Question / Help More OBS Scene Freezing When Switching To Monitor Cap

[Vaughn Whiskey]

Now this could do with me using aero still but before I made a post regarding my OBS freezing when switching scenes. We all thought after some debating that it seemed to be a plugin causing this issues. So the other night I had like 6 freezes in a row trying to switch to my desktop scene where we go over video games and what not. I do a monitor capture because it just seems easier to have the whole screen captured when opening up files (tutorials & art) and websites.

So I got pretty irate and uninstalled OBS, all the plugins and cleared AppData then did a clean reinstall with no plugins. When I switched to the scene again with the monitor cap it locked up again. No most parts I would be just like "i will post on the forums with my logs and crash file" but here is the thing.... no crash files again. All the happens is OBS will lock up, go the faded color and then ask me to close or wait for it... then it shuts down. The viewers see a still image but can still hear audio when it happens.

I also record with OBS when I stream and none of the videos from the crashes work because they have been corrupted.

I know It seems like I am trying to bring more stuff to the table after we thought it was plugins but it still happens with none installed.

Any pointers?

Vaughn

 

[dodgepong]

Monitor capture with Aero enabled on Windows 7 is bad. Very bad. There is no possible worse capture method available in OBS. Using Monitor capture with Aero enabled is a fantastic way to make your system behave badly. If you want to keep Aero enabled but still capture your monitor, use DWM capture.

 

[Vaughn Whiskey]

Monitor capture with Aero enabled on Windows 7 is bad. Very bad. There is no possible worse capture method available in OBS. Using Monitor capture with Aero enabled is a fantastic way to make your system behave badly. If you want to keep Aero enabled but still capture your monitor, use DWM capture.

AHAHAHA thank you so much.. I am sooo stupid. I saw that as a option but never really knew what it did... This solves so many issues I have had over the last 3 months.
Thanks man, if it wasn't for you guys on the forum...I'd be bald by now.

Vaughn

 

[Vaughn Whiskey]

I hate to bring back a thread from the dead but I think it actually was dxtory causing issues... I started using dxtory as a way to quickly capture games but it seems it has been the cause of the locking up.