recording error

  1. S

    Frame Drops is unbearable

    After trying almost every single thing possible, I have finally come to OBS forums for any sort of last resort help. I am a streamer who multistreams on TikTok, Twitch, Kick and YouTube. For ages whenever I load into games, it would work however it would be a terrible gaming experience. From...
  2. wolmanxd

    Unable to write/Failed to start recording (2023)

    So for a couple of hours I was getting frustrated with why I couldn't record on OBS I had plenty of space in my Hard Drive, but it would give me the error of " Failed to start recording, Unable to write to H:/OBS recording/ ( the date) .mp4 ( the OBS recordings is where I wanted my videos to go...
  3. D

    Recording error: An error occurred while recording.

    I'm trying to record a Minecraft clip, but I can't record, and I'm not sure why. This is the log link: https://obsproject.com/logs/-fhkXMpimSrSNFth Graphics card: RTX 2070 Super CPU: Intel i7 11700k Ram: 32G Monitor: 1920x1080 165Hz
  4. C

    Recording error: An encoder error occurred while recording

    I get the following error: Recording error: An encoder error occurred while recording. It happens everytime I start recording. It's been like this all of a sudden, months ago, and I don't know how to fix it. Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/LWa6tyBq1POzGOwW
  5. B

    OBS Crash

    My OBS system seems like it crashes every other day. I am not sure what the issue is. My CPU is an i9 processor. My gpu is not that good, but it is not involved with any of the processing. I need help.
  6. F

    OBS failing to stream/record due to a new encoding error

    Hello, I'm reletively new to the forums but have been having some issues with OBS lately and can't seem to find the source of my problem. I followed what other people did to fix similar issues, like reinstalling my Nvidia Drivers as well as a fresh install of OBS but haven't had any luck. I've...
  7. S

    Need help plzzz

    So i have a gt 640 and windows 7 64 bit and every time i try to stream or record it says: Failed to open NVENC codec: Operation not permitted Please check your video drivers are up to date and i have updated my video drivers as much as windows allows me so i don't know want to do anymore. here...
  8. SabreSlayer

    Bug Report OBS Crashed Everytime I try to record

    Every Time I try to record to obs it crashes it never used to do this but now it is i have no idea how to fix here is my log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/93gVbhCi2ofj4Af2
  9. E

    Question / Help Starting Output Failed

    Hey y'all. I'm running Windows 7 with all the latest updates. I just updated OBS and am having this error that says "Starting the output failed, please check log for details". I have absolutely no idea what anything in the log means, but I'll include a screenshot of that underneath the first...
  10. Kryztoval

    Question / Help Windows, Recording, ffmpeg - unknown error when restarting recording

    I am using this settings After some debugging and many cleaning I streamlined it to those few settings that yielded the quality and size i wanted (about 1GB per every 10 minutes with 1440@60 and good quality to be uploaded to youtube but the thing is I like to pause and restart the recording...
  11. G

    Question / Help Recording in Fullscreen Issue

    Recently Built a new pc i7 9700k RTX 2060 16gig DDR4 I record Minecraft @ 1080p when i go into fullscreen mode while recording, i get a weird stutter that happens even though my in game FPS is always 300-900 I have tried all sorts of bitrate changes, almost everything I could think of. This...
  12. F

    Question / Help Recordings taking up double listed space

    So I did a big recording today (about 1 hour), and the end result took up about 10GB. Or at least that's what it said in the bottom left corner of the file explorer when I click on it. When I right click and go into properties though, it says that it takes up 20GB. Now this wouldn't be too much...
  13. E

    Question / Help Camera randomly stops working

    I'm trying to record a video on OBS (camera only), and the camera (Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920) sometimes randomly stops working for some reason (the audio is fine (I only use the webcam's microphone as a back-up, otherwise I use a professional one)). On OBS' preview, when I'm not recording, it...
  14. B

    Question / Help OBS will crash after pressing 'start recording'

    All relevant drivers are up to date I checked today here is a screenshot of the error message: http://prntscr.com/mxzm6z crash log: https://pastebin.com/g31x9zjm last log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/YhB-Xt1v3uZVBY9p The problem started about a day after I changed some of the output...
  15. K

    Question / Help I can't record. Make sure your using a recording path.

    Hello! I want to start recording with OBS so I don't have to stream only, but this error always comes up. Can someone help me?
  16. mindstorm

    Question / Help I broke my obs' ability to UDP stream

    So, I set up a UDP stream (thanks to Jack0r ) and it was working great, until I accidentally closed it while recording. Now every time I try to record the same "unspecified error" window pops up. Things I have tried: Restarting obs/my pc (obviously) Deleting all user files Fresh install Since...
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