Question / Help OBS Studio 18.0 Encoder Overloading

Venom Rush

Venom Rush

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My system spec is as follows:

CPU - i7 4770k
RAM - 8gb DDR3 1333mhz
GPU - Nvidia GTX 960
My boot drive is an SSD
Games are on a seperate SSD

I'm having trouble recording my gameplay. I initially did 4 recordings without any problems but subsequent recordings all fail because I keep getting a "Encoder overloading" error. My CBR bitrate for the initial recordings was at 10000. Since the encoding error I've reduced that to 1500 and I'm still receiving the error.

I've tried using both NVEC H.264 and x264. I've tried turning the recording resolution down to 720 from 1080 and my fps down to 30fps from 60fps. I'm still having this encoding problem. I'm pretty sure this isn't a pc issue because my specs are fairly decent. I've updated my game software to the latest version, updated my graphics drivers to the latest. I really don't know what to do from here.

Can anyone suggest what might be causing the issue?
 
Venom Rush

Venom Rush

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This is the last created log. I'm not sure if this would be from the last recording because the encoder overloaded and bombed out. I couldn't even close OBS Studio. I had to restart my pc.

21:28:30.415: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
21:28:30.415: CPU Speed: 3500MHz
21:28:30.415: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
21:28:30.415: Physical Memory: 8133MB Total, 5461MB Free
21:28:30.415: Windows Version: 6.3 Build 9600 (revision: 17056; 64-bit)
21:28:30.415: Running as administrator: false
21:28:30.415: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
21:28:30.417: Portable mode: false
21:28:30.448: OBS 18.0.0 (64bit, windows)
21:28:30.448: ---------------------------------
21:28:30.449: ---------------------------------
21:28:30.449: audio settings reset:
21:28:30.449: samples per sec: 48000
21:28:30.449: speakers: 2
21:28:30.454: ---------------------------------
21:28:30.454: Initializing D3D11..
21:28:30.454: Available Video Adapters:
21:28:30.456: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
21:28:30.456: Dedicated VRAM: 4189900800
21:28:30.456: Shared VRAM: 4264116224
21:28:30.456: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
21:28:30.457: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (0)
21:28:30.478: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
21:28:31.089: ---------------------------------
21:28:31.089: video settings reset:
21:28:31.089: base resolution: 1920x1080
21:28:31.089: output resolution: 1920x1080
21:28:31.089: downscale filter: Lanczos
21:28:31.089: fps: 60000/1001
21:28:31.089: format: NV12
21:28:31.090: ---------------------------------
21:28:31.099: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:28:31.114: [CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder
21:28:31.122: [AMF Encoder] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
21:28:31.182: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:28:31.185: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:28:31.189: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:28:31.192: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
21:28:31.192: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
21:28:31.215: NVENC supported
21:28:31.293: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
21:28:31.307: No blackmagic support
21:28:31.333: ---------------------------------
21:28:31.333: Loaded Modules:
21:28:31.333: win-wasapi.dll
21:28:31.333: win-mf.dll
21:28:31.333: win-dshow.dll
21:28:31.333: win-decklink.dll
21:28:31.333: win-capture.dll
21:28:31.333: vlc-video.dll
21:28:31.333: text-freetype2.dll
21:28:31.333: rtmp-services.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-x264.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-vst.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-transitions.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-text.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-qsv11.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-outputs.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-filters.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-ffmpeg.dll
21:28:31.333: obs-browser.dll
21:28:31.333: image-source.dll
21:28:31.333: frontend-tools.dll
21:28:31.333: enc-amf.dll
21:28:31.333: coreaudio-encoder.dll
21:28:31.333: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
21:28:31.375: Service '' not found
21:28:31.379: All scene data cleared
21:28:31.379: ------------------------------------------------
21:28:31.447: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
21:28:31.465: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Samson Meteor Mic)' initialized
21:28:31.481: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 21 milliseconds
21:28:31.550: Switched to scene 'Overwatch'
21:28:31.552: ------------------------------------------------
21:28:31.552: Loaded scenes:
21:28:31.552: - scene 'Overwatch':
21:28:31.552: - source: 'OW capture' (game_capture)
21:28:31.552: ------------------------------------------------
21:28:51.378: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
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Venom Rush

Venom Rush

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These are the last few log files. I don't know where I find all of it in one file.

