I tried using all encoders and none work. I believe this log is while using NVENC H.264
19:22:13.541: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
19:22:13.541: CPU Speed: 2904MHz
19:22:13.541: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
19:22:13.541: Physical Memory: 16269MB Total, 10910MB Free
19:22:13.541: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 112; 64-bit)
19:22:13.541: Running as administrator: false
19:22:13.541: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
19:22:13.541: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
19:22:13.541: Game DVR: On
19:22:13.543: Sec. Software Status:
19:22:13.544: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
19:22:13.544: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (AV)
19:22:13.544: McAfee Firewall: enabled (FW)
19:22:13.544: Windows Firewall: disabled (FW)
19:22:13.544: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
19:22:13.544: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (ASW)
19:22:13.545: Portable mode: false
19:22:13.633: OBS 21.1.2 (64bit, windows)
19:22:13.633: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.634: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.634: audio settings reset:
19:22:13.634: samples per sec: 48000
19:22:13.634: speakers: 2
19:22:13.635: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.635: Initializing D3D11...
19:22:13.635: Available Video Adapters:
19:22:13.640: Adapter 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620
19:22:13.640: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
19:22:13.640: Shared VRAM: 4234741760
19:22:13.640: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
19:22:13.640: Adapter 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
19:22:13.640: Dedicated VRAM: 4263378944
19:22:13.640: Shared VRAM: 4234741760
19:22:13.645: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (0)
19:22:13.652: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
19:22:14.331: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.331: video settings reset:
19:22:14.331: base resolution: 1920x1080
19:22:14.331: output resolution: 1920x1080
19:22:14.331: downscale filter: Lanczos
19:22:14.331: fps: 60/1
19:22:14.331: format: NV12
19:22:14.331: YUV mode: 709/Full
19:22:14.332: Audio monitoring device:
19:22:14.332: name: Default
19:22:14.332: id: default
19:22:14.332: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.334: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.335: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
19:22:14.360: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
19:22:14.360: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
19:22:14.372: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.372: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll': The specified procedure could not be found.
19:22:14.372: (127)
19:22:14.372: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
19:22:14.373: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.374: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.31.0']
19:22:14.377: NVENC supported
19:22:14.405: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
19:22:14.412: No blackmagic support
19:22:14.420: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.420: Loaded Modules:
19:22:14.420: win-wasapi.dll
19:22:14.420: win-mf.dll
19:22:14.420: win-dshow.dll
19:22:14.420: win-decklink.dll
19:22:14.420: win-capture.dll
19:22:14.420: vlc-video.dll
19:22:14.420: text-freetype2.dll
19:22:14.420: rtmp-services.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-x264.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-vst.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-transitions.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-text.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-qsv11.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-outputs.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-filters.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-ffmpeg.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-browser.dll
19:22:14.420: image-source.dll
19:22:14.420: frontend-tools.dll
19:22:14.420: enc-amf.dll
19:22:14.420: coreaudio-encoder.dll
19:22:14.420: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.420: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
19:22:14.421: Service '' not found
19:22:14.424: All scene data cleared
19:22:14.424: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.557: WASAPI: Device 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.576: WASAPI: Device 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.627: WASAPI: Device 'Mic in at front panel (black) (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.630: Switched to scene 'screen recording'
19:22:14.630: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.630: Loaded scenes:
19:22:14.630: - scene 'screen recording':
19:22:14.630: - source: 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture)
19:22:14.630: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.665: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
19:22:16.280: ---------------------------------
19:22:16.280: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
19:22:16.280: rate_control: CBR
19:22:16.280: bitrate: 40000
19:22:16.280: cqp: 0
19:22:16.280: keyint: 250
19:22:16.280: preset: default
19:22:16.280: profile: main
19:22:16.280: level: auto
19:22:16.280: width: 1920
19:22:16.280: height: 1080
19:22:16.280: 2-pass: true
19:22:16.280: b-frames: 2
19:22:16.280: GPU: 0
19:22:16.280:
19:22:16.708: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library
19:22:13.541: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz
19:22:13.541: CPU Speed: 2904MHz
19:22:13.541: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
19:22:13.541: Physical Memory: 16269MB Total, 10910MB Free
19:22:13.541: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 112; 64-bit)
19:22:13.541: Running as administrator: false
19:22:13.541: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
19:22:13.541: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
19:22:13.541: Game DVR: On
19:22:13.543: Sec. Software Status:
19:22:13.544: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
19:22:13.544: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (AV)
19:22:13.544: McAfee Firewall: enabled (FW)
19:22:13.544: Windows Firewall: disabled (FW)
19:22:13.544: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
19:22:13.544: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (ASW)
19:22:13.545: Portable mode: false
19:22:13.633: OBS 21.1.2 (64bit, windows)
19:22:13.633: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.634: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.634: audio settings reset:
19:22:13.634: samples per sec: 48000
19:22:13.634: speakers: 2
19:22:13.635: ---------------------------------
19:22:13.635: Initializing D3D11...
