

Capture Foreground Window with Hotkey It is important to note that sometimes, OBS or Streamlabs might not detect the game that you’re running. Select the three dots at the upper right corner of the browser to open the Menu, and select Settings. If there is no option for that do the following: Right-click > Properties > Compatibility tab > Check-on Run this program as an administrator > Apply > OK. To disable hardware acceleration in Chrome:ġ. You can disable hardware acceleration while trying to capture that browser window. This is an issue that frustrates many OBS users, but you do at least have a workaround. If you have hardware acceleration enabled on Firefox, Chrome, or any other browser (or app) that uses it, OBS will show a black screen.
#STREAMLABS OBS BLACK SCREEN WINDOW CAPTURE WINDOWS#
Disable Hardware Acceleration in ChromeĪnother very common issue people have when they come across the OBS black screen capture error is when attempting to capture any windows that use hardware acceleration.

I know its capturing DayZ because the mouse cursor looks like it does in the DayZ menu, but the game itself isn't captured, just a black screen. However, you still shouldn’t do this because recording DRM-protected content with OBS is illegal. Using game capture or specific window capture StreamLabs only gives me a black screen with my mouse cursor visible. OBS can record videos from the browser window or that display. You could launch the video stream from a different app (like playing it in a Chrome browser). It isn’t a problem with OBS Studio, and there’s nothing you can (or should) do to fix it. OBS Black Screen Fix the capture source, restart Streamlabs Desktop as administrator, and If you are attempting to use Streamlabs via window capture in. This is a feature embedded into the Netflix app (or whatever streaming app you’re using).
