Bug Report Window Capture don't refresh content
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Re: Window Capture don't refresh content in Win7 with Aero
This most likely isn't a bug but some limitation of whatever you're capturing with it, or something interfering -- window capture is known to work fine right now. It could also be your drivers, or perhaps you need to run windows update, or maybe you need to download the latest revision of directx.
Regardless, what specifically is it that you are trying to capture?
This most likely isn't a bug but some limitation of whatever you're capturing with it, or something interfering -- window capture is known to work fine right now. It could also be your drivers, or perhaps you need to run windows update, or maybe you need to download the latest revision of directx.
Regardless, what specifically is it that you are trying to capture?
Re: Window Capture don't refresh content in Win7 with Aero
League of legends PVP Client.
I remember that earlier it does working. But I can't detect what was changed.
Windows updated to the last version. I'll trying to update directx right now. It says that current or newer version already installed.
At my setup I have IE8 instead of the last version. But I think it can't be because of IE version.
League of legends PVP Client.
I remember that earlier it does working. But I can't detect what was changed.
Windows updated to the last version. I'll trying to update directx right now. It says that current or newer version already installed.
At my setup I have IE8 instead of the last version. But I think it can't be because of IE version.
Re: Window Capture don't refresh content in Win7 with Aero
You didn't enable fullscreen mode in it, did you? League of legends really needs to be run in borderless mode for it to function correctly with window/monitor capture (though you wouldn't even be able to select it with window capture if it were there so I don't think that's the problem). If you are running league of legends in borderless mode and using window capture fails to capture, then most likely there's either a system issue or something is interfering (though interference from outside programs is extremely rare with window capture).
If you are somehow running league of legends in some sort of opengl mode (I actually don't think it has that available), then that would be the only other reason I could think of that it would fail while aero is on.
Regardless, I'd probably just recommend using game capture instead, it has higher performance than window capture on windows 7 anyway.
You didn't enable fullscreen mode in it, did you? League of legends really needs to be run in borderless mode for it to function correctly with window/monitor capture (though you wouldn't even be able to select it with window capture if it were there so I don't think that's the problem). If you are running league of legends in borderless mode and using window capture fails to capture, then most likely there's either a system issue or something is interfering (though interference from outside programs is extremely rare with window capture).
If you are somehow running league of legends in some sort of opengl mode (I actually don't think it has that available), then that would be the only other reason I could think of that it would fail while aero is on.
Regardless, I'd probably just recommend using game capture instead, it has higher performance than window capture on windows 7 anyway.
Re: Window Capture don't refresh content in Win7 with Aero
Sure didn't. It's just a launcher and lobby window. It's doesn't have options to run in fullscreen mode.
Game client running in fullscreen and captured with Game Capture. There are no troubles with it. Only with PVP.Net Client (lobby).
I've updated video card drivers. Problem still here. ;-(
Maybe I can run debugging console or read some logs? I don't really like to disable Aero ;-(
Sure didn't. It's just a launcher and lobby window. It's doesn't have options to run in fullscreen mode.
Game client running in fullscreen and captured with Game Capture. There are no troubles with it. Only with PVP.Net Client (lobby).
I've updated video card drivers. Problem still here. ;-(
Maybe I can run debugging console or read some logs? I don't really like to disable Aero ;-(
All is actually as you saying. Game is running in full screen mode and captured with Game Capture. Game captured correctly and all is fine with it.
But lobby window freezed after start with the first fetched image. And instead of the fresh image of lobby window there is a white square when I roll down and roll up window. I think there is a trouble with access or something. Or just a strange bug.
Where I can find logs?
But lobby window freezed after start with the first fetched image. And instead of the fresh image of lobby window there is a white square when I roll down and roll up window. I think there is a trouble with access or something. Or just a strange bug.
Where I can find logs?
Fusioneko
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I have a similar issue here. I'd like to report that. Window Capture is not working as intended. All other capture methods seem to work without a problem so far. Just Window capture- with most applications. It seems to freak out randomly while catching any windows. And go completely static.
Turning Aero off makes the problem worse- but functional. Will attempt downrading to a previous version if I can find one.
Edit: I use gamecapture on the PVP.NET client and suddenly.. it worked fine. This doesn't seem correct.
Turning Aero off makes the problem worse- but functional. Will attempt downrading to a previous version if I can find one.
