Question / Help Black Screen when trying to record a window

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Nevernamed22

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When trying to record something, I have to use Display Capture instead of the more convenient Window Capture, because if I try to record with window capture all I get is a black screen.
I am using a laptop, and have already seen the message about how laptops are designed in a way that can cause this, but the instructions there didn't help. It directs you to go to the Control Panel, and from there access the Nvidia control panel, but when I went to the control panel there was no Nvidia Control Panel.
Is there any other way to fix this?
 
I'm having the same problem. I'm not gaming, just want to capture windows.
I have read the pinned instructions but they don't make sense to me. I don't have anything on my PC about Nvidia.
I have no idea how to pick graphics adapters or even if I have more than one. I assume I do.
Anyone know of an idiots guide to setting this up properly so I can see my windows instead of just black screens. I'm so close on this - just can't get these windows to work...
 
You can get to Nvidia Control panel in one of two ways:
- Right clicking on the desktop. A context menu for it appears.
- Go to the system tray and right click on Nvidia Settings icon

With window capture, windows are "found' by walking the top level parent window list. These windows should show up in the OBS Window capture | Window property drop down in the format:
[ExecutableName.exe]: Title of window

Sometimes, OBS can lose the association between it and the window or game capture window. When that happens, switch out into the game itself, click on the window to give it focus and then go back into OBS. Make sure the preview screen shows the game/window capture before you press the stream or record button.
 
I don't have Nvidia but I do have AMD Radeon settings. At last some progress at least.
I do see the options for the windows I want to display in OBS, but they all preview as black.
Is there something in the Radeon settings I need to change? I don't know how it works.
 
At this point Harold, any of them would do for testing! I would like to capture a chrome browser window and also a window that displays video capture from my tablet on my laptop. But all windows I pick are black.
 
Windows store apps can't be window captured right now. Period.
Chrome needs hardware acceleration turned off in order to be window captured.
 
Thank you Harold. I turned off hardware acceleration in Chrome and still am not able to see the window contents. Still just black.
 
Ah ha - I just restarted the computer and now I can see Chrome windows....excellent! Well that is one more problem solved, thank you so much Harold. Now I need to see how I can get my tablet to work so I can have a camera. Do you know of any tutorials on how to set up external cameras to work via OBS? The laptop will be used for my hubby to run OBS while I'm painting, so I can't use the built in webcam. I'll need to use ideally 2 external cameras importing their feed into OBS for him to switch between views. I think its going to be a long day....
 
You're likely going to be better served by a pair of Logitech C920 cameras instead of a tablet, and they're going to be a LOT easier to set up.
 
Actually, Harold, once I had the windows thing figured in chrome, I had both my tablet and my cell phone streaming to browser windows on the PC in 10 minutes and it was easier than I thought, with IP Webcam. Now I can easily switch between all my feeds and live with multicams. But I will look at getting a couple of those webcams and probably a microphone too, to make audio easier. Thank you SO Much for all your help. You are a rockstar.
 
SumDim said:
You can get to Nvidia Control panel in one of two ways:
- Right clicking on the desktop. A context menu for it appears.
- Go to the system tray and right click on Nvidia Settings icon

With window capture, windows are "found' by walking the top level parent window list. These windows should show up in the OBS Window capture | Window property drop down in the format:
[ExecutableName.exe]: Title of window

Sometimes, OBS can lose the association between it and the window or game capture window. When that happens, switch out into the game itself, click on the window to give it focus and then go back into OBS. Make sure the preview screen shows the game/window capture before you press the stream or record button.
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So, I found the control panel thanks to this help, by right clicking on the desktop.
I tried to do it again recently to adjust something else and for some reason it no longer shows up when I right click the desktop and I have no idea why.
 
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