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    Question / Help Issue with x264 encoding (i7 8700k)

    Hello, I'm having a strange issue with encoding and i hope you could help me with this. I was trying to make a high quality record of the game. When i'm using GPU (NVENC encoder) the result video is very clear and running smooth. The only issue is that it takes like ~20% of its computing power...
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    Question / Help Error NVENC or AMD encoders

    Hi, I've been using OBS now for 5 years, and always with the NVENC +264 encoder. It has always worked beautifully, and given great fps and quality. However 2 days ago, it started giving this error. I'm using an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPU with 8gb ram, on a Windows 7 64 bit system with Intel i7...
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    Question / Help Heavy scenes drop quality & FPS hard with good hardware

    Hey all, I'll cut to the point. I record scrims for a team I play on and my last recording was atrocious in fights. I record at 40000 kpbs, 1080p with no downscaling, one 320kbps audio stream (because f*ck you too, Premiere Pro) and output to an .mp4 with CBR on veryfast, I believe. I have...
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    Question / Help Can't record with AMD encoder (Tried everything)

    Hello, As the title says, I can record (A lagged video) if I set my encoder to x264, but if I use H264 or H265, I get the "Whoops, obs has crashed" error. I included a log file and I BEG for help because I can't seem to understand whats going on. Thank you in advance.
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    Question / Help Hardware Encoder Options?

    Good morning, I am new to the world of streaming and am trying to work things out. Computer setup: iMac Bootcamp Windows 10, quad-core i7-6700 4GHz, 16gb ram Inputs: PS4 through Elgato HD60S (Hence the Bootcamp for Windows instead of using the mac version of OBS), Logitech C920 webcam...
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    Question / Help How to get obs studio to find my graphis card encoder(and need fix on choppyness)

    so i have an amd graphics card and all my bideos are choppy and laggy im not shure if its the encoder or not. my amd incorder if i have one is not being showed and saying i make youtube videos i kind of need to have this choppyness gone. i am also wondering what settings will mostlikely remove...
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    Question / Help Threadripper 1900x & GTX 1080 Encoding Settings, NVEC vs x264 "Color and Frames"

    Hello, I'm looking for suggestion, I'm currently streaming at twitch to advertise some game server, I'm a newbie on streaming, I happen to have these PC: Threadripper 1900x 4.0ghx 8 core 16 threads, 16 gb of ddr4 ram, and a GTX 1080, Samsung pro M2 + 2 kinfast SSD in raid 0. so here comes my...
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    Question / Help Should I use x264 or NVENC?

    I'm really just wondering which is better to use with my hardware. My specs: i5-3570 GTX1060 3GB 8GB RAM Games are on a 7200rpm hard drive. I'm looking to stream games with as minimal performance impact as possible with the gameplay still looking good. I'm going to stream Overwatch and a...
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    Question / Help Input lag inside games while streaming

    I get high input latency inside games when I stream them using the software encoder but no lag when using hardware encoder, I'm limited to 2200 bitrate so I need to use the software encoder for decent quality at that bitrate since I'm streaming at 720p30 (I cant go lower than that or the quality...
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    Question / Help Optimal Stream Settings for OBS 1pc Setup

    Hi guys, at first I am a native german speaker so please have that in mind :) At the moment I try to optimize my streaming quality due to an upgraded PC. I am using a single PC Setup: CPU -> Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3,9 GHz GPU -> MSI GTX 1080 RAM -> 16 GB 3200 MHz Corsair Monitor 24" @ 1920x1080 144 Hz...
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    Question / Help Nvenc not working

    16:04:43.879: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz 16:04:43.879: CPU Speed: 2893MHz 16:04:43.879: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4 16:04:43.879: Physical Memory: 8108MB Total, 3524MB Free 16:04:43.879: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 48; 64-bit) 16:04:43.879...
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    Question / Help External Encoder, how to setup?

    Hello, I use Restream.io with OBS for my streams to simultaneously send out to Youtube and Twitch at the same time. Restream started promoting a giveaway for a product from Videon called the Sonora, which is an external hardware encoder. Basically it seems to act like a capture card combined...
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    Question / Help NVIDIA Encoder not showing on OBS 21.0.1

    I have a NVIDIA Geforce MX150, yet I do not get the NVENC H.264 option in the encoder part. The only options I have is x264 and QuickSync H.264. I'm not too sure why it's not showing, and I do have windows 10. (I'm not tech savvy in the slightest so I might be missing something painfully...
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    Question / Help Starting the output failed

    Alright so,I decided to use my GeForce 840M to encode, and now when I select NVENC H.264 it says :Starting the output failed.Please check the log for details. Note:If you are using the AMD or NVENC encoders, make sure your video drivers are up to date. I just updated my NVidia drivers, and its...
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    Question / Help Encoding overloaded - Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

    Log file: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/de99bd090fd2f3614e6f92b0c8608304 Hey there, I'm having some encoding problems regarding my new Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. As you can see in the log files, the encoding overloads, although my CPU isn't even at 40% usage... (For a picture of the CPU...
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    AMD Hardware Encoder(s) [Deleted]

    Ever wanted to use the Hardware AMD H264 and H265/HEVC encoders in OBS Studio? Well now you can! This plugin adds full support for both into OBS Studio, with both a simple and advanced UI for the casual and power user. It is built upon the GPUOpen Advanced Media Framework SDK and thanks to a...
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