Bug Report Can't start OBS: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error

Richard5241

New Member
Well here is the thing. OBS was working fine when it was 0.11.4 multiplatform. Once i got that error it started to update and now im getting laggy videos and just cant record anymore. I dont know if this is a problem of my computer or just the program itself. If you re-install the program it will work for just 1 record (which isnt that good) and when u close it and want to open it again it gives the error. This problem is on al platforms (windows linux and mac) and i dont know anymore what to do.


Greetz,
Richard
 

Harold

Active Member
Then you have invalid settings for your resolution settings and not the issue being discussed.
 

Hebbes

New Member
Results from "glxinfo | grep OpenGL" please
glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.0
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 Mesa 11.2.0
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.0.16
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

I realized after I posted this that there is a pinned thread about it. I got here from Google.
 

Hebbes

New Member
Not sure how I go about getting OpenGL updated to 3.2
This computer is kind of old so the GPU might not support it.
It has a Intel Ironlake Mobile GPU and an Intel Pentium(R) CPU P6100 @ 2.00GHz × 2
 

dutchkn

New Member
I have the same when I tried to open the obs studio failed to initialize video and I need that software to work. anyone. I have an old window vista pks2 which i downloaded all requirement ............please anyone anyone
 

Cloobnami

New Member
Hello everyone, trying to get rid of this unfortunate bug. My glxinfo | grep OpenGL results are as follows

glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 4.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 17.1.0-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

and my glxinfo | grep Max details are as follows

glxinfo | grep Max
Max core profile version: 3.3
Max compat profile version: 3.0
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0

lscpu returns i5-3570, which supports opengl 3.2+
lspci returns xeon E3-1200 for VGA adapter, which also supports opengl 3.2+

however, i seem to be unable to launch OBS at all, here are my logs.

23:48:28.542: Processor: 4 logical cores
23:48:28.543: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570S CPU @ 3.10GHz
23:48:28.543: Physical Memory: 15933MB Total
23:48:28.543: Kernel Version: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64
23:48:28.543: Distribution: "Ubuntu" "16.04"
23:48:28.557: OBS 0.16.2 (linux)
23:48:28.557: ---------------------------------
23:48:28.557: ---------------------------------
23:48:28.557: audio settings reset:
23:48:28.557: samples per sec: 44100
23:48:28.557: speakers: 2
23:48:28.603: ARB_GLX_create_context not supported!
23:48:28.603: Failed to create context!
23:48:28.603: device_create (GL) failed
23:48:28.604: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error
23:48:30.126: Freeing OBS context data
23:48:30.326: == Profiler Results =============================
23:48:30.326: run_program_init: 1830.76Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"£OBSApp::AppInit: 0.974Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"f â"-OBSApp::InitLocale: 0.805Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"-OBSApp::OBSInit: 93.975Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"£obs_startup: 1.3Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"-OBSBasic::OBSInit: 46.612Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"£OBSBasic::InitBasicConfig: 0.488Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"£OBSBasic::ResetAudio: 0.07Â ms
23:48:30.326: â"-OBSBasic::ResetVideo: 45.991Â ms
23:48:30.326: obs_hotkey_thread(25Â ms): min=0.156Â ms, median=0.366Â ms, max=288.615Â ms, 99th percentile=288.615Â ms, 93.1818% below 25Â ms
23:48:30.326: audio_thread(Audio): min=0.005Â ms, median=0.007Â ms, max=0.021Â ms, 99th percentile=0.021Â ms
23:48:30.326: =================================================
23:48:30.326: == Profiler Time Between Calls ==================
23:48:30.326: obs_hotkey_thread(25 ms): min=25.214 ms, median=25.43 ms, max=313.691 ms, 60.4651% within ±2% of 25 ms (0% lower, 39.5349% higher)
23:48:30.326: =================================================
23:48:30.327: Number of memory leaks: 130

i would greatly appreciate some help, as a friend of mine with a server on the same slot was able to run OBS perfectly fine...
 

Cloobnami

New Member
It is not a bug. The hardware and drivers do not support opengl 3.2 which is the minimum.

but... they do support opengl 3.2.
they are ivy bridge processors.

if you look at glxinfo | grep Max you can see that the core profile is 3.3, which i was under the impression means that it supports opengl 3.3. however for some reason i am stuck at 3.0
 
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Harold

Active Member
Core profile is NOT the version.

OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 4.0, 256 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 17.1.0-devel

THIS is the version. If your gpu actually supports opengl 3.2, fix it so your drivers do too.
 
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