Question / Help Failed to start recording - Something wrong with the encoders and drivers

[KayakWonka]

Whenever I click the "Start Recording" button, this comes up.

My drivers are fully up to date, and I am using a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card.

I've also uninstalled then reinstalled OBS Studio, and it still doesn't work. The NVENC encoder is the only one I can really use since x264 makes the video choppy. Any solutions?

Here's a log too.

 

[Harold]

Windows update is not how to get updates to your video card drivers.

Going to the manufacturer's website is.

 

[KayakWonka]

Windows update is not how to get updates to your video card drivers.

Going to the manufacturer's website is.

I did. I went to the Nvidia website and downloaded drivers there for my specific model. I've already installed the new drivers...

 

[Harold]

Your provided log doesn't show you attempting to record.

 

[KayakWonka]

Sorry, I've uploaded the wrong log. Replaced it with the correct one.

 

[Harold]

You may need to do a ddu uninstall then reinstall from nvidia.

 

[KayakWonka]

You may need to do a ddu uninstall then reinstall from nvidia.

Hmm... I uninstalled it, then reinstalled it like you said. It still doesn't work :(

 

[sam686]

It might be bad OBS-studio NVENC settings.
Set Level to auto, not 1.

If you want level 1 for h264, change resolution to a tiny 128×96 30fps, or 176×144 15 fps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels


Besides that, I am not really sure what else might be the problem with your NVENC.

 

[Lain]

sam686 is correct (I love this community): you used advanced output mode, and then changed a lot of its default settings. It won't start up if you set "level" to that value. Set the "level" value to "auto" as he said and it should fix it. I always recommend setting it to "auto".

There is a good reason why we separate these custom settings with advanced output mode -- it's because tinkering with encoding parameters like this can cause things to not function. I'd highly recommend just sticking to simple output mode and using one of the recording presets -- they automatically configure your encoding settings specifically for recording.

Also one minor thing, and my apologies in contradicting you a bit Harold: drivers directly from windows update are almost always good, Microsoft has the latest WHQL drivers that are both tested and approved by Microsoft, but sometimes they're not the latest and greatest so Harold was generally just concerned that perhaps Microsoft hadn't updated them due to our latest NVENC revision, but I'm pretty sure they have, so using windows update drivers should always always okay.