VIDEO ENCODER ISSUE

[harshitrajbind]

i have a rtx3050 A laptop gpu , it has a video encoder and drivers are upto date , but obs is not showing nvidia encoder in settings , plus , the nvidia app shows that obs has selected nvidia encoder ,i cant understand what to do , obs is upto date , drivers are upto date

 

[PaiSand]

You probably have set the iGPU as principal instead of using the GPU.

Laptop Troubleshooting

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording - obsproject/obs-studio

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[harshitrajbind]

nope ,its the gpu

 

[prgmitchell]

heh no guessing really needed with stuff like this, a log will answer for us

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...

obsproject.com

 

[harshitrajbind]

heh no guessing really needed with stuff like this, a log will answer for us

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...

obsproject.com

https://obsproject.com/logs/9RaeFrhnpRpvP8nz

 

[prgmitchell]

Performing a clean GPU driver installation

If you're experiencing strange issues or errors that might be related to your GPU drivers, one of the easiest potential fixes is a clean driver installation. Follow the instructions below. 1. Download the latest version of Display Driver...

obsproject.com

 

[harshitrajbind]

Performing a clean GPU driver installation

If you're experiencing strange issues or errors that might be related to your GPU drivers, one of the easiest potential fixes is a clean driver installation. Follow the instructions below. 1. Download the latest version of Display Driver...

obsproject.com

i thought of doing it but my fuking limited edition 3050 A has no driver on nvidia site

 

[koala]

It has. You might think every choice results in a different driver, and if you don't find a 100% exact match for your GPU there isn't a driver, but actually every choice for a RTX GPU results in the same all-in-one driver package. All RTX GPUs no matter if 20xx, 30xx, 40xx, 50xx, desktop and mobile, they all get the same driver package. So simply choose the best match and get the "game ready" driver. The driver installer will scan your system, and if the GPU it finds isn't supported, the driver will refuse to install.

 

[Suslik V]

By internal numbers and architecture the

"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU"
is variant of
"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU"

It has less power consumption (because it missing some blocks), so better to look for this RTX 4050 laptop GPU driver rather than RTX 3050.

 

[harshitrajbind]

By internal numbers and architecture the

"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU"
is variant of
"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU"

It has less power consumption (because it missing some blocks), so better to look for this RTX 4050 laptop GPU driver rather than RTX 3050.

you are technically and mathematically right

 

[harshitrajbind]

It has. You might think every choice results in a different driver, and if you don't find a 100% exact match for your GPU there isn't a driver, but actually every choice for a RTX GPU results in the same all-in-one driver package. All RTX GPUs no matter if 20xx, 30xx, 40xx, 50xx, desktop and mobile, they all get the same driver package. So simply choose the best match and get the "game ready" driver. The driver installer will scan your system, and if the GPU it finds isn't supported, the driver will refuse to install.


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i did clean insatllation,still the same

 

[harshitrajbind]

By internal numbers and architecture the

"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU"
is variant of
"NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU"

It has less power consumption (because it missing some blocks), so better to look for this RTX 4050 laptop GPU driver rather than RTX 3050.

didnt solve it

 

[harshitrajbind]

Had a similar issue with an RTX 3050 Ti laptop — OBS wouldn’t show the NVENC encoder even though my drivers were fully up to date. The only thing that fixed it for me was doing a complete driver cleanup using DDU and then installing the Game Ready Driver directly from NVIDIA’s site.

i used nvidia driver installer to do that
would it work?

 

[prgmitchell]

i used nvidia driver installer to do that
would it work?

Performing a clean GPU driver installation

If you're experiencing strange issues or errors that might be related to your GPU drivers, one of the easiest potential fixes is a clean driver installation. Follow the instructions below. 1. Download the latest version of Display Driver...

obsproject.com