OBS black screen of death

[Farmsletje]

So i've been making some videos with Xsplit to show everyone what an amazing player i am!

The only problem i've been facing is that the video/sound quality is so fucking bad that i can't believe some people are actually watching it. I've tested OBS and the overall quality is a lot better. The problem is that it can't seem to detect FAF and keeps showing a black screen.

Now, i know there are multiple people on faf that are/have been recording with OBS, so my question to them is if they are familiar with this and if so, how they solved it



PS: I don't use the forum that often so i'm not sure this topic should be in this section, so don't be mad at me

[ZLO_RD]

from my small experience different people had different issues.
Try turning "Windows Aero" OFF (or on, if it was off)
try simply re-add source after that just in case

that is what helped me defeat black screen, turning off aero on PC made it work, and turning on aero on laptop made it work... it is reallly weird and maybe i am missing something...

also make sure to add game source and not always record desctop source.
also check if it works in windowed / fullscreen, try switching around at least once

[Farmsletje]

Thx. I'll try it after my beauty sleep

[Tokyto]

Link to your channel?

[Farmsletje]

https://www.youtube.com/user/SCSoSoul

If i'll get disikes on everything i know who it is

[Farmsletje]

Well, i can get obs to work but my laptop can't handle it xD It has a way higher cpu usage than Xsplit even when the settings are the same, and my poor laptop can't handle it

[JoonasTo]

What settings are you running and what's your hardware?

Also, what is your performance issue exactly? Is your FA lagging because of streaming or is your stream having issues keeping up?

If the quality of the video is different then obviously there is a difference in the setting you have between the two programs, if you can't find any xsplit might have some kind of automatic quality downgrade in case of insufficient processing power?

[ZLO_RD]

i used to use 1100 bitrate with 18 fps for my OBS setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk7CT7Yqylg
now i switched to use Nvidia shadowplay feeature, it is now simply called "share" now and only availabe on relatively new videocards
now i use 9000 bitrate with 60 fps and have even less lag than with OBS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfZaHvqeCK8

[Farmsletje]

What settings are you running and what's your hardware?

Also, what is your performance issue exactly? Is your FA lagging because of streaming or is your stream having issues keeping up?

If the quality of the video is different then obviously there is a difference in the setting you have between the two programs, if you can't find any xsplit might have some kind of automatic quality downgrade in case of insufficient processing power?

FA is lagging because of the recording. It gets down to like 10-15 fps as soon as the game starts while i normally have over 60 fps. The quality of the video depends on my resolution settings. If i set it to 1920 x 1080 it is much better but it will also have the highest lag. If i set it lower, like 1280 x 720 (same settings as Xsplit) the quality is just as good but it will still make my game lag.

i7-4720hq @ 2.60GHz
8,00 GB RAM
GTX 960 video card

I think this should be good enough..

i used to use 1100 bitrate with 18 fps for my OBS setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk7CT7Yqylg
now i switched to use Nvidia shadowplay feeature, it is now simply called "share" now and only availabe on relatively new videocards
now i use 9000 bitrate with 60 fps and have even less lag than with OBS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfZaHvqeCK8

I used much higher settings for OBS since they recommended it . 30 fps and 2500 bitrate. The resolution of 1920 x 1080 is the biggest problem, but when i try to scale it down it really makes the screen look so bad. I've tried shadowplay as well, but when i enabled it it somehow makes it so that i can't double click anymore which was a fucking nightmare. Yesterday I've had a quick look at it, but because of the recent geforce update a lot of people are saying that shadowplay is bugged and doesn't work.

[TheKoopa]

Streaming is very cpu intensive. As you have a laptop processor, you will get max 5 fps when streaming