u/Ok_Recipe9207

I have tried looking every solution I could find online but the recording is always blurry. I have tried to run OBS as admin, changing encoders, changing to CQP, changing windows scalling, etc but nothing has worked.

Here are the logs:

17:20:23.863: Running as administrator: false 17:20:23.863: Windows 10/11 Gaming Features: 17:20:23.863: Game Bar: Off 17:20:23.863: Game DVR: Off 17:20:23.863: Game DVR Background Recording: Off 17:20:23.863: Game Mode: On 17:20:23.864: Sec. Software Status: 17:20:23.865: Microsoft Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV) 17:20:23.866: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW) 17:20:23.867: Current Date/Time: 2026-05-08, 17:20:23 17:20:23.867: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true 17:20:23.867: Hide OBS windows from screen capture: false 17:20:23.867: Qt Version: 6.8.3 (runtime), 6.8.3 (compiled) 17:20:23.867: Portable mode: false 17:20:24.297: OBS 32.1.2 (64-bit, windows) 17:20:24.297: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.358: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.358: audio settings reset: 17:20:24.358: samples per sec: 48000 17:20:24.358: speakers: 2 17:20:24.358: max buffering: 960 milliseconds 17:20:24.358: buffering type: dynamically increasing 17:20:24.360: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.360: Initializing D3D11... 17:20:24.360: Available Video Adapters: 17:20:24.362: Adapter 0: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics 17:20:24.362: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728 (0.1 GiB) 17:20:24.362: Shared VRAM: 8442638336 (7.9 GiB) 17:20:24.362: PCI ID: 8086:9a49 17:20:24.362: HAGS Status: Disabled (Default: No, Driver status: Unsupported) 17:20:24.362: Driver Version: 32.0.101.7082 17:20:24.363: output 0: 17:20:24.363: name=PA278QV 17:20:24.363: pos={0, 0} 17:20:24.363: size={2560, 1440} 17:20:24.363: attached=true 17:20:24.363: refresh=75 17:20:24.363: bits_per_color=8 17:20:24.363: space=RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709 17:20:24.363: primaries=[r=(0.651367, 0.327148), g=(0.291992, 0.596680), b=(0.148438, 0.059570), wp=(0.313477, 0.329102)] 17:20:24.363: relative_gamut_area=[709=1.033986, P3=0.762224, 2020=0.546845] 17:20:24.363: sdr_white_nits=80 17:20:24.363: nit_range=[min=0.500000, max=270.000000, max_full_frame=270.000000] 17:20:24.363: dpi=144 (150%) 17:20:24.363: id=\?\DISPLAY#AUS2700#4&335f6933&1&UID24644#{e6f07b5f-ee97-4a90-b076-33f57bf4eaa7} 17:20:24.363: alt_id=\.\DISPLAY1 17:20:24.364: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (0) 17:20:24.394: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000 17:20:24.394: DXGI increase maximum frame latency success 17:20:24.472: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.472: video settings reset: 17:20:24.472: base resolution: 2561x1440 17:20:24.472: output resolution: 2560x1440 17:20:24.472: downscale filter: Lanczos 17:20:24.472: fps: 30/1 17:20:24.472: format: NV12 17:20:24.472: YUV mode: Rec. 709/Partial 17:20:24.472: NV12 texture support enabled 17:20:24.472: P010 texture support not available 17:20:24.474: Audio monitoring device: 17:20:24.474: name: Default 17:20:24.474: id: default 17:20:24.476: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.478: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA UI plugin 17:20:24.478: Failed to initialize module 'aja-output-ui.dll' 17:20:24.479: No AJA devices found, skipping loading AJA plugin 17:20:24.479: Failed to initialize module 'aja.dll' 17:20:24.479: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll', not an OBS plugin 17:20:24.482: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded 17:20:24.482: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.dll' 17:20:24.483: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-output-ui.dll' 17:20:24.484: A DeckLink iterator could not be created. The DeckLink drivers may not be installed 17:20:24.485: Failed to initialize module 'decklink.dll' 17:20:24.491: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll', not an OBS plugin 17:20:24.491: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll', not an OBS plugin 17:20:24.492: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll', not an OBS plugin 17:20:24.492: [NVIDIA Audio Effects:] NVIDIA denoiser disabled, redistributable not found or could not be loaded. 17:20:24.493: Failed to get NVVideoEffects.dll version info size 17:20:24.493: [NVIDIA VIDEO FX]: FX disabled, redistributable not found or could not be loaded. 17:20:24.501: [obs-browser]: Version 2.26.8 17:20:24.501: [obs-browser]: CEF Version 127.0.6533.120 (runtime), 127.145.7+g2b7d20b+chromium-127.0.6533.120 (compiled) 17:20:24.505: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found. 