Hence, you should make sure that OBS is starting up as an administrator with elevated access.

OBS Studio is very popular and preferred by end-game gamers because of its functionality to tweak videos and micromanage different modules.

OBS Display Capture not Working One feature of OBS Studio is the Display Capture.

We received several reports of users where they couldnt capture all the aspects of their screen because the module was not working properly.

What causes OBS Display Capture not to Work We across several different configurations of hardware and computers from various users.

After experimenting and analyzing, we came to the conclusion that there were several different reasons as to why this issue occurs.

Specified GPU: If you have a dedicated graphics system installed, it means that you have two graphics options; dedicated and onboard graphics.

OBS must be properly configured to run on your dedicated graphics.

Version issues: OBS was seen having issues after a number of updates in Windows 10.

Although the bug was fixed for several users, there were still cases where it wasnt.

Outdated drivers: OBS and the game you are capturing, both require that your graphics are updated to the latest build.

If they are problematic or outdated, you would experience issues.

Administrator issues: Since OBS captures your entire screen along with the audio, there are instances where it comes to a halt because the required permissions were not granted.

Before we start with the solutions, make sure that you save your unsaved work from OBS since we will be resetting the application as well.

Solution 1: Changing the Preference of Dedicated Graphics Usually, people who use OBS already have dedicated graphics installed on their computers because of the extensive operations required to play the games.

According to our survey and the response of moderators, we came to know that OBS should be running in the dedicated graphics (not the stock Intel one) if you are using it for gaming.

To sum up, if OBS is running on adapter A, and an image is being drawn on adapter B, you will get a black screen when trying to capture it.

Since in most cases, the game is being played in dedicated graphics (such as NVIDIA), it would only make sense to add OBS to NVIDIA as well.

Your case might be different so change the steps accordingly.

Right-click anywhere in your Desktop and select the NVIDIA control panel.

Changing Preference of Graphics for OBS Once the control panel is opened up, click on Manage 3D Settings.

Add OBS and select NVIDIA (Dedicated graphics) from the second drop-down.

Solution 2: Granting Administrative Access OBS captures the screen of your gameplay or window and transmits it to the entire world.

There are several cases where your computer might not allow repeated behavior and block OBSs activities.

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