Question / Help [Game Capture, specific game] Video stuck when a level loads

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Caribou007

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OS: Windows 8
OBS v0.551b (and prior versions)
Game: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Capture Mode: Game Capture (this game can not be Windowed)

I can capture the main menu, into the cutscene for a mission, into the pre-mission menu. Then it is time to load the actual mission to play. That is when the game used to crash if OBS was capturing it. I just discovered that by running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP it will not crash. However, the video for OBS will stay stuck at the last frame before the mission loads. Alt-tabbing to OBS, opening then closing Game Capture Properties and Alt-tabbing back to the game will re-capture the game.

Here is a video demonstration: [Mod Edit: link removed per request] (Excuse the low FPS, it's because I was trying Windows 7 Compatibility Mode)
 
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Lain

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Re: [Game Capture, specific game] Video stuck when a level l

I saw the video -- just getting stuck, yea. I've heard of others having issues with chaos theory, and I have it, so I'll check it out
 
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Caribou007

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Re: [Game Capture, specific game] Video stuck when a level l

Any thoughts as to what is causing it? Maybe there is something I could do on my end to make it run correctly.

Also, I found that creating another scene in OBS that also captures the game and switching between scenes also fixes it. So I do not need to do any of the other stuff.
 
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Caribou007

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I'd like to know what causes this problem. It's very frustrating.

Another game I'm having problems with is Clive Barker's Undying. To capture that game, I must start OBS first and start streaming - then run the game. If I ever switch scene or Alt-Tab, OBS will not be able to re-capture the game no matter what I try. version 0.625b -32bit

An explanation about why this happens would be helpful because then I won't be fumbling in the dark as much when trying to work around it.
 
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Caribou007

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I read it might have something to do with OBS capturing a different application than it should, such as the game's launcher... but I don't know if that applies here to this particular problem.
 
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Lain

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Whew, this thread's pretty old. Still trying to capture splinter cell chaos theory? I had some issues with it but never managed to get around to seeing what was the problem was. If I recall the game kept changing the resolution a lot within a short period and caused game capture to become unstable. Clive barker's undying shouldn't even work with it, at least in 0.625b. 0.63 it might work, but it's a pretty old game.
 
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