Question / Help Best Setup

[luu02]

Hi there,

I want to use obs to record my gameplay. The problem is that my game always drop frames when I record. On top of that, if I use lower settings/bit rate, the recording will freeze up once in a while. What is a great setup I can use to record games without dropping frames and without freezing.

I have an old laptop running an I5 4210y @ 1.5ghz and using Intel Graphics. Games running can reach anywhere from 30fps to 120 (minecraft).

My current settings are
Bitrate: 1000
Buffer : 1000
Advanced:
Process Priority: High (anything lower and it freezes)
cpu preset: Ultrafast
x264 encoder settings: crf=15

Thank you

 

[Harold]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.12600/

 

[luu02]

Thank you. I have tried those settings before. But it dropped the game fps by a crap ton. Beyond that, it also freezes every once in a while.

 

[Harold]

Then you didn't actually follow those settings.

 

[luu02]

I use to have those settings. They would drop frames the second I open up a game and the recording freezess as well. Here is my configuration. What else should I change?

 

[Harold]

Post your OBS log from a session where the problem happens please.

 

[luu02]

Where do I find the logs?

 

[Harold]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/problem-make-sure-to-post-a-log-and-or-crash-dump-howto.97/

 

[luu02]

https://gist.github.com/6d4f1f9d3d1dd0f59c03bbb611446a48

 

[Harold]

Your system's CPU is too weak to keep up.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4210Y+@+1.50GHz

 

[luu02]

So does this mean that no matter what I do, I will either have dropped frames and/or freezing? Or can I do something to fix this (not changing the cpu, not that techy and don't want to mess with my laptop)

 

[Harold]

If you don't want to replace the cpu (which isn't recommended for laptops due to the shape of it) then replacing the whole machine with a higher end one is the only real option to solve the problem