Solution for "Black Screen" Display Capture even after performing the steps on OBS forum

[MarlonOBS]

Thank so much, my friend.
It was very helpfull!!

 

[Peter.e]

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.

Just want to say THANK YOU. Appreciate all your help...very clear instructions too. Cheers from down under.

 

[ealpert1]

I just did a windoze 10 system update to version 1909 and had to redo these settings again.

 

[TechAdict]

You are awesome. Thank you so much

 

[dopemadness]

Thank you SOOOO much! Thelped A TON

 

[rudino1982]

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.

This helped a lot but...
My fps drastically dropped. Seems like the app is forcing to go the laptop to power saving mode as the dedicated gpu is not doing what it should. When all was running by dedicated gpu (OBS included ) all was going really smooth. ANy advice please?
many thanks

 

[Azbi Usta]

Thanks for this but I think I am not the only one with another issue related to this.

I use BOTH diplay capture and game capture. When playing games, I used to launch OBS using nvidia chipset, and when I wanted to stream my display, I used Intel chipset.

After the update I had black screen problem like everyone else, but with this fix I have to choose one specific chipset. If I was streaming my desktop but want to switch to streaming a game, I have to manually change the settings all over again, every time.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

 

[washington93]

Thank you. It helped a lot.

 

[ljasinski]

Registered here just to tell you: You, sir, saved my sorry a$$. Thank you very much

 

[Reguna]

Just registered to say thanks!
By the way, does this means that windows graphic settings will override the settings in nvidias control panel?
So whatever I set in nvidias control panel is meaningless? lol

 

[EuP]

Also just registered to say thank you for providing this solution. Thank you, thanks, thanks again.

 

[JCC_Starguy]

I have been fighting this for months with other "solutions" but none of them worked. I'm under a time crunch to produce a video and OBS was the ideal tool to do the work.

In less than 5 minutes, this got it working and I'm in business!

This was the first link that Google suggested so you must be doing something right.

Thanks for this!

 

[FunkyBrewster]

Thank you! I could not get past the black screen on Display Capture until I found this thread. My laptop has Intel UHD 630 Graphics plus Gefore GTX 1660 Ti. Even though OBS is set to run on the "Power Saving" integrated graphics, I can still output to mp4 using NVENC so I guess all is good. Obviously I prefer performance over "Power Saving" for doing video captures.

 

[DrMardo]

Just want to say THANK YOU. Appreciate all your help...very clear instructions too. Cheers from down under.

Thank you! Your EXPERT advice resolved my issue!

 

[vishal1103]

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.

Thanks a lot . OBS has been troubling me for so long . Finally your solution worked .

 

[emmebi.gr]

Just like many others, I registered to this website only to thank you a lot, Eucliwood !! I had found several hints to the same solution here and there, but they all were generic and confusing. You took the time to write down proper and clear instructions, saving us all a lot of
trouble. THANK YOU A LOT INDEED, BROTHER ! WELL DONE !

 

[essaywriterSteve]

Thanks for sharing your concern. I was looking for solution. A Bunch of thanks one more time.

 

[pj5of6]

Thank you! Big help.

 

[telur1]

if i can reach out to kiss you , i will thank you so much . cause i need to fix before my church online streaming tmmr . you's re a god sent !

 

[YaadElman]

I have the same but opposite problem...
You see, the thing is in the Nvidia control panel, there is no option to choose a graphics processor.....
But I've changed it to use integrated graphics on Windows 10 settings but it stays black.
I've updated the driver of Nvidia recently so........
Please help......