Question / Help [SOLVED] Black Screen when using "Window Capture" for certain programs.

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JarlPenguin

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https://hasteb.in/ogiyinuq.sql is log
Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 @3.40GHz (Turbo @3.80GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
RAM: 16GB DDR3
OS: Windows 10 Pro (English) 1803 (April 2018 Update) 17134.112
Monitor: 1920x1080@60Hz LG TV
I noticed that I get a black screen when using Window Capture for certain programs, like Minecraft Launcher or Google Chrome.
However, it works when capturing Task Manager, for some reason.
Edit: Tried using x264 and saving to MKV. Still doesn't work. Originally used NVENC and MP4.
 
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JarlPenguin

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Harold said:
Chrome needs hardware acceleration disabled.

NEVER save directly to mp4.
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Almost always. I never get power outages here, so... but I changed to MKV.
Nevermind, updating graphics drivers solved the problem, not hardware acceleration. But thanks for the help and tip.
 
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koala

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It's not the power outages alone you protect against by not using *.mp4, it's OBS crashes or hangs, Windows crashes (blue screens) or hangs, and "out of disk space" situations. If your disk is running full while recording, an *.mp4 is destroyed immediately and permanenty, even if you make space before actually stop the recording.
 
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JarlPenguin

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koala said:
It's not the power outages alone you protect against by not using *.mp4, it's OBS crashes or hangs, Windows crashes (blue screens) or hangs, and "out of disk space" situations. If your disk is running full while recording, an *.mp4 is destroyed immediately and permanenty, even if you make space before actually stop the recording.
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OBS never crashed, same with Windows, I use a 2TB drive.
 
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koala

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It's to warn the other readers in this forum. From time to time we get heartbroken requests to recover the most important recording a person made in his life, and once we learn he got a broken *.mp4, we can only say that it's gone.
 
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