Question / Help Yes, its the black screen of death!

Albertocm

New Member
So I am not able to game capture LOL. Recording, havent tried streaming.
Yes i have scene, yes I have a source. Yes i have recommended settings. I have gone in and out of the desktop during LOL gameplay and tried scenes and settings. The game does appear on the list but when I preview or record its black. It works with monitor capture but the video playback stutters and flickers. And window mode makes me lag. So those do work.

I have tried closing the obs down during gameplay and opening it again. I have tried to record then minimize the game then maximize it again but nothing.

This works fine for my brother and he uses game capture all the time and he has been over to help but no luck. Oh and yes it is set to my graphics card under the video settings. And last here is my log.


Code:
21:09:33: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Turtle Beach PX21 Headset)
21:09:33: ------------------------------------------
21:09:33: Audio Encoding: AAC
21:09:33:     bitrate: 128
21:09:33: Using graphics capture
21:09:33: Scene buffering time set to 700
21:09:33: ------------------------------------------
21:09:33: Video Encoding: x264
21:09:33:     fps: 28
21:09:33:     width: 1092, height: 614
21:09:33:     preset: veryfast
21:09:33:     profile: main
21:09:33:     keyint: 56
21:09:33:     CBR: yes
21:09:33:     CFR: yes
21:09:33:     max bitrate: 4500
21:09:33:     buffer size: 4500
21:09:33: ------------------------------------------
21:09:43: Total frames encoded: 232, total frames duplicated: 0 (0.00%)
21:09:43: Total frames rendered: 236, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: Profiler time results:
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: ==============================================================
21:09:43: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 0.447 ms] [children: 24.8%] [unaccounted: 75.2%]
21:09:43: | scene->Preprocess - [0.447%] [avg time: 0.002 ms]
21:09:43: | GPU download and conversion - [24.4%] [avg time: 0.109 ms] [children: 20.6%] [unaccounted: 3.8%]
21:09:43: | | flush - [18.1%] [avg time: 0.081 ms]
21:09:43: | | CopyResource - [2.01%] [avg time: 0.009 ms]
21:09:43: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.447%] [avg time: 0.002 ms]
21:09:43: Convert444Thread - [100%] [avg time: 0.568 ms] [children: 98.1%] [unaccounted: 1.94%]
21:09:43: | Convert444toNV12 - [98.1%] [avg time: 0.557 ms]
21:09:43: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.279 ms] [children: 2.19%] [unaccounted: 97.8%]
21:09:43: | sending stuff out - [2.19%] [avg time: 0.028 ms]
21:09:43: ==============================================================
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: Profiler CPU results:
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: ==============================================================
21:09:43: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: Convert444Thread - [cpu time: avg 0.439 ms, total 93.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 0.439 ms, total 93.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 1.03 ms, total 218.401 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: | sending stuff out - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
21:09:43: ==============================================================
21:09:43: 
21:09:43: =====Stream End: 2014-04-14, 21:09:43=================================================
21:15:04: No Intel graphics adapter visible in QSVHelper.exe, Optimus problem?
21:15:04: Failed loading CUDA dll
 
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Boildown

Active Member
Not only a complete log (select all), but a log from at least five minutes of the highest action gameplay you encounter in your game (LoL).

21:09:33: fps: 28
21:09:33: width: 1092, height: 614
21:09:33: preset: veryfast
21:09:33: profile: main
21:09:33: keyint: 56
21:09:33: CBR: yes
21:09:33: CFR: yes
21:09:33: max bitrate: 4500
21:09:33: buffer size: 4500


Why is your FPS set to 28? That's a very strange number, try setting it to 30 instead.

Why is your resolution 1092x614? That's no monitor size that I know of, are you capturing an oddly-sized window?

If you're not streaming, you can keep your keyint at auto instead of 2 seconds. Or set it higher, like 5-10 seconds, it'll help improve your quality per bitrate.

And lastly, speaking of bitrate, if you're capturing to disk you can safely increase it to improve quality, I'd do a minimum of 8000/8000 instead of 4500/4500, unless you keep your bitrate that small for lack of spare hard drive space.
 

Albertocm

New Member
I will try again when i get home. But the reason I have those settings is because i had it on 30 frames and 720p and it didnt work. Thats why i downscaled it. But what you are telling me doesn't make sense since my question was regarding the black screen not quality.

It also doesnt make sense because with these settings i can record bioshock, dungeon defenders and infinite crisis just fine. On game capture. can i actually get an answer and not just get guesses.

The problem is just with LOL and borderlands 2. On game capture.

As far as the games i have tried recording with.
 
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