Full description:
OBS Studio is a completely free program for broadcasting streaming video from a computer to the Internet. The app works directly with various streaming services such as Twitch, Youtube or DailyMotion. It is also possible to save the footage to a file.
A key function of the OBS Studio application is capturing video and then broadcasting it to the network or saving it as video recordings on a computer. The user can select the following objects as a video source:
Camcorder connected to a computer. The OBS Studio program completely intercepts control over the webcam, providing the ability to customize the video image received from it - brightness, contrast, magnification, video resolution, and more.
3D applications and games. With OBS Studio, you can capture 3D applications and games while they are running.
Monitor picture. The app is also capable of capturing and broadcasting everything that happens on a custom monitor.
Separate window. If you want to record actions performed in one of the windows of running programs, or broadcast everything that happens in a specific window, this program can also come to the rescue.
Media files. OBS Studio is also easy to use as an online video or online audio source. To do this, just select the desired media file and start transferring it to the network. This can be, for example, a movie, a video recorded on a camera, or a musical composition. You can also use a graphic file as a streaming video, i.e. any static or animated (eg GIF) picture.
Texts. The application has a built-in text editor. Everything that is driven in or copied into the editor can be broadcast to the network.
In other words, OBS Studio allows you to create streaming video "from anything" for viewing by many thousands of users of popular broadcasting services. In addition to the above Twitch, YouTube and DailyMotion, the application supports broadcasting services such as Smashcast, Mixer.com, Facebook Live, Restream.io, LiveEdu.com, Vimeo, Twitter (Periscope), Web.tv and others.
Additional features of the program should also be noted:
Fine-tuning the quality (up and down) of the broadcast video and audio.
The ability to apply various audio and visual effects in real time. For example, you can add a mask, chroma key, and other effects to a video. The audio mixer allows you to change the timbre of the voice, add various sound effects to the audio, fine-tune the broadcast sound using a multi-band equalizer, and much more.
The ability to create and then quickly switch between several broadcast scenes (for example, between a game and actions in a browser window).
Last - the OBS Studio program is completely translated into Russian, has a simple interface in which it is very easy to navigate, find the desired function, change certain settings. OBS Studio supports Windows 7, 8 / 8.1 and 10 (32 and 64 bit).
Black Screen in OBS Studio - What to Do?
The problem of "Black Screen" when capturing video in OBS Studio can be caused by incorrect settings of the program or system, or hardware and technical features of the computer (applies to laptops).
The first step is to try to change the parameters of a particular recording mode. For the "Game Capture" mode, set the following settings:
Mode: "Capture a separate window".
Window: select the window of the program to be recorded (should be running at the moment).
Window match priority: "Compare title, otherwise find window of the same type."
Check the box: "Use an interceptor compatible with cheat protection."
Save your settings and test your video capture. If that doesn't help, enable the "SLI / Crossfire Capture Mode (Slow)" option.
For the "Capture screen" mode, set (if you want to record a game, you must first switch it to windowed mode):
Window: Select a running program / game.
Window match priority: "Compare title, otherwise find window of the same type."
Checkmark the "Compatible with multi-adapter" option.
Some more ways to fix OBS Studio black screen:
Try to run the program as administrator: right click on the OBS Studio icon, then select "Run as administrator".
Run OBS Studio in compatibility mode with an earlier (than you have installed) version of Windows: right-click on the OBS Studio shortcut> Properties> Compatibility tab> Check the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"> Select the last one from the list below point (Windows 8, 7, etc.).
Only for Windows 10 with build number "1909" and higher:
In the system search bar (Win + S), enter "Graphics Settings" and run the application you are looking for.
Select "Desktop Application" and click "Browse".
Specify the path to the executable EXE file of the OBS Studio program (to determine the location - right-click on the OBS Studio shortcut, then "File Location"). For 32-bit systems this is the file "obs32.exe", for 64-bit systems it is "obs64.exe".
Click on the "OBS Studio" icon, then - "Options". ◦ If you are capturing in Game Capture mode, select High Performance, if in Screen Capture mode, select Power Saving.
If the problem with the black screen occurs precisely in games, you can try changing the graphics accelerator (DirectX 11/12) in their settings.
For laptop owners, all these manipulations with settings may be useless or ineffective (recording is carried out, but in jerks, freezes, etc.). Modern mobile computers are equipped with two types of video cards at once - integrated and discrete. All applications launched on the system can use one or the other video adapter, but OBS Studio can only capture an image from one video card.
By default, OBS Studio is configured to capture a discrete graphics card. Therefore, when trying to record the desktop and windows of 2D programs (a browser, for example) that use an integrated video card to display the image, OBS Studio cannot record anything, because it receives a signal from a currently unused video adapter. The solution to this problem depends on the manufacturer of the video card.
For NVIDIA video cards:
Launch "NVIDIA Control Panel" (right click on an empty space on the desktop> "NVIDIA Control Panel").
Open the 3D Settings section, then the 3D Settings Control subsection.
Click the Software Preferences tab in the center of the window. Select the "OBS Studio" program from the list. If not, click Add and specify the path of the OBS Studio EXE file.
Open the list in the "Select preferred interface ..." section and select "Integrated graphics hardware" in it. Apply the settings.
This setting allows you to set the integrated adapter for OBS Studio as the default video card. This means that before recording games in the NVIDIA settings, you should set "Use global parameter ..." again.
In the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can also instruct all programs to use only the integrated graphics card. This will help to record the entire monitor, but there will be performance degradation in the case of games. To do this, in the "Manage 3D Settings" section, open the "Global Settings" tab and set the "Integrated Graphics Hardware" option in the "Preferred GPU" section.
