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    Always getting an encoding error when recording even when constantly turning the settings down?

    Hello! Last month I got a new PC and I installed OBS to record some gameplays, I use it to record my switch games and sometimes PC games except I cannot seem to stop getting "Encoding Overload" and I've tried turning down recording settings, changing to x264 and even lower the output. I'm...
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    “Apple VT H264 Hardware Encoder" unlocked for Apple Silicon M1

    hey guys, i've been using macbook air m1 16gb for a couple of weeks for streaming and i am generally happy with the performance, m1 is an absolute beast. but, the "x264" encoding in obs' current state (lack of m1 compatibility) leaves a lot to be desired. it's almost impossible to stream at...
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    Laggy game and laggy recordings since one of the new updates (atleast i think so.)

    So this issue is very bad. It's forced me to use bandicam instead, however i do prefer obs for many reasons and would wish to go back. according to my logs 84% of my frames are skipped while i was testing my recordings on roblox. i have a ryzen 3 3200g with 16gb of 3200mhz ram, just a few weeks...
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    No AMD (Hardware) option at all?

    I tried everything I could before coming here, including a plug in that supposedly would help me, by showing the AMD (Hardaware) option for encoding the video. The plug in didn't work, as when I selected the new encoding alternative, OBS Studio crashed every time I tried to start streaming...
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    Best quality per bit encoder?

    I have mediocre internet, so I struggle to get a good image. I stream to YouTube 720p60 with x264 faster preset, and it's had the best looking image so far. I get 4.6 MB/s upload speed. I set my bitrate to 4,300 kbps to leave some headroom for if I play an online game. I have a 3700X and a...
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    Mac : "An encoder error occurred why recording"

    Hello! I am currently working with a client and setting them up with OBS recording function (NO STREAMING). I have done this set up countless times with the same settings and same set up with other clients. Including with my own end as well as my manager and never had this recording issue. Once...
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    Cannot select Video-Adapter (2nd GPU)

    Hello there, So i wanted to use my 2nd gpu as an encoder for streaming on Streamlabs. In OBS it worked just fine, I could see my 2 GPUs as “video adapters” in the streaming settings, but in Streamlabs this option is greyed out. I can not select anything. The encoder is set to AMD, the 2nd...
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    NEW MACBOOK OBS STILL LAGS

    I’ve never had many issues with OBS and my (older) Mac but most recently I purchased a brand new MacBook Pro and OBS is now basically unusable. I’m not computer savvy but I believe it’s an encoding issue. OBS is reporting a 95% frame drop and basically makes my streams unwatchable and...
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    Recent Bitrate extreme fluctuation

    Hey guys, I run a live music stream with obs, it's a 2 camera set up at 1080p with a live audio mixer. Anyways, that's all besides the point. Recently I've been having extreme fluctuations in my bitrate, I run on hardwire ethernet directly into my mac (I have a 2018 macbook pro that I have an...
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    Can I stream x264 medium with Intel Xeon E5-1650 V2 and 16GB DDR3 memory?

    Can I stream x264 medium with Intel Xeon E5-1650 V2 and 16GB DDR3 memory? It's a dedicated streaming PC with an elgato.
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    Setting recommendations

    Hi hopefully someone can help, or hopefully im in the right place. I have been looking for some feedback on what would be the best optimal settings for highest quality videos while recording. I have gotten mixed responses from some friends that my build was outdated or that my build was still...
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    New to OBS looking for some help in resolving render lag/skipping frames

    Thanks for taking a minute to look at my post. I recently moved to OBS from Radeon Adrenalin and i cant stress how much better it is. However for the last week i've been getting a problem that's new. I'll get some stuttering in clips. Here's an example of one i took yesterday...
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    Question / Help Need help setting up OBS

    Hey folks, so I've noticed when recording certain games there are a ton of compression artifacts. Which I attributed to downscaling from 1440p to 1080p. So I decided to just record at 1440p to capture all the details since I don't need to worry about bitrate, I post mainly to youtube. However...
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    Bug Report Text area does not correctly display UTF-8 symbols from file

    ## Platform Operating system and version: Manjaro 19 OBS Studio version: 25.0.8-1 ## Expected Behavior Show "☮" and other UTF-8 and 16 symbols. ## Current Behavior Does not show the UTF-8 symbols correctly even with font that has the symbols. ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Type-in the UTF-8 symbol...
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    Question / Help encodage en surcharge

    j'ai une bonne config pour rec (i5 7400, rx 590 et 16go ram, 1to + hdd) mais quand je veux enregistrer quelque chose + de 60 fps j'ai en encodage en surcharge peu importe l'encodeur (pire avec le processeur donc j'utilise plutôt le gpu) je ne comprends pas pourquoi certains avec de moins bonne...
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    Question / Help Ryzen 3 3200g w/ OBS

    Can Ryzen 3 3200g encode MP4 video? If not can it encode ANY video? I'm going to use the integrated Vega 8 graphics if I do buy this APU (for a ASRock Deskmini A300 build). I've looked all around the internet to see if it can, but only got results of people streaming with it. Please help..
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    Bug Report After 25.x update 15% Skipped Frames Due To Encoding Lag - FIXED

    Sharing a problem and solution for others who will be encountering the same. After updating from 24.0.3 to 25.0.8 (Windows 10/64, update 1909, Intel i5-4770k, GTX970, all SSD storage, 32gb mem) I began having severe problems with "Skipped frames due to encoding lag" ranging from 5% to 15%...
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    Question / Help Encoding Overload

    Every time I try to record the game I am playing I keep getting encoding overload issues. I'm very new to using OBS and have tried looking everywhere for info on how to fix it but nothing seems to fix it. When I recorded using shadowplay in the past I never had any issues. That leads me to...
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    Question / Help Dropping frames due to encoding lag - I've tried everything.

    Hey guys - trying to do some recording in OBS to capture my webcam and iRacing and I keep getting dropped frames every so often. I've tried every setting I can find from youtube videos - changing input and output resolutions, changing software and hardware encoding, rate control settings, game...
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    Question / Help AMD hardware encoder says 'Live' but 0kbps

    Hi team, Never had this problem until installing a new Radeon 5600 XT two days ago in which I can't stream using GPU anymore. Intel i5 Radeon 5600 XT (previously Radeon R7 265 which didn't have this problem) 16gb ram Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit - Software x264 works fine and streams with the...
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