Question / Help Laptop Game Capture Nvidia Settings Help

[johnzhang456]

Hi guys, I have a problem that I would love to get some help with. So recently, I was doing recording on a video game and there is this persistent flashing effect whenever I drag with my mouse or move around. I made sure the game is in full screen and used in game capture. My OBS M is the latest version. Here is a link to one of such videos I have problems with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8D...omment_id=z12mcvorikujwlsg104cgpgzttehzp4ay54

The video is kind of long but you can just skip to any part of the game and you should see this weird flashing. It is as if the recording is blinking which is really odd. Thank you for your time.

Here is the log file:
19:58:42.159: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
19:58:42.159: CPU Speed: 2494MHz
19:58:42.159: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
19:58:42.159: Physical Memory: 2047MB Total, 2047MB Free (NOTE: 4 gigs max is normal for 32bit programs)
19:58:42.159: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 10586 (revision: 0)
19:58:42.159: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
19:58:42.169: OBS 0.13.1-rc1 (windows)
19:58:42.170: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.170: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.170: audio settings reset:
19:58:42.170: samples per sec: 48000
19:58:42.170: speakers: 2
19:58:42.172: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.172: Initializing D3D11..
19:58:42.172: Available Video Adapters:
19:58:42.176: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
19:58:42.176: Dedicated VRAM: 3221225472
19:58:42.176: Shared VRAM: 1073676288
19:58:42.176: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
19:58:42.179: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M (0)
19:58:42.198: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
19:58:42.710: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.711: video settings reset:
19:58:42.711: base resolution: 1920x1080
19:58:42.711: output resolution: 1920x1080
19:58:42.711: fps: 60/1
19:58:42.711: format: NV12
19:58:42.713: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.713: Loading module: coreaudio-encoder.dll
19:58:42.714: [CoreAudio encoder]: Failed loading library 'CoreAudioToolbox.dll'
19:58:42.714: [CoreAudio encoder]: Couldn't load CoreAudio AAC encoder
19:58:42.714: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.714: Loading module: image-source.dll
19:58:42.715: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.715: Loading module: obs-ffmpeg.dll
19:58:42.715: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.716: Loading module: obs-filters.dll
19:58:42.716: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.717: Loading module: obs-outputs.dll
19:58:42.717: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.717: Loading module: obs-transitions.dll
19:58:42.718: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.718: Loading module: obs-x264.dll
19:58:42.718: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.719: Loading module: rtmp-services.dll
19:58:42.720: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.720: Loading module: text-freetype2.dll
19:58:42.722: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.722: Loading module: win-capture.dll
19:58:42.723: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.724: Loading module: win-decklink.dll
19:58:42.727: No blackmagic support
19:58:42.727: Failed to start search for DeckLink devices
19:58:42.727: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.727: Loading module: win-dshow.dll
19:58:42.730: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.731: Loading module: win-mf.dll
19:58:42.731: [Media Foundation encoder]: Adding Media Foundation AAC Encoder
19:58:42.753: ---------------------------------
19:58:42.753: Loading module: win-wasapi.dll
19:58:42.754: =====================================================================
19:58:42.754: output 'simple_stream' (rtmp_output) created
19:58:42.754: encoder 'simple_h264_stream' (obs_x264) created
19:58:42.754: AAC encoder bitrate mapping:
19:58:42.754: 32 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: 64 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: 96 kbit/s: 'Media Foundation AAC Encoder' (mf_aac)
19:58:42.754: 128 kbit/s: 'Media Foundation AAC Encoder' (mf_aac)
19:58:42.754: 160 kbit/s: 'Media Foundation AAC Encoder' (mf_aac)
19:58:42.754: 192 kbit/s: 'Media Foundation AAC Encoder' (mf_aac)
19:58:42.754: 224 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: 256 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: 288 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: 320 kbit/s: 'FFmpeg Default AAC Encoder' (ffmpeg_aac)
19:58:42.754: encoder 'simple_aac' (ffmpeg_aac) created
19:58:42.754: encoder 'simple_h264_recording' (obs_x264) created
19:58:42.754: encoder 'simple_aac_recording' (mf_aac) created
19:58:42.755: output 'simple_file_output' (ffmpeg_muxer) created
19:58:42.755: service 'default_service' (rtmp_common) created
19:58:42.755: All scene data cleared
19:58:42.755: ------------------------------------------------
19:58:42.777: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:58:42.777: source 'Desktop Audio' (wasapi_output_capture) created
19:58:42.786: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Blue Snowball)' initialized
19:58:42.786: source 'Mic/Aux' (wasapi_input_capture) created
19:58:42.788: source 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture) created
19:58:42.788: source 'Game Capture' (game_capture) created
19:58:42.789: source 'Window Capture' (window_capture) created
19:58:42.789: source 'Scene' (scene) created
19:58:42.827: adding 1 ticks of buffering, total buffering is now 1
19:58:42.873: == Profiler Results =============================
19:58:42.873: run_program_init: 764.076 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSApp::AppInit: 2.052 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┗OBSApp::InitLocale: 1.138 ms
19:58:42.873: ┗OBSApp::OBSInit: 726.98 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣obs_startup: 0.947 ms
19:58:42.873: ┗OBSBasic::OBSInit: 702.351 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::InitBasicConfig: 0.569 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::ResetAudio: 0.335 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::ResetVideo: 541.881 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::InitOBSCallbacks: 0.016 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::InitHotkeys: 0.041 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣obs_load_all_modules: 41.419 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(coreaudio-encoder.dll): 0.564 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(image-source.dll): 0.002 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-ffmpeg.dll): 0.007 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-filters.dll): 0.006 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-outputs.dll): 0.003 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-transitions.dll): 0.002 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(obs-x264.dll): 0.001 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(rtmp-services.dll): 0.282 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(text-freetype2.dll): 1.813 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(win-capture.dll): 0.578 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(win-decklink.dll): 3.009 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(win-dshow.dll): 2.141 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(win-mf.dll): 22.004 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┣obs_init_module(win-wasapi.dll): 0.005 ms
19:58:42.873: ┃ ┗reset_win32_symbol_paths: 0.688 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::ResetOutputs: 0.537 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys: 0.019 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::InitService: 0.149 ms
19:58:42.873: ┣OBSBasic::InitPrimitives: 0.161 ms
19:58:42.873: ┗OBSBasic::Load: 37.795 ms
19:58:42.873: =================================================
19:58:42.971: Update check: last known remote version is 0.12.3
19:58:48.614: adding 1 ticks of buffering, total buffering is now 2

