Black picture / Options Menu problem - DOTA 2

Discussion in 'Questions and Help' started by BAPEsta, May 8, 2013.

  1. BAPEsta New Member

    Hey!

    OBS has been working fine for me from time to time but now it's not working at all, got myself a new PC for streaming and gaming, everything was fine first, no problems streaming but after a couple of days it stopped working with DOTA 2(It works with other games).

    I get this black screen problem that I've heard other have and yes I can switch to windowed mode but then the only thing shown is the options menu, nothing else, even if I'm in a game doing other stuff, it's just stuck showing the options menu. I can even see the mouse movement.

    I've read the FAQ and it doesn't help me at all. Infact Minecraft in Window Mode that according to the FAQ should be a bit shady, actually works.

    What could cause this problem and how do I fix it?

    Code from my latest log:
    Code | Analyze
    Open Broadcaster Software v0.51b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
    -------------------------------
    CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
    CPU Speed: 3503MHz
    Physical Memory:  8149MB Total, 4698MB Free
    stepping id: 9, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
    monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1680, 1050}
    Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
    Aero is Enabled
    ------------------------------------------
    Adapter 1
      Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
      Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2091319296
      Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2147479552
    =====Stream Start: 2013-05-08, 14:29:26===============================================
      Multithreaded optimizations: On
      Base resolution: 1680x1050
      Output resolution: 1680x1050
    ------------------------------------------
    Loading up D3D10...
    Playback device Default
    ------------------------------------------
    Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
    ------------------------------------------
    Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
    ------------------------------------------
    Audio Encoding: AAC
        bitrate: 320
    Using graphics capture
    ------------------------------------------
    Video Encoding: x264
        fps: 40
        width: 1680, height: 1050
        preset: faster
        CBR: no
        CFR: no
        max bitrate: 6000
        buffer size: 6000
        quality: 8
    ------------------------------------------
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      New Scene
    Using graphics capture
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      New Scene
    Using graphics capture
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      New Scene
    Using graphics capture
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      New Scene
    Using graphics capture
    Total frames rendered: 3663, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
    =====Stream End: 2013-05-08, 14:30:58=================================================
    
    Profiler results:
    
    ==============================================================
    frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.077 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 83.4%] [unaccounted: 16.6%]
    | scene->Preprocess - [0.0481%] [avg time: 0.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
    | video encoding and uploading - [83.3%] [avg time: 1.731 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 83%] [unaccounted: 0.337%]
    | | CopyResource - [0.818%] [avg time: 0.017 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
    | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.433%] [avg time: 0.009 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
    | | call to encoder - [81.7%] [avg time: 1.697 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
    | | sending stuff out - [0.0481%] [avg time: 0.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
    ==============================================================
    
    
  2. thranmaru New Member

    I have the same on v0.552b, except i can't even see the options menu
  3. Kharay Well-Known Member

    I have streamed (or rather used) Dota 2 quite a bit while testing OBS, experimenting with it and such and I have never run into the issue of the stream being stuck on the lobby window.

    Here, wait a second... http://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 298#p38298 -- Never mind the quality, I specifically used a low bitrate, to match the bitrate of tikigod317 (who I was helping with a Dota 2 issue as well).

    See if you can possibly spot some difference between your settings and mine. Because, 1600x900 window... not a problem. Shouldn't be a problem either.
  4. thranmaru New Member

    Omg xD I realised i could try window capture + borderless window mode. Works perfectly! I can even turn the game off and on again and the capture will recover itself.

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