Failed to initialize video: Invalid parameters

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DLXX

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I streamed daily till today, but then this happened.
I didnt change anything on my computer at all.
Tried to reinstall, and the "dxcpl"-fix, both didnt work.

Hopefully there will be a fix for this issue.

PS: I even updated my GPU-driver after this happened, still doesnt work after dozen of tries.
 

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OBS chokes on broken resolution values in the base config for canvas and output resolution. To start fresh with the default configuration, start Windows Explorer, navigate to %appdata% and delete the %appdata%\obs-studio directory.
 
Yep. If you need to avoid this, you have to edit the configuration file(s) of OBS. I didn't mention this, because many people are overwhelmed with it.

Go into the directory %appdata%\obs-studio\basic\profiles
Here is one directory for every profile. If you never created additional profiles, you have one directory only.
Enter the directory for your current or only profile.
In it you find a file called basic.ini. Load into the notepad text editor.
Find a section that starts with [Video]
In it you find 4 entries for the resolutions in Settings->Video:
BaseCX=something
BaseCY=something,
OutputCX=something
OutputCY=something

Replace them to this:
OutputCX=1920
OutputCY=1080
BaseCX=1920
BaseCY=1080

Save and try to start OBS again.
In case the whole basic.ini is somehow mangled, it might help to remove all mangled stuff, it might perhaps be recreated by OBS with defaults.
 
BaseCX=2
BaseCY=72
OutputCX=2
OutputCY=72

hahaha thats why :D and it works now

the weird part right now is, that my screen wont show up as input somehow ..
 
I have the invalid parameters error anytime I try to open OBS as well... but I'm on Mac, any tips???
Ive already tried to delete it and redownload off the OBS site.
 
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