EposVox
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I've been using OBS/OBS Studio w/ Nvenc for YEARS with literally no problems until about a week ago. In the middle of a normal work day, no updates to my PC, no driver updates, no OBS updates - just re-opened it (probably third time in the day I had used it) and tried recording my usual Nvenc profile and it says:
"Starting the output failed. Please check the log for details. Note: If you are using the NVENC or AMD encoders, make sure your drivers are up to date."
Here's the log after it first happened.
Here's my most recent log.
Here's a log of me trying 32-bit, too.
I guess the big thing to note at the bottom:
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In trying to fix this, I updated Nvidia drivers. Didn't work. Re-installed OBS and it worked for the first day, but the problem keeps happening intermittently. I can record Nvenc streams for hours on end one day, then the next it won't let me record at all. X264 works, but I don't want to use that, especially for a lot of how I use it.
Not sure why it's "out of memory."
Nvence Capable Device is obviously present. Shadowplay/Share itself works (and yes I have it disabled while trying to use OBS) and Adobe CC suite detects the GPU for CUDA.
Any ideas??
Specs:
i7-6900k
32GB RAM
GTX 1080
Windows 10 64-bit (not on creator's update yet)
Oh and this can happen in both 32bit and 64bit OBS, too. Tried that.
2 different Nvenc profiles I usually use:
1080p 60fps 30mbps for stream VODs
&
4k 60fps Lossless for desktop recording
"Starting the output failed. Please check the log for details. Note: If you are using the NVENC or AMD encoders, make sure your drivers are up to date."
Here's the log after it first happened.
Here's my most recent log.
Here's a log of me trying 32-bit, too.
I guess the big thing to note at the bottom:
"
- 16:30:02.763: error: OpenEncodeSessionEx failed: out of memory (10)
- 16:30:02.790: fatal: No NVENC capable devices found
- 16:30:02.790: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library
In trying to fix this, I updated Nvidia drivers. Didn't work. Re-installed OBS and it worked for the first day, but the problem keeps happening intermittently. I can record Nvenc streams for hours on end one day, then the next it won't let me record at all. X264 works, but I don't want to use that, especially for a lot of how I use it.
Not sure why it's "out of memory."
Nvence Capable Device is obviously present. Shadowplay/Share itself works (and yes I have it disabled while trying to use OBS) and Adobe CC suite detects the GPU for CUDA.
Any ideas??
Specs:
i7-6900k
32GB RAM
GTX 1080
Windows 10 64-bit (not on creator's update yet)
Oh and this can happen in both 32bit and 64bit OBS, too. Tried that.
2 different Nvenc profiles I usually use:
1080p 60fps 30mbps for stream VODs
&
4k 60fps Lossless for desktop recording
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