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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...
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    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...
  8. 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...
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    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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    HELP!!! I cant use Game Capture to capture OVERWATCH

    My system is windows 11. when i play overwatch with fullscreen and use obs to broadcast it,i use Game Capture to capture the game,i cant see anything in preview,my live room is black screen,i tried various methods to fix this problem but nothing has changed.But when i use Borderless Windowed,i...
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    HELP!!! I cant use Game Capture to capture OVERWATCH

    My system is windows 11. when i play overwatch with fullscreen and use obs to broadcast it,i use Game Capture to capture the game,i cant see anything in preview,my live room is black screen,i tried various methods to fix this problem but nothing has changed.But when i use Borderless Windowed,i...
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    Image freezes in game capture

    The picture freezes in the "game capture" source. This happens as follows: when the game starts, its window is captured, but the picture immediately freezes. At the same time, capture from other sources (for example, a webcam) proceeds normally. Changing the capture mode and priority has no...
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    Issue with game screen freezing on OBS (PC and Xbox Series S)

    Hi Everyone! I just started setting up things in order to stream on twitch but I'm having an issue with some PC games and EVERY game played on xbox. I set up one scene for PC games and another one for xbox games on OBS. For PC I chose "game capture" and then "capture any fullscreen...
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    Game Capture Black / Not Capturing

    So recently OBS has been playing up for me. The Game Capture won't capture anything I set it to. No matter what game I try. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling so many times. I looked up fixes and I got it to work for like one time when I reset the Position in Transform. However even that...
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