window capture

Hello, when I enable window capture only 5 things show up as options: When I hit show Windows with empty names, everything I'd like to record is null. Such as google chrome, photoshop, skype, etc. For google chrome I did the hardware acceleration tip and it didn't help. If I hit the null google...

Hey, pretty much it would be helpful if there was a way to set a specific keyword to look for when matching a window to a title. For example I'm trying to use the Dolphin emulator to play some GameCube games and the window that the game renders in will be titled: "Dolphin [version number] |...

I have this problem regarding capturing steam client with window capture but the contents just shows black screen. For days I have been searching for a solution to this but did not found any. I'm sure some of you have this problem, also. Confused whether this is problem is from OBS or from...

I have a lot game capture games as sources with the same settings (I hate always setting manually the .exe each time I switch game). And I suggest the idea, the possibility to merge many titles .exe in the same source ?! Example in this picture: When a game in the window list is launched...

(English not good please give me chances) .Note: I tried to fix the similar issue before and I succeed, It is working properly before (I change few settings from tutorial from youtube) until recent window feature update - I restart my pc and when I open OBS and its not working so I blame it on...

I know I've made this post already but it's been a while and I feel the need to post this again, especially after the update. The Window Capture is broken and needs to be fixed immediately! I can't display Google Chrome, Preview, TextEdit, Notes, etc. It only shows the windows on OBS. My Video...

I have an old sreensaver (.scr) file I want to use as a source for my intermissions. The problem I have is that since it's a screensaver I have to manually run it after switching to the intermission scene I have setup. Is it possible to point OBS to a screensaver so that it runs it in my stream...

I can't enable window capture for Google Chrome, what do I do?

I am using OBS on MacOS Mojave and I am seeing something with a window capture that I am hoping someone might be able to help with. (This is for local recording only.) I use OBS for a podcast, and the other person - my guest - comes in through Zoom as a window capture. Scenes include just me...

My system is Manjaro, with Gnome 3.34 and anytime i want to create a window capture, terminal gives out the error message error: xcompcap: glXCreatePixmap failed: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) for any window that i tried to record, except for OBS itself, which it will happily...

Hello, I am new to OBS. I looked for a similar question already on the forum, but couldn't find it. So, here it is: I am running Windows 10 on an Intel laptop with a single GPU. I need to create a training video for a program I wrote. It has drop-down menus. If I use "Window Capture" as a...

Link to log file: Log file I'm attempting to capture video played in a tab in my FireFox browser window. When I selected the Firefox window in the Source properties dialog It placed a whit box in the preview pane. Assuming this was OK since I'm new to the software, I went ahead and began...

Hello, this is surely a common error, but I only found solutions fixing the problem on Windows. I was using OBS successfully on Linux, but since I had to reset everything to factory settings caused by a crash and re-installed OBS, I have the following problem: The expandable menu to select the...

Hello everyone, Now I want use obs to develop a program containing record some window function by c++/python in ubuntu 16.04.I have read the developer docs but i cannot find a clearly way to complete it.I have some questions: 1.how should i initialize obs to before i select window? 2. If i want...

Ubuntu Mate 18.04 HP 15-cw1063wm AMD Ryzen 5 3500U OBS is failing to capture Minecraft using the window capture source. It captures other programs just fine, including the Minecraft launcher which is also java. I get the same empty source whether Minecraft is full-screen or windowed. I get the...

Hello, I am using the Window Capture method to record a video being played in full screen in Google Chrome. I have often noticed that OBS studio window capture freezes. The output file has frozen video but running audio for this duration. OBS studio resumes recording the video only when I...

As of recently, I have gotten a new MacBook Pro to replace my old laptop, a 4+ year old Dell laptop, that has been having issues in the last year or two. I use OBS to record Speedpaints/SpeedArts for YouTube, and to stream on Twitch every now and then. However, as of today, I have been...

https://obsproject.com/logs/DeLX1TNbekdtrHLi both display and window capture are on black screen. What should I do?

Now Open Source! https://github.com/caHarkness/magic-window-obs Magic Window was developed to streamline the process of showing what's around the mouse cursor without having to edit recordings. Magic Window works by painting a portion of the screen to a window that OBS can see, but one that we...

Hi everyone, so i recorded videos for many years with OBS without problems, but since 2 days, when i open "window capture" and try to record browser window(firefox, Chrome...) i have a white screen. I have sound, but not image, juste white screen. I uninstall and re install GPU Driver, i clean...