game capture

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    Classic Computer Games not shown in Game Capture

    Today I wanted to test for Age of Empires 1 (1997) using the latest version of OBS on steam. There are things in OBS I was able to understand and get it working. When I added Game Capture in the sources. AOE wasn't detected using any of the following options listed in Game Capture properties...
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    OBS freezing when recording emulation gameplay, with Windows capture

    Hello everyone, i have been experiancing issues with running OBS when i am capturing gameplay with Windows capture. i was streaming deadspace 2 the other day and while streaming everything was runing good, but i got a point during my stream where OBS kept freezing on me and pushing me offline...
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    OBS Crashing Minecraft With Game Capture

    Hi, I am on a windows 7 computer and am trying to use game capture. The problem is that when I select Minecraft it crashes the game (Minecraft). Even if I launch Minecraft first and then open OBS it still crashes it. Does anyone know how to fix this???
  4. PeeGeePee

    Game Capture Not Working As Intended

    Whenever I try to resize the game capture size by using transform, the size gets automatically resized to 90001x90001 pixels and the main screen doesn't show anything, it just shows a black screen. The borders work as intended but there is no screen shown so I cannot record anything using game...
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    Game Capture refusing to work

    So I've been using OBS for a while and recently installed to a new PC. As I was setting up, I noticed the game capture wasn't working. All it showed was a little red dot in the top left corner of the preview. And I don't think it's a black screen issues because I've tried putting a white BG and...
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    Game capture blank?

    So I've been using OBS for a while and recently reinstalled into a new pc. As I was setting it up, the game capture source didn't want to work at all. and its not like its a black screen, it just refuses to show up at all aside from a small red dot at the top left. I tried a couple of ways of...
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    Game capture stops capturing when screen fades to black in super mario 64, emulator

    Sorry if this is the wrong forum. Whenever I grab a star in super mario 64 and the screen fades to black the game capture seems to stop capturing until the screen is no longer black. Is there anyway to tell OBS not to skip black screens when it is capturing games? I'm using project 64 version...
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    How do I slice a game capture into parts?

    I am trying to stream Marvel SNAP from streamlabs OBS, and if you look at any SNAP stream you'll see they have many parts of the screen in different places for a better viewing experience. The only way I've been able to do this is add a bunch of copies of the existing game capture and crop/move...
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    Please Help - OBS Studio Crashes And Disconnects USB Devices When Using Game Capture Source

    Hi There, As per title, I can't figure out why only using the "game capture" source in a scene crashes my USB devices and lags out my system. Using the "display capture" source works just fine. This happens with multiple game applications, have run through so many of the basic troubleshooting...
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    Game Capture sometimes randomly requires Run as Administrator

    Recently, I tried to use the usual scene for capturing a game window, through a "Game Capture" source. That time, it did not work. The preview just showed a black screen and all recording attempts showed one, too. Audio worked. No matter, which window I selected, all were black screens in OBS...
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    Marvel SNAP (fullscreen, on PC) will not record headset/mic audio (all other applications/screens will)

    I'm in OBS studio using the Game Capture option, and using the "Capture Specific Window" option, that references the executable. This works on every other screen and game I've tried, catching both my audio and the application's audio. In Marvel SNAP, I can get the game audio no problem, and OBS...
  12. hazzer

    Frame rate drop in game when recording

    Hey, I just got a new computer and was testing some recordings and I never had a problem before on my old computer, but on my new one the frame rate stutters in my game, but I don't think the recording has any. Does anybody have any ideas why? Help would be appreciated Log...
  13. HappyTrigger42

    Disparities between recording application and recording screen

    Hello, I am battling to figure out why is OBS ( version 28.1.2 ) giving me a dark overlay when attempting to record my screen and not when recording the application directly ( without editing any settings / not using any filters ) Here is a screenshot of the game itself : And here is the exact...
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    OBS shows black screen when trying to capture Minecraft

    So I tried capturing Minecraft in obs and I keep getting a black screen. I tried the following: - Select high performance for both obs, java and javaw in graphics setting - Set power plan to high performance in the control panel - Set power management mode to high performance in the nvidia...
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    Black Screen for 7 Days to Die/Darkness Falls

    I am trying to use OBS to capture my 7D2D/DF builds for posterity, but all I get is black screen using Game Capture. If I try to use Screen Capture, my OBS shows up in my display window, but the recording is all black. I can use Game Capture and record just fine for Guild Wars 2. I have played...
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    Black screen when trying to do game capture with Valorant

    Hi! What I tried doing is: Game Capture Mode: Capture Specific Window Window: [VALORANT-Win64-Shipping.exe]:Valorant Window match priority: Match title, otherwise find window of same executable Checked Limit Capture Framerate (tried without before)/Capture Cursor/Use anti-cheat compatibility...
  17. Bluegix

    OBS game capture (window) is not showing preview and not recording too

    I am new to OBS. I am trying to record the Steam game Splinter Cell Blacklist using Game capture --> Capture specific window source. I have tried running OBS as administrator, still it is not working. Please help. Here is the log file. https://obsproject.com/logs/RXMgWSttAURW4zTz Attaching the...
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    Game shows in Capture Properties window, but not in main preview or output.

    I realise this is a tediously common question, but I've no where left to turn. I installed OBS on the recomendation of a friend who said it was good for game recording, but I can't get a recorded image no matter what I do and I just get a black screen. We both use Windows 7 (64Bit) and the...
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    Dropped frames recording capture-card gameplay (Zasluke 4K USB 3.0 HDMI, 1080P, 60FPS)

    Hey guys! I'm sorry if this question has been asked a thousand times already, but I could really use some help. A few months ago, I started uploading let's plays on YouTube, and at first everything was fine (aside from the general learning curve when using OBS Studio and an editing software for...
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    How to fix lag/stuttering on Mac for streaming games

    Not sure if this works for all macs but this solution worked for me (2021 M1 Pro MacBook). Last week I tried streaming a game (Stardew Valley), and while the game ran perfectly fine for me on my screen, the output from OBS was dropping tons of frames and lagging half a second behind. To fix...
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