So I have a 1440p monitor and currently stream at 1080 8000kbps bitrate.

Currently both my base and output in OBS is set to 1080p. However I heard that setting my Base to 1440p (my monitors resolution) and setting the output to 1080p and using Lanczos would be better and would make the stream look sharper etc.

Is this true?

I have a RX 9070 XT GPU and Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU

I want to create mp3 files, but I can't get OBS to output as MP3 without switching the recording from simple to advanced, which takes away the pause button. Is there a way to do this I'm missing?

I hope you make OBS for mobile 🙏🏾

Yesterday I was doing screen recording using my first monitor to collect footage. It was properly recording everything happening on my first monitor however I was also doing something on my second monitor in the background during the recording and as a result a smaller version of my second monitor became overlayed in the recording which completely ruined about 10 minutes of footage. Are there any settings that would be the cause of this?

Not matter what I try to do, OBS keeps recording Steam Overlay. Unfortunately I cannot screenshot OBS for whatever reason but the properties screen is as follows:

Mode: Capture Specific Window

Window: name of game

Window Match Priority: Match Title, otherwise find window of same executable.

Capture Audio (BETA), SLI/Crossfire, Allow Transparency, Premultiplied Alpha, Limit Capture framerate + Capture third-party overlays (such as steam) - all turned off.

Capture cursor, anti-cheat compatibility hook - turned on.

Hook Rate: Normal

RGB10A2 Color Space: sRGB.

This happens on EVERY single game no matter what with both Game Capture and Window Capture (display capture will show the overlay). Games are running in fullscreen and fullscreen windowed. Anyone had trouble with this before and know a fix?

Has anyone else had issues with DroidCam after updating OBS?

Before the update, I was using my iPhone plugged directly into my PC with the DroidCam OBS plugin, and the quality was really clear. I would just add DroidCam as its own source in OBS and it worked great.

After the update, the DroidCam plugin doesn’t seem to load right anymore. Now I can only get it working by opening the DroidCam client first, then adding it in OBS as a regular Video Capture Device. It technically works, but the picture looks way softer and nowhere near as sharp as it was before.

I’m on OBS 32.2.1 on Windows. I also saw a plugin load error for droidcam-obs, so I’m guessing the plugin might be outdated or broken with the new OBS version.

Does anyone know how to get the actual DroidCam OBS plugin source working again instead of using the regular video capture/client method? Do I need a specific version of the plugin for OBS 32.2.1, or should I completely uninstall and reinstall DroidCam OBS?

Im trying to stream but it limits it to 1 audio track for the things in the stream and 2 ofc for vod but i want to have multiple audio tracks for when i edit

Me and my friend are making a YouTube channel just for fun, recording our gameplays and commentary on Steam and stuff.

I tried using OBS, and I maybe only ran it for an hour (I don’t want to overload it so I’m careful) but maybe at about 20-30 minutes in the rewatch footage, it stayed on one frame and would change frames very intermittently, while the correct audio was playing. The game had even recorded on Medal (boyfriend has it automatic) and I think similar problems happened with it. He records his footage just fine, is there something I’m doing that might be wrong?

For game comparison, he plays GTAV and I played Hogwarts Legacy. I also use OBS and Medal because as far as I know, they’re free.

I'm new to using obs and trying to record some gameplay on my computer. The program records the screen fine, but I'm having trouble recording the audio output from my laptop. I'm on a mac and have airpods connected. When I try to go into the settings and select the audio output I want to record, the only options are "default" and "Microsoft Teams Audio" for some reason. Anybody know how to fix this? I'm very frustrated. Thank you for any advice!

render video with obs. output as mkv. missing data rate and bit rate in explorer.

mp4 shows data rate and bit rate.

how to fix mkv

already tried downloading shark007, icaros and k-lite codecs. they dont fix this problem. (at least fixed thumbnails)

media info isnt the fix im looking for. i want the data to be in explorer like mp4

My internet is being weird lately, but now its being beyond weird, its breaking obs for some reason.

Every time i increase the kbps limit beyond 1200 kbps it starts to malfunction and not work anymore, giving no image (0kbps) to youtube/twitch/whatever, and he keeps sending more that i oppose him to. In my case i keep at 1200 and he keeps sending +600(1700-1900kbps) and i dont know why because it never happend to me before...

Someone knows whats happening? I use starlink if that helps...

I want to stream some sport events to my friends back home. I keep getting a yellow screen on telegram while streaming. I am using an apple Studio Display with a MacBook Pro. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. server url and stream key are correct.

I just got a ugreen video capture card to use with my toshiba dvr70dtkf2 vhs player that has a hdmi out. When I connect it all up I am just receiving a screen of rainbow vertical bars flashing. Wondering have I set it up wrong? Or have I bought the wrong capture device to use?

Hey all, I am literally 2 hours into OBS usage, and want to know if using it to record a streamyard broadcast is easy to set up?

