Bart Z Lederman
New Member
There is a web page on the OBS web site:
obsproject.com
but there are some problems here.
First, the link to "workarounds" https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-use-quicksync.82/ is broken.
But the big problem is sending people to the Intel web site to obtain the driver that enables QSV.
I have enabled QSV on four PCs so far, including older models of computer and processor, and on both
Windows 7 and Windows 10 and have it working, but there is a very, very big problem when you
try to do this with an older machine. I'm now trying to enable it on a Windows 7 system (only partly
relevant) with an i3-2021 processor. The problem is that when you go to the Intel web site to get the
driver, you are told that it's no longer in production, so the driver that will enable QSV encoding is no longer
available.
I've tried to convince Intel that this is the wrong attitude. My example is if you own an automobile that is
more than a couple years old. If you go to the dealer to anything repaired, including normal maintenance
items such as brakes or tires replace, if they told you "sorry, the car is no longer in production, the
manufacturer no longer supplies replacement parts, and has erased all of the manuals and instructions
for doing the repairs, and forbids us to work on them", I'm sure you would be outraged. But that is what
Intel is doing.
Intel also compounds the problem because documentation is not always listed by the actual
number / ID of the processor which is what your system will show you: for example on Windows,
if you open Windows Explorer and right-click on "Computer" or "This PC" and select "Properties",
it will show you a processor with something like i3-2120 and the speed.
To find documentation for it you may also have to know the Generation number and the project
name like "West Lake" or "Raptor Lake".
So the only answer appears to be for the community to keep copies of the older drivers and find a way
to make them available. In the past I've been successful a couple of times in finding drivers, but I'm
having difficulty now with the i3-2120 and Windows. I'm looking not just for this specific driver (though
I would very gladly accept an answer for that; but also to try to find a way for the community to address
this problem for everyone. Just because a PC is a few years old does not mean it's worthless.
So if anyone does know of a reliable site to obtain information on these processors in a usable form,
and especially where or how to find the necessary drivers for older processors, I think you would be
doing the entire community a big boost by posting it here, where it can be found. Any sort of positive
information on this subject would be very helpful to everyone.
OBS Forums
Discussion forums for OBS Studio, the free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
First, the link to "workarounds" https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-use-quicksync.82/ is broken.
But the big problem is sending people to the Intel web site to obtain the driver that enables QSV.
I have enabled QSV on four PCs so far, including older models of computer and processor, and on both
Windows 7 and Windows 10 and have it working, but there is a very, very big problem when you
try to do this with an older machine. I'm now trying to enable it on a Windows 7 system (only partly
relevant) with an i3-2021 processor. The problem is that when you go to the Intel web site to get the
driver, you are told that it's no longer in production, so the driver that will enable QSV encoding is no longer
available.
I've tried to convince Intel that this is the wrong attitude. My example is if you own an automobile that is
more than a couple years old. If you go to the dealer to anything repaired, including normal maintenance
items such as brakes or tires replace, if they told you "sorry, the car is no longer in production, the
manufacturer no longer supplies replacement parts, and has erased all of the manuals and instructions
for doing the repairs, and forbids us to work on them", I'm sure you would be outraged. But that is what
Intel is doing.
Intel also compounds the problem because documentation is not always listed by the actual
number / ID of the processor which is what your system will show you: for example on Windows,
if you open Windows Explorer and right-click on "Computer" or "This PC" and select "Properties",
it will show you a processor with something like i3-2120 and the speed.
To find documentation for it you may also have to know the Generation number and the project
name like "West Lake" or "Raptor Lake".
So the only answer appears to be for the community to keep copies of the older drivers and find a way
to make them available. In the past I've been successful a couple of times in finding drivers, but I'm
having difficulty now with the i3-2120 and Windows. I'm looking not just for this specific driver (though
I would very gladly accept an answer for that; but also to try to find a way for the community to address
this problem for everyone. Just because a PC is a few years old does not mean it's worthless.
So if anyone does know of a reliable site to obtain information on these processors in a usable form,
and especially where or how to find the necessary drivers for older processors, I think you would be
doing the entire community a big boost by posting it here, where it can be found. Any sort of positive
information on this subject would be very helpful to everyone.