Is there an older version I can get somewhere for Win 8.1?

[Skulldriver]

I have 2 computers. n old Toshiba laptop with Windows 8.1, and a slightly old tower with Windows 10. The version available on your site will not install on anything older than Windows 10. So I can't use my laptop. On the tower, I keep getting the message " nvidia driver does not support this nvenc version" when i try to record. It recommends updating the driver. When I record stream however it works well for about 30 minutes then i start to get a phantom audio sound that is about 5 to 8 seconds behind the main track in the recorded file. I tried to update the driver as recommended and that is not possible apparently. I have the most updated version available. So my only option now is an older version of OBS. Can someone help me find one? Unless you have some other fix or recommendation for me.

 

[PaiSand]

Yes, it's version 27.2.4

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[AaronD]

I believe Win8.1 is out of support now, which means that anyone who figures out how to hack into it, will *not* have their exploits blocked anymore. If it will never see the internet ever again, you might be okay(*), but I would DEFINITELY not trust it online!

(*) Air gaps are not guaranteed security. There's malware that can jump those and keep going. Remember STUXNET, that killed a nuclear power plant / bomb factory? Its target was air-gapped for precisely that purpose, and the attack worked anyway. And the code that did that hit the black market almost immediately, so anyone since then who knows where to look, can use it. And I'm sure there are others too by now, that the media simply hasn't told us about.
So unless you treat it like it's 1960 in terms of data entry and output (all manual, by hand and eye, no connection to anything else, and no external storage either, like flash drives, CD's, floppies, etc.), there's always a risk.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Every Win 8.x system I've had (including a HP Envy 2-in-1 Atom CPU based model) upgraded for free to Win10 which is WAY better than the kludge of Win8.1 (granted not the original Win10 releases, but certainly after 2 years). So unless you have a REALLY good reason to stay on Win8.1 (and I'm hard pressed to think of one)... its way past time for the free OS upgrade

 

[qhobbes]

You may still be able to get the free upgrade to Windows 10. See https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.html . That article is from November of 2022 so that method may still work.