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Fixing the Blank Screen issue with OBS using Nvidia Graphics Card

Screen Capture | OBS | Workaround | Open Broadcaster Software

Ever had an issue with your screen capture not working in OBS? Was it after you upgraded your Nvidia graphics card? Well, hopefully, this workaround will work for you. This might also work for any general issues as well as other graphics cards. In particular, my laptop is using a Geforce GTX.

Prerequisites

• Make sure that you have OBS installed.
• If you have OBS installed make sure that it is currently closed.

Step 1. Access the Graphics Settings.

a. In windows go to the search bar.

b. Type in the following “Graphics Settings”.

c. Select Graphics Settings

Identifies the Graphics Settings screen.

Step 2. Identifying OBS as an Application and identifying Power consumption

In order for the screen to be fixed, we must identify OBS as an application in the graphics settings.

a. Leave “Classic App” selected