Question / Help Video only records as static image

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JerMan

New Member
I'm a newb with OBS and I can't get it to record any live video--only a static image of the selected monitor or area. I've tried various higher quality and lower quality settings, various sources (window, monitor, subwindow, custom area, etc.) with no change to the output video. I'm playing back with VLC. Audio from a headset is recording fine. Moving the cursor or windows causes no change in the video when recording. The stream preview always shows what I want, it just doesn't record. All older threads I found on here with this issue were unsolved.

Snippet from my log file below. Thanks.



22:23:02: =====Stream Start: 2015-07-08, 22:23:02===============================================
22:23:02: Multithreaded optimizations: On
22:23:02: Base resolution: 1920x1080
22:23:02: Output resolution: 1920x1080
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (Adapter 1)...
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Audio Format: 48000 Hz
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Audio Channels: 2 Ch
22:23:02: Playback device Default
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Turtle Beach P11 Headset)
22:23:02: Global Audio time adjust: 0
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Turtle Beach P11 Headset)
22:23:02: Mic time offset: 0
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Audio Encoding: AAC
22:23:02: bitrate: 128
22:23:02: Using Window Capture
22:23:02: Scene buffering time set to 700
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:02: Video Encoding: x264
22:23:02: fps: 15
22:23:02: width: 1920, height: 1080
22:23:02: preset: veryfast
22:23:02: profile: high
22:23:02: keyint: 250
22:23:02: CBR: no
22:23:02: CFR: no
22:23:02: max bitrate: 15000
22:23:02: buffer size: 5000
22:23:02: quality: 10
22:23:02: ------------------------------------------
22:23:17: Total frames encoded: 224, total frames duplicated: 0 (0.00%)
22:23:17: Total frames rendered: 238, number of late frames: 1 (0.42%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
22:23:18:
22:23:18: Profiler time results:
22:23:18:
22:23:18: ==============================================================
22:23:18: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.75 ms] [children: 59.4%] [unaccounted: 40.6%]
22:23:18: | scene->Preprocess - [56.4%] [avg time: 1.551 ms]
22:23:18: | GPU download and conversion - [3.02%] [avg time: 0.083 ms] [children: 2.69%] [unaccounted: 0.327%]
22:23:18: | | flush - [1.78%] [avg time: 0.049 ms]
22:23:18: | | CopyResource - [0.691%] [avg time: 0.019 ms]
22:23:18: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.218%] [avg time: 0.006 ms]
22:23:18: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 0.813 ms] [children: 99.1%] [unaccounted: 0.861%]
22:23:18: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.1%] [avg time: 0.806 ms]
22:23:18: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.989 ms] [children: 0.368%] [unaccounted: 99.6%]
22:23:18: | sending stuff out - [0.368%] [avg time: 0.011 ms]
22:23:18: ==============================================================
22:23:18:
22:23:18:
22:23:18: Profiler CPU results:
22:23:18:
22:23:18: ==============================================================
22:23:18: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 2.228 ms, total 530.403 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 1.179 ms, total 280.802 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0.065 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0.069 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 0.901 ms, total 811.204 ms] [avg calls per frame: 4]
22:23:18: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 0.901 ms, total 811.204 ms] [avg calls per frame: 4]
22:23:18: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 2.507 ms, total 561.603 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: | sending stuff out - [cpu time: avg 0.069 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
22:23:18: ==============================================================
22:23:18:
22:23:18: =====Stream End: 2015-07-08, 22:23:18=================================================
 
Harold

Harold

Active Member
From your incomplete log I can see constant framerate is disabled. This might be part of the problem.

The missing components from the top of the log are relevant to the issue, please post the complete logfile using the "upload log" function in the help menu and link the log here.
 
Harold

Harold

Active Member
log shows CBR and not CFR on.
I said CFR.

Also, monitor capture is not very efficient and may be the problem. Are you capturing a game or some other program?
 
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JerMan

New Member
Ah, my mistake. I just switched CFR on and CBR off to no avail. Also tried window capture again--still the same issue. Monitor capture is ideal for me because I want to record two programs adjacent to each other to make a course/tutorial. It's pretty low impact stuff image-wise, I have a pretty solid PC, and lowering various settings has had no effect on this specific issue. Thanks for taking a look.

New log below.

https://gist.github.com/011fd1063ce7cd66cdfd
 
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JerMan

New Member
I figured it out...
They were recording fine--VLC isn't playing the video for them appropriately, and neither would Quicktime. Windows Media Player has no issues. -_-

I have no idea why, but VLC can't handle the files. Off to find out why that is, but it's a relief OBS is working.
 
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