Andy. Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 When I record games there's always a black bar on the side of my screen, how do I fix this? Here's an example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpen4YF5VVA&t My desktop resolution: 1920x1080 in game resolution: 1600x1024 Recorder: OBS Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dkeeton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Settings->Video-> Set Base Canvas to 1600x1024 ad Output to 1600x1024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andy. Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 10 hours ago, dkeeton said: Settings->Video-> Set Base Canvas to 1600x1024 ad Output to 1600x1024 Hello dk, This is what happens when I try that.https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gJjnPkRSSXdh0DnFYHe3bA9Lwh4QjT8D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dkeeton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Glad it worked for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andy. Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 it didn't work, it still has the huge black line on the right side of my screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dkeeton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, Andy. said: it didn't work, it still has the huge black line on the right side of my screen. Watch that video and take a screen shot where the black bar is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andy. Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 If I upload to YouTube all of this will be black just like in the video I posted in my first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dkeeton Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Yeah, because your resolution isn't 16x9, those black bars are added by vlc because you have the window maximized. OBS can stretch it to 16x9 but I don't think it looks better. You would have to set Output (Scaled) Resolution to 1920x1080. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andy. Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 So is there a way where I can upload these videos to YouTube and not have this huge black bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fir3w0rx Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 9:41 AM, Andy. said: So is there a way where I can upload these videos to YouTube and not have this huge black bar? Either choose a 16:9 screen resolution in the game settings and play the game with it, or try what dkeeton suggested: On 3/22/2019 at 6:09 AM, dkeeton said: You would have to set Output (Scaled) Resolution to 1920x1080. (in OBS Settings) If you set your desktop resolution to a 4:3 screen ratio (like 800x600 or 1024x768 for example), then watch your second video in full screen, you'll notice that the black bars are gone. So basically, regardless of which screen resolution you use, some people will see the black bars, but some won't, depending on their screen settings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dkeeton Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/21/2019 at 5:41 PM, Andy. said: So is there a way where I can upload these videos to YouTube and not have this huge black bar? Set base and output to 1920x1080 then launch ra2yr skirmish and add a game capture source. In the game capture source, you'll enable scaling and set it to 1920x1080. This video shows you how to do it but it's using 1280x720 https://youtu.be/z90glQPvz5A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andy. Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 It seems I've fixed it, there's an option for when I'm editing the video to change the resolution on export, this seems to have fixed it on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mso59-1wmXI&t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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When I record games there's always a black bar on the side of my screen, how do I fix this?
Here's an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpen4YF5VVA&t
My desktop resolution:
1920x1080
in game resolution:
1600x1024
Recorder:
OBS Studios
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