17:20:24.505: (126) 17:20:24.505: NVENC not supported 17:20:24.505: Failed to initialize module 'obs-nvenc.dll' 17:20:24.755: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] you can haz websockets (Version: 5.7.3 | RPC Version: 1) 17:20:24.755: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Qt version (compile-time): 6.8.3 | Qt version (run-time): 6.8.3 17:20:24.755: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Linked ASIO Version: 103200 17:20:24.766: [obs-websocket] [obs_module_load] Module loaded. 17:20:24.770: [vlc-video]: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled 17:20:24.779: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.779: Loaded Modules: 17:20:24.779: win-wasapi.dll 17:20:24.779: win-dshow.dll 17:20:24.779: win-capture.dll 17:20:24.779: vlc-video.dll 17:20:24.779: text-freetype2.dll 17:20:24.779: rtmp-services.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-x264.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-websocket.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-webrtc.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-vst.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-transitions.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-text.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-qsv11.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-outputs.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-filters.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-ffmpeg.dll 17:20:24.779: obs-browser.dll 17:20:24.779: nv-filters.dll 17:20:24.779: image-source.dll 17:20:24.779: frontend-tools.dll 17:20:24.779: decklink-output-ui.dll 17:20:24.780: decklink-captions.dll 17:20:24.780: coreaudio-encoder.dll 17:20:24.780: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.780: --------------------------------- 17:20:24.780: Available Encoders: 17:20:24.780: Video Encoders: 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_svt_av1 (SVT-AV1) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_aom_av1 (AOM AV1) 17:20:24.780: - obs_qsv11_v2 (QuickSync H.264) 17:20:24.780: - obs_qsv11_hevc (QuickSync HEVC) 17:20:24.780: - obs_x264 (x264) 17:20:24.780: Audio Encoders: 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_aac (FFmpeg AAC) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_opus (FFmpeg Opus) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_pcm_s16le (FFmpeg PCM (16-bit)) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_pcm_s24le (FFmpeg PCM (24-bit)) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_pcm_f32le (FFmpeg PCM (32-bit float)) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_alac (FFmpeg ALAC (24-bit)) 17:20:24.780: - ffmpeg_flac (FFmpeg FLAC (16-bit)) 17:20:24.780: ==== Startup complete =============================================== 17:20:24.831: All scene data cleared 17:20:24.831: ------------------------------------------------ 17:20:24.836: [duplicator-monitor-capture: 'Display Capture'] update settings: 17:20:24.836: display: PA278QV (2560x1440) 17:20:24.836: cursor: true 17:20:24.836: method: DXGI 17:20:24.836: id: \?\DISPLAY#AUS2700#4&335f6933&1&UID24644#{e6f07b5f-ee97-4a90-b076-33f57bf4eaa7} 17:20:24.836: alt_id: \.\DISPLAY1 17:20:24.836: setting_id: \?\DISPLAY#AUS2700#4&335f6933&1&UID24644#{e6f07b5f-ee97-4a90-b076-33f57bf4eaa7} 17:20:24.836: force SDR: false 17:20:24.838: Switched to scene 'Scene' 17:20:24.838: ------------------------------------------------ 17:20:24.838: Loaded scenes: 17:20:24.838: - scene 'Scene': 17:20:24.838: - source: 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture) 17:20:24.838: ------------------------------------------------ 17:20:26.227: --------------------------------- 17:20:26.227: [x264 encoder: 'advanced_video_recording'] preset: medium 17:20:26.227: [x264 encoder: 'advanced_video_recording'] settings: 17:20:26.227: rate_control: CBR 17:20:26.227: bitrate: 10050 17:20:26.227: buffer size: 10050 17:20:26.227: crf: 23 17:20:26.227: fps_num: 30 17:20:26.227: fps_den: 1 17:20:26.227: width: 2560 17:20:26.227: height: 1440 17:20:26.227: keyint: 250 17:20:26.227: 17:20:26.229: --------------------------------- 17:20:26.230: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 2, channel_layout: stereo, track: 1 17:20:26.230: 17:20:26.244: ==== Recording Start =============================================== 17:20:26.244: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/Ryan/Videos/2026-05-08 17-20-26.mkv'... 17:20:59.420: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/Ryan/Videos/2026-05-08 17-20-26.mkv' stopped 17:20:59.420: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping 17:20:59.420: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 939 17:20:59.420: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 995 17:20:59.421: ==== Recording Stop ================================================