Washed-Out Colours in OBS

It's not just in recording, but in preview as well. Attached is a screenshot showing the preview next to content from my PC, and you can see the difference.
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Thunder_God
Thunder_GodOP9mo ago
Changing it from Capture Method: Automatic, to "Windows 10, 1903 and up" fixes it. Any idea why this happened to begin with though? :hmm:
Addie
Addie9mo ago
No clue. That should also be the default capture method anyway
Thunder_God
Thunder_GodOP9mo ago
Weird. Will mark as solved. Might help someone in the future :shrug:
Flaeri
Flaeri9mo ago
@Thunder_God it's because of the 10bit color in the AMD control panel
Addie
Addie9mo ago
That’s odd, especially since OBS has a 10-bit canvas now Shouldn’t wash anything out I always use 10-bit display output
Thunder_God
Thunder_GodOP9mo ago
It isn't. I tried changing it and nothing changed as a result. It was the capture method in OBS for the source that was the culprit.
Flaeri
Flaeri9mo ago
Fixed it for me and at least 10 other users 😅it's 10bit, without HDR. The "old" method does not handle that well. Haven't really seen it outside of AMD, so might be a specific quirk. Personally I'd change both monitors to RGB 8bit, and reboot. Delete the display capture, and re-add, just to be safe. Never seen it fail to do the trick, and your SS shows 10bit being enabled. The fit is just too perfect 😅 Obs HDR handling works with color spaces that are HDR. I don't think 10bit sdr has correct handling on every method
Thunder_God
Thunder_GodOP9mo ago
Changing the capture method solved the issue for me, so why go beyond? And I don't have HDR enabled :shrug:
Flaeri
Flaeri9mo ago
Yeah, whatever works 🙂 Just figured it was worthwhile letting you know what has worked for a lot of other people, and what is the most likely culprit in my experience. was more in reference to 10bit canvas in OBS
Thunder_God
Thunder_GodOP9mo ago
Might be worth checking if my fix works for these other people, since my fix doesn't degrade one's image quality :hmm:
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