Question / Help Capturing one display adaptor with OBS using another, possible?

[tinsley]

I am using a Windows laptop, Integrated Graphics with an GTX1050. I can capture my screen when the integrated graphics card is used.

My Brio 4K camera has horrible frame drops and the integrated graphics shows 100% usage.

When I force OBS to use my 1050, gpu shows at 30% with no drops.

BUT, this means when I capture the screen it is blank!

I have tried:

Disable integrated graphics (which I believe can not be done)
Set all apps to use the 1050.
Used multi adaptor compatibility.

None of which worked.

So I wonder if a way exists to get obs to use the 1050 itself, but also capture to the output of the other device.

Thanks
Tan

 

[tinsley]

After some more work, I found a solution.

Use Nvidia control panel to force OBS to use the Nvidia card.

Leave the other apps on the Integrated graphics.

Leave compatibility mode on.

Use these two commands to launch VS Code and Skype;

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Skype for Desktop\Skype.exe" disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing
"C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" --disable-gpu

This then causes the encoding and the processing of my webcam to be done using the 1050, but everything else on the IG.

I cant capture the display with this, but each program individually is a part solution.