Settings reference

Issue

Capture card video OK but audio missing

HDMI video from the capture card looks fine while card audio never arrives in OBS.

Issue

Color banding on gradients and skies

Smooth skies and lighting gradients show banding on the stream or recording.

Issue

Color range Full vs Partial mismatch

Picture looks washed out or crushed from Limited/Full range mismatches between OBS, GPU, and platforms.

Issue

Combined firewall and platform auth failures

Connection failures that look like bad keys but are actually blocked egress plus expired auth.

Issue

Congested ingest server causing drops

Network drops appear on one platform server even when local upload tests look healthy.

Issue

Crackling from audio buffering problems

Crackles and pops from buffering, USB issues, or CPU spikes.

Issue

Crash loop on launch

OBS crash-loops during startup before you can change settings.

Issue

Crash when starting stream or recording

OBS crashes at Go Live / Start Recording during encoder or output init.

Issue

Display Capture is black or blank

Display Capture is entirely black even though the monitor shows a normal desktop.

Issue

DNS failures reaching ingest hosts

OBS cannot resolve or intermittently fails DNS for ingest hostnames.

Issue

Duplicate OBS hotkey rows fighting each other

The same action is bound twice or two actions share one combo, so hotkeys feel random.

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Duplicate or doubled audio on stream

Viewers hear doubled game or mic audio.

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Encoder queue spikes after transitions

Encoding lag spikes when stingers, scene switches, or sudden overlays hit.

Issue

Encoding lag from thermal throttling

Encode keeps up until temperatures climb, then skipped frames appear mid-stream.

Issue

Encoding overloaded warning in OBS

OBS reports Encoding overloaded! while the stream stutters or looks damaged.