Minecraft Not Working With Game Capture

Minecraft does not default to the high-performance GPU. In order to get it working with game capture you will need to do the following:

This is mainly for laptops and all-in-one systems.

A first troubleshooting step is to make sure that the Game Capture source "Mode" is set to "Capture specific window", and select javaw/Minecraft in the "Window" drop-down

• Close OBS and Minecraft

• Open the Windows 10 Settings App (Start button → Cogwheel icon)

• Navigate to System → Display and select "Graphics settings" near the bottom

• Choose "Classic app" or "Desktop app" (they are the same thing, only named differently on different windows versions) and hit "Browse". Navigate to javaw.exe, usually located here:

For Minecraft Vanilla Java edition 1.16 and older:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\jre-legacy\windows-x64\jre-legacy\bin\javaw.exe

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For Minecraft Vanilla Java edition 1.17:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin\javaw.exe

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For Minecraft Java edition 1.18:

%localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.4297127D64EC6_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Local\runtime\java-runtime-beta\windows-x64\java-runtime-beta\bin\javaw.exe

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For the Minecraft Lunar client, the default path is

%userprofile%\.lunarclient\jre\1.18\zulu17.30.15-ca-fx-jre17.0.1-win_x64\bin\javaw.exe

For other custom launchers or if you can't find the folder see the info at the bottom of the guide for instructions to find the path of the javaw.exe

• Once Minecraft/javaw.exe is added, click "Options" and choose "High Performance"

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If you're using a custom launcher, you might not find javaw.exe in the default location, but instead in a subfolder under the launcher, here is how to locate that:

• Launch Minecraft(the game, not just the launcher)
• Press Ctrl+Shift+ESC(Escape) to open Task Manager
• Right-click Java(TM) Platform SE binary and select "Open file location"
• The folder that opens is the location of your javaw.exe. Scroll up and use that path to find the correct javaw.exe to set to High-Performance Graphics.

Once this is completed, restart both OBS and your game (remember that they should have been closed at the beginning of this guide).