Automatically reduced window (using game capture source)

[housestationlive]

hello

using osb for years, decades even, very reliable solution, but recently, since i moved to windows 11, i noticed a weird issue. my game windows is automatically resized and i have a black area on the right and on the bottom, when using "game capture source".

plus, i have a temporary setup, without possibility to monitor and view what is happening live. so sometimes i found myself with dozens hours of footage unproperly displayed on screen.

all i can say is that i regulary change the display ratio within the game, and regulary switching from full screen to windowed, but can say precisely when and why it happens.

sometimes usses the windows key when i play fullscreen to use browser and change music. i never had this issue before. each time i have to manualy reset transformation, despite the fact that i don't asked for any transformation.

i willl have to use this temporary setup for 1 year or 2, because additional monitors are expensive and just spend a lot in nvme and gpus. have a good day dear community

michael
youtube/housestationlive

 

[housestationlive]

 

[koala]

i have a black area on the right and on the bottom, when using "game capture source".

This will happen, if the game fullscreen resolution is lower than the resolution in OBS → Settings → Video → Base (Canvas) Resolution. Or in general, if your general Windows desktop resolution is different to the resolution the game is configured to run with.
To correct, either configure the game to run with the same resolution as the Windows desktop resolution or change the canvas resolution in OBS.

 

[housestationlive]

i figured where the issue come from. when i display the video game window using "desktop capture", sometimes the game changes the display ratio and the record is only shown in a small area, this only works properly using "specific window capture" instead.

it's quite annoying because all games don't feature the possibility to use any other windows on the main screen, and you're "blocked" into the game screen" without any way to monitor and figure what is really happening on your stream.