Question / Help "x264 failed to load"

[CarlM]

I've been trying to play around with OBS Studio but I get this basic error with any attempt to stream or record on a totally clean installation. FWIW my old normal OBS works just fine, so no idea what OBS.S's problem is...any ideas? Thanks.

08:07:09.829: ---------------------------------
08:07:09.829: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: fast
08:07:09.829: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: main
08:07:09.829: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
08:07:09.829: rate_control: CBR
08:07:09.829: bitrate: 6000
08:07:09.829: buffer size: 6000
08:07:09.829: crf: 0
08:07:09.829: fps_num: 30
08:07:09.829: fps_den: 1
08:07:09.829: width: 2560
08:07:09.829: height: 1440
08:07:09.829: keyint: 120
08:07:09.829: vfr: off
08:07:09.829:
08:07:09.834: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] x264 failed to load

 

[Harold]

main profile doesn't support that resolution.

 

[CarlM]

1440P works fine with the main profile and streaming to YouTube Gaming via OBS Classic, but anyway...tried pulling it down to 1080P, same error:

08:26:32.781: ---------------------------------
08:26:32.781: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: fast
08:26:32.781: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: main
08:26:32.781: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
08:26:32.781: rate_control: CBR
08:26:32.781: bitrate: 6000
08:26:32.781: buffer size: 6000
08:26:32.781: crf: 0
08:26:32.781: fps_num: 30
08:26:32.781: fps_den: 1
08:26:32.781: width: 1920
08:26:32.781: height: 1080
08:26:32.781: keyint: 120
08:26:32.781: vfr: off
08:26:32.781:
08:26:32.786: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] x264 failed to load

I notice in the larger log file some libraries fail to load. I checked and the files are indeed there, so...not sure if it would be related:

07:57:14.444: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
07:57:14.445: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
07:57:14.446: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed

 

[Harold]

A reinstall of studio may be needed then.

 

[CarlM]

Got it to work finally: 32-bit OBS Studio, after a reinstall including wiping user settings, was able to record at 1080P, but any higher resolution got the "x264 failed to load" error. Starting up 64-bit OBS Studio and I'm able to record in 1440P and UHD4K no problem. TBD on streaming, need to get all those settings re-sorted again...