Adventures with OBS Studio and ffmpeg

Here are some of the adventures I’ve had whilst trying to record from the Sky Stream puck using OBS Studio and ffmpeg. I have split my Sky Stream box into two HDMI outs – one goes to the main TV and the other is coupled with a Ugreen HDMI to USB converter or capture card. What I’ve tried: OBS Studio I began by testing OBS Studio. It works and it works very well…when it worked. The main issue with OBS is my input from the Ugreen capture card. It consistently fails to display the preview image, requiring a disconnect and reconnect of the Ugreen capture card, or a cycle of the EPID modes on the splitter. At other times, it needs the Sky Stream box to be restarted. This happens a lot and is a pain in the backside when one expects to simply plug-and-play. I initially thought that this was the Sky Stream box playing tough but the issue is the same from my Formuler box. The audio passes through immediately but the video does not display in the preview for some reason. And, of course, that…