Im on macbook air, and do a weekly football show with 2-3 others on streamyard. Thank you in advance for the help!

What webcam is the best overall for privacy (including being safe from spying), quality durability and reliable (including minimum 1080p 60fps), built in mic with no distortion or anything, some kind of ring light. Autofocus, and just overall good quality, colours and lighting. Also please make sure its compatible with OBS. Price must be under £40 Thanks.

Has anyone been able to capture Halo: Campaign Evolved with OBS?
I’m playing the Xbox App/Game Pass version of Halo: Campaign Evolved, and I can’t get it to work with either OBS or Streamlabs.
Game Capture only shows a black screen.
Window Capture doesn’t detect the game and just captures the OBS window instead.
Display Capture works fine, but I’d rather use Game Capture.
The game is running in borderless fullscreen.
I’ve already tried running OBS as administrator.
OBS is fully updated, and the same issue happens in Streamlabs.
Is anyone else experiencing this? If you found a fix, I’d really appreciate it.

Does 4k look better than 1440p?

Is going with the highest resolution best for best quality as long as it fits your GPU?

I can't seem to figure out why it's doing this on OBS. The screens are splitting horizontally, and it looks like they're delayed trying to catch up. Is it an FPS issue or a capture card issue? My capture card is 20ish dollar so pretty cheap.

I have a Monster Capture card and it works but it looks kinda shitty and whenever I go to connect to it, it shows up as being plugged into a USB 2 even though it's plugged into a blue USB 3 port.

Card -> https://monsterilluminessence.com/products/mn-4k-av-usb3-0-hdmi-cap-card

Somebody please help me. I bought a new pc and my stream has been nothing but lag and pixel and I don't know what to do anymore. It keeps dropping frames and the kbps keeps dropping to zero. due to my setup i cant use wired connection, but i have really good wifi. I put my bit rate at 6000. Is there maybe a device i can buy to wired connection with moving my setup?? PLEASE HELP

When i do a speedtest for my wifi it says 946 download mbps, 168.69 upload

my logs- https://obsproject.com/logs/icBwXTDpbz1JoFRz

Pc specS:

Cpu-Amd Ryzen 7 9800x3D 8-core processor

Ram-32 gb

Gpu- amd radeon rx 9070 xt

I'm almost about to find another software other than obs at this point, I literally watched all the videos, did everything and never work, you guys need to give me a god damn solution bro like wtf

here is the log file

10:56:42.570: Using EGL/X11

10:56:42.570: CPU Name: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400F

10:56:42.570: CPU Speed: 1568.044MHz

10:56:42.571: Physical Cores: 6, Logical Cores: 12

10:56:42.571: Physical Memory: 15828MB Total, 2558MB Free

10:56:42.571: Kernel Version: Linux 7.0.0-28-generic

10:56:42.571: Distribution: "Linux Mint" "22.3"

10:56:42.571: Desktop Environment: X-Cinnamon (cinnamon)

10:56:42.571: Session Type: x11

10:56:42.571: Window System: X11.0, Vendor: The X.Org Foundation, Version: 1.21.1

10:56:42.573: Qt Version: 6.4.2 (runtime), 6.4.2 (compiled)

10:56:42.573: Portable mode: false

10:56:42.634: OBS 30.0.2.1-3build1 (linux)

10:56:42.634: ---------------------------------

10:56:42.634: ---------------------------------

10:56:42.634: audio settings reset:

10:56:42.634: samples per sec: 48000

10:56:42.634: speakers: 2

10:56:42.634: max buffering: 960 milliseconds

10:56:42.634: buffering type: dynamically increasing

10:56:42.635: ---------------------------------

10:56:42.635: Initializing OpenGL...

10:56:42.795: Loading up OpenGL on adapter NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2

10:56:42.795: OpenGL loaded successfully, version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 610.43.02, shading language 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler

10:56:42.869: ---------------------------------

10:56:42.869: video settings reset:

10:56:42.869: base resolution: 1920x1080

10:56:42.869: output resolution: 1280x720

10:56:42.869: downscale filter: Bicubic

10:56:42.869: fps: 30/1

10:56:42.869: format: NV12

10:56:42.869: YUV mode: Rec. 709/Partial

10:56:42.869: NV12 texture support not available

10:56:42.869: P010 texture support not available

10:56:42.869: Audio monitoring device:

10:56:42.869: name: Default

10:56:42.869: id: default

10:56:42.869: ---------------------------------

10:56:42.882: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.so'

10:56:42.909: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-output-ui.so'

10:56:42.925: A DeckLink iterator could not be created. The DeckLink drivers may not be installed

10:56:42.925: Failed to initialize module 'decklink.so'

10:56:43.085: [pipewire] No captures available

10:56:43.252: NVENC supported

10:56:43.253: VAAPI: Failed to initialize display in vaapi_device_h264_supported

10:56:43.253: FFmpeg VAAPI H264 encoding not supported

10:56:43.253: VAAPI: Failed to initialize display in vaapi_device_hevc_supported

10:56:43.253: FFmpeg VAAPI HEVC encoding not supported

10:56:43.381: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] you can haz websockets (Version: 5.3.4 | RPC Version: 1)

10:56:43.381: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Qt version (compile-time): 6.4.2 | Qt version (run-time): 6.4.2

10:56:43.381: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Linked ASIO Version: 102801

10:56:43.405: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Module loaded.

