Question / Help Can stream some games, but not others

Rikkay

New Member
So, there are a few games I can stream at the moment. (Killing floor, Space Marine, BAttlefield 3 etc)
But, there are also games that I can not stream, due to the screen being all black. I've tried searching up help but so far, nothing seems to help.
Mostly tried streaming Warhammer 40k Chaos gate and Command and Conquer Red Alert 2.
Could it be because these are old games? Any help is appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Log for recent attempt to stream :

Code:
Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 32bit (´・ω・`)
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CPU Name: AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor
CPU Speed: 3314MHz
Physical Memory:  4095MB Total, 4095MB Free
stepping id: 2, model 1, family 15, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 3, HTT 1, logical cores 6, total cores 3
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1280, 768}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
  Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
  Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1062043648
  Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 4017156096
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1280x720
  Output resolution: 1280x720
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{53136af1-6312-4a6a-a7c0-c75e06550ad6}
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Turtle Beach PX21 Headset)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Turtle Beach PX21 Headset)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 320
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX XOP FMA4 SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 60
    width: 1280, height: 720
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 3000
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 1409, number of frames that lagged: 9 (0.64%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:6     Avg QP: 8.83  size:   380
x264: frame P:340   Avg QP:11.96  size:    41
x264: frame B:1005  Avg QP:14.82  size:    37
x264: consecutive B-frames:  0.8%  0.0%  0.0% 99.2%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:100.0%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.0%  skip:100.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:0.0%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% inter: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 98%  0%  2%  0%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  0%  0% 100%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 100%  0%  0%  0%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:17.82
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1280x720
  Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{53136af1-6312-4a6a-a7c0-c75e06550ad6}
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Turtle Beach PX21 Headset)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Turtle Beach PX21 Headset)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 320
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX XOP FMA4 SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 60
    width: 1280, height: 720
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 3000
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 577, number of frames that lagged: 7 (1.21%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP: 9.33  size:   505
x264: frame P:131   Avg QP:11.91  size:    41
x264: frame B:387   Avg QP:14.78  size:    37
x264: consecutive B-frames:  1.0%  0.0%  0.0% 99.0%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:100.0%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.0%  skip:100.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:0.0%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% inter: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 98%  0%  2%  0%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  0%  0% 100%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%  0%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 100%  0%  0%  0%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:18.27
=====Stream End=======================================================================

Profiler results:

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frame - [100%] [avg time: 5.43 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 72.8%] [unaccounted: 27.2%]
| scene->Preprocess - [0.0921%] [avg time: 0.005 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [72.7%] [avg time: 3.95 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 25.2%] [unaccounted: 47.6%]
| | CopyResource - [0.645%] [avg time: 0.035 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.147%] [avg time: 0.008 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [24.4%] [avg time: 1.324 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.0184%] [avg time: 0.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
==============================================================
 

Floatingthru

Community Helper
Graphics (Game) capture only works for DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games. So for old games you will have to play in windowed, and do a software capture.
 

kila11

New Member
Hi
Sorry for digging up old post, but i want to stream some old games. For start it would be games from Warhammer universe like Chaos Gate, Final Liberation, Warhammer: Shadow of horned rat. I have tried to stream Chaos Gate, but with no effect. I clicked link above but i get blank page. Is there a way to stream old games like mentioned above? Thanks in advance.
Best regards
 
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