Question / Help OBS recording improperly

PriestKitty

PriestKitty

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Hello! I've been using OBS to stream for a while now, but in the last couple days I've noticed it hasn't been working properly. On Thursday of last week, when I last streamed, it was working fine however yesterday it was having a strange bug where it was recording one frame every five to ten seconds. I restarted the software and it didn't change. I had to delete all my sources and create a new capture for the window, only then did it work. The entire time however, it captured the cursor perfectly fine, even when the application I was using changed the cursor.

However today, it's started doing it again, and I can't figure out how to fix it this time since no matter how many times I restart the software or re-make my sources, it won't record properly. I have a video recorded of it where I'm dragging around the OBS window, however it doesn't move in the recording. It does capture the cursor however.


I've tried just about everything that I can think of, short of taking out the GPU (though I don't think that would be the issue) and so far nothing has fixed the problem.

Thanks for your help.
 
Narcogen

Narcogen

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14:21:43.678: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 648; 64-bit)
14:21:43.678: Running as administrator: false
14:21:43.678: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
14:21:43.678: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
14:21:43.678: Game DVR: On

Windows is out of date and game mode is on by default and cannot be switched off. Check the link below for information on updating and turning off this feature, which can reduce OBS performance.

As for the issue of display capture, I can only speculate that there might be an issue if you're trying to capture a display that's being run by a different GPU than the one OBS is running on -- they might have to be the same. Check your Nvidia control panel to see which GPU is running OBS, and make sure that's the one driving the display you're trying to capture.

This would be similar, but not identical, to the problem experienced by laptop users who have discrete and integrated graphics trying to run a display or window capture while OBS is running on the discrete graphics (won't work, because in laptops with two GPUs, the integrated runs the display) or trying to run a game capture of a 3d accelerated app while OBS is running on the integrated graphics (won't work, has to be on the GPU that's doing the hardware acceleration-- the discrete card).

Laptop? Black screen when capturing? Read here first.
 
PriestKitty

PriestKitty

New Member
Well I can say it's got nothing to do with OBS running on the wrong GPU since it doesn't even pick up that my second monitor, which is running off a different GPU, exists.

There wasn't a windows update out when it first started doing this, but I'll try updating and see if that does it.
God windows is a pain in the ass now.

*Edit: It was Windows being a pain in the ass. Thank you Narcogen.
 
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