Question / Help Streaming off the proper monitor

Mancake · Mar 12, 2013

Hello, I use a dual monitor setup with Monitor 2 being my primary. When I go into the obs video settings it doesn't matter whether I select to stream off of monitor 1 or 2, it always is streaming off monitor 1 (which is my secondary monitor). Any idea why this is happening? I need to be able to stream off my primary monitor (2).

I have closed out the program and re-opened as well as shut off the stream and start it up again as well after trying to change to monitor settings. Neither has worked.

paibox · Mar 12, 2013

If you are using Windows 8, make sure you are using an up to date version of OBS, this was an issue in one of the older versions when the optimized monitor capture for Windows 8 was initially added. If the problem persists, please post a log file. If you don't know how/where to find your log files, refer to this forum post: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97

Mancake · Mar 12, 2013

I am currently running Windows 7, here is my log file.

Code:

Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
CPU Speed: 1995MHz
Physical Memory:  4095MB Total, 4095MB 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={-1920, 213}, size={1920, 1080}
monitor 2: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
  Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M         
  Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1560739840
  Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2683908096
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1080
  Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (USB PnP Sound Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (USB PnP Sound Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
------------------------------------------
    device: HP Webcam 3110,
    device id \\?\usb#vid_03f0&pid_8d07&mi_00#7&359ed608&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global,
    chosen type: YUY2, usingFourCC: false, res: 1280x720 - 1280x720, fps: 5-10, fourCC: 'YUY2'

Using directshow input
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 720
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 1000
    buffer size: 1000
    quality: 8
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 1885, number of frames that lagged: 1292 (68.54%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:8     Avg QP:25.41  size: 92058
x264: frame P:481   Avg QP:19.77  size:  1340
x264: frame B:1355  Avg QP:16.64  size:    81
x264: consecutive B-frames:  1.9%  0.1%  0.3% 97.7%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 33.4% 14.6% 52.1%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.9%  0.2%  0.1%  P16..4:  3.8%  0.3%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:94.6%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.2%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.3%  skip:99.5%  L0:42.2% L1:51.9% BI: 5.9%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:15.5% inter:28.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 48.3% 45.6% 30.5% inter: 0.4% 0.7% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 62% 30%  6%  2%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 30% 13% 35%  2%  4%  4%  3%  5%  4%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 30% 14% 14%  7%  7%  8%  7%  7%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 57% 13% 26%  4%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:159.68
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1080
  Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (USB PnP Sound Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (USB PnP Sound Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
------------------------------------------
    device: HP Webcam 3110,
    device id \\?\usb#vid_03f0&pid_8d07&mi_00#7&359ed608&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global,
    chosen type: YUY2, usingFourCC: false, res: 1280x720 - 1280x720, fps: 5-10, fourCC: 'YUY2'

Using directshow input
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 720
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 1000
    buffer size: 1000
    quality: 8
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 1853, number of frames that lagged: 1351 (72.91%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:8     Avg QP:25.70  size: 93471
x264: frame P:457   Avg QP:17.87  size:   752
x264: frame B:1347  Avg QP:15.96  size:    63
x264: consecutive B-frames:  0.8%  0.0%  0.0% 99.2%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 32.1% 15.3% 52.6%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.4%  0.1%  0.0%  P16..4:  3.0%  0.1%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:96.2%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.3%  skip:99.6%  L0:48.1% L1:50.7% BI: 1.3%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:17.1% inter:31.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 53.9% 53.2% 35.9% inter: 0.2% 0.6% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 71% 19%  8%  3%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 27% 12% 38%  2%  4%  4%  3%  5%  4%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 30% 10% 13%  7%  8%  9%  8%  8%  7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 12% 28%  5%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:125.33
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1080
  Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (USB PnP Sound Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (USB PnP Sound Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
------------------------------------------
    device: HP Webcam 3110,
    device id \\?\usb#vid_03f0&pid_8d07&mi_00#7&359ed608&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global,
    chosen type: YUY2, usingFourCC: false, res: 1280x720 - 1280x720, fps: 5-10, fourCC: 'YUY2'

