Replay Buffer save fails
Save Replay fails from permissions, disk space, or path issues.
Settings reference
What each OBS Studio setting changes, which numbers are safe starting points for your upload and hardware, and how output, video and audio settings interact once you record and stream at the same time. For interactive recommendations, use the Settings Generator.
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Safe Mode recovers a broken launch
OBS only starts cleanly in Safe Mode, indicating plugin or third-party interference.
Sample-rate mismatch causing crackles or drift
OBS and devices disagree on 44.1 vs 48 kHz, causing crackles, pitch issues, or drift.
Scene complexity causing render stalls
Heavy scenes with nests, media, and alerts cause freezes and render stalls.
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.
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