How to get rid of Obs black side bars

[Choppedliver]

Does anyone know why I'm dealing with OBS black side bars in my livestreams and how to fix it. It started happening when I reinstalled video capture cause I accidentally deleted it instead of an image. I also just noticed today the side black bars don't appear when I double cam which is odd cause I've always double cammed.

 

[Clara_chan]

Can you post a screenshot so we can have a better idea of the problem?

 

[melezouriou]

Go to sources, rightclick your cam go to properties, set "resolution/fps type" to custom, below that set the "resolution" to your streams max 1280x720 or 1920x1080 for example and hit ok, then click your video preview, rightclick, to go transform and select "fit to screen"

 

[AmberCutie]

Does anyone know why I'm dealing with OBS black side bars in my livestreams and how to fix it. It started happening when I reinstalled video capture cause I accidentally deleted it instead of an image. I also just noticed today the side black bars don't appear when I double cam which is odd cause I've always double cammed.

It has to be a resolution issue between what your cam software sees and what your cam site requires. Is it on MFC?

 

[melezouriou]

And again with the visual aid for ease:

go to sources, rightclick your cam and select properties


Here make sure your Resolution/FPS type is set to Custom and the line below set your max resolution for example 1920x1080

Hit ok to apply

Next click on the video preview in middle (a red border should appear around video to show it's selected) and rightclick, in context menu go to Transform and select Fit to screen


Doing these steps should eliminate empty black bars around your video while streaming.

 

[DoD404]

yes,
Actually, the need is to have the same resolution on these 3 points : cam source, Frame and Output of your video broadcast
with this example : cam should be adjusted also at 1280x720 (or a similar ratio, but it's not necessary to complicate if you just stream)

Else, adjusting with ctrl-F would show you enlarged or too slim ; ) and not adjusting will add black bars Over and Under or Left and Right depending on this difference.

 

[Choppedliver]

It has to be a resolution issue between what your cam software sees and what your cam site requires. Is it on MFC?

No it's on Chaturbate

 

[Choppedliver]

Can you post a screenshot so we can have a better idea of the problem?

 

[Choppedliver]

And again with the visual aid for ease:

go to sources, rightclick your cam and select properties
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Here make sure your Resolution/FPS type is set to Custom and the line below set your max resolution for example 1920x1080
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Hit ok to apply

Next click on the video preview in middle (a red border should appear around video to show it's selected) and rightclick, in context menu go to Transform and select Fit to screen
View attachment 81709

Doing these steps should eliminate empty black bars around your video while streaming.

I tried something different and it seemed to have done the trick. I had my preset at 1280x720 than

And again with the visual aid for ease:

go to sources, rightclick your cam and select properties
View attachment 81707

Here make sure your Resolution/FPS type is set to Custom and the line below set your max resolution for example 1920x1080
View attachment 81708
Hit ok to apply

Next click on the video preview in middle (a red border should appear around video to show it's selected) and rightclick, in context menu go to Transform and select Fit to screen
View attachment 81709

Doing these steps should eliminate empty black bars around your video while streaming.

I thought the last step would do the trick but it didn't :-/ where can I find the resolution/fps cause I can't seem to locate it.

 

[AmberCutie]

Yeah so your webcam is showing as 4:3 in your obs. Click your webcam in the source and set it to 720

 

[Choppedliver]

Yeah so your webcam is showing as 4:3 in your obs. Click your webcam in the source and set it to 720

It's always been set to 720. The black bars only appear when I start to stream on a separate camsite.