Question / Help Game Capture of SWTOR = Black Screen

JediAAK

New Member
I have been using Window Capture while playing SWTOR in Full Screen (Windowed) and it was (and still is) working fine.
After I read somewhere that Game Capture is supposed to be best option for streaming a game and is less demanding than all other options. I tried streaming SWTOR using Game Capture again in Full Screen (Windowed) and got the famous Black Screen as a result. My overlay was all showing as usual, just no trace from the game itself. This game is using D3D Dx9 from what I know. Could that be the problem for the picture not showing?
I am not using Laptop and I did read as much as I could on the other "similar" threads. Could not find any possible solutions that worked for me.

Logs (not real stream, just preview):

02:59:46: Open Broadcaster Software v0.554b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
02:59:46: -------------------------------
02:59:46: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
02:59:46: CPU Speed: 3400MHz
02:59:46: Physical Memory: 16281MB Total, 5169MB Free
02:59:46: stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
02:59:46: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={2560, 1440}
02:59:46: monitor 2: pos={-1280, 0}, size={1280, 1024}
02:59:46: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
02:59:46: Aero is Enabled
02:59:46: -------------------------------
02:59:46: OBS Modules:
02:59:46: Base Address Module
02:59:46: 00000000BFC00000 OBS.exe
02:59:46: 000000004B820000 OBSApi.dll
02:59:46: 000000005E380000 DShowPlugin.dll
02:59:46: 000000005DF30000 GraphicsCapture.dll
02:59:46: 000000005E970000 NoiseGate.dll
02:59:46: 000000005CA10000 PSVPlugin.dll
02:59:46: ------------------------------------------
02:59:46: Adapter 1
02:59:46: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
02:59:46: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 3107860480
02:59:46: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3972605952
02:59:46: =====Stream Start: 2013-09-05, 02:59:46===============================================
02:59:46: Multithreaded optimizations: On
02:59:46: Base resolution: 2560x1440
02:59:46: Output resolution: 1280x720
02:59:46: ------------------------------------------
02:59:46: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780...
02:59:46: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture.pShader.blob
02:59:46: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawSolid.pShader.blob
02:59:46: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DownscaleLanczos6tapYUV.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{0c81303e-2de4-4a1a-a850-a5c046db8317}
02:59:47: ------------------------------------------
02:59:47: Using desktop audio input: HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)
02:59:47: Using 5.1 surround speaker setup
02:59:47: ------------------------------------------
02:59:47: Using auxilary audio input: Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
02:59:47: Using graphics capture
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture_ColorAdjust.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using text output
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using Window Capture
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using bitmap image
02:59:47: Using text output
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using bitmap image
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using bitmap image
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:59:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:59:47: Using Window Capture
02:59:47: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)' is 1058400, samples per sec is 44100
02:59:47: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
02:59:47: Syncing audio to video time (WARNING: you should not be doing this if you are just having webcam desync, that's a separate issue)
03:00:12: Total frames rendered: 746, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
03:00:12:
03:00:12: Profiler results:
03:00:12:
03:00:12: ==============================================================
03:00:12: frame - [100%] [avg time: 0.841 ms (cpu time: avg 0.439 ms, total 328.125 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 99.8%] [unaccounted: 0.238%]
03:00:12: | frame preprocessing and rendering - [95.5%] [avg time: 0.803 ms (cpu time: avg 0.439 ms, total 328.125 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 38.9%] [unaccounted: 56.6%]
03:00:12: | | scene->Preprocess - [38.9%] [avg time: 0.327 ms (cpu time: avg 0.167 ms, total 125 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
03:00:12: | video encoding and uploading - [4.28%] [avg time: 0.036 ms (cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 4.16%] [unaccounted: 0.119%]
03:00:12: | | flush - [4.16%] [avg time: 0.035 ms (cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
03:00:12: ==============================================================
