

But I’ve never used OBS on my new laptop before – I always stream from a separate device using my awesome streaming setup.Īfter googling a little bit, I’ve found this thread which described the problem and offered a working solution. I’ve never seen this before – I am using OBS for years and it was always working pretty well – it’s a very reliable piece of software. The same situation occurred when I tried to add a webcam image to the scene – also a black screen.

We needed to grab my screen and send it to a RTSP server, but everything I’ve seen in the OBS was a black screen. Due to the COVID pandemic, they had to make the event online, so the organizers set up a test call with me to make sure everything is working.ĭuring the call, we’ve noticed that OBS (great video streaming software) on my laptop doesn’t work.

Recently, I got invited to speak at DotFest – a.
