On 5/12/17, Kenn Sippell <kennsipp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! I am attempting to use ffmpeg to record some video games. In this > scenario I'm recording Dota 2 from my PC (working great) and from my laptop > (having some problems). > > ffmpeg -f gdigrab -i desktop output.flv > > This command works fine on both my PC and my laptop. > > ffmpeg -f gdigrab -i title="Dota 2" output.flv > > This command works fine on my PC but does not work on my laptop. On my > laptop, I'm often seeing either a) the game window is transparent, and I > can see the desktop or other windows beneath it, or b) a single random > frame from the game. In all cases the mouse is capturing accurately. > > My laptop has two graphic cards: > > - Intel HD Graphics 4600 > - nVidia GeForce GTX 860M > > I thought this might just be a manifestation of this sort of issue -- > https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/laptop-black-screen-when-capturing-read-here-first.5965 > But I've tried configuring ffmpeg.exe as described with no results. > > Is this a well understood issue or one I can work around in gdigrab? > Is there an alternative to gdigrab that can capture the game in Windows? > I'm very performance conscious for my scenario (minimize CPU), is there an > alternative to gdigrab that is less CPU intense?
Try grabbing the whole desktop and cropping help? _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".