AMD Hardware Encoder(s) [Deleted]
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Xaymar
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Do you have AMD Drivers installed and a supported GPU? Check here: https://github.com/Xaymar/obs-studio_amf-encoder-plugin/wiki/Hardware-Support . If you can't find it there, it's not supported.
I have R9 M290X , can find R 290X in the list, but not M290X , so it won't work with my graphic card, right?
Xaymar
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That is correct, yes.
Xaymar
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Updates are always good to install and yes you benefit from this update. Not exactly in terms of features (that's next release) but in terms of CPU usage and latency, which have been massively reduced. It is now possible to tune AMD HW Encoding to the point where it has no framerate impact and only minimal (<0.1%) CPU usage impact.
Oh by the way, it was artifacting the recorded file, not my screen while I was playing.
Hi, the encoder is still not showing up
I tried with the installer as well as manually extracting the files, updated visual studio (which doesnt install as it says is already installed) and i believe my hardware is included for this to work, can you please help me? it's 4am and i've looked for hours .... i got nothing :(
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6ea1852ebd72c40af4001c3f09fd807d
Thank you!
I tried with the installer as well as manually extracting the files, updated visual studio (which doesnt install as it says is already installed) and i believe my hardware is included for this to work, can you please help me? it's 4am and i've looked for hours .... i got nothing :(
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/6ea1852ebd72c40af4001c3f09fd807d
Thank you!
Xaymar
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Please make sure that you are using the latest driver. It is part of the Troubleshooting Guide requirements.
First off you should really fix your setup. You have the CLR Host Plugin (which is for OBS Classic not OBS Studio!) installed and you're also using the OpenGL renderer which means I don't know what GPU you attempted to run it on.
Code:
04:55:21.700: [AMF] Version 2.0.0.0 loaded (Compiled: 1.4.0.0, Runtime: 1.4.2.0, Library: 1;4;2;0;17.10.1711;201704101313;CL#1396327).
04:55:21.751: [AMF] <Id: 2> Unable to create H265/HEVC encoder, error AMF_ENCODER_NOT_PRESENT (code 36)
04:55:21.803: [AMF] <Id: 4> Unable to create H265/HEVC encoder, error AMF_ENCODER_NOT_PRESENT (code 36)
04:55:21.803: [AMF] [H265/HEVC] Not supported by any GPU, disabling...But the log pretty much says enough, you do not have a GPU with hardware H265/HEVC encoding support.
maybe a stupid question but I'm wondering this myself for a while now. Don't get me wrong I love @Xaymar 's work. But i don't see anyone doing this for nvidia. Does nvidia do this themself and is AMD just slacking? I'm getting the idea that AMD is doing nothing/not much and nvidia is much more active on hardware encoding (their quality is better compared to amd in this matter)
Xaymar
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This is merely an interface to AMF, which is by AMD. NVENC is added through ffmpeg so there's other people doing that, see the git history for it: nvenc.c nvenc.h nvenc_h264.c nvenc_hevc.c
Thanks for your quick answer, how can I remove the CLR Host plugin? And the GPU i have is Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5. I thought i saw that included in the list. I'm sorry i'm frustrated because I realize how little i know about these things, but i hope you can help me.
Xaymar
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The H264 Encoder should be listed (it's called Hardware (AMD) in simple output mode), only the HEVC is not listed. Only Polaris and newer cards have HEVC support.
Oh ok got it, thanks! I just removed as well the CLR Host files as well, thanks for the help!
Have a great day
3Necromancer
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Xaymar
I have R9 280X, used to be able to record using your plugin 1080p @ 60 FPS without a problem using the presets you recommended.
However with updating the AMD drivers the 3 AMF encoders in OBS were lost, now i only see one :H264/AVC Encoder (AMD Advanced Media Framework), which has different settings.
Not sure how i need to configure it to get best quality for 1080p@60FPS, whatever settings i try it can't keep up with 60FPS (or on lowest presets it looks like crap).
I have R9 280X, used to be able to record using your plugin 1080p @ 60 FPS without a problem using the presets you recommended.
However with updating the AMD drivers the 3 AMF encoders in OBS were lost, now i only see one :H264/AVC Encoder (AMD Advanced Media Framework), which has different settings.
Not sure how i need to configure it to get best quality for 1080p@60FPS, whatever settings i try it can't keep up with 60FPS (or on lowest presets it looks like crap).
Xaymar
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Use View Mode Basic and select the High Quality or Indistinguishable preset.
Edit: Also holy fuck how old is your installation? The three encoders have been gone for a long time now!
Xaymar
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The behaviour for CQP has NOT been changed. What you likely did is select the H264 encoder in the Streaming tab and had Enforce Streaming Service Encoder Settings checked (which replaced your CQP setting with CBR at 20mbit) and had the Recording tab set to (Use stream encoder). I can't bring back behaviour that was never there..
Sorry, I was wrong in my settings. I used avc encorder in old versions, and it changed to hevc encorder carelessly...
So restore settings, everything is working perfectly as before.
Thanks for quick reply and your great works!
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