 

[Sapiens]

You put your display capture and window capture sources above your game capture source. Thus even though game capture is there, you can't see it because the other two sources obscure it. The flashing is coming from one of the other two sources as they aren't meant to work with full screen games. Put the game capture source on top instead, it will be transparent when it isn't hooking anything.

 

[johnzhang456]

Sapiens! It has been awhile. Thanks again for helping out. Man are you an active moderator. I had no idea the order of the capture matters. Let me give it a try now!

 

[Sapiens]

I had a late cup of coffee. Or two. :) The order of sources in the list affects how they appear in the preview. Stuff at the bottom will appear "below" the stuff above it, so e.g. if you put a webcam source lower in the list than a display capture source, the webcam will be under it visually in the preview too and you won't see it.

 

[johnzhang456]

Omg, so all this time I have been using Display Capture without knowing it...... So I tried a few combinations. It seems like if I use Game Capture, OBS is only getting black screen. Strange. I tried to remove other capture settings and tried only Game and only Display Capture and once more with Game on top and Display on bottom but all I get is black screen where Game Capture is on top.

 

[Sapiens]

You need to follow the steps at https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/laptop-black-screen-when-capturing-read-here-first.5965/ to work around the limitation with switchable graphics laptops. Doing this will break display capture but make window and game capture work.

 

[johnzhang456]

So I was trying that for awhile now. The instruction lost me at the last step. I went in and selected OBS MUL 64 bit and I had the program run as admin. The thing is I do not know where is the select to use nvidia performance adapter. Any help on that?

 

[johnzhang456]

I have the same problem as this guy here https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/game-capture-black-screening.16420/ He also does not see the option in Nvidia Control Panel.

 

[Sapiens]

That user has a desktop and thus a different issue from you and your laptop. Your NVIDIA control panel should have a section like this (thanks Google image search):

You should change it to prefer your NVIDIA hardware instead. If you don't have that option I recommend doing a clean driver install per https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/performing-a-clean-gpu-driver-installation.65/

 

[johnzhang456]

I checked my device manager and display adapters and found only my GTX 980M. I did not find any other display adapters but I am sure I used to have another one a long time ago but now it is gone. This is probably why I do not have an option to switch in the control panel. Strange, I have no recollection what my other graphics card is >.>. I have been running the GTX card all the time, including power saver mode. When I disable my GTX, the screen just gets weird and no other display shows up. As for GTX, it is updated to the latest version with Experience.

 

[johnzhang456]

Anyways thanks for the help. It is up to me to fix this laptop graphics issue lol. This is already beyond OBS support.

 

[Sapiens]

Did you try the link I provided for doing a clean GPU driver install? You might try it for both Intel and NVIDIA drivers, since I'm pretty sure your i7-4710HQ should be showing an HD4600 integrated GPU along with your 980M. Could you have disabled it in the BIOS?