How to Fix Webcam not Showing in OBS | Webcam Does Not Show Inside OBS | Webcam Won't Work in OBS

5 years later and still helped!

Thank you!

Why does it start working when I delete the device from OBS and add it again? Very frustrating. I don't need this crap when I have a paying student waiting for a lesson.

Thank you so much man.

Derp. 20 seconds in. Thanks bud. Jeesh 🙄

thanks bro!

Thanks a lot my brother !

You solved my problem! Thank you

THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH
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The “deactivate when not showing” didn’t work for me, and now I don’t know what to do 😭

I still cant get it to show in OBS. Got and old handycam connected to a easyCAP

your a Gangster

Another person helped with the "Deactivate when not showing" option, thank you

Thank you for the best video that helped 🎉

none of these worked. fucking useless

I was starting to go insane trying to troubleshoot this problem, but the "deactivate when not showing" method did the trick. You are a lifesaver.

ty, simple solution. Fixed the probnlem.

You, my friend, are a Hero

youre a fucking life saver, dawg

youre a life saver family thank you so much

d'oh found the camera used in a scene i did not use anymore. but for some reason it always activated there first. thanks for the hint!

Five years later, and this is still doing the trick. Thanks!

Thanks a lot!!!

Cheers buddy, deactivate when not showing worked for me, liked n subbed!

This didn't fix my problem, but in other places I found that errors can be found when the webcam isn't directly plugged into the PC (e.g. plugged into a USB hub or monitor instead)

thank you bro !

thank you so much

OBS 29.0.2-5 does not have have the "Deactivate when not showing" I am on Arch Linux. Do not see a setting for this.

Thank you! "Deactivate when not showing" fixed my issue :-)

I was having an issue with my camera, it hadn't started properly and I had to close OBS and open it again, then create a new camera source for a scene. THAT WAS MY MISTAKE. The camera started working properly but as OBS had two sources for the same camera in different scenes, the camera refused to work in the second scene. I didn't check the first scene at the time because I was livestreaming. Keep this in mind if you ever delete a source that you are using on multiple scenes!

bro, literally watched like 30 sec of this video and closed out obs and turned it back on and it worked hahahahaha thanks !

None of these worked for me...still can hear myself but webcam still not showing

It worked just had to tick on deactivate when not in use. Thank you very much :)

thank you my webcam works again i was testing it in disc at the same time couldnt figure out why didnt work on obs. helped a lot!

FINNALY i was looking like 40min for help and someone helped thanks dude

worked , thank you haha. dindt know it caused that so had to close my razer software

omg thank you for number 3, i've been trying to figure this out forever!

ive been struggling for 15 minutes and the only thing i had to do was close obs.

Well played. Tysm

Thank you so much!

Genius - that fixed it thanks!

SOLVED THANK YOU!

thanks Dani, that fixed the problem!

Mine is the cable (pretty sure). I have a usb going through a hub because my Mac has USB-c. That or permission- I get the word "access" in red when I attempt connect on the back of my Lumix LCD screen.

Thank you! This option three fixed my problem. Appreciate the information!

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Solved my problems, thanks.

Worked! The problem was one of my scenes. Thank you so much!