Overload on 0.4 not on 0.3.1/0.2

[Donzii]

Hi,
im testing the plugin on my pc that i use as a console-system.
(xbox - steambox for only gaming on a 65" in 2k90 with MangoHud-fps-limiter, sometimes in 2k60/4k60 vSync on or MangoHud-fps-limiter)

i record my gameplays in relative high-fps. i came from windows with 120fps, on linux i get 90 without overloading.
why i cant record in 120, is another problem. is not relevant here, or is it?

vaapi v0.2 and 0.3.1 have perfect records, but 0.4 overloads. each new plugin-insert i check the settings and correct them.
records on 90, 78 or 60, it overloads. obs v 29.1.3 or the 30.0 beta, same.

maybe a problem with the old version of gstreamer?

here the logs. i hope it can help
i mean, its not a problem, i can use the 0.3.1, its only fyi ;o)

v0.2
2023-10-07 22-18-44.txt

v0.3.1
2023-10-07 22-22-20.txt

v0.4
2023-10-07 22-24-46.txt

my system-info
https://termbin.com/cona

[fzwoch]

0.4.0 uses vaapipostproc instead of vaposptroc, as they should not be mixed.

try va plugins instead og vaapi. vaapi is basically dead und superseeded by va.

actually 0.3.1 should only list encoders when you have vapostproc. however, the va plugins are not listed in the log.. which puzzles me a bit..

[Donzii]

did you mean, do not mix obs-gstreamer.so AND obs-vaapi.so in 1 installation?
/.config/obs-studio/plugins/obs-vaapi/bin/64bit/obs-vaapi.so
/.config/obs-studio/plugins/obs-gstreamer/bin/64bit/obs-gstreamer.so
ok, i will test each plugin alone, no problem :o)

which va plugins do you mean? its not a flatpak-obs, its LinuxMint 21.2 with OBS-PPA 29.1.3 and OBS-GitHub-beta

Quote:
"try va plugins instead og vaapi. vaapi is basically dead und superseeded by va."
I do not understand that now (mein englisch ist nicht ganz perfekt)

[fzwoch]

Your English is fine. obs-gstreamer and obs-vaapi can co-exists. But I discourage from using obs-gstreamer for encoding, it has a couple of issues.

Within GStreamer there are two different sets of vaapi encoder plugins. obs-vaapi should offer both types - legacy and the new ones. Legacy are in package vaapi and newer ones are in package va. Not sure how your linux distributions packages these.

Withing the OBS log you should see these:

info: [obs-vaapi] version: 0.4.0-3-g350b3de, gst-runtime: 1.22.6
info: [obs-vaapi] found vah265enc
info: [obs-vaapi] found vah264enc
info: [obs-vaapi] found vaapih264enc
info: [obs-vaapi] found vaapih265enc

va... means new
vaapi... means the old one (you are using)

There have been reports of some performance issues with the new ones as well. But I think it is important to test and report these upstream to GStreamer as the old ones will go away at some point.

But indeed I noticed that you will need GStreamer 1.22 for the new ones..

[Donzii]

ahh yes, Mint 21.2 has gstreamer 1.20.3 thats why i using the "legacy"

hope i can compile 1.22.x https://github.com/GStreamer/gstreamer myself without breaking anything :D

[fzwoch]

May be a tough one. As long as you found a way to make it work for you it is fine :)

Just keep an eye on the new ones when you have them available.

I will close this one as it is probably an issue with the legacy postproc and the older versions get away it as they use the new one - although it is not correct to use it.