Edit: I use gamecapture on the PVP.NET client and suddenly.. it worked fine. This doesn't seem correct.
Thank you for reporting it -- also, please post your logs of this so I can view your system specs just in case it's system or hardware-specific so I can note for future reference.
Window capture isn't actually "at fault" itself in OBS, the problem is actually in windows itself, if it doesn't update it's not because of a bug in window capture, it's actually because windows itself did not update the frame. This can often be because of certain ways in which applications can draw frames. I actually suspect that it has something to do with the fact that the lobby window uses flash. You may want to make sure flash's hardware acceleration is disabled, I *think* that has something to do with it last I recall, because I remember someone reporting the same exact thing on browsers that used flash. They had reported the same thing, that the "image was frozen", but they also said that when they disabled flash's hardware rendering, that their browser stuff started capturing properly again. So you may want to try that.
Window capture isn't actually "at fault" itself in OBS, the problem is actually in windows itself, if it doesn't update it's not because of a bug in window capture, it's actually because windows itself did not update the frame. This can often be because of certain ways in which applications can draw frames. I actually suspect that it has something to do with the fact that the lobby window uses flash. You may want to make sure flash's hardware acceleration is disabled, I *think* that has something to do with it last I recall, because I remember someone reporting the same exact thing on browsers that used flash. They had reported the same thing, that the "image was frozen", but they also said that when they disabled flash's hardware rendering, that their browser stuff started capturing properly again. So you may want to try that.
Yay! Seem's like it works fine now. I've just disable hardware acceleration in it in Firefox Flash Plugin Configuration and it begins refreshing.
If it repeats I'll say about it.
How to fix: Open any page with Flash in IE or FF (where Adobe Flash Player is installed), right click on Flash area, select Parameters, and uncheck hardware acceleration.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337
Thank you very much Jim! Happy new year!
If it repeats I'll say about it.
How to fix: Open any page with Flash in IE or FF (where Adobe Flash Player is installed), right click on Flash area, select Parameters, and uncheck hardware acceleration.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337
Thank you very much Jim! Happy new year!
DeathWhitch
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Same issue, Windows capture only captures the initial window content and doesn't refresh with areo on. Once it is disabled it works but captures everything in front of the window. Meaning if you drag another window across the one you are capturing it will also capture you dragging that window across it. So it works but the window you are capturing must be open (not minimized) and visible on the monitor to be captured. Can not be behind any another window. This creates a problem when using window capture to capture a twitch chat window (tested on multiple browser both with flash acceleration on and off and flash completely uninstalled.)
its worth noting I had no problems with window capture until I enabled quick sync on my pc for the performance boost. Now the problem persist no matter what encoder I am using or with quick sync bios enabled or disabled. Tried updating drivers for everything, updating and rolling back obs. Uninstalling and re-installing. all did nothing to fix the problem.
I believe it linked to quick sync or intel HD graphics maybe. you can view any recent video on my stream, the first min or so is me arranging windows to make everything fit and you can see how they are captured when they overlap
My set up
Dual Monitors (one on intel graphics adapter, one on nvidia card)
Nvidia GTX 760
intel i5 3570k
12gb ram
Also still get the OVhelper.exe crash error with quick sync but thats a separate issue
Edit: My twitch channel - twitch.tv/deathwhitch
my hitbox channel - hitbox.tv/deathwhitch
tested on both, same issue. archived videos show issue in action
its worth noting I had no problems with window capture until I enabled quick sync on my pc for the performance boost. Now the problem persist no matter what encoder I am using or with quick sync bios enabled or disabled. Tried updating drivers for everything, updating and rolling back obs. Uninstalling and re-installing. all did nothing to fix the problem.
I believe it linked to quick sync or intel HD graphics maybe. you can view any recent video on my stream, the first min or so is me arranging windows to make everything fit and you can see how they are captured when they overlap
My set up
Dual Monitors (one on intel graphics adapter, one on nvidia card)
Nvidia GTX 760
intel i5 3570k
12gb ram
Also still get the OVhelper.exe crash error with quick sync but thats a separate issue
Edit: My twitch channel - twitch.tv/deathwhitch
my hitbox channel - hitbox.tv/deathwhitch
tested on both, same issue. archived videos show issue in action