I use OBS to record my screen completely (i.e, not a particular window or a particular game) which is why I needed to use Display Capture in OBS but it was showing me the black screen. Now this had happened before but at that time, I used the solution on the OBS Forum about changing the NVIDIA settings to make OBS use Integrated Graphics and it worked back then.
Now after some months or so, I updated both my Windows 10 and OBS and that solution stopped working. After checking the log files, I found out that even after forcing OBS to use integrated graphics in NVIDIA settings panel, It was using NVIDIA instead of Integrated. So, after a bit of searching here and there, I found a working solution.
Here's the solution for making Display Capture work on OBS if OBS shows black screen even after changing the NVIDIA Settings:
I have an Intel Integrated graphics card and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050Ti in my Laptop and Somehow OBS didn't want to use Intel even if I set the option in NVIDIA settings panel. So, after a bit of searching on the Internet, I found this blog. And then I changed the settings of Windows to force OBS to use the integrated graphics instead of NVIDIA. And It worked out perfectly!
Here are the steps to perform the solution:
1. Open Windows settings
2. Go to system > display
3. scroll all the way to the bottom
4. open the "Graphics settings"
5. click on browse
6. select the OBS executable file (Default location: C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe)
7. after adding it, click on its name, click on options
8. select Power Saving under which your integrated card's name will be
9. save it and restart OBS
I hope this helps all those who are facing this problem.
Now after some months or so, I updated both my Windows 10 and OBS and that solution stopped working. After checking the log files, I found out that even after forcing OBS to use integrated graphics in NVIDIA settings panel, It was using NVIDIA instead of Integrated. So, after a bit of searching here and there, I found a working solution.
Here's the solution for making Display Capture work on OBS if OBS shows black screen even after changing the NVIDIA Settings:
I have an Intel Integrated graphics card and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050Ti in my Laptop and Somehow OBS didn't want to use Intel even if I set the option in NVIDIA settings panel. So, after a bit of searching on the Internet, I found this blog. And then I changed the settings of Windows to force OBS to use the integrated graphics instead of NVIDIA. And It worked out perfectly!
Here are the steps to perform the solution:
1. Open Windows settings
2. Go to system > display
3. scroll all the way to the bottom
4. open the "Graphics settings"
5. click on browse
6. select the OBS executable file (Default location: C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe)
7. after adding it, click on its name, click on options
8. select Power Saving under which your integrated card's name will be
9. save it and restart OBS
I hope this helps all those who are facing this problem.