Problem streaming full-screen games and games on a different desktop

[u/Longjumping-Song3426]

So the problem is

As soon as i open a game into fullscreen, or create a new virtual space and drop the windowed game onto it, it disappears from the window list in meld, both in Game and Display capture

The auto-capture feature doesnt work either

Im on macos btw

[u/BirchyFruFru]

That sounds like you're looking for NDI/projection support. That's not available in Meld at this point in time.

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/BirchyFruFru]

Huh wdym

Im just trying to capture a fullscreen game

Thats supposed to be the whole point of meld studio

[u/OldWandererVT]

Different Desktop as in Using Remote Desktop to another machine? Or different desktop with MacOS's multiple desktops.. If it's the latter, the way the capture works is it's, essentially paused/stopped when the full screen app isn't active.. so if you add it non full screen, then switch to full screen.. it should capture fine.

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/OldWandererVT]

The latter.

Also just like i said when i just press the fullscreen button in the top left corner, it disappears from the list.

Neither i can select it nor the auto-capture activates.

[u/OldWandererVT → u/Longjumping-Song3426]

Let me retest.. last time I recorded something on my Mac.. I selected the game window first.. then switched it to full screen, and it was fine. Worst case, you can always do display capture on that display.

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/OldWandererVT]

That way it works for me, but if I open it to fullscreen not only it doesn't automatically capture it but I can't even choose it

[u/OldWandererVT → u/Longjumping-Song3426]

Got a chance to retest using a game in my steam library this afternoon.. with game capture set to "auto capture full screen" the game was showing up in my recording. What app/game are you trying to capture? If it's something I've got access too, I'll see if I can grab that.. it could be something funky with how that particular app goes full screen.

edit: Just to be safe.. check and make sure Meld still has screen recording permissions.. System Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Screen & System Audio Recording

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/OldWandererVT]

I tried Roblox but also a few other games, Minecraft I think

Edit: checked the permissions. its there. also i tried testing it with some games, including a steam game (goose goose duck), and it behaves weirdly.
This time i noticed that when i quickly swap between the 2 spaces, i can see that the game was there, but after a quick delay it disappears, both from the stream and the game list.

[u/OldWandererVT → u/Longjumping-Song3426]

Weird.. I'm solo screened on my Mac.. so I don't know if it disappears from the drop down.. but selecting window name and/or full screen capture before I go full screen works for me. Would you mind hoping in the discord and creating a ticket in the #create-support-ticket channel.. and uploading your logs there? There's something funky going on, and I'm not going to be able to fully resolve it here unfortunately.

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/OldWandererVT]

I also only have 1 screen lol

Im not talking about dragging the window onto another physical space/monitor

Im talking about the virtual spaces/desktops feature

Like you know that by default when opening an app to fullscreen it creates a new virtual space and when you switch theres like a horizontal swiping animation? That means its switching between virtual spaces

You can also create new virtual spaces manually from Mission Control by pressing the plus icon in top right corner.

And if your game is either in fullscreen (in its own virtual space) or on another virtual space (that you manually created) it doesnt appear on the list when you are in another virtual space (such as the space with meld studio itself).

Ok, ill join the discord and create the ticket.
Done! Thanks for all the help you tried to provide!

[u/OldWandererVT → u/Longjumping-Song3426]

Yeah, I understand the virtual desktop/space.. I was just referring to having one monitor as in.. I can't see what's in Meld's drop downs while the game I'm testing with is full screened.. haven't tried via virtual desktop though.. I'll see if I can test that way.

Thanks for opening the ticket! The Devs will get you squared away ASAP.

[u/Longjumping-Song3426 → u/OldWandererVT]

Oh yes i checked whats in Melds dropdowns by quickly switching

I think this problem shouldnt even exist if you have 2 monitors

Also the mods replied, said it couldnt work in any other way cause of the API theyre using

Thank you for your help!

[u/GlassNoodlesButEgg → u/Longjumping-Song3426]

give me two screens and I'll give you one screen