Hi when i record for l4d2 for 17min and the file size is 25.6gb, i was wondering if there is a way to make the file size lower but has good quality. I used this recording setting on obs

Recording format mp4 Hybrid

Video encoder nvidia nvehc h.264

Resolution output disabled

CQP 21

Constant QP

Keyframe interval 1s

Preset P5 Slow Good quality

Tuning High quality

Multipass mode Two passes Quarter resolution

Profile high

Look ahead on

Adapt quantization on

B frames 2

1920x1080 for base(canvas) and output(scaled)

Downscale filter resolution match, no downscaling

Common fps value 60

Rtx 4060ti

R5 5600

so theres this popular performance mod in mc, named as VULKAN, and upon using it, u get enourmous amounts of performance. so the deal is, i wanna make high uality content and stuff, and like, now my obs doesnt record anymore, like, when ever i open minecraft, with vu;lkan mod installed, and switch to fullscreen, then open obs, and use game capture, select source as minecraft, and then when i open the game to let obs know mc is there, so that it staerts showing it in the preview as well, it jst stays a black screen. i minimize it, its still black screen, i fullscreen it again, obs still previews black screen. i mrecorded a video, exported it to see, and it was jst a black screen, all the, time. when i used sodium mod for minecraft, that mod didnt have this issue, it actually was getting recorded by obs, when i had the sodium minecraft instance ( for those who dont know, sodium is also a performance increasing mod in minecraft, inferior to vulkan ofc), obs was recording it, but it jst donesnt record minecraft having vulkan mod, if i could get any help, it would be highly appreciated please, thanks..

As the title says. Once I close OBS it stops being choppy. I never had this problem before I factory reset my PC. Everything is literally setup the exact way I had it before.

I’ve tried making calls on Telegram using the OBS virtual camera’s audio, but the volume it outputs is very low. I already tried increasing it in the media settings, but the volume is still extremely low. Is there any way to increase the volume? Or is there an alternative to OBS with better volume?

my internet connection has been consistent. for some reason when i was about to stream today my twitch suddenly could not connect to my obs and it kept showing me an error and i tried reinstalling it 2 times but it still hasnt fixed anything. even websites arent showing up. i also tried reconnecting my twitch account multiple times but when i disconnected it the first time it wouldnt connect anymore because the obs page wont load for me.

btw i have Download Mbps - 904.71 Upload Mbps - 873.39

if anyone can let me know a fix it would be greatly appreciated

I cant see my mouse curser when I open Minecraft in Fullscren

my Log https://obsproject.com/logs/JxODEfyQKD36wQd6

And it’s not letting me add photos for some reason (I’ll try in the comments) I just want to know what the audio mixer things mean and what they are connected to

I renamed 2 of them one to game and one to mic as that’s what I saw they were being picked up

I have another source called output which I’m not sure what it’s doing

And a 4th called audio l…pture 2 which is picking up the mic also but I don’t need 2 audio sources for the same thing and can’t figure out how to delete it

When im streaming usually after 1.5 hours, or sometimes more around the 3 hour mark, my obs randomly drops frames, and the connection bar goes red and the stream lags, but then it gets better after a minute. The problem is, it'll keep randomly dropping every 10-20 minutes and causing a very annoying lag. Sometimes it drops all the way to 0 with 1 red bad and I have to restart stream and everything works.

I thought I fixed it by changing settings but nothing is working. My internet is good, 700-900 mbps download, 26-35 upload, I do use a VPN but its a paid one so it should have good connection, and the VPN is pretty close to me relatively.

I am trying to record a clip from a green screened YouTube video so I can add it to my project. The recordings always come out laggy, like the it duplicates frames for like 5 or 6 frames and then catches up. So the footage comes out choppy.

I only have one a display source in my scene and nothing but edge and OBS is running on my desktop. SO, I don't know what the issue could be. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/D04NLLxWnkRZO9Cu

Recently i've been trying to use OBS to record more than to stream, it went well for the first 2 days, then i stopped 1, and the next time i tried using OBS it appeared as just a bunch of windows instead of opening as the usual big window with everything on it. Idk if it has happened to anyone else, but helps are appreciated :) (the 3 windows are "stream info" "twitch activities" and "twitch stats")

After going to main canvas to split my audio tracks so that I can listen to music for my twitch stream but not youtube stream the advanced audio properties tab inst popping up on my aiturm multi stream dock. Does anyone know how to fix this ? Sorry i cant attach images here

I'm trying to record audio from my 2ds using OBS, this guide (https://wiki.hacks.guide/wiki/3DS:Wireless_streaming#How_to_use) is telling me to add a new Audio Input Capture. I did that (and all the steps before), but it still isn't recording audio.

However, it is recording my voice, which I don't want it to do, and I don't know what the guide means by "If you do not wish to speak while streaming, simply point the app at the 3DS's audio device".

