First time using OBS. I got the failed to start recording error when I tried to start recording. Here is the log:
10:40:22.646: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz
10:40:22.664: CPU Speed: 2304MHz
10:40:22.664: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
10:40:22.664: Physical Memory: 8065MB Total, 3841MB Free
10:40:22.664: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 14393 (revision: 1198; 64-bit)
10:40:22.664: Running as administrator: false
10:40:22.665: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
10:40:22.665: Portable mode: false
10:40:22.705: OBS 19.0.2 (64bit, windows)
10:40:22.705: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.718: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.718: audio settings reset:
10:40:22.718: samples per sec: 44100
10:40:22.718: speakers: 2
10:40:22.719: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.719: Initializing D3D11...
10:40:22.719: Available Video Adapters:
10:40:22.724: Adapter 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
10:40:22.724: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
10:40:22.724: Shared VRAM: 4228855808
10:40:22.724: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1366, 768}, attached=true
10:40:22.725: Adapter 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
10:40:22.725: Dedicated VRAM: 2117992448
10:40:22.725: Shared VRAM: 4228855808
10:40:22.728: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (0)
10:40:22.735: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
10:40:24.037: ---------------------------------
10:40:24.037: video settings reset:
10:40:24.037: base resolution: 1366x768
10:40:24.037: output resolution: 1092x614
10:40:24.037: downscale filter: Bicubic
10:40:24.037: fps: 30/1
10:40:24.037: format: NV12
10:40:24.038: Audio monitoring device:
10:40:24.038: name: Default
10:40:24.038: id: default
10:40:24.038: ---------------------------------
10:40:24.041: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.050: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
10:40:24.053: [AMF] Encountered Exception during AMF initialization: Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
10:40:24.053: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
10:40:24.702: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.710: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.712: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.740: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
10:40:24.740: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
10:40:24.906: NVENC supported
10:40:25.510: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
10:40:25.523: No blackmagic support
10:40:26.140: ---------------------------------
10:40:26.140: Loaded Modules:
10:40:26.140: win-wasapi.dll
10:40:26.140: win-mf.dll
10:40:26.140: win-dshow.dll
10:40:26.140: win-decklink.dll
10:40:26.140: win-capture.dll
10:40:26.140: vlc-video.dll
10:40:26.140: text-freetype2.dll
10:40:26.140: rtmp-services.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-x264.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-vst.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-transitions.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-text.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-qsv11.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-outputs.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-filters.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-ffmpeg.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-browser.dll
10:40:26.140: image-source.dll
10:40:26.140: frontend-tools.dll
10:40:26.140: enc-amf.dll
10:40:26.140: coreaudio-encoder.dll
10:40:26.140: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
10:40:26.163: Service '' not found
10:40:26.180: No scene file found, creating default scene
10:40:26.180: All scene data cleared
10:40:26.180: ------------------------------------------------
10:40:26.227: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
10:40:26.251: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
10:40:26.283: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
10:40:26.283: Switched to scene 'Scene'
10:40:26.283: Failed to glob scene collections
10:40:26.288: CalculateFileHash: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\Corey\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json': 2
10:40:27.639: [rtmp-services plugin] Successfully updated file 'services.json' (version 59)
10:40:27.641: [rtmp-services plugin] Successfully updated package (version 59)
10:40:38.260:
10:40:38.260: ==== Auto-config wizard testing commencing ======
10:40:43.039: ---------------------------------
10:40:43.039: video settings reset:
10:40:43.039: base resolution: 1366x768
10:40:43.039: output resolution: 908x512
10:40:43.039: downscale filter: Bicubic
10:40:43.039: fps: 30/1
10:40:43.039: format: NV12
10:40:43.046:
10:40:43.046: ==== Auto-config wizard testing stopping ========
10:43:02.374: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
10:43:02.375: ---------------------------------
10:43:02.375: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
10:43:02.375: rate_control: CQP
10:43:02.375: bitrate: 0
10:43:02.375: cqp: 19
10:43:02.375: keyint: 250
10:43:02.375: preset: hq
10:43:02.375: profile: high
10:43:02.375: level: auto
10:43:02.375: width: 908
10:43:02.375: height: 512
10:43:02.375: 2-pass: true
10:43:02.375: b-frames: 2
10:43:02.375: GPU: 0
10:43:02.375:
10:43:03.454: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library
10:43:27.484: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
10:43:27.485: ---------------------------------
10:43:27.485: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
10:43:27.485: rate_control: CQP
10:43:27.485: bitrate: 0
10:43:27.485: cqp: 19
10:43:27.485: keyint: 250
10:43:27.485: preset: hq
10:43:27.485: profile: high
10:43:27.485: level: auto
10:43:27.485: width: 908
10:43:27.485: height: 512
10:43:27.485: 2-pass: true
10:43:27.485: b-frames: 2
10:43:27.485: GPU: 0
10:43:27.485:
10:43:27.874: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library
10:40:22.646: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz
10:40:22.664: CPU Speed: 2304MHz
10:40:22.664: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
10:40:22.664: Physical Memory: 8065MB Total, 3841MB Free
10:40:22.664: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 14393 (revision: 1198; 64-bit)
10:40:22.664: Running as administrator: false
10:40:22.665: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
10:40:22.665: Portable mode: false
10:40:22.705: OBS 19.0.2 (64bit, windows)
10:40:22.705: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.718: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.718: audio settings reset:
10:40:22.718: samples per sec: 44100
10:40:22.718: speakers: 2
10:40:22.719: ---------------------------------
10:40:22.719: Initializing D3D11...
