Question / Help Screen flashes black & white AND ....

[sendu2canoe]

Firstly, my screen constantly flashes black & white whenever I am streaming to Twitch. I had my cousin, who is an expert in computers, go over my settings and their relation to my computer specs and he said they were accurate.. Problem is, he's never streamed before so I trust your word over his! :) The other problem I have is I cannot stream except when using software capture and using monitor, not windows. It sucks.


Computer stats:
Windows 8 64 bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
8192MB RAM
Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (I can't figure out how to make it use my other gfx card shown below)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

What I currently use:

Spoiler

Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 64bit (　^ω^)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz
CPU Speed: 2295MHz
Physical Memory: 8106MB Total, 4246MB Free
stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1600, 900}
Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1026097152
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3220779008
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Adapter 2
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1026097152
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3220779008
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Adapter 3
Video Adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1026097152
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3220779008
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: Off
Base resolution: 1600x900
Output resolution: 1600x900
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Bose (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Window Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 4.0
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 40
width: 1600, height: 900
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3000
buffer size: 4000
quality: 8
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Total frames rendered: 45, number of frames that lagged: 2 (4.44%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: Off
Base resolution: 1600x900
Output resolution: 1600x900
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Thank you so much for any help given..

 

[Lain]

I would probably have to see a vod or something, but if I were to guess it would probably be related to the laptop. Laptops have to run on multiple graphics processors these days and it can cause flicking and some other issues if OBS is not set to run on the correct GPU. I would recommend looking at the latest test versions and using the new "compatibility mode" in software capture.