AMD Hardware Encoder(s) [Deleted]
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Xaymar
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A GTX 750 Ti (if that is your card) has the superior NVENC built in, there is no need for this encoder to be used.
Yes.
Yackaro
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I had the plugin working when I first installed it, but now every time I try to install it does not show up at all in OBS Studio. I've tried reinstalling everything, including OBS itself and even deleting the hard work I put into my scenes. Help!
System is a
Ryzen R7 1700 build on B350 Chipset
NVME boot, 1TB secondary
RX 480 from MSI
Windows 10 Home
*Crimson+ReLive driver... 16.6? Swore I had Crimson 17.x on here... Gonna update back to 17.4.4.
I don't know what happened, it just... it just broke! As in, only option is x264 broke, and even that gives an error when I press record or stream!
* edited in after checking. Might actually be what's wrong, though I don't understand why it backdated itself from the 17.4.4 I know I installed.
Second edit; was the problem, no idea what happened there. Sorry for wasting forum space. This is why I liked NVidia drivers, they didn't do all this weird stuff. Maybe I should've gotten the 1060 equiv...
System is a
Ryzen R7 1700 build on B350 Chipset
NVME boot, 1TB secondary
RX 480 from MSI
Windows 10 Home
*Crimson+ReLive driver... 16.6? Swore I had Crimson 17.x on here... Gonna update back to 17.4.4.
I don't know what happened, it just... it just broke! As in, only option is x264 broke, and even that gives an error when I press record or stream!
* edited in after checking. Might actually be what's wrong, though I don't understand why it backdated itself from the 17.4.4 I know I installed.
Second edit; was the problem, no idea what happened there. Sorry for wasting forum space. This is why I liked NVidia drivers, they didn't do all this weird stuff. Maybe I should've gotten the 1060 equiv...
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Xaymar
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This is a problem with Windows Update, it force installs an older driver over the over the one you have installed because Microsoft knows better.
It only forces installs the latest vendor tested driver. If that is installed, the latest manufacturer driver can be installed over it without worry.
DDU -> Let Windows Update do its things -> Install latest Driver... do windows update, everything is fine.
DDU -> Install latest Driver... do windows update, i bsh ur skul n m8.
Xaymar
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It force installs it starting with Creators Update. This is Microsofts fault as it didn't do that before and workarounds exist.
Yackaro
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Explains alot. They always break something with every update. They did better this time than the Anniversary update, but Perfection comes never.
I used O&O ShutUp10 to disable Automatic Driver Updates before the Creators' Update, along with a ton of other stuff. After finding out that the Creators' Update changed a bunch of stuff despite me having checked the prevent future changes failsafe toggle in the software, I changed it all back immediately, along with whateber new options were available by cause of the update.
Every Windows 10 install, I use this software in conjunction with Spybot Anti-Beacon, and I highly recommend both, especially ShutUp10, to anyone and everyone with a copy of Windows 10 that has an internet connection. Really reduces the amount of unneccesary and possibly even personally dangerous telemetry that Microsoft collects
Rafael Russo
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Sorry for the delay
My problem is that i can streaming in 720p30 just fine using elgato hd60, x264 encoder in veryfast preset
I tried to stream in 1080p then i have to change the encoder to intel quicksync because x264 struggles my cpu
The first minutes of 1080p streaming was amazing, but after 10 minutes the capture card image starts to get choppy and struggles....my cpu was about 45%
So i dont know whats the reason...maybe the gpu cant handle 1080p...so i was wondering if i have amd encoder i can solve this problem...
Xaymar
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Post a log file and then someone could potentially help you. Our crystal balls are currently out of service.
VCE 2.0 is in Carrizo-L, so yeah.
formula383
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Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work on obs it really is a great program and being free is just simply amazing!
Also i have question about AMD 290x I have 2 in my system crossfire disabled. Every time i restart my pc i must manually select the secondary card to use for encoding. This is not a big problem just figured i would let someone know as it is there and a nuisance lol.