19:22:13.635: Available Video Adapters:
19:22:13.640: Adapter 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 620
19:22:13.640: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
19:22:13.640: Shared VRAM: 4234741760
19:22:13.640: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
19:22:13.640: Adapter 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
19:22:13.640: Dedicated VRAM: 4263378944
19:22:13.640: Shared VRAM: 4234741760
19:22:13.645: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 620 (0)
19:22:13.652: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
19:22:14.331: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.331: video settings reset:
19:22:14.331: base resolution: 1920x1080
19:22:14.331: output resolution: 1920x1080
19:22:14.331: downscale filter: Lanczos
19:22:14.331: fps: 60/1
19:22:14.331: format: NV12
19:22:14.331: YUV mode: 709/Full
19:22:14.332: Audio monitoring device:
19:22:14.332: name: Default
19:22:14.332: id: default
19:22:14.332: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.334: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.335: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
19:22:14.360: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
19:22:14.360: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
19:22:14.372: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.372: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll': The specified procedure could not be found.
19:22:14.372: (127)
19:22:14.372: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
19:22:14.373: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
19:22:14.374: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.31.0']
19:22:14.377: NVENC supported
19:22:14.405: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
19:22:14.412: No blackmagic support
19:22:14.420: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.420: Loaded Modules:
19:22:14.420: win-wasapi.dll
19:22:14.420: win-mf.dll
19:22:14.420: win-dshow.dll
19:22:14.420: win-decklink.dll
19:22:14.420: win-capture.dll
19:22:14.420: vlc-video.dll
19:22:14.420: text-freetype2.dll
19:22:14.420: rtmp-services.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-x264.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-vst.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-transitions.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-text.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-qsv11.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-outputs.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-filters.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-ffmpeg.dll
19:22:14.420: obs-browser.dll
19:22:14.420: image-source.dll
19:22:14.420: frontend-tools.dll
19:22:14.420: enc-amf.dll
19:22:14.420: coreaudio-encoder.dll
19:22:14.420: ---------------------------------
19:22:14.420: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
19:22:14.421: Service '' not found
19:22:14.424: All scene data cleared
19:22:14.424: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.557: WASAPI: Device 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.576: WASAPI: Device 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.627: WASAPI: Device 'Mic in at front panel (black) (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
19:22:14.630: Switched to scene 'screen recording'
19:22:14.630: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.630: Loaded scenes:
19:22:14.630: - scene 'screen recording':
19:22:14.630: - source: 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture)
19:22:14.630: ------------------------------------------------
19:22:14.665: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
19:22:16.280: ---------------------------------
19:22:16.280: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
19:22:16.280: rate_control: CBR
19:22:16.280: bitrate: 40000
19:22:16.280: cqp: 0
19:22:16.280: keyint: 250
19:22:16.280: preset: default
19:22:16.280: profile: main
19:22:16.280: level: auto
19:22:16.280: width: 1920
19:22:16.280: height: 1080
19:22:16.280: 2-pass: true
19:22:16.280: b-frames: 2
19:22:16.280: GPU: 0
19:22:16.280:
19:22:16.708: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Generic error in an external library