Question / Help DayZ SA Black Screen

vprgtsr001 · Feb 13, 2014

While trying to livestream with OBS dayZ is showing nothing but a black screen. Sounds come through so its xmitting. Also noticed while record to file checked, the image on the movie is also black screen.

I tried just about every setting in OBS. Have tried window/monitor and game capture. OBS is running as admin. Have tried both selecting game in game capture, as well as hotkey. I've tried other games and they stream perfectly. Its not a lag issue. Windowed games like minecraft stream w/o a problem. Full screen games on the other hand do not, have tried bf3/4, tf2 and dayz. none of them work. I have a feeling my problem might lie with vista being my OS. it blows i know. am in the middle of building a new pc and i'll be putting a copy of 7 on it.

Bitrate set at 3500

CPU info:
vista 64 bit
5 year old core i5
8 gigs of ram
radeon hd 5800 graphics card

Code:

3:12 PM 2/13/20143:13 PM 2/13/201415:10:02: Failed loading CUDA dll
15:10:07: Settings::Video: Enabling Aero
15:10:10: Open Broadcaster Software v0.60b - 64bit (　^ω^)
15:10:10: -------------------------------
15:10:10: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU         750  @ 2.67GHz
15:10:10: CPU Speed: 2675MHz
15:10:10: Physical Memory:  8157MB Total, 4002MB Free
15:10:10: stepping id: 5, model 30, family 6, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
15:10:10: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
15:10:10: Windows Version: 6.0 Build 6002 S
15:10:10: Aero is Enabled
15:10:10: -------------------------------
15:10:10: OBS Modules:
15:10:10: Base Address     Module
15:10:10: 000000003FF60000 OBS.exe
15:10:10: 00000000F6750000 OBSApi.dll
15:10:10: 00000000F88A0000 DShowPlugin.dll
15:10:10: 00000000F8C00000 GraphicsCapture.dll
15:10:10: 00000000F7030000 NoiseGate.dll
15:10:10: 00000000F8930000 PSVPlugin.dll
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Adapter 1
15:10:10:   Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series
15:10:10:   Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1063071744
15:10:10:   Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 4008730624
15:10:10:   Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
15:10:10: =====Stream Start: 2014-02-13, 15:10:10===============================================
15:10:10:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
15:10:10:   Base resolution: 1920x1080
15:10:10:   Output resolution: 1280x720
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Loading up D3D10 on AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series (Adapter 1)...
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Audio Format: 48000hz
15:10:10: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{7de6420a-59d6-40b8-8478-87b6ed88242d}
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Audio Encoding: AAC
15:10:10:     bitrate: 128
15:10:10: Using graphics capture
15:10:10: Scene buffering time set to 700
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:10: Video Encoding: x264
15:10:10:     fps: 15
15:10:10:     width: 1280, height: 720
15:10:10:     preset: veryfast
15:10:10:     profile: main
15:10:10:     keyint: 30
15:10:10:     CBR: yes
15:10:10:     CFR: yes
15:10:10:     max bitrate: 2500
15:10:10:     buffer size: 2500
15:10:10: ------------------------------------------
15:10:13: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
15:10:13:   Server selection: rtmp://live-jfk.justin.tv/app
15:10:13:   Interface: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (ethernet, 100 mbps)
15:10:13: Completed handshake with rtmp://live-jfk.justin.tv/app in 198 ms.
15:10:14: SO_SNDBUF was at 261360
15:10:14: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
15:10:30: GetQPCTimeNS: WTF, clock went backwards! 2624510094371 < 2624510094421
15:10:30: GetQPCTimeNS: WTF, clock went backwards! 2624511038890 < 2624511038932
15:10:46: GetQPCTimeNS: WTF, clock went backwards! 2624743951872 < 2624743951914
15:10:51: Total frames encoded: 612, total frames duplicated: 12 (1.96%)
15:10:51: Total frames rendered: 610, number of late frames: 2 (0.33%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
15:10:52: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Graceful loop exit
15:10:52: Average send payload: 7126 bytes, average send interval: 21 ms
15:10:52: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
15:10:52: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
15:10:52: Number of bytes sent: 12122973
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: Profiler time results:
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: ==============================================================
15:10:52: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.907 ms] [children: 15.8%] [unaccounted: 84.2%]
15:10:52: | scene->Preprocess - [0.105%] [avg time: 0.002 ms]
15:10:52: | GPU download and conversion - [15.7%] [avg time: 0.299 ms] [children: 14.9%] [unaccounted: 0.787%]
15:10:52: | | flush - [12.8%] [avg time: 0.244 ms]
15:10:52: | | CopyResource - [0.996%] [avg time: 0.019 ms]
15:10:52: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [1.1%] [avg time: 0.021 ms]
15:10:52: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 0.705 ms] [children: 99.3%] [unaccounted: 0.709%]
15:10:52: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.3%] [avg time: 0.7 ms]
15:10:52: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.169 ms]
15:10:52: ==============================================================
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: Profiler CPU results:
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: ==============================================================
15:10:52: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0.153 ms, total 93.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0.025 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0.025 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 0.521 ms, total 624.003 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
15:10:52: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 0.508 ms, total 608.403 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
15:10:52: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 1.116 ms, total 670.804 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:52: ==============================================================
15:10:52: 
15:10:52: =====Stream End: 2014-02-13, 15:10:52=================================================
15:10:52: =====Stream Start: 2014-02-13, 15:10:52===============================================
15:10:52:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
15:10:52:   Base resolution: 1920x1080
15:10:52:   Output resolution: 1280x720
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Loading up D3D10 on AMD Radeon HD 5800 Series (Adapter 1)...
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Audio Format: 48000hz
15:10:52: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{7de6420a-59d6-40b8-8478-87b6ed88242d}
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Audio Encoding: AAC
15:10:52:     bitrate: 128
15:10:52: Using graphics capture
15:10:52: Scene buffering time set to 700
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:52: Video Encoding: x264
15:10:52:     fps: 15
15:10:52:     width: 1280, height: 720
15:10:52:     preset: veryfast
15:10:52:     profile: main
15:10:52:     keyint: 30
15:10:52:     CBR: yes
15:10:52:     CFR: yes
15:10:52:     max bitrate: 2500
15:10:52:     buffer size: 2500
15:10:52: ------------------------------------------
15:10:54: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
15:10:54:   Server selection: rtmp://live-jfk.justin.tv/app
15:10:54:   Interface: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (ethernet, 100 mbps)
15:10:54: Completed handshake with rtmp://live-jfk.justin.tv/app in 182 ms.
15:10:55: Total frames encoded: 29, total frames duplicated: 0 (0.00%)
15:10:55: Total frames rendered: 35, number of late frames: 1 (2.86%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
15:10:55: librtmp error: RTMPSockBuf_Fill, recv returned -1. GetSockError(): 10053 (An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.)
15:10:55: Connection to rtmp://live-jfk.justin.tv/app failed: Could not access the specified channel or stream key.  This could be because the key/channel is invalid, or because the server still thinks you are logged in.
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: RTMPSockBuf_Fill, recv returned -1. GetSockError(): 10053 (An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.)
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
15:10:55: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
15:10:55: Number of bytes sent: 0
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: Profiler time results:
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: ==============================================================
15:10:55: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.436 ms] [children: 27.6%] [unaccounted: 72.4%]
15:10:55: | scene->Preprocess - [0.139%] [avg time: 0.002 ms]
15:10:55: | GPU download and conversion - [27.5%] [avg time: 0.395 ms] [children: 27.4%] [unaccounted: 0.139%]
15:10:55: | | flush - [23.2%] [avg time: 0.333 ms]
15:10:55: | | CopyResource - [0.905%] [avg time: 0.013 ms]
15:10:55: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [3.27%] [avg time: 0.047 ms]
15:10:55: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 0.61 ms] [children: 99.3%] [unaccounted: 0.656%]
15:10:55: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.3%] [avg time: 0.606 ms]
15:10:55: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.2 ms]
15:10:55: ==============================================================
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: Profiler CPU results:
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: ==============================================================
15:10:55: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0.891 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0.445 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0.445 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 1.063 ms, total 46.8 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
15:10:55: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 1.063 ms, total 46.8 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
15:10:55: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
15:10:55: ==============================================================
15:10:55: 
15:10:55: =====Stream End: 2014-02-13, 15:10:55=================================================