The other question i have may not be directly related to obs, however it still makes me wonder. The quality setting is limited for example i can not encode at 1600p (native resolution) nor can i do 60fps. Unless 720p is set. I assume this is party because the gpu can not handle such loads? And that brings me to the next part of my question. If the gpu during games consumes around 200watts (core only) Then how is it the gpu is not able to do higher resolutions for encoding when the encoding gpu only consumes 31watts maximum?
And to further extent would i see a benifit to higher settings with a vega gpu? More over is the Vega FE going to give more encoding power over a "Vega gaming card"? Would it be worth buying a professional card to use?
I also hear a while back that the old fermi cards had more compute power. Does that mean my old 580gpu (3GB) would do more encoding faster than some of the new cards?
Thanks again for your great work and ty in advance for any help you can provide me :)
Also i have question about AMD 290x I have 2 in my system crossfire disabled. Every time i restart my pc i must manually select the secondary card to use for encoding. This is not a big problem just figured i would let someone know as it is there and a nuisance lol.
The other question i have may not be directly related to obs, however it still makes me wonder. The quality setting is limited for example i can not encode at 1600p (native resolution) nor can i do 60fps. Unless 720p is set. I assume this is party because the gpu can not handle such loads? And that brings me to the next part of my question. If the gpu during games consumes around 200watts (core only) Then how is it the gpu is not able to do higher resolutions for encoding when the encoding gpu only consumes 31watts maximum?
And to further extent would i see a benifit to higher settings with a vega gpu? More over is the Vega FE going to give more encoding power over a "Vega gaming card"? Would it be worth buying a professional card to use?
I also hear a while back that the old fermi cards had more compute power. Does that mean my old 580gpu (3GB) would do more encoding faster than some of the new cards?
Thanks again for your great work and ty in advance for any help you can provide me :)
Xaymar
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The device selection stores a unique hardware Id. If that changes after rebooting then it won't be able to match the correct devices anymore.
If by "quality setting" you mean "Quality Preset: Quality", then your card should be able to do 1440x900 at up to 74 fps. That is assuming no other load on the PCI-E bus or system bus. See here for user submitted peak encoding framerate.
Please direct hardware related questions to the AMD forum.
No comment as no information on this exists.
GPU is separate from VCE. VCE handles encoding, GPU handles rendering.
Thank you!!!
probiestreamer
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This is going to sound incredibly stupid but do I need an AMD GPU to take advantage of this plugin, or is this exclusively for CPU encoding support? Currently using an FX-6300 with a GTX 950 and using GPU encoding would likely look like crap so if I can find a way to ease the strain on this clunker CPU, I'll do it.
Xaymar
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You're right, it sounds incredibly stupid because its answered in the original post.
Also if you are recording instead of streaming, use the lossless presets that GPU encoding offers you. If streaming is your goal however you should consider upgrading your CPU or using a dual-pc setup.
probiestreamer
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Gee, how helpful. I wasn't aware that VCE was an AMD exclusive. Also didn't expect to need to click on "troubleshooting" because, you know, troubleshooting is often what you do after you've installed a product. You're a clever one: creating an intentionally ambiguous post so that you can offer up pretentious, condescending responses to questions later. Well played.
Xaymar
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Excuse you?
1. You had to click on this thread to even post a reply, the original post is what you see first or the plugin page - both have this information.
2. You yourself wrote that it'll sound incredibly stupid and it did.
3. Drop the attitude, this is a forum of volunteers and people doing this for free.
4. Nothing of what i said linked you to the troubleshooting guide.
probiestreamer
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- At no point does your post explicitly state that an AMD GPU is required. Your troubleshooting guide does, however.
- Because I felt like I was missing something and didn't want to state that I found the post ambiguous.
- Pretentiousness.
- It's contained within the original post, yeah? You want people to read between the lines of the original post but not your subsequent responses to it? Good grief.
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