 @ 3.00GHz - OK! / Radeon Pro 560X - OK!

[oblique shale]

does anyone know how to record roblox only on mac? for some reason i dont have the option for it even though my roblox is already on

nevermind i figured it out 🙂

[idle rain]

are there any alternatives to obs? im trying to record a video on my iphone but theres no obs on ios

[oblique shale]

that cuz obs is for computer

i think you could just screen record on iphone but it would be better if u record things on laptop or computer

[fading hare]

Developing OBS Studio for mobile devices is currently outside the scope of what the project is able to work on. Check out the many high-quality mobile streaming apps available for iOS and Android.

To control OBS Studio using a mobile device, see the Remote Control Guide.

[prime shadow]

Can u tell me how please..

[limpid plume]

Has anyone else had issues on M1 Macbooks? I have the updated version of OBS installed for Apple Silicon but I can't get it to run without also causing immense lag. It slows my entire computer down as well for as long as I have it open. As soon as I quit the application it goes back to normal :/

I've tried alternatives to OBS and they all work a lot better but i'd prefer if I was able to use OBS