Black borders around the video in OBS

Troubleshooting guide for There are black borders around the video in OBS. in VDO.Ninja and OBS with likely causes and practical fixes.

If a black border appears around the video, check that the custom CSS settings in the browser source has not been modified from the default setting:

body { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); margin: 0px auto; overflow: hidden; }

If you changed the default CSS settings, then you'll need to change them back to get rid of any background.

Also, ideally the width/height in OBS Browser source should be the same aspect ratio as the video. 1280x720 (not 800x600) This will fit the window to the video.

original issue thread: Reddit: Advice on adding to OBS