User Guide

You can tweak the other options here, or change them later. Just click the game capture source in your
Sources list and select “Properties” to access these same options.
Click “OK” to leave this window.
Now, Launch a full-screen game. If you Alt+Tab out of it (or if you have multiple monitors), you should
see its preview in the main OBS window. If you don’t see a preview, try right-clicking in the center of the
window and check that “Enable Preview” is enabled.
Some games may not show a preview when you Alt+Tab out. That’s normal in some cases—you may
want to test it with a local recording to see if your current settings work with the game in question. Just
click “Start Recording”, play your game for a few seconds, and then stop the recording to see if the
resulting video file worked.
If Game Capture Doesn’t Work: Try Display Capture Mode
Game Capture mode doesn’t work with every game, unfortunately. If you can’t get OBS to record or
stream a specific game, you can try Display Capture mode instead. This captures your entire display,
including your Windows desktop and any open windows, and streams it.
To use Display Capture mode, first ensure OBS isn’t set to show your game capture source. To do this,
you can either right-click the game capture source and select “Remove” to remove it from the list, or
left-click the eye icon to the left of it to hide it from view.