Question / Help OBS+Elgato: Playing windowed games, but streamimg fullscreen

[localhost]

Hello.

Let me better explain.

I play GTA 5 on my y510p laptop, laptop that has resolution set to 1080p, but I play the game windowed at 720p to have faster access to other things & to see, for example, when someone joins my TS3 server or a chat.

If i stream directly with OBS & I choose Game Capture, the OBS will show GTA5 on stream in fullscreen (normally, because I choosed Game Capture).

But now I got an Elgato Game Capture HD & i'v set in OBS the Elgato & when I hit Preview stream I see all my desktop (that is correct). And now my question.

Is there a way to stream/record with OBS using Elgato, but to play windowed games & to stream/record fullscreen?

I want it to be like if i choosed the Game capture. I want to stream it fullscreen even that I play it windowed (small square).

Don't tell me to fullscreen the game because I don't want that.

Please answer just if u have a solution to my problem.

Waiting your solutions guys.
Thank you!

Kind regards,
Leonardo

 

[FerretBomb]

Why are you using a capture card for PC gaming at all? They're only useful if you're streaming console gameplay, or in a 2 PC setup. They do not reduce CPU or GPU usage at all in a 1 PC setup, and actually increase overhead as compared to a Gamecap or Windowcap.

 

[localhost]

Why are you using a capture card for PC gaming at all? They're only useful if you're streaming console gameplay, or in a 2 PC setup. They do not reduce CPU or GPU usage at all in a 1 PC setup, and actually increase overhead as compared to a Gamecap or Windowcap.

I thought will help & the quality of the stream will be better.

I have a second laptop & now that you said something about the 2nd PC, I will try with that, but still i'm interested in the posted problem. I really don't like having the game fullscreened. I like to keep it in a small square & see other things on my desktop, but in the stream I like it to be in fullscreen, like u can do just with OBS.

 

[FerretBomb]

Yeah, for 99% of people a 2-PC setup really isn't worth the (significant!) hassle.

It will not improve quality at all. Just use Game/Window cap.

To answer the question, you can crop the capture down, then stretch it up to fill the screen in 'edit scene' mode. ALT+drag to crop. But it will be lower quality and use MORE CPU, and be a lower-quality image. GC/WC capture directly from the video framebuffer. A capture card 'improving' anything about a stream other than letting you cap console games is misinformation intentionally spread by AverMedia to push more new streamers to buy capture cards, because they sell them and newbies don't know any better. It's bullcrap.