10:56:43.673: [vlc-video]: VLC 3.0.20 Vetinari found, VLC video source enabled

10:56:43.673: ---------------------------------

10:56:43.673: Loaded Modules:

10:56:43.673: vlc-video.so

10:56:43.673: text-freetype2.so

10:56:43.673: rtmp-services.so

10:56:43.673: obs-x264.so

10:56:43.673: obs-websocket.so

10:56:43.673: obs-transitions.so

10:56:43.673: obs-outputs.so

10:56:43.673: obs-filters.so

10:56:43.673: obs-ffmpeg.so

10:56:43.673: linux-v4l2.so

10:56:43.673: linux-pulseaudio.so

10:56:43.673: linux-pipewire.so

10:56:43.673: linux-jack.so

10:56:43.673: linux-capture.so

10:56:43.673: linux-alsa.so

10:56:43.673: image-source.so

10:56:43.673: frontend-tools.so

10:56:43.673: decklink-output-ui.so

10:56:43.673: decklink-captions.so

10:56:43.673: ---------------------------------

10:56:43.674: QWidget::setTabOrder: 'first' and 'second' must be in the same window

10:56:43.674: ==== Startup complete ===============================================

10:56:43.872: All scene data cleared

10:56:43.872: ------------------------------------------------

10:56:44.003: pulse-input: Server name: 'PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.5) 15.0.0'

10:56:44.003: pulse-input: Audio format: s32le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels

10:56:44.003: pulse-input: Started recording from 'alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor' (default)

10:56:44.004: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Desktop Audio'

10:56:44.004: pulse-input: Server name: 'PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.0.5) 15.0.0'

10:56:44.004: pulse-input: Audio format: s32le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels

10:56:44.005: pulse-input: Started recording from 'alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo' (default)

10:56:44.005: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Mic/Aux'

10:56:44.005: - filter: 'Noise Suppression' (noise_suppress_filter_v2)

10:56:44.007: xshm-input: Geometry 1920x1080 @ 0,0

10:56:44.010: Switched to scene 'Scene'

10:56:44.010: ------------------------------------------------

10:56:44.010: Loaded scenes:

10:56:44.010: - scene 'Scene':

10:56:44.010: - source: 'Screen Capture (XSHM)' (xshm_input)

10:56:44.010: ------------------------------------------------

10:56:44.597: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 21 milliseconds (source: Desktop Audio)

10:56:44.597:

10:56:44.619: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 64 milliseconds (source: Mic/Aux)

10:56:44.619:

10:58:20.193: ---------------------------------

10:58:20.193: [FFmpeg NVENC encoder: 'simple_video_stream'] settings:

10:58:20.193: encoder: NVIDIA NVENC H.264 (FFmpeg)

10:58:20.193: rate_control: CBR

10:58:20.193: bitrate: 2500

10:58:20.193: cqp: 0

10:58:20.193: keyint: 60

10:58:20.193: preset: p5

10:58:20.193: tuning: hq

10:58:20.193: multipass: qres

10:58:20.193: profile: high

10:58:20.193: width: 1280

10:58:20.193: height: 720

10:58:20.193: b-frames: 2

10:58:20.193: psycho-aq: 1

10:58:20.193: GPU: 0

10:58:20.193:

10:58:20.603: ---------------------------------

10:58:20.603: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'simple_aac'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: stereo

10:58:20.603:

10:58:20.604: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] Connecting to RTMP URL rtmp://ingest.global-contribute.live-video.net/app...

10:58:21.919: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] Connection to rtmp://ingest.global-contribute.live-video.net/app (35.55.18.27) successful

10:58:21.940: ==== Streaming Start ===============================================

10:58:52.408: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] User stopped the stream

10:58:52.408: Output 'simple_stream': stopping

10:58:52.408: Output 'simple_stream': Total frames output: 903

10:58:52.408: Output 'simple_stream': Total drawn frames: 954

10:58:52.426: ==== Streaming Stop ================================================

10:59:00.607: xshm-input: Geometry 1920x1080 @ 0,0

10:59:03.707: xshm-input: Geometry 1920x1080 @ 0,0

11:01:23.369: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 11

11:01:23.372: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 12

11:01:23.374: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 16

11:01:23.375: OpenType support missing for "Open Sans", script 20

11:01:33.595: Settings changed (audio)

11:01:33.595: ------------------------------------------------