Question / Help NVIDIA Laptop Black Screen... yeah yeah, I know.

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Axiom

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I have went through the thread on nvidia. I went into my control panel and did both switching to "High Performance" under the Global Tab as well as adding obs64 "High Performance" to the drop down list.... and still a black screen.

But I am not giving up! Maybe because I have rocks in my head, but ah well.

Here is the log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/zNHrFoPJD69w8iD4

Here are some system specs:

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1C8D&SUBSYS_07BE1028&REV_A1\4&C4DAE15&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce GTX 1050, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Adapter RAM (1,048,576) bytes

Maybe I have some system settings wrong? I dont know, but there has to be a way to do this on a laptop.
Thanks for all of your help!
 
Harold

Harold

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Your log shows no attempt to capture whatever game you were trying to capture. We'd need such a log to be able to answer how hard it will be to set up.
 
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Axiom

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Hmm I started OBS... Started the game... windowshaded the game, to start OBS, played the game for a minute then shut it down to see what happened.

Let me try it again to see if the log works this time around.
 
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Axiom

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So what am i doing wrong? I run OBS with game capture, start the game, and start recording. What step am i missing?
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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I think you're grabbing the wrong logs, or else you're not stopping your record attempt before uploading the log.
 
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Osiris

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Doesn't look like you configured game capture to actually capture that game.
Also you should have grabbed current logfile, not last logfile.
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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06:47:14.511: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 1269 (17.3%)

GPU overload.

Also, use CQP rate control with NVENC for recording. Pick a value that gives you good balance of quality and file size, probably between 14 (high quality) and 23 (lower quality). CBR is mainly for streaming.
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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07:58:25.298: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
07:58:25.298: Game Bar: On
07:58:25.298: Game DVR: On

Those won't help.

07:58:28.874: - scene 'Scene':
07:58:28.874: - source: 'Game Capture' (game_capture)

That looks like you've added a game capture source, but not configured it for the game you want to capture. There should be an entry that shows an attempt to hook a process, and a report on whether it succeeds or fails, but there's nothing there.
 
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Axiom

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Okay I am not sure what,
"07:58:25.298: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
07:58:25.298: Game Bar: On
07:58:25.298: Game DVR: On "
is. Should I get rid of them? If so, how?

I included a screenshot of my 'Game Capture' settings. I am not sure what I need to change though.
 

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Axiom

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OMG you guys are awesome! I actually see something!

Now I need to find out how to make it full screen. I can change it under the video tab... but does that mean for every game that uses a different resolution, I will need to reset it?
 

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Narcogen

Narcogen

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You can right click the source and transform it to scale it up to fit.

You can also create a Profile with a collection of settings appropriate for a given game-- for instance there's little reason to set a Canvas resolution larger than the actual output resolution of your game if you're running an old game or an emulator.
 
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