03:00:12:
03:00:12: =====Stream End: 2013-09-05, 03:00:12=================================================
02:47:53: Open Broadcaster Software v0.554b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
02:47:53: -------------------------------
02:47:53: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
02:47:53: CPU Speed: 3400MHz
02:47:53: Physical Memory: 16281MB Total, 5078MB Free
02:47:53: stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
02:47:53: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={2560, 1440}
02:47:53: monitor 2: pos={-1280, 0}, size={1280, 1024}
02:47:53: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
02:47:53: Aero is Enabled
02:47:53: -------------------------------
02:47:53: OBS Modules:
02:47:53: Base Address Module
02:47:53: 00000000BFC00000 OBS.exe
02:47:53: 0000000055B40000 OBSApi.dll
02:47:53: 000000005DFC0000 DShowPlugin.dll
02:47:53: 000000005F460000 GraphicsCapture.dll
02:47:53: 0000000061F00000 NoiseGate.dll
02:47:53: 000000005E970000 PSVPlugin.dll
02:47:53: ------------------------------------------
02:47:53: Adapter 1
02:47:53: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
02:47:53: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 3107860480
02:47:53: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3972605952
02:47:53: =====Stream Start: 2013-09-05, 02:47:53===============================================
02:47:53: Multithreaded optimizations: On
02:47:53: Base resolution: 2560x1440
02:47:53: Output resolution: 1280x720
02:47:53: ------------------------------------------
02:47:53: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780...
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawSolid.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DownscaleLanczos6tapYUV.pShader.blob
02:47:54: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{0c81303e-2de4-4a1a-a850-a5c046db8317}
02:47:54: ------------------------------------------
02:47:54: Using desktop audio input: HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)
02:47:54: Using 5.1 surround speaker setup
02:47:54: ------------------------------------------
02:47:54: Using auxilary audio input: Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
02:47:54: Using text output
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:54: Using Window Capture
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:54: Using bitmap image
02:47:54: Using text output
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:54: Using bitmap image
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:54: Using bitmap image
02:47:54: Using graphics capture
02:47:54: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture_ColorAdjust.pShader.blob
02:47:54: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)' is 1058400, samples per sec is 44100
02:47:54: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
02:47:54: Syncing audio to video time (WARNING: you should not be doing this if you are just having webcam desync, that's a separate issue)
02:57:13: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:57:13: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:57:13: Using Window Capture
02:57:29: Total frames rendered: 17258, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
02:57:29:
02:57:29: Profiler results:
02:57:29:
02:57:29: ==============================================================
02:57:29: frame - [100%] [avg time: 0.63 ms (cpu time: avg 0.454 ms, total 7843.75 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 99.5%] [unaccounted: 0.476%]
02:57:29: | frame preprocessing and rendering - [95.6%] [avg time: 0.602 ms (cpu time: avg 0.421 ms, total 7265.63 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 19.8%] [unaccounted: 75.7%]
02:57:29: | | scene->Preprocess - [19.8%] [avg time: 0.125 ms (cpu time: avg 0.092 ms, total 1593.75 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
02:57:29: | video encoding and uploading - [3.97%] [avg time: 0.025 ms (cpu time: avg 0.033 ms, total 578.125 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 3.81%] [unaccounted: 0.159%]
02:57:29: | | flush - [3.81%] [avg time: 0.024 ms (cpu time: avg 0.033 ms, total 578.125 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
02:57:29: ==============================================================
02:57:29:
02:57:29: =====Stream End: 2013-09-05, 02:57:29=================================================
02:47:07: Open Broadcaster Software v0.554b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
02:47:07: -------------------------------
02:47:07: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
02:47:07: CPU Speed: 3400MHz
02:47:07: Physical Memory: 16281MB Total, 5139MB Free
02:47:07: stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
02:47:07: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={2560, 1440}
02:47:07: monitor 2: pos={-1280, 0}, size={1280, 1024}
02:47:07: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
