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Wrong Desktop Space is Recorded With Mac OS Screen Capture
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Description
Operating System Info
macOS 13
Other OS
No response
OBS Studio Version
30.0.0
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/R9XMqzFLAik4qZ35
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
Expected Mac OS screen record to record what I saw on my screen
Current Behavior
OBS only recorded the desktop space (as in Mac OS mission control spaces) where OBS itself was running, rather than the one that was actually visible on my screen while I recorded.
Steps to Reproduce
- Maximize OBS (full screen)
- add a Mac OS screen capture source
- choose "display capture" as the Method
- Switch to another space with full-screen applications such as Firefox or Emacs
- Do this many times, as far as I can tell it only happens intermittently
Anything else we should know?
Macbook Pro 16-inch 2021 with M1 chip
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the OBS log linked in the issue and reproducing the intermittent behavior using the listed macOS 13, OBS 30.0.0, and M1 MacBook Pro setup. Verify the result across multiple Mission Control spaces, with completion meaning the recording captures the space visible on screen rather than the space containing OBS.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100