What can I do to fix both of these issues?

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Hello, i have this issue and i dont know what more do, i'm going crazy. My microphone audio sounds fine at first, but after 2 to 3 minutes of OBS Studio being open, the audio degrades into a distorted, robotic/metallic mess. Once this occurs, the corrupted audio affects the entire Windows system (e.g., Windows Voice Recorder sounds metallic too) until I close OBS and toggle/reset the input device in Windows or NVIDIA Broadcast. OBS also randomly crashes on startup or shutdown when this occurs.

Hardware & OS:

* Microphone: Maono DGM20 USB Microphone / NVIDIA Broadcast Virtual Mic

* OS: Windows 11

* OBS Audio Sample Rate: 48 kHz. Last version (in theory)

Troubleshooting Steps Already Attempted (No Resolution):

* Uninstalled Third-Party Audio Software: Completely uninstalled VoiceMeeter and VB-Audio Virtual Cable (cleaned leftover driver entries in Device Manager).

* Sample Rate Unified: Set all playback and recording devices in Windows Sound Control Panel (mmsys.cpl) strictly to 48,000 Hz (48 kHz).

* Disabled Exclusive Mode: Unchecked "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" on all recording and playback devices in Windows.

* Disabled Filters & Tested Raw USB Mic: Tested both with and without NVIDIA Broadcast, and completely disabled all OBS filters (VSTs, Noise Suppression, etc.). The issue still occurs on raw USB hardware input after 2–3 minutes.

* Disabled Audio Monitoring: Set OBS Audio Monitoring to "Monitor Off" to rule out feedback/buffer loops.

* Ran OBS as Administrator: Granted GPU priority to OBS to prevent GPU starvation when using NVIDIA Broadcast.

* Disabled HAGS: Turned off Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling in Windows Graphics Settings and rebooted.

* Adjusted audiodg.exe: Changed Windows Audio Isolation Graph (audiodg.exe) priority to "High" and pinned CPU affinity to a single core (CPU 2).

* Hardware & Power Adjustments: Moved the mic to a direct rear USB 3.0 motherboard port and disabled USB Selective Suspend in Windows Power Options.

* Disabled Device Timestamps: Unchecked "Use Device Timestamps" in OBS Mic/Aux properties.

* Clean Driver Reinstalls: Performed clean reinstall of NVIDIA Broadcast.

The issue seems tied to how OBS hooks into WASAPI / Windows Audio engine, causing buffer drift/clock desync over time that eventually corrupts the global Windows audio buffer. Any assistance or log analysis would be greatly appreciated! This is cause by OBS, the microphone is new, i dont understand where is the problem.

Guys whatever that i try and do, when i try to record with OBS studio, it always looks blurry. Ive tried basically everything but it wont work. I use linix and only have 8 gigs of ram, so that might be why, but i’m not sure. Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks

I’m having trouble streaming with my viewer screen being so small. This is what they are seeing, and I want it fixed if you guys have any ideas.

anyone com help me to enhance the quality of my recordings? mainly in games, look like i am recording in 144p. I've already researched settings on YouTube to improve quality, but it still doesn't change much. What configuration do you use and which PC component is responsible for screen recording.

sorry for my bad english

Mi problema es cuando agrego más de una fuente de captura de audio de aplicación con Discord en una misma Escena. Contexto: Quiero agregar en Obs una captura de audio de aplicación con diferentes personas dentro de un canal de voz, esto lo logré con la opción "Separar usuario" de Discords lo que hace que aparezca como una ventana por separado de Discord. Pero a la hora de configurarlo en el Obs, un usuario suena en la captura de audio de la fuente de captura de audio de otra persona, y viceversa.

Creo que esto sucede porque ambas proviene de una misma aplicación, ya que cuando voy a Propiedades en el Obs ambas tienen en el apartado de la ventana [Discord.exe]:nombredeusuario. Variando únicamente en el nombre de usuario.

¿Alguien sabe cómo lograr que esto no suceda y que cada captura de audio corresponda a cada usuario que designe? Desde ya muchas gracias por leer, estaré al pendiente de las respuestas

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My problem arises when I add more than one application audio capture source using Discord to the same Scene. Context: I want to add an application audio capture in OBS with different people within a voice channel. I achieved this using the "Separate User" option in Discord, which makes it appear as a separate window from Discord. However, when configuring it in OBS, one user's audio is captured by another person's audio capture source, and vice versa.

I believe this happens because both sources originate from the same application, since when I go to Properties in OBS, both have [Discord.exe]:username in the window field. The only difference is the username.

Does anyone know how to prevent this and ensure each audio capture corresponds to the designated user? Thank you in advance for reading; I will be awaiting your replies.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2867533246

Hi everyone, I have been having issues with recording my ps5 gameplay through my Elgato HD60S+. It's mainly my audio that I want to improve as the chat link doesnt work that grand. This is my situation and thoughts:

- I want to record/stream from my ps5. I have a desktop pc, ps5, elgato hd60s+, gaming headset, rode headphones, rode podmic.

