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coma1
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada26 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-09 12:59:12
December 09 2010 12:43 GMT
#1
so i have windows 7 and trying to stream. it kept blinking in screen mode and i figured out i need to stream in game mode. problem is when i click game mode it says "to begin casting, please open a DirectX or OpenGL game and press *hotkey*".
i did that and it totalyl doesnt recognize that i've hit the hotkey.

I've switched by sc2 to windowed fullscreen mode, tried to disable themes on windows 7 etc... cant get the game to HOOK on procaster game mode. HELP PLZ!
coma1
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada26 Posts
December 15 2010 22:11 GMT
#2
bump no one has an answer? i can stream sc2 in windowed mode in screen mode on procaster but not in fullscreen mode on game mode because i get this prompt ""to begin casting, please open a DirectX or OpenGL game and press *hotkey*" and that instruction does not work ?!!?!?
Tiegrr
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States607 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-15 22:17:56
December 15 2010 22:17 GMT
#3
You HAVE to use Windowed mode, I don't think there's an alternative to it.
crayhasissues
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States682 Posts
December 15 2010 22:27 GMT
#4
You need to open the game before you open Procaster. Worked for me. I wasn't using windowed mode at the time and it fixed it.
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ECA.BruTATroN
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States282 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-15 23:02:22
December 15 2010 23:01 GMT
#5
Play on Desktop mode, Make sc2 windowed fullscreen. Thats all u have to do
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OlorinPA
Profile Joined December 2010
28 Posts
December 17 2010 21:11 GMT
#6
Uh, you can totally use procaster to stream in fullscreen mode....that is what the game mode option is explicitly for. Basically, what Scruffy said. Start SC2 first, then open procaster. It always works when I hit go online if I do it this way. You can sometimes get it to work with the hotkey, if you open procaster first, but, as you noticed, sometimes it doesn't recognize it. It is a bit buggy that way. So just always open SC2 first and you should be good.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10673 Posts
December 17 2010 21:28 GMT
#7
Sometimes i've found that the procaster won't work for me unless I right click -> run as administrator, I believe this is because I use vista though, most of the time I don't have to do this, but other times like last night, before starting up my stream.

I can't promise this will work, but for vista users, it's very handy to remember to right click -> run as administrator, theres alot of programs that don't work correctly unless you do this! ( For vista users only I believe )
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TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
December 17 2010 22:32 GMT
#8
dont use game mode, I run windowed, and the regular procaster with game mode off, and people can read the spectator chat in game...
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OlorinPA
Profile Joined December 2010
28 Posts
December 17 2010 22:40 GMT
#9
On December 18 2010 07:32 TheGiftedApe wrote:
dont use game mode, I run windowed, and the regular procaster with game mode off, and people can read the spectator chat in game...


That has nothing to do with game mode vs desktop mode. I run in fullscreen with game mode and text is perfectly legible on my stream. One of the biggest mistakes people make when using procaster is to use the H.264 code. Switching to ONVP6 results in a much cleaner looking stream.
TheGiftedApe
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1243 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-17 22:48:05
December 17 2010 22:47 GMT
#10
On December 18 2010 07:40 OlorinPA wrote:
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On December 18 2010 07:32 TheGiftedApe wrote:
dont use game mode, I run windowed, and the regular procaster with game mode off, and people can read the spectator chat in game...


That has nothing to do with game mode vs desktop mode. I run in fullscreen with game mode and text is perfectly legible on my stream. One of the biggest mistakes people make when using procaster is to use the H.264 code. Switching to ONVP6 results in a much cleaner looking stream.



It has to do a HUGE deal with not making me play the game in 30 fps...............which is completely unplayable to me.
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OlorinPA
Profile Joined December 2010
28 Posts
December 17 2010 22:58 GMT
#11
On December 18 2010 07:47 TheGiftedApe wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2010 07:40 OlorinPA wrote:
On December 18 2010 07:32 TheGiftedApe wrote:
dont use game mode, I run windowed, and the regular procaster with game mode off, and people can read the spectator chat in game...


That has nothing to do with game mode vs desktop mode. I run in fullscreen with game mode and text is perfectly legible on my stream. One of the biggest mistakes people make when using procaster is to use the H.264 code. Switching to ONVP6 results in a much cleaner looking stream.



It has to do a HUGE deal with not making me play the game in 30 fps...............which is completely unplayable to me.


Do you mean playing in fullscreen mode lowers your fps, which is weird? Or do you mean using OnVP6 instead of H.264 lowers your fps? Or do you mean using game mode in procaster instead of desktop mode lowers your fps? Either way I get much better performance playing in fullscreen mode with game mode in procaster than when I play in fullscreen windowed mode and desktop mode in procaster. In my case anyway.
Boundless
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada588 Posts
December 18 2010 04:30 GMT
#12
Procaster isn't very good anyway. If you use a screen capture program like VH or XSplit, you can stream it using Flash Media Live Encoder, a very good program that has a lot of functionality.

Day9 has a great guide to setting up FMLE, check it out.
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gimpymoo
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom1 Post
August 18 2011 00:35 GMT
#13
On December 16 2010 07:27 UnRealXenoth wrote:
You need to open the game before you open Procaster. Worked for me. I wasn't using windowed mode at the time and it fixed it.


I know this is an old thread, but thanks.

Worked for me.
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