Question / Help Multiple Monitor Capture Sub-Region Windows8.1x64

[kampiuceris]

Hello,

I can't use multiple sub-regions of the same monitor. Either one or another is showing at the time. If both checkboxes of those sub-regions in scene sources are checked, only the one which was turned earlier is visible. If I turn it off, the other becomes visible. I'm using OBS v0.625b 64bit on Windows 8.1 x64 (with all latest updates as of 2014-07-04), having 3 monitors: 2x Dell U2413 1920x1080 and 1x Dell U2711 2560x1440 running on GeForce GTX 780. As far as I understand I also cannot add two instances of the same monitor (no matter is it sub-region or not). I was using multiple sub-regions of the same monitor on Windows7x64 earlier and it worked fine. Is there any solution for this? If not, can I expect this to work in the future updates? Thanks (by the way, awesome software!)

 

[dodgepong]

Try making a single global monitor capture source and add that repeatedly to the scene, cropping what you need (press Edit Scene and hold Alt while adjusting bounds).

 

[kampiuceris]

Thanks for quick answer, the problem I can't add second 'Monitor Capture' of the same monitor (no matter if I use sub-region or add whole monitor and crop it later). I actually can add it, but it doesn't show anything.

 

[kampiuceris]

I'm sorry, only now noticed you talked about global sources. Thanks, I managed to achieve it. The only problem I'm usually facing in OBS when manipulating objects in scene (or in this case cropping global monitor source) is to find a way to manipulate precisely (pixel by pixel) since cropping big monitor using alt and with mouse is kinda hard, could be much easier to write crop coordinates. The same is with resizing and positioning objects (sources) in the scene, now I can move or resize by mouse (or few default predefined "Position/Size" options).

 

[dodgepong]

Unfortunately, the only way to do that with the current version of OBS is to open the scenes.xconfig file in %appdata%/OBS and edit numbers by hand. The OBS rewrite will have much more precise editing features.

 

[kampiuceris]

Thanks for info about xconfig. I also experience glitch with mouse showing in scene. Now it shows 2 mice in scene when pointing at certain regions of the screen. I captured what's happening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOt11VGtxSo (I used xsplit for capture this and unfortunately it doesn't capture text-cursor, so it seems to be missing when I move mouse over the notepad++ window, well it doesn't really relate to the glitch that OBS shows two mice)

 

[dodgepong]

I'm not sure why that's happening, and it may be a bug, but can I ask why you're even using multiple monitor captures at all? Why not use Window capture? What are you doing that necessitates multiple monitor captures?

 

[kampiuceris]

Yep, I can't use window capture since windows are changing constantly at these places. I'm sorry I can't reveal why I need this.