10:40:22.719: Available Video Adapters:
10:40:22.724: Adapter 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
10:40:22.724: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
10:40:22.724: Shared VRAM: 4228855808
10:40:22.724: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1366, 768}, attached=true
10:40:22.725: Adapter 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
10:40:22.725: Dedicated VRAM: 2117992448
10:40:22.725: Shared VRAM: 4228855808
10:40:22.728: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (0)
10:40:22.735: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
10:40:24.037: ---------------------------------
10:40:24.037: video settings reset:
10:40:24.037: base resolution: 1366x768
10:40:24.037: output resolution: 1092x614
10:40:24.037: downscale filter: Bicubic
10:40:24.037: fps: 30/1
10:40:24.037: format: NV12
10:40:24.038: Audio monitoring device:
10:40:24.038: name: Default
10:40:24.038: id: default
10:40:24.038: ---------------------------------
10:40:24.041: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.050: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
10:40:24.053: [AMF] Encountered Exception during AMF initialization: Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
10:40:24.053: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
10:40:24.702: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.710: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.712: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:40:24.740: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
10:40:24.740: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
10:40:24.906: NVENC supported
10:40:25.510: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
10:40:25.523: No blackmagic support
10:40:26.140: ---------------------------------
10:40:26.140: Loaded Modules:
10:40:26.140: win-wasapi.dll
10:40:26.140: win-mf.dll
10:40:26.140: win-dshow.dll
10:40:26.140: win-decklink.dll
10:40:26.140: win-capture.dll
10:40:26.140: vlc-video.dll
10:40:26.140: text-freetype2.dll
10:40:26.140: rtmp-services.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-x264.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-vst.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-transitions.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-text.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-qsv11.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-outputs.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-filters.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-ffmpeg.dll
10:40:26.140: obs-browser.dll
10:40:26.140: image-source.dll
10:40:26.140: frontend-tools.dll
10:40:26.140: enc-amf.dll
10:40:26.140: coreaudio-encoder.dll
10:40:26.140: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
10:40:26.163: Service '' not found
10:40:26.180: No scene file found, creating default scene
10:40:26.180: All scene data cleared
10:40:26.180: ------------------------------------------------
10:40:26.227: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
10:40:26.251: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
10:40:26.283: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
10:40:26.283: Switched to scene 'Scene'
10:40:26.283: Failed to glob scene collections
10:40:26.288: CalculateFileHash: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\Corey\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json': 2
10:40:27.639: [rtmp-services plugin] Successfully updated file 'services.json' (version 59)
10:40:27.641: [rtmp-services plugin] Successfully updated package (version 59)
10:40:38.260:
10:40:38.260: ==== Auto-config wizard testing commencing ======
10:40:43.039: ---------------------------------
10:40:43.039: video settings reset:
10:40:43.039: base resolution: 1366x768
10:40:43.039: output resolution: 908x512
10:40:43.039: downscale filter: Bicubic
10:40:43.039: fps: 30/1
10:40:43.039: format: NV12
10:40:43.046:
10:40:43.046: ==== Auto-config wizard testing stopping ========
10:43:02.374: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
10:43:02.375: ---------------------------------
10:43:02.375: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
10:43:02.375: rate_control: CQP
10:43:02.375: bitrate: 0
10:43:02.375: cqp: 19
10:43:02.375: keyint: 250
10:43:02.375: preset: hq
10:43:02.375: profile: high
10:43:02.375: level: auto
10:43:02.375: width: 908
10:43:02.375: height: 512
10:43:02.375: 2-pass: true
10:43:02.375: b-frames: 2
10:43:02.375: GPU: 0
10:43:02.375:
10:43:03.454: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library
10:43:27.484: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
10:43:27.485: ---------------------------------
10:43:27.485: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
10:43:27.485: rate_control: CQP
10:43:27.485: bitrate: 0
10:43:27.485: cqp: 19
10:43:27.485: keyint: 250
10:43:27.485: preset: hq
10:43:27.485: profile: high
10:43:27.485: level: auto
10:43:27.485: width: 908
10:43:27.485: height: 512
10:43:27.485: 2-pass: true
10:43:27.485: b-frames: 2
10:43:27.485: GPU: 0
10:43:27.485:
10:43:27.874: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library