OBS Studio records corrupted videos

General system Applications
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The recording looks fine while I’m recording, but when I view it thru VLC it just becomes a mess of artifacts, random colors and is unviewable. I didn’t have such issues on windows at all.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.19.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: root=UUID=91691606-aa74-48ac-9cb5-34b6d123b103 rw
    rootflags=subvol=@ sysrq_always_enabled=1 loglevel=3 nowatchdog
    nvme_load=YES initrd=@\boot\initramfs-linux-zen.img
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.25.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-bs0xx v: Type1ProductConfigId
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 832C v: 25.56 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.68 date: 07/22/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 23.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 23.4/31.1 Wh (75.4%)
    volts: 12.5 min: 11.1 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: full
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus
    M705 serial: <filter> charge: 10% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> charge: 70%
    (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Pentium N3710 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Airmont
    built: 2015-17 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x4C (76)
    stepping: 4 microcode: 0x411
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 224 KiB
    desc: d-4x24 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 2x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2560 high: 2561 min/max: 480/2560 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2560 2: 2560 3: 2561
    4: 2560 bogomips: 12800
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx
    Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:22b1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HP Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5.2:5
    chip-ID: 04f2:b5db class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP1 model: AU Optronics 0x10ec built: 2016
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 340x190mm (13.39x7.48")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 405 (BSW) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series
    High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:2284 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.4-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8188ee v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8179
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 343.17 GiB (73.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LT012-1DG142
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: YAM1
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 60 GiB size: 60 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.8 GiB (76.3%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 158.3 MiB
    (61.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 60 GiB size: 60 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.8 GiB
    (76.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 60 GiB size: 60 GiB (100.00%) used: 45.8 GiB
    (76.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 209 Uptime: 12m wakeups: 5 Memory: 3.74 GiB used: 1.93 GiB
  (51.7%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1351 lib: 330 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.20

I tried SimpleScreenRecorder to no avail, still artifacts and random colors galore! *sigh

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Try the modesetting driver, remove xf86-video-intel.

3

I originally tested with the modsetting driver using only OBS studio, then i installed xf86-video-intel and with both OBS and SSR it does nothing to solve the issue. to clarify I didn’t test modesetting and SSR.

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It is probably the processor then. It is a bit underpowered.

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True, but on Windows it was only lagging, not creating artifacts and random colors that make the video impossible to watch.

This video was recorded ages ago by me on Windows on the same hardware.

6

Try OBS itself and mpv. VLC is not exactly the video standard latelly.

If it still isn’t correct, then it is a matter of OBS settings.
You should run the OBS auto configuration feature, if you haven’t, or even rerun it.
If it is still bad, try manually changing OBS video output settings. It’s a try-and-fail case. :person_shrugging:

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NOW when I run OBS Studio (not recording) the preview comes as a flickering mess.

here’s an idea of what it is recording you are supposed to see me moving my windows around with the wobbly windows effect in an inverted U motion one at a time WITHOUT flickering.

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This is a different issue and probably exposes the actual problem:

Adding OBS to the playground is only worsening things.

I would suggest you play fair, like using a light system and relevant configuration. I would use ext4, for a more stable experience. If you are using compression in BTRFS, it would add more CPU load, but I am no expert on this :person_shrugging:

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The problem here is that it works perfectly fine on windoze. sure it’s choppy but at least it worked.

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were you able to do it?

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Welcome @domi to the EndeavourOS forum. I hope you enjoy your time here.

Anything in this Topic is 3 years old, so any solutions, discussions, are probably out of date.

If you have a problem with OBS Studio, feel free to start a new Topic on it.

Cheers :clinking_glasses:

Pudge

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It sounds like you’re encountering a common issue where the recording looks fine while it’s being recorded, but when you try to view it later through VLC, it’s corrupted with random colors and artifacts. This often happens due to incomplete or corrupted video files, particularly when recording with software like OBS. If this issue didn’t occur on Windows, it could be related to the format or how the recording is being processed on your current system. You might want to check out this guide https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/recover-corrupted-obs-recordings-after-crash-macgasm-xr9qe, which provides practical steps for fixing corrupted video files. This could help you recover the file or at least reduce the artifacts you’re seeing.

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