Question / Help Black screen with Game Capture

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tedcrilly

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I'm using an Acer laptop with a GTX 1060. Reading the threads of others with this problem, they suggested making sure both OBS and the game are running on the NVIDIA-processor, which they are. I've also tried running OBS in admin mode and Windows 7 compatibility mode, but to no avail.

EDIT: Log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/fTQnK9YAee-9qJ7H
 
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Narcogen

Narcogen

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If you had replied to the request for a logfile instead of editing the OP, you wouldn't have needed a bump. The forum doesn't notify people on edits, only on replies.

30:31.059: Adapter 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
20:30:31.059: Dedicated VRAM: 2051014656
20:30:31.059: Shared VRAM: 4212287488
20:30:31.059: output 0: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
20:30:31.059: Adapter 1: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630
20:30:31.059: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
20:30:31.059: Shared VRAM: 4212287488
20:30:31.063: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (0)
20:30:31.109: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000
20:30:31.109: D3D11 GPU priority setup success

You have what appears to be a laptop with both a discrete (Nvidia) and integrated (Intel) GPU. Desktop capture cannot be performed in a configuration where OBS runs on the discrete card, which is indicated above where it says:

20:30:31.063: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (0)

If you have Windows 10 prior to the 1909 update, you change this in the Nvidia control panel, as described here:

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/laptop-black-screen-when-capturing-read-here-first.5965/

If you have Windows 10 1909 or later, this now lives in Windows display settings as described here:

https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/Laptop-GPU-Selection-Windows-10
 
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tedcrilly

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Again, I'm using game capture and I've got both OBS and the game running on the NVIDIA GPU but I'm still getting a black screen
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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20:30:32.529: - source: 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture)
20:30:32.529: - source: 'Game Capture' (game_capture)
20:30:32.529: ------------------------------------------------
20:30:32.542: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped
20:30:34.542: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook process: Darkest Hour.exe
20:30:34.558: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped

1) Not every game can be game captured.
2) The workaround for apps that can't be game captured is display capture
3) Don't use display capture and game capture in the same scene, they will interfere with one another
4) To run display capture on this machine you will need to run on the Intel GPU.

At least some users with OBS seem to report success capturing Darkest Hour using "any fullscreen application".

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1280/discussions/3/353915309342862187/
 
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