Question / Help Can't Stream on NVENC Encoder

[TheCojoerric]

Title. I have an 840m (laptop) and I can't stream with NVENC (Start Streaming button doesn't do anything) but x264 works fine. I looked in the log and all it says before it ends is "Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library.", I've also just checked and updated my drivers, still doesn't work.

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/1d5ccf2dfa3d41bbaccc79456a2ea4b6

 

[xxAssassin349]

The problem is that NVENC support is inconsistent for any cards that are not part of the GTX series.

 

[xxAssassin349]

Use a different encoder that isn't NVENC.

The 840M is a GT card, so laptop manufacturers are responsible for putting in the encoder in the GPU. That means that you may get a card with the chip encoder or not.

 

[TheCojoerric]

Ok, that sucks but thanks anyway!