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I have a question about a problem I'm having using OBS for game capture?

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This is for anyone that has used OBS Studio for game capture, or knows how to solve this problem.

Simply put, I can get it to capture audio, but the files are black screen when it comes to video. The files are .mp4, and I'm using VLC to view them. VLC is already set to be associated with mp4, and I know it works with mp4 because I've viewed numerous mp4 ShadowPlay clips with it.

The reason I'm using OBS vs ShadowPlay btw is ShadowPlay is not working properly in the game I'm trying to capture. In my searching others have had this problem, but the 2 workarounds suggested (admin mode for OBS, and setting OBS as a Desktop capture device in W11), did not work.
 
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Sorry to the mods that I did not get to this in time to edit the title to Solved. I ended up finding the problem was merely due to not having selected Game Capture as the Source.
 
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