Question / Help Game is too large for the screen and flickers while recording?

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Lewis Dodd

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Hi All
I've started testing out OBS in the past few days for recording games and when I play normally the game fits the screen, but when I'm recording the game gets too big for the screen and flickers consistently. I've included a video of an example. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks
 
[18:34:30: Open Broadcaster Software v0.655b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
18:34:30: -------------------------------
18:34:30: CPU Name: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor
18:34:30: CPU Speed: 4153MHz
18:34:30: Physical Memory: 4095MB Total, 2778MB Free
18:34:30: stepping id: 2, model 1, family 21, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 3, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 2
18:34:30: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1360, 768}
18:34:30: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 (revision 18933)
18:34:30: Aero is Disabled
18:34:30: -------------------------------
18:34:30: OBS Modules:
18:34:30: Base Address Module
18:34:30: 00D70000 OBS.exe
18:34:30: 0FEE0000 OBSApi.dll
18:34:30: 00750000 DShowPlugin.dll
18:34:30: 0F4B0000 GraphicsCapture.dll
18:34:30: 00D10000 NoiseGate.dll
18:34:30: 513F0000 PSVPlugin.dll
18:34:30: 50A00000 scenesw.dll
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Adapter 1
18:34:30: Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
18:34:30: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2136674304
18:34:30: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2158227456
18:34:30: Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1360, 768}, attached=true
18:34:30: =====Stream Start: 2015-09-08, 18:34:30===============================================
18:34:30: Multithreaded optimizations: On
18:34:30: Base resolution: 1360x768
18:34:30: Output resolution: 1360x768
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Loading up D3D10 on AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (Adapter 1)...
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Audio Format: 48000 Hz
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Audio Channels: 2 Ch
18:34:30: Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{5c8d38c9-48ee-4eb4-ba83-8ce47a201b74}
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (USB PnP Sound Device)
18:34:30: Global Audio time adjust: 0
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (USB PnP Sound Device)
18:34:30: Mic time offset: 0
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Audio Encoding: AAC
18:34:30: bitrate: 128
18:34:30: Using Monitor Capture
18:34:30: Scene buffering time set to 700
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:30: Video Encoding: x264
18:34:30: fps: 30
18:34:30: width: 1360, height: 768
18:34:30: preset: veryfast
18:34:30: profile: high
18:34:30: keyint: 250
18:34:30: CBR: yes
18:34:30: CFR: yes
18:34:30: max bitrate: 12000
18:34:30: buffer size: 1000
18:34:30: ------------------------------------------
18:34:46: FlushBufferedVideo: Flushing 3 packets over 66 ms
18:34:46: Total frames encoded: 454, total frames duplicated: 7 (1.54%)
18:34:46: Total frames rendered: 477, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
18:34:46:
18:34:46: Profiler time results:
18:34:46:
18:34:46: ==============================================================
18:34:46: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 6.727 ms] [children: 84%] [unaccounted: 16%]
18:34:46: | scene->Preprocess - [80.8%] [avg time: 5.438 ms]
18:34:46: | GPU download and conversion - [3.18%] [avg time: 0.214 ms] [children: 2.78%] [unaccounted: 0.401%]
18:34:46: | | flush - [2.08%] [avg time: 0.14 ms]
18:34:46: | | CopyResource - [0.193%] [avg time: 0.013 ms]
18:34:46: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.505%] [avg time: 0.034 ms]
18:34:46: Convert444Thread - [100%] [avg time: 1.241 ms] [children: 99.3%] [unaccounted: 0.725%]
18:34:46: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.3%] [avg time: 1.232 ms]
18:34:46: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.519 ms] [children: 6.71%] [unaccounted: 93.3%]
18:34:46: | sending stuff out - [6.71%] [avg time: 0.102 ms]
18:34:46: ==============================================================
18:34:46:
18:34:46:
18:34:46: Profiler CPU results:
18:34:46:
18:34:46: ==============================================================
18:34:46: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 3.728 ms, total 1778.41 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 3.074 ms, total 1466.41 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: Convert444Thread - [cpu time: avg 1.276 ms, total 577.203 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 1.276 ms, total 577.203 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 1.037 ms, total 468.003 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: | sending stuff out - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
18:34:46: ==============================================================
18:34:46:
18:34:46: =====Stream End: 2015-09-08, 18:34:46=================================================
18:46:07: Terminating 0x57d0


Last game capture log:
2015-09-08, 17:58:10: we're booting up:
17:58:10: CaptureThread: attached to process wmplayer.exe
17:58:11: D3D9 Present
17:58:11: (half life scientist) everything.. seems to be in order]

Is this the right way to do it? thanks
 
Yep, I see you are using monitor capture. If your games run in fullscreen mode, that will not work and can explain the flickering you saw.
You can use gamecapture for most games instead of a monitor capture, or you can run your games in windowed/borderless mode, then you could keep using monitor capture or use a window capture, assuming game capture might not work for your specific game.
 
Ahh, ok thanks, the tutorial I watched had both on at the same time so I did too, I'll try just game capture, thanks again
 
I just tried it with only game capture on and its just a black screen with the sounds in the background, any idea whats wrong?
 
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