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1. Find where the green frames begin
- Play the original file outside OBS. If it is already corrupted in another player, investigate the file or its decoding path before changing OBS settings.
- Check OBS preview and, if practical, make a local recording. If the original looks normal but OBS output is green, focus on the OBS source or local rendering path.
- Check the YouTube playback. If the original and OBS output look normal but YouTube playback is green, troubleshoot the viewer’s browser or device.
This sequence is a way to isolate the stage where the problem appears, not proof of a particular cause. If the issue persists, note your operating system, GPU and driver, OBS version, file container and codec, whether the video is HDR, and whether the corruption is continuous or intermittent.
2. Test OBS Media Source decoding and color range
For an OBS Media Source, open the source properties and compare playback with the hardware-decoding option enabled and disabled. OBS labels the option “Use hardware decoding when available”; it is off by default. Change only this option for each trial, and check whether the same part of the video still turns green. A change in the result is useful diagnostic evidence, but toggling decoding is not a guaranteed repair.
Also check the source’s YUV color-range setting. Compare the available settings carefully and avoid treating a color-range mismatch as the cause unless a controlled comparison changes the artifact. OBS documents Media Source support for containers including .mp4, .ts, .mov, .flv, .mkv, .avi, .gif, and .webm; support for a container alone does not establish that a particular file will decode correctly. See OBS Project’s Media Sources documentation.
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The VLC Video source uses VLC libraries and requires VLC to be installed. OBS specifies that 64-bit OBS requires 64-bit VLC. This dependency applies to VLC Video, not to the ordinary Media Source.
3. If only the YouTube player is green
When the source and OBS output look normal but the YouTube player does not, follow YouTube’s viewer-side troubleshooting instead of changing the video source first:
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- Try the video in a different browser.
- In Chrome, turn off browser hardware acceleration; for other browsers, consult that browser’s own help.
- Update the graphics driver. YouTube directs PC users to their computer manufacturer’s driver site.
These steps address green playback in YouTube’s player. They will not repair green frames already present in the source file or OBS output. See YouTube Help: Green screen in video player.
4. Check HDR only if the stream is meant to be HDR
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5. Check performance when other symptoms appear
If the stream also stutters, drops frames, or OBS reports encoding overload, check OBS performance indicators and logs. OBS’s encoding-performance guidance includes reducing frame rate among possible workload adjustments. Performance troubleshooting may help with those accompanying symptoms, but the available guidance does not establish workload as the cause of green frames specifically. See OBS Project’s Encoding Performance Troubleshooting.
6. Keep each test informative
- Record whether corruption first appears in the original, OBS, or YouTube playback.
- For OBS Media Source, compare hardware decoding on and off, then test YUV range separately.
- If only YouTube is affected, compare browsers or playback devices before changing OBS settings.
- Record whether the stream is SDR or intentionally HDR.
- Change one variable per trial and compare the same section of video.
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