20:07:50.832: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
20:07:50.832: CPU Speed: 3500MHz
20:07:50.832: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
20:07:50.832: Physical Memory: 8133MB Total, 5098MB Free
20:07:50.832: Windows Version: 6.3 Build 9600 (revision: 17056; 64-bit)
20:07:50.832: Running as administrator: false
20:07:50.832: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
20:07:50.832: Portable mode: false
20:07:50.843: OBS 18.0.0 (64bit, windows)
20:07:50.843: ---------------------------------
20:07:50.844: ---------------------------------
20:07:50.844: audio settings reset:
20:07:50.844: samples per sec: 48000
20:07:50.844: speakers: 2
20:07:50.845: ---------------------------------
20:07:50.845: Initializing D3D11..
20:07:50.845: Available Video Adapters:
20:07:50.846: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
20:07:50.846: Dedicated VRAM: 4189900800
20:07:50.846: Shared VRAM: 4264116224
20:07:50.846: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
20:07:50.848: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (0)
20:07:50.873: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
20:07:51.470: ---------------------------------
20:07:51.470: video settings reset:
20:07:51.470: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:07:51.470: output resolution: 1920x1080
20:07:51.470: downscale filter: Lanczos
20:07:51.470: fps: 60000/1001
20:07:51.470: format: NV12
20:07:51.472: ---------------------------------
20:07:51.474: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:07:51.490: [CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder
20:07:51.493: [AMF Encoder] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
20:07:51.508: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:07:51.509: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:07:51.511: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:07:51.512: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
20:07:51.512: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
20:07:51.516: NVENC supported
20:07:51.588: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
20:07:51.595: No blackmagic support
20:07:51.609: ---------------------------------
20:07:51.609: Loaded Modules:
20:07:51.609: win-wasapi.dll
20:07:51.609: win-mf.dll
20:07:51.609: win-dshow.dll
20:07:51.609: win-decklink.dll
20:07:51.609: win-capture.dll
20:07:51.609: vlc-video.dll
20:07:51.609: text-freetype2.dll
20:07:51.609: rtmp-services.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-x264.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-vst.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-transitions.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-text.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-qsv11.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-outputs.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-filters.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-ffmpeg.dll
20:07:51.609: obs-browser.dll
20:07:51.609: image-source.dll
20:07:51.609: frontend-tools.dll
20:07:51.609: enc-amf.dll
20:07:51.609: coreaudio-encoder.dll
20:07:51.609: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
20:07:51.617: Service '' not found
20:07:51.618: All scene data cleared
20:07:51.618: ------------------------------------------------
20:07:51.651: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
20:07:51.670: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Samson Meteor Mic)' initialized
20:07:51.731: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 21 milliseconds
20:07:51.835: Switched to scene 'Overwatch'
20:07:51.836: ------------------------------------------------
20:07:51.836: Loaded scenes:
20:07:51.836: - scene 'Overwatch':
20:07:51.836: - source: 'OW capture' (game_capture)
20:07:51.836: ------------------------------------------------
20:07:56.827: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] attempting to hook process: Overwatch.exe
20:07:56.829: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] using helper (compatibility hook)
20:07:56.834: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] hook not loaded yet, retrying..
20:07:59.831: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] attempting to hook process: Overwatch.exe
20:07:59.848: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] d3d11 shared texture capture successful
20:07:59.864: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] shared texture capture successful
20:08:05.373: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
20:09:29.664: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
20:09:29.664: ---------------------------------
20:09:29.664: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
20:09:29.664: rate_control: CBR
20:09:29.664: bitrate: 10000
20:09:29.664: cqp: 0
20:09:29.664: keyint: 250
20:09:29.664: preset: hp
20:09:29.664: profile: main
20:09:29.664: level: auto
20:09:29.664: width: 1920
20:09:29.664: height: 1080
20:09:29.664: 2-pass: true
20:09:29.664: b-frames: 2
20:09:29.664: GPU: 0
20:09:29.664:
20:09:30.458: [CoreAudio AAC: 'Track1']: settings:
20:09:30.458: mode: AAC
20:09:30.458: bitrate: 320
20:09:30.458: sample rate: 48000
20:09:30.458: cbr: on
20:09:30.458: output buffer: 1536
20:09:30.461: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
20:09:30.461: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Youtube recordings/2017-03-17_20-09-29.mp4'...
20:30:05.431: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Youtube recordings/2017-03-17_20-09-29.mp4' stopped
20:30:05.431: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
20:30:05.431: Output 'adv_file_output': Total encoded frames: 27387
20:30:05.431: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 74024
20:30:05.431: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 54925 (200.6%)
20:30:05.431: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 68 (0.1%)
20:30:05.432: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
20:30:15.743: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
20:30:15.744: ---------------------------------
20:30:15.744: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
20:30:15.744: rate_control: CBR
20:30:15.744: bitrate: 10000
20:30:15.744: cqp: 0
20:30:15.744: keyint: 250
20:30:15.744: preset: hp
20:30:15.744: profile: main
20:30:15.744: level: auto
20:30:15.744: width: 1920
20:30:15.744: height: 1080
20:30:15.744: 2-pass: true
20:30:15.744: b-frames: 2
20:30:15.744: GPU: 0
20:30:15.744:
20:30:16.290: [CoreAudio AAC: 'Track1']: settings:
20:30:16.290: mode: AAC
20:30:16.290: bitrate: 320
20:30:16.290: sample rate: 48000
20:30:16.290: cbr: on
20:30:16.290: output buffer: 1536
20:30:16.312: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
20:30:16.312: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Youtube recordings/2017-03-17_20-30-15.mp4'...
20:41:43.252: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] capture window no longer exists, terminating capture
20:41:43.253: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] capture stopped
20:43:40.386: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] attempting to hook process: Overwatch.exe
20:43:40.387: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] using helper (compatibility hook)
20:43:40.388: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] hook not loaded yet, retrying..
20:43:43.389: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] attempting to hook process: Overwatch.exe
20:43:43.403: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] d3d11 shared texture capture successful
20:43:43.405: [game-capture: 'OW capture'] shared texture capture successful
20:46:48.041: ==== Shutting down ==================================================
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Venom Rush

Venom Rush

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I'm trying to upload the txt files but nothing happens when I use the "Upload a File" button. I get to select the file but once I've done that there's no button that says upload. There's only a close button. Do I not have enough privileges to upload?

EDIT: Nevermind. It's working.
 

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Fenrir

Fenrir

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Simply, you're overloading your PC. Have you tried the simple mode presets using either NVENC or the x264 Low CPU usage encoders?

Also, make sure you cap FPS in your game. Overwatch will just run as fast as it can without a cap, and use all available system resources leaving nothing left for OBS.
 
Venom Rush

Venom Rush

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I've been testing since I set a new scene up and the problem seems to be gone. I haven't tested using the advanced options. I'll do that tomorrow. The good news is I can record at 1920x1080 with 30000 bitrate without issues now.
 
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