OBS diagnostic issues
Full troubleshooting articles with symptoms, fixes, verification, and rollback.
Script or plugin script error breaking scenes
Lua/Python scripts or plugin scripts throw errors that break sources or hotkeys.
Skipped frames due to encoding lag
Stats show skipped frames caused by encoding lag, producing stream stutter with a healthy network.
Soft or blurry output from scaling choices
Output looks softer than the canvas because of scaling filter or mismatched resolutions.
Source captured but invisible from transform or crop
Capture is active but the source is off-canvas, zero-scaled, or fully cropped.
Stream disconnects intermittently
The stream connects then drops repeatedly.
Virtual Camera fails to start
Start Virtual Camera fails or other apps cannot see OBS Virtual Camera.
Virtual Camera shows the wrong scene
Other apps see a different scene than expected from Virtual Camera output.
Washed-out HDR game capture
HDR games look grey or washed when captured into a standard SDR stream.
Webcam flicker or auto-exposure pumping
Webcam brightness pumps or flickers under lights.
Webcam in use by another application
OBS cannot open the camera because another app holds the exclusive device.
Wi-Fi packet loss dropping frames
Wireless streaming shows bursty network drops and micro-stutter.
Window Capture black for browsers and apps
Window Capture of Chrome, Discord, or similar apps renders black while the real window is fine.
Windows Game Mode interfering with OBS
Windows Game Mode or related Game Bar features worsen capture/encode scheduling for some PCs.
Windows permissions and admin capture quirks
Running games as admin while OBS is not (or vice versa) breaks capture.
x264 saturating CPU cores
Software x264 encoding holds CPU near maximum and introduces skipped frames.
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