Using directshow input
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 720
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 1000
    buffer size: 1000
    quality: 8
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 279, number of frames that lagged: 171 (61.29%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:1     Avg QP:29.03  size: 68443
x264: frame P:59    Avg QP:20.63  size:  1465
x264: frame B:177   Avg QP:22.23  size:   104
x264: consecutive B-frames:  0.4%  0.0%  0.0% 99.6%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 35.5% 21.8% 42.8%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.6%  0.2%  0.0%  P16..4:  5.1%  0.2%  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:93.9%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  0.2%  0.0%  0.0%  direct: 0.4%  skip:99.4%  L0:43.8% L1:56.2% BI: 0.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:22.0% inter:25.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 47.7% 45.6% 27.6% inter: 0.5% 0.8% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 70% 19%  9%  3%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 26% 12% 37%  3%  5%  4%  4%  5%  5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 31% 11% 14%  7%  8%  9%  7%  7%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 57% 13% 26%  4%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:147.74
=====Stream End=======================================================================

Profiler results:

==============================================================
frame - [100%] [avg time: 40.727 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 98.1%] [unaccounted: 1.91%]
| scene->Preprocess - [93%] [avg time: 37.881 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [5.08%] [avg time: 2.068 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 3.14%] [unaccounted: 1.94%]
| | CopyResource - [0.0467%] [avg time: 0.019 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.0123%] [avg time: 0.005 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [3.07%] [avg time: 1.252 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.00246%] [avg time: 0.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
==============================================================

paibox · Mar 12, 2013

I unfortunately don't have access to Windows 7 at the moment, so I sadly can't personally check if it's broken or not. You could try the latest test version, though I don't think there have been any major changes to software capture lately.

Krazy · Mar 12, 2013

I'm not sure it matters, but have you tried disabling Aero? You should have Aero disabled anyway with monitor capture on Windows 7

Mancake · Mar 12, 2013

Neither disabling Aero or Upgrading to the latest version has fixed the issue. The stream still always picks my secondary monitor to stream off of.

hilalpro · Mar 12, 2013

go to
%AppData%\OBS\

open this file with notepad scenes.xconfig and post the content here.

Mancake · Mar 12, 2013

hilalpro said:
go to
%AppData%\OBS\

open this file with notepad scenes.xconfig and post the content here.

I'm not sure what exactly you're asking me to do. I searched %AppData%\OBS\ and there are a bunch of sub-directories including some logs but what is notepad scenes.xconfig?

hilalpro · Mar 12, 2013

Mancake said:
hilalpro said:

go to
%AppData%\OBS\

open this file with notepad scenes.xconfig and post the content here.

Click to expand...

I'm not sure what exactly you're asking me to do. I searched %AppData%\OBS\ and there are a bunch of sub-directories including some logs but what is notepad scenes.xconfig?

in the main directory, there should be a file named "scenes" try and open that with a custom txt program.. such as windows notepad.

Mancake · Mar 12, 2013

Code:

scenes : {
  Standard : {
    class : Scene
    hotkey : 593
    sources : {
      Video Capture Device : {
        render : 1
        class : DeviceCapture
        data : {
          device : HP Webcam 3110
          deviceName : HP Webcam 3110
          deviceID : \\?\usb#vid_03f0&pid_8d07&mi_00#7&359ed608&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global
          customResolution : 0
          resolutionWidth : 1280
          resolutionHeight : 720
          frameInterval : 1000000
          flipImage : 0
          flipImageHorizontal : 0
          opacity : 100
          usePreferredType : 0
          preferredType : 17
          soundOutputType : 0
          soundTimeOffset : 0
          useChromaKey : 0
          keyColor : -1
          keySimilarity : 0
          keyBlend : 80
          keySpillReduction : 50
        }
        cx : 393
        cy : 221
        x : 1527
        y : 859
      }
      Software Capture : {
        render : 1
        class : DesktopImageSource
        data : {
          captureType : 0
          monitor : 0
          innerWindow : 1
          regionCapture : 0
          captureMouse : 1
          captureLayered : 0
          captureX : -1920
          captureY : 213
          captureCX : 1920
          captureCY : 1080
          useColorKey : 0
          keyColor : -1
          keySimilarity : 10
          keyBlend : 0
          opacity : 100
          gamma : 100
        }
        cx : 1920
        cy : 1080
        x : 0
        y : 0
      }
    }
  }
}

hilalpro · Mar 12, 2013

close obs. open that file again. and edit these stuff to match those values then save.
monitor : 1
captureX : 0
captureY : 0

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