Lain · Feb 14, 2014

If you have a problem with game capture not capturing the game, then first, make sure OBS is being run as admin, or make sure that game capture has the right window set in its properties, or try the game capture hotkey. If the game has a borderless mode, you can also just set it to that and just capture it with window capture.

vprgtsr001 · Feb 14, 2014

Jim, did you copy and paste your response? Not knocking you, but i said in my OP i had tried all those things. DayZ doesn't have windowed mode otherwise i think it would work. Full-screen capture isn't working, including in game capture.

on a side note: i had updated my graphics drivers and did all the latest patches for vista, forgot to put that in my OP, just to remove old drivers from the problem list.

gamecapture Plugin + vista issue maybe?

Lain · Feb 14, 2014

I don't copy and paste any of my responses, but I do sometimes fail to fully read the posts, which is what happened in this case. I saw "DayZ black screen" and was like "ugh, this *** **** game again", and incorrectly made assumptions about the post. In the end, I end up saying the same stuff over and over again, to my the frustration of the muscles in my wrists.

And yea, there are issues with vista right now. I can verify that vista has issues capturing on vista. Either slow, or sometimes black screens. You were wise to point that out because I completely neglected to spot that when I looked at the log file.

Will1125 · Feb 26, 2015

I have the same problem on Windows 8.1
Have tried and successfully got Windowed mode with window capture to work but of course then i can't get full resolution as the game does not have a borderless windowed option and when i attempt to use a program that makes it borderless windowed DayZ will fight it and for some reason it will always revert to 50% resolution.

Would be much easier if the game capture worked in the first place. as he stated sound still plays however no video is recorded at all.

Question / Help DayZ SA Black Screen

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