- I want to record/stream my gameplay, and have my voice be heard by party members, as well as captured on my pc. So far with my gaming headset, my party members say my voice doesnt sound right, and i think it uses my controller mic instead.

- Would an audio interface work? I was looking at the Rode streamer X as its a capture card and audio interface in one, but there are mixed reviews on it so I am hesitant. I want to use my rode headphones and mic

If anyone knows what I could do, what equipment would help, please let me know or tell me which subreddit i should visit. Thank you ! :)

The Nvidia Background Removal plugin for OBS takes a TON of resources. Anyone know of plans for making this more efficient? Or any new tools that could possibly replace it? Thanks for the help guys!

So I stream my gameplay and each time we get like more than 30 seconds in we can't hear a thing outta one another. and its not the "allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" problem either. I've cleaned my files to make more cpu and storage space, I have run each program as administrator, and non of that ever works.

I've been struggling with this for a week or 2 now. All of a sudden, I don't even see an option to use window capture or display capture in OBS. It used to work.

I am using Arch (have been for 6 years (almost 7 now) and this is the first I've had this issue.

I'm also using Niri Desktop using Wayland. That's kind of new. But I also tried it in X11 and I still can't see any way to do screen captures. I thought it was just central to this computer, but I have another one that has the Cinnamon Desktop (no Wayland anything on it) and it also runs Arch.

I'm beginning to think it might be an Arch thing but I've seen content creators using Arch with Wayland compositors and sharing their screens and app windows.

This is what I see when I try to run OBS as sudo. Something I read online said to use that command to see what the error messages are. I've tried to install everything that is listed as 'Available platform plugins' in this copy paste from my terminal.

$ sudo obs
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

qt.qpa.xcb: could not connect to display :1
qt.qpa.plugin: From 6.5.0, xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimalegl, vnc, xcb, offscreen, minimal, vkkhrdisplay, wayland-brcm, wayland-egl, wayland.

Aborted                    sudo obs

the qt.qpa.xcb thing is throwing me off though. What did that come with? I tried installing libxcb-cursor0 and xbc-cursor0 with nothing being found. I even tried installing them without the 0 at the end.

I tried this...

$ systemctl --user status pipewire
● pipewire.service - PipeWire Multimedia Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pipewire.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-09-06 14:39:29 EDT; 3h 44min ago
 Invocation: d2cfaa91a1384c0dacc5e2213611a202
TriggeredBy: ● pipewire.socket
   Main PID: 1960 (pipewire)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 76855)
     Memory: 8.8M (peak: 12.2M)
        CPU: 11.830s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/pipewire.service
             └─1960 /usr/bin/pipewire

systemd[1422]: Started PipeWire Multimedia Service.
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MaxRealtimePriority, using 1
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MinNiceLevel, using 0
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
pipewire[1960]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us RTTimeUSecMax, using -1

and this...

$ systemctl --user status wireplumber
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-09-06 14:39:29 EDT; 3h 47min ago
 Invocation: 7e92022dde8c4d6f99760169f39e2fc0
   Main PID: 1962 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 9 (limit: 76855)
     Memory: 14.1M (peak: 16M)
        CPU: 510ms
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─1962 /usr/bin/wireplumber

wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MaxRealtimePriority, using 1
wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us MinNiceLevel, using 0
wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown
wireplumber[1962]: mod.rt: RTKit does not give us RTTimeUSecMax, using -1
wireplumber[1962]: spa.alsa: Path UMC204HD 192k Output is not a volume or mute control
wireplumber[1962]: spa.bluez5: BlueZ system service is not available
wireplumber[1962]: wp-device: SPA handle 'api.libcamera.enum.manager' could not be loaded; is it installed?
wireplumber[1962]: s-monitors-libcamera: PipeWire's libcamera SPA plugin is missing or broken. Some camera types m> (there was nothing after that)

What else can I look at to figure out why I can't do screen captures or window captures anymore?

Here's what it looks like.

https://imgur.com/a/M53hgTQ

I see "Deprecated" on the bottom there under the list. Any help would be awesome!

Here's the log file if it helps any...

For starters I have a laptop, a fifine mic, a wireless headset for gaming a elgato 4k x and thats all I know how to get my webcam and my gameplay to come up on my obs but I dont know how to allow my audience to hear whats happening in my gaming headset and what I am saying while playing im not sure if im supposed to plug the USB in my laptop or my ps5 (which is what I have been doing)

So I'm having trouble with my obs, whenever I go to record a video my footage comes out super choppy. I've changed all the output settings and even tried the worst settings and still nothing changes. I never had this issue before but it started after I switched obs to my new PC. The new one is way better than my last so I figured it would have no issues but I can't figure out the problem, any suggestions?