Question / Help Black screen not working even after using two forum's guides

[SpaceMars8]

Laptop? Black screen when capturing? Read here first.

Depending on your Windows version and what sources you wish to use, you may need to set OBS to run on a specific GPU. Not sure which Windows version you have? Press Windows+R and run "winver". For Windows 10 1909 or newer: Open Settings and search for "Graphics Settings". Select "Classic App"...

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Solution for "Black Screen" Display Capture even after performing the steps on OBS forum

I use OBS to record my screen completely (i.e, not a particular window or a particular game) which is why I needed to use Display Capture in OBS but it was showing me the black screen. Now this had happened before but at that time, I used the solution on the OBS Forum about changing the NVIDIA...

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^ These two forum posts that I have seen around haven't fixed my problem for having a black screen.
I am on a laptop on windows 10 using a NVIDIA GTX Geforce 1050 TI graphics card if that helps

 

[SpaceMars8]

is there any fix to this? If there isn't then i'm not sure what to do

 

[SpaceMars8]

If I need a log file to be able to be helped, here we go

 

[Paul74]

Try to follow the "Wiki - Laptop Troubleshooting | OBS" guide page (search Google for link).
If still won't work, go to Nvidia control panel and win10 advanced graphic settings and set obs and eventually your video source (if it's a program) to use high performance gpu (so not the integrated graphic).
leave enabled Chrome hardware acceleration.
leave enabled OBS browser hardware acceleration in advanced settings.

 

[SpaceMars8]

Well, I have already done all of that (Since I don't use Chrome)
Thanks for the effort

 

[carlmmii]

Update windows. You're 2 years out of date, and the recent guidance from those guides will not work.

 

[Drocky]

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try this

 

[Chupachup]

I can only speak from the standpoint of being an Nvidia Geforce user and recently ran into this problem, for the second time in my life, while upgrading my graphics card and NONE of the other solutions worked.

Pull up the Nvidia Control Panel
- Manage 3D Settings
- Scroll down until you see "OpenGL rendering GPU"
-- If it says, "Auto select" (which is preferred by Nvidia)
--- Select a specific GPU and click APPLY. (If you have two GPUs- pick one)

In Chrome, go to chrome://settings/system and make sure "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled.

Hopefully, this will work for you!

 

[FerretBomb]

I can only speak from the standpoint of being an Nvidia Geforce user and recently ran into this problem, for the second time in my life, while upgrading my graphics card and NONE of the other solutions worked.

Pull up the Nvidia Control Panel
- Manage 3D Settings
- Scroll down until you see "OpenGL rendering GPU"
-- If it says, "Auto select" (which is preferred by Nvidia)
--- Select a specific GPU and click APPLY. (If you have two GPUs- pick one)

In Chrome, go to chrome://settings/system and make sure "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled.

Hopefully, this will work for you!

From Win10 1903 and onward, this will not work. You have to set the GPU affinity through Windows, not the nVidia Control Panel, as Microsoft forcibly changed it.

On the prior post from Drocky, disabling your primary GPU to forcibly set the affinity is like buying a new car because the gas tank on your current one is empty. Don't do that. It's an awful idea all-around.