Question / Help Just installed, get ''Failed to initialise video, Unknown error'' when try to open

[Mattdrinksbeer]

I just installed OBS Studio and I when I try to open the program I get a pop up saying ''Failed to initialise video, Unknown error''

How do I fix this

 

[RytoEX]

Hi! Please post a log. Does OBS still open up after the pop up?

 

[Oscar Jimenez]

my problem is when I try to open the program I get a pop up saying ''Failed to initialise video, Unknown error''

pc specification

20:22:51.265: CPU Name: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
20:22:51.265: CPU Speed: 2593MHz
20:22:51.265: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 2
20:22:51.265: Physical Memory: 4085MB Total, 2621MB Free (NOTE: 2 or 4 gigs max is normal for 32bit programs)
20:22:51.266: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7600 (revision: 16385; 64-bit)
20:22:51.266: Running as administrator: false
20:22:51.266: Aero is Enabled
20:22:51.266: Portable mode: false
20:22:51.284: OBS 0.16.5 (windows)
20:22:51.284: ---------------------------------
20:22:51.285: ---------------------------------
20:22:51.285: audio settings reset:
20:22:51.285: samples per sec: 44100
20:22:51.285: speakers: 2
20:22:51.287: ---------------------------------
20:22:51.287: Initializing D3D11..
20:22:51.287: Available Video Adapters:
20:22:51.291: Adapter 1: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
20:22:51.291: Dedicated VRAM: 0
20:22:51.291: Shared VRAM: 201326592
20:22:51.291: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1600, 900}, attached=true
20:22:51.298: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (0)
20:22:51.317: device_create (D3D11): Failed to create device (887A0004)
20:22:51.317: Failed to initialize obs video (-2) with graphics_module='libobs-d3d11.dll', retrying with graphics_module='libobs-opengl.dll'
20:22:51.340: OpenGL extension ARB_create_context is required
20:22:51.340: gl_platform_create failed
20:22:51.342: device_create (GL) failed
20:22:51.342: Failed to initialize video: Unspecified error
20:22:52.834: Freeing OBS context data
20:22:52.839: == Profiler Results =============================
20:22:52.839: run_program_init: 1618.91 ms
20:22:52.839: ┣OBSApp::AppInit: 11.361 ms
20:22:52.839: ┃ ┗OBSApp::InitLocale: 9.228 ms
20:22:52.839: ┗OBSApp::OBSInit: 98.87 ms
20:22:52.839: ┣obs_startup: 2.08 ms
20:22:52.839: ┗OBSBasic::OBSInit: 57.776 ms
20:22:52.839: ┣OBSBasic::InitBasicConfig: 0.833 ms
20:22:52.839: ┣OBSBasic::ResetAudio: 0.388 ms
20:22:52.839: ┗OBSBasic::ResetVideo: 56.476 ms
20:22:52.839: obs_hotkey_thread(25 ms): min=0.005 ms, median=0.01 ms, max=0.067 ms, 99th percentile=0.067 ms, 100% below 25 ms
20:22:52.839: audio_thread(Audio): min=0.002 ms, median=0.029 ms, max=0.104 ms, 99th percentile=0.104 ms
20:22:52.839: =================================================
20:22:52.840: == Profiler Time Between Calls ==================
20:22:52.840: obs_hotkey_thread(25 ms): min=24.228 ms, median=25.001 ms, max=33.036 ms, 78.3333% within ±2% of 25 ms (6.66667% lower, 15% higher)
20:22:52.840: =================================================
20:22:52.841: Number of memory leaks: 130

 

[Sapiens]

Your system does not meet the minimum requirements to run OBS. A DX10.1-capable GPU is needed. Even if it did launch, the rest of your hardware is too underpowered to do much of anything with the program.