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Acoustic feedback through open speakers
Room echo from loudspeakers entering the microphone.
Aggressive reconnect storm after brief drops
OBS reconnects so aggressively after a blip that the platform session becomes unstable.
Antivirus locking recordings or causing hitch
Realtime antivirus scanning recording folders causes hitching, corrupt files, or high CPU.
Audio delay / lipsync offset
Mic or desktop audio is early or late relative to video.
Audio drift over long sessions
Mic and desktop slowly desynchronize during multi-hour streams.
Blocky stream from insufficient bitrate
Stream looks blocky or muddy in motion despite smooth frame timing.
Browser Source hardware acceleration issues
Browser Source glitches, goes black, or spikes GPU when hardware acceleration paths misbehave.
Browser Source memory growth
RAM climbs over time from Browser Sources leaking or refreshing heavy pages.
Browser sources driving GPU render lag
CEF browser sources push GPU/CPU high and elevate rendering lag.
Capture card colors crushed or shifted
Capture card image looks crushed, oversaturated, or limited-range wrong.
Capture card shows no signal
Video Capture Device from a capture card stays black with no signal.
Capture card video OK but audio missing
HDMI video from the capture card looks fine while card audio never arrives in OBS.