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How can I disable minimizing window in Ubuntu?

I need to prevent my Ubuntu to minimize windows (it would be better if I could choose which one specifically). Is there any way to do it? I need it for OBS Studio, because it stops showing any window ...
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Why is the camera list showing “Sonix Technology Co Ltd.” instead of “Integrated Camera?”

I’m trying to set up OBS with my webcam and integrated camera, but in the cameras list it shows up with my webcam, but instead of “Integrated Camera,” it shows up with “Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.,” ...
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How do I stream to Twitch and YouTube simultaneously from OBS?

Now that Twitch's TOS allows streaming to multiple platforms, how can I use OBS Studio to livestream to both Twitch and YouTube at the same time?
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New Teams doesn't capture OBS virtual camera and flakes out

Old Teams works fine and has for years. As soon as the "New Teams" app came out, it wouldn't capture my OBS virtual camera once the meeting starts. It recognises the virtual camera, but it ...
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Starting virtual cam automatically by modifying the obs64.exe file in the source folder

I'm starting OBS automatically by using the software System Scheduler; this software requires as input the obs64.exe file in the source folder, not a shortcut of OBS. I know that, by typing --...
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How to record web browsers when their window is not in focus

I'm on Windows 10 and I use OBS to record the window of web browsers. I record online class sessions for later use, a lot of the times I have to switch windows or desktops, and when the web browser ...
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OBS, other encoder than FFmpeg VAAPI H.264 and x264?

Linux + Intel HD 620. I can see only two options. If what I read on the web is correct, the GPU is capable of encoding H265 or VP9. Why can't I encode in those formats? Is this because OBS does not ...
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How to change monitor names in Windows

I have four USB HDMI capture cards plugged into four different laptops which have their video stream sent to them from a desktop running OBS. There are several HDMI cables running from the desktop ...
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OBS studio won't record audio only

I wanted to record only audio with OBS Studio. So I have created a new scene and added just Audio Capture Device (ALSA). Then I clicked on the Start recording...button. It recorded both screen and ...
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Debian OBS black screen with cursor when screen capture but not on window capture

I've downloaded obs using apt and I'm trying to screen record. When I use window capture, it captures just fine. But when I tried to Screen Capture, it just shows a black screen with just my cursor. I'...
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Passthrough of virtual devices through Remote Desktop

One of the features of Windows Remote Desktop is device passthrough, which allows for an easy way to provide a remote machine with access to devices. Unfortunately it looks as though this is only for ...
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No audio being recorded from OBS Studio

I can see the mic's working in Windows settings and they work in tools like Zoom or Google Meet. So I can rule out the device not working or human error like the device not being plugged in. The video ...
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How to have multiple webcams of the same kind display as different names in applications?

I have a setup on a Windows 10 computer where I have multiple of the same kind of USB webcams connected to one computer. Is there a way to have the system list the webcam names differently so they can ...
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How do you use OBS studio to perform screen capture (including to save live videos or make how-to tutorials)?

I'd like a general explanation of how to do screen capture, since sometimes I need to save snippets of videos, and I've had problems getting youtube-dl to work for me. Note: the purpose of this Q&...
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How can I stream the screen to an Android device at 60fps? [closed]

I want to be able to play with my phone (Acting as a screen) to the windows PC, it's not over internet, it's on local. ¿Is there any solution to be able to see my computer screen in my phone at 60fps ...
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My OBS is hanging on Stopping Recording

My OBS is hanging on Stopping Recording... after I tried to save and end the session. I'm recording to MVK, which I read was a "safe" format for this very situation. I'm still waiting on the ...
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Which options are incompatible with CRF, CQP?

What settings should not be used when using CQP, CRF modes. I read that 2pass mode is not compatible with constant quantization modes. It is also recommended to disable adaptive quantization. Maybe ...
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Record separate audio inputs as separate tracks in OBS Studio

I record myself playing a game using OBS Studio. What I want to do is also record microphone input, but instead of having the audio of my speakers and mic on the same audio track, I want to have a ...
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Virtual Camera Modus in OBS turn video into green / pink glitch (Ubuntu)

I want to use my Sony Alpha 6100 as a virtualcam via OBS on Ubuntu 22.04. OBS also finds my camera as input via gphoto2 and v4l2loopback-dkms. The image appears in OBS and looks good. As soon as I ...
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Is there a way to add a virtual display to Windows 10?

I'm asking if there is a way to add a virtual display to Windows 10. (No, I don't mean virtual desktop. Like a virtual hardware device.) The virtual display should show up in Device Manager, and ...
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How to Stream a camera view from another computer on Discord with better performance?

I had a customer with some issues with the app Discord, my client told me he got another PC to try something just in case. He ask me if I was able to redirect the video stream to another computer but ...
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How does google chrome detect when other windows are maximized on top of it?

I've been recording google meet conference calls with OBS since they made this a premium feature on the site. So far it's all been going well except when I have to maximize a different window on top ...
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Can I save incoming Zoom stream data directly?

I'm having issues recording my Zoom meetings. My laptop is kinda crap and when it recieves the incoming zoom, having to both render it on screen AND then using OBS to screen capture seems like it's ...
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How to solve OBS is not recording all instance of a window

For some reason, I am using an OBS recorder for recording a Webex recording in its nbr recording player. But the problem is it is not recording the chat and other windows which are instances of the ...
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How can a keypress on a specific keyboard be mapped to another key such as F24?

