Question / Help Failed to initialize video. You GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated

[francis2559]

32 bit mode works fine, 64 bit does not, returning the error in the title. Here is the log:

https://obsproject.com/logs/jKCmxS8qZz8ZvM-6

I think the relevant line is
Failed to initialize obs video (-1) with graphics_module='libobs-d3d11.dll', retrying with graphics_module='libobs-opengl.dll'

Running windows 10 with all current updates.
Video card is nvidia 970m. Driver is 441.12, latest at this moment.

I have tried it with the 980 forced and unforced in the nvidia control panel, same result. Tried running in admin and not.
Thanks for your time.

 

[Sukiyucky]

Why haven't you updated OBS? The version you are running is 2 years old.
23:07:58.188: OBS 20.0.1 (64bit, windows)

 

[Narcogen]

Download OBS directly from the site and install it. Either the version you have, or a version between the one you have and the current one has a broken auto-updater.

 

[francis2559]

Thanks, looks like something was indeed corrupted in auto updater, and it's working correctly now.

 

[MAYURKUMAR V PETHANI]

Failed to initialize video. You GPU may not be supported, or your graphics drivers may need to be updated

I have tried multiple options which were given the internet but no success. I have attached log file. Kindly help

 

[Sukiyucky]

OBS doesn't support your graphics card or it may support the graphics card but the driver version you are using is not the current one. It would be in your best interest to go update the graphics driver.

If that doesn't work, you have no other choice then get a new computer with a better graphics card.

Unfortunately, the log file doesn't show what GPU you are using (it usually does). An i3-2310M CPU is very weak and you would be better off with something like an i7. I assume you are on a laptop.

Based on that CPU and a laptop assumption, I would assume its an Intel HD 3000 integrated GPU which is extremely weak for rendering. Don't expect good quality output with your CPU/GPU combination. You will have to reduce in game/application settings to muster up at least 30FPS. The output will look very fuzzy and blocky making it unwatchable for users. So to save you some time, my recommendation is to forget using this computer for streaming/recording and get a more powerful one.