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Use Censr in OBS, Zoom, Meet & Discord

~2 minutes · the camera method

Censr captures your screen, blacks out secrets on-device, and exposes a clean feed as a virtual camera. Wherever you can pick a camera, you can pick Censr — no extra windows, no fuss.

The 30-second setup (OBS)

  1. Open Censr and pick your Source — Display 1 for your whole screen, or a single window.
  2. Click Start protecting (or just leave Auto-protect on — see below).
  3. In OBS: Sources → ➕ → Video Capture Device, name it Censr, set Device = Censr.
  4. Done — your redacted screen is now in OBS.

In Zoom / Meet / Teams / Discord

Open the app's camera picker and choose "Censr" as your camera. With Auto-protect on, it starts the moment the app opens the camera, and stops when you're done.

A secret on screen with a solid bar over it
What lands in OBS/Zoom: the redacted feed, secrets covered.

⚠️ The one rule that matters: Censr replaces your screen capture

Censr already captures and redacts your screen, so it is your screen source.

Do NOT also add "macOS Screen Capture" / "Display Capture" to your scene. That source is your raw, un-redacted screen — if it's in your scene, your secrets can reach the stream. Use Censr instead of it, never alongside it. Already added one? Delete it.

Recommended scene order (OBS)

In OBS, sources at the top appear in front. Censr is your screen, so it belongs near the bottom, with your cam and overlays on top:

Sources (top → bottom) ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Webcam / face cam │ ← on top │ Overlays, alerts, logos │ │ Censr (your screen) │ ← the background layer └─────────────────────────────┘ ✗ macOS Screen Capture ← delete this (raw screen)

"The Censr source is just black!"

That's the idle placeholder — Censr isn't protecting yet. Open Censr and click Start protecting (or let Auto-protect kick in), and the black fills with your redacted desktop. So: black = not protecting; amber menu-bar mark = protecting.

Fallback only: OBS Window Capture

If you can't use the camera, open Settings → Camera → OBS window feed — it opens a window you add to OBS as a Window Capture source. Keep it open (don't minimize it — macOS freezes minimized windows). The camera method is simpler and recommended; you don't need this if the camera works.

Press ⌘⇧B anytime — even when Censr isn't focused — to instantly black out the entire feed. Press again to resume.