02:47:07: Aero is Enabled
02:47:07: -------------------------------
02:47:07: OBS Modules:
02:47:07: Base Address Module
02:47:07: 00000000BFC00000 OBS.exe
02:47:07: 0000000055B40000 OBSApi.dll
02:47:07: 000000005DFC0000 DShowPlugin.dll
02:47:07: 000000005F460000 GraphicsCapture.dll
02:47:07: 0000000061F00000 NoiseGate.dll
02:47:07: 000000005E970000 PSVPlugin.dll
02:47:07: ------------------------------------------
02:47:07: Adapter 1
02:47:07: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
02:47:07: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 3107860480
02:47:07: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3972605952
02:47:07: =====Stream Start: 2013-09-05, 02:47:07===============================================
02:47:07: Multithreaded optimizations: On
02:47:07: Base resolution: 2560x1440
02:47:07: Output resolution: 1280x720
02:47:07: ------------------------------------------
02:47:07: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780...
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawSolid.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DownscaleLanczos6tapYUV.pShader.blob
02:47:07: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{0c81303e-2de4-4a1a-a850-a5c046db8317}
02:47:07: ------------------------------------------
02:47:07: Using desktop audio input: HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)
02:47:07: Using 5.1 surround speaker setup
02:47:07: ------------------------------------------
02:47:07: Using auxilary audio input: Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)
02:47:07: Using text output
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:07: Using Window Capture
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:07: Using bitmap image
02:47:07: Using text output
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:07: Using bitmap image
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/ColorKey_RGB.pShader.blob
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/AlphaIgnore.pShader.blob
02:47:07: Using bitmap image
02:47:07: Using graphics capture
02:47:07: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture_ColorAdjust.pShader.blob
02:47:07: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'HEADSET 5.1 (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)' is 1058400, samples per sec is 44100
02:47:07: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
02:47:07: Syncing audio to video time (WARNING: you should not be doing this if you are just having webcam desync, that's a separate issue)
02:47:47: C:/Users/Alexander/AppData/Roaming/OBS/shaderCache/shaders/DrawTexture_ColorAdjust.pShader.blob
02:47:51: Total frames rendered: 1317, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
02:47:51:
02:47:51: Profiler results:
02:47:51:
02:47:51: ==============================================================
02:47:51: frame - [100%] [avg time: 0.668 ms (cpu time: avg 0.522 ms, total 687.5 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 99.6%] [unaccounted: 0.449%]
02:47:51: | frame preprocessing and rendering - [95.4%] [avg time: 0.637 ms (cpu time: avg 0.474 ms, total 625 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 18.1%] [unaccounted: 77.2%]
02:47:51: | | scene->Preprocess - [18.1%] [avg time: 0.121 ms (cpu time: avg 0.047 ms, total 62.5 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
02:47:51: | video encoding and uploading - [4.19%] [avg time: 0.028 ms (cpu time: avg 0.047 ms, total 62.5 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 4.04%] [unaccounted: 0.15%]
02:47:51: | | flush - [4.04%] [avg time: 0.027 ms (cpu time: avg 0.047 ms, total 62.5 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
02:47:51: ==============================================================
02:47:51:
02:47:51: =====Stream End: 2013-09-05, 02:47:51=================================================
 

Krazy

Town drunk
Well, Window Capture with Aero enabled and Game Capture are the same performance level.

That being said, many capture issues with Game Capture can be solved by using the Game Capture hotkey functionality. Set it in the Game Capture source properties, start the stream and press the hotkey when you go back in game.

Also, if you are tabbing out to check if Game Capture is working, fullscreen games stop being rendered when you tab out from them, so if you really want to test you should do some quick local recordings to make sure everything is working.
 

JediAAK

New Member
Thanks for the feedback!

I will test with the hotkey. And about the Aero - I am using Win8 x64 and from what I know, Aero there is not an issue as it was with older versions, also it cannot be disabled.
 

JediAAK

New Member
I am unsure how or why, but this morning it all works. I tried with the shortkey (left it F12 by default) and it worked. After that I tried the normal application chooser and it worked too. Weird.

Thanks for your help though!
 
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