BrokeWeeaboo
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Note: This thread is aimed primarily at fixing black screens for AMD Laptop users and also Multi-Adapter Graphics Laptop Thingies. Basically, your device has a lot of graphics cards.
Ok. So a while ago I used OBS and it worked fine. No black screen, no OBS (Oh this is so B*llShit) moments, no nothin'. Just good recording. However, a while back I started getting the infamous OBS black screen. I couldn't fix it. It was impossible. I did everything. I reinstalled my drivers. I even clicked page 2 on Google (that's REAL dedication). After some intense research, I have fixed my black screen and have compiled a list of fixes for this black screen.
Fix #1 (My fix): Go to AMD settings. Go to system, then switchable graphics. There you should see a bunch of running applications, and OBS should be among them (you should have OBS running BTW). Click it, and set it to power saving. If for whatever reason it switches back to High Performance and doesn't save, then here is how you fix it (this is what happened to me).
Go to your power plan. Just type Power or Power Plan in your windows search bar
Then go into that Power Plan. It should look a little something like this:
After that, change your setting to look a little bit like this:
You want to have pretty much every setting related to AMD and your graphics to be at Power Saving, forced Power Saving, etc. Now just click apply and you're pretty much good to go. Your AMD Setting will run OBS on Power Saving by default. Note that this will force AMD to run EVERYTHING on power saving (Games included) so expect a pretty heavy performance debuff.
You might be able to still run OBS on Power Saving by setting your power plan to run at Normal or whatever but I've never tried that before. Honestly, the performance debuff probably won't even be that noticeable.
FIx #2: Ok this isn't for AMD but f*ck it, I don't give a care. Go to your Nvidia GPU settings. There you should be able to go to switchable graphics or something like that. I've never used Nvidia before. There, set OBS as power saving. You might have to change your power plan for this too.
FIx #3: Go run OBS as Administrator. Never did anything for me but hey it might fix it for you.
FIx #4: Go take a look at your antivirus. If you have a super-sensitive or just straight-up weird antivirus, chances are, it might've messed up OBS. Go see if it has deleted some of OBS's files or whatever. If it did, restore those files and set an exception to your antivirus.
FIx #5: Reinstall OBS. You may have accidentally deleted some of the files or whatever. Whatever the cause, reinstalling OBS should be able to fix pretty much everything. This is a last-ditch effort, however, so caution is advised.
FIx #6: Ok so you still have the Black Screen. The only real way to capture anything at this point is to give up on Display Capture and use Windowed or Game Capture. Go to OBS. Remove Display Capture. Now, I'll teach you how to use Game/Window capture.
Add Game Capture. On the properties page, you should see an option called "SLI Crossfire (slow)" or something like that. Enable it, and pray to Jesus that your OBS will run normally. Note that this will take a chunk out of your performance. I heard there's a way to mitigate that but f*ck that, this is a thread for fixing Black Screens.
If Game Capture doesn't work add Window Capture. This will be a guaranteed capture (not a really great way to capture your stuff but beggers can't be choosers). First up add Window Capture. In the properties page, there should be an option called "Multi-Adapter Compatability." Check that, and select the window you want to be capturing. You should be able to capture stuff now. This is inefficient and definitely not a great way to capture games. I do not recommend going this far just to get OBS running. You should really just ditch OBS and go find another screen recorder to work with at this rate.
If somehow none of these work just go sit and cry in a corner. After that, uninstall OBS and go find another screen recorder. If that doesn't work break your computer and realize that you just broke your computer because some dumb weeb told you to. Now question your life and cry slowly in a corner.
Ok. So a while ago I used OBS and it worked fine. No black screen, no OBS (Oh this is so B*llShit) moments, no nothin'. Just good recording. However, a while back I started getting the infamous OBS black screen. I couldn't fix it. It was impossible. I did everything. I reinstalled my drivers. I even clicked page 2 on Google (that's REAL dedication). After some intense research, I have fixed my black screen and have compiled a list of fixes for this black screen.
Fix #1 (My fix): Go to AMD settings. Go to system, then switchable graphics. There you should see a bunch of running applications, and OBS should be among them (you should have OBS running BTW). Click it, and set it to power saving. If for whatever reason it switches back to High Performance and doesn't save, then here is how you fix it (this is what happened to me).
Go to your power plan. Just type Power or Power Plan in your windows search bar
After that, change your setting to look a little bit like this:
You might be able to still run OBS on Power Saving by setting your power plan to run at Normal or whatever but I've never tried that before. Honestly, the performance debuff probably won't even be that noticeable.
FIx #2: Ok this isn't for AMD but f*ck it, I don't give a care. Go to your Nvidia GPU settings. There you should be able to go to switchable graphics or something like that. I've never used Nvidia before. There, set OBS as power saving. You might have to change your power plan for this too.
FIx #3: Go run OBS as Administrator. Never did anything for me but hey it might fix it for you.
FIx #4: Go take a look at your antivirus. If you have a super-sensitive or just straight-up weird antivirus, chances are, it might've messed up OBS. Go see if it has deleted some of OBS's files or whatever. If it did, restore those files and set an exception to your antivirus.
FIx #5: Reinstall OBS. You may have accidentally deleted some of the files or whatever. Whatever the cause, reinstalling OBS should be able to fix pretty much everything. This is a last-ditch effort, however, so caution is advised.
FIx #6: Ok so you still have the Black Screen. The only real way to capture anything at this point is to give up on Display Capture and use Windowed or Game Capture. Go to OBS. Remove Display Capture. Now, I'll teach you how to use Game/Window capture.
Add Game Capture. On the properties page, you should see an option called "SLI Crossfire (slow)" or something like that. Enable it, and pray to Jesus that your OBS will run normally. Note that this will take a chunk out of your performance. I heard there's a way to mitigate that but f*ck that, this is a thread for fixing Black Screens.
If Game Capture doesn't work add Window Capture. This will be a guaranteed capture (not a really great way to capture your stuff but beggers can't be choosers). First up add Window Capture. In the properties page, there should be an option called "Multi-Adapter Compatability." Check that, and select the window you want to be capturing. You should be able to capture stuff now. This is inefficient and definitely not a great way to capture games. I do not recommend going this far just to get OBS running. You should really just ditch OBS and go find another screen recorder to work with at this rate.
If somehow none of these work just go sit and cry in a corner. After that, uninstall OBS and go find another screen recorder. If that doesn't work break your computer and realize that you just broke your computer because some dumb weeb told you to. Now question your life and cry slowly in a corner.
