Capture card video OK but audio missing
HDMI video from the capture card looks fine while card audio never arrives in OBS.
Tools and working references
Reference pages you can keep open on a second monitor while you set OBS Studio up: encoder comparisons, bitrate guidance, capture methods and the checks that tell you which setting is actually hurting you.
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Color banding on gradients and skies
Smooth skies and lighting gradients show banding on the stream or recording.
Color range Full vs Partial mismatch
Picture looks washed out or crushed from Limited/Full range mismatches between OBS, GPU, and platforms.
Combined firewall and platform auth failures
Connection failures that look like bad keys but are actually blocked egress plus expired auth.
Congested ingest server causing drops
Network drops appear on one platform server even when local upload tests look healthy.
Crackling from audio buffering problems
Crackles and pops from buffering, USB issues, or CPU spikes.
Crash loop on launch
OBS crash-loops during startup before you can change settings.
Crash when starting stream or recording
OBS crashes at Go Live / Start Recording during encoder or output init.
Display Capture is black or blank
Display Capture is entirely black even though the monitor shows a normal desktop.
DNS failures reaching ingest hosts
OBS cannot resolve or intermittently fails DNS for ingest hostnames.
Duplicate OBS hotkey rows fighting each other
The same action is bound twice or two actions share one combo, so hotkeys feel random.
Duplicate or doubled audio on stream
Viewers hear doubled game or mic audio.
Encoder queue spikes after transitions
Encoding lag spikes when stingers, scene switches, or sudden overlays hit.
Encoding lag from thermal throttling
Encode keeps up until temperatures climb, then skipped frames appear mid-stream.
Encoding overloaded warning in OBS
OBS reports Encoding overloaded! while the stream stutters or looks damaged.
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