I want to use an extra keyboard on Linux to control my OBS scenes. OBS has a way to setup keyboard shortcuts and so forth but only as a general key (it doesn't detect which keyboard the key is pressed ...
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Get Back Lost Audio

In OBS while recording some online lectures I added a Noise Gate filter but with wrong settings due to which the audio was not recorded properly is there any way to get it back.
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How would I connect a wireless microphone to a speaker and a computer. Then have that same computer also use that speaker

At work, they assigned me a task to integrate people from zoom into our live events. So far I have mics and video sources running through OBS. The video and sound are then sent to Zoom via ...
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Recorded videos colours are really bright. But only on some software

Ever since I got a new computer and a new monitor my colours are really bright when recording my screen. Since I'm a designer it makes me look like I've designed some weird designs and the clients ...
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Do screen recording software make the game laggy?

Let's take an example of Counter Strike 1.6 game (offline, with bots). And an i7 system with 16GB RAM and 940MX graphics. As you know, it is very old game so this graphic card is more than okay for ...
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🌿 in TextArea of OBS

Icons are possible to use in OBS-Text-Areas if you use the Font DeJa Vu Sans but not all (Example: ☳⚒⚄). I searching for 🌿 without success. how could i find out if this special (or a other) symbol is ...
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OBS video becomes choppy after I change monitor

I used to have Xiaomi Ultra Short Throw Projector. I recorded the game and the result is like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GbqRv_BJiA I then change my monitor to Wemax Xiaomi Ultra Short ...
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Clone one/several windows inside another window for streaming (GNOME)

The need : I am live coding using OBS. I often need to show different windows on the live stream. I also have sensible windows that I absolutely don't want to appear there by mistake, even for a ...
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Microsoft Teams Audio not being captured in OBS

I have OBS set to capture my Desktop Audio, however, Microsoft teams is the only program that OBS wont recognize the audio (no sound animation in obs). OBS doesnt capture audio when I am in a Teams ...
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How to Record Web Page as Video with Transparency?

I would like to record the HTML output with the alpha channel preserved so that the resulting video has a transparent background, that way I can use the web app's output as an overlay in post-...
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Live streaming without sound via HDMI

I'm live streaming via a camcorder via hdmi into a audio and video capture card into obs. I have a seperate sound source which also runs into the capture card and straight into obs. However I do not ...
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Google Chrome stops updating videochat when not on front

I have been capturing web based videochats (Jitsi and Whereby) using Open Bradcast Studio (OBS). Until recently I have been able to capture the video even when the browser windows is not on front ...
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OBS settings for recording presentation (still screen) with mouse cursor in low size and good quality?

How could I reproduce these settings with OBS Studio FFmpeg recorder? Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 (isom/mp42) Format : AVC Format profile : [email protected] Format ...
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How to record specific window on OBS

I know how to capture the desktop, but that shows everything including OBS itself. How do I record a specific window on it's own? (i.e. Minecraft Bedrock Edition) I am on Windows 10, and have the ...
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Howto redirect cheese webcam effect to new video device

I am on ubuntu 20.04, but v4l2 package is not working: so I installed it from here git clone [email protected]:umlaeute/v4l2loopback make sudo insmod v4l2loopback.ko exclusive_caps=1 video_nr=1 ...
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How can I use an OBS Virtual Camera in MS Teams?

On previous versions of MS Teams I was able to select my virtual cam running from OBS. Since an update somehere in september I'm no longer able to select any virtual cameras in MS Teams. I've found ...
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How to get rid of these many camera devices?

I have installed many camera devices, and I can’t seem to remove them nor uninstall the driver. What can I do? I searched through Device Manager, but I cannot find the camera device name. Here's the ...
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OBS Studio + NVidia GeForce: is it possible to record in higher resolution than the display permits?

The relevant part of my setup: A monitor with a maximum resolution 1920x1200 NVIDIA GeForce 2070 Super OpenSuse Leap 15.2 OBS Studio installed and working I've either read or heard somewhere, that ...
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Seamless use of Microsoft Teams with an OBS source?

For teaching, I would like to use OBS to switch between scenes. On its own it is great, but I would like to share the live with my Teams meeting. Here what I try: Use a VirtualCam : the resolution is ...
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Audio stuttering only during live stream using OBS and only when 'full'/complex

Not sure if this is the right community to post this in, so please advise where, if not here. Been streaming our church service with great success for 22 weeks now since the beginning of lockdown in ...
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FFmpeg not able to record screen at high fps

I have been trying to record a video playing on chrome on my desktop (1920 * 1080) at 60 fps using ffmpeg. Not very familiar with ffmpeg so please correct me if I wrote something incorrect in the post....
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Recording Issue with OBS Studio software, each video recording is not in sync with the audio for the recording

I use OBS Studio to record video's usually of podcasts that I want to keep. Each time I record OBS creates 2 identical recordings when I only need one, so I just delete the second one. When I playback ...
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How to setup ffmpeg for the same record method which is used in OBS studio "replay buffer" feature (recording of last X seconds continuously)?

I do like how OBS studio "replay buffer" feature works (recording of last X seconds continuously). But it seems like over-sophisticated heavy application to be used for this only purpose. As I ...
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Trying to record screen with webcam separately

I am trying to record my screen and my webcam separately in HD. So basically I have 2 1920x1080 screens that I am trying to record. What I did was I created a canvas of 3840x1080 and placed them side ...
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Live Stream from a low-end laptop

I desire to stream my gameplay live on twitch using my laptop which is a one with pretty low specs. as follows: Wifi connection with ~8Mbps upload Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit Intel i3-5005u 2....
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Stream multiple RTMP IP Cameras with OBS and ffmpeg

I created a streaming server using Nginx and the RMTP module on a VPS running CentOS 7. I am trying to stream multiple IP cameras using OBS for broadcasting the stream. My question is how to create ...
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