So here is the best example of the stutter I'll get. It gets like this when I open obs and it will stay like this whether I record or not. Here is a video of what I experience
https://youtu.be/vrNbtFCXnJ8
13:58:42.485: CPU Name: AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor
13:58:42.485: CPU Speed: 4722MHz
13:58:42.485: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
13:58:42.485: Physical Memory: 16348MB Total, 10426MB Free
13:58:42.485: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17133 (revision: 1; 64-bit)
13:58:42.485: Running as administrator: false
13:58:42.485: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
13:58:42.485: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
13:58:42.485: Game Bar: Off
13:58:42.485: Game DVR: Off
13:58:42.486: Game DVR Background Recording: Off
13:58:42.489: Sec. Software Status:
13:58:42.491: Windows Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV)
13:58:42.491: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
13:58:42.492: Windows Defender Antivirus: enabled (ASW)
13:58:42.492: Portable mode: false
13:58:42.647: OBS 21.1.0 (64bit, windows)
13:58:42.647: ---------------------------------
13:58:42.648: ---------------------------------
13:58:42.648: audio settings reset:
13:58:42.648: samples per sec: 44100
13:58:42.648: speakers: 2
13:58:42.694: ---------------------------------
13:58:42.694: Initializing D3D11...
13:58:42.694: Available Video Adapters:
13:58:42.696: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
13:58:42.696: Dedicated VRAM: 4239917056
13:58:42.696: Shared VRAM: 4276418560
13:58:42.696: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
13:58:42.699: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (0)
13:58:42.762: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
13:58:43.736: ---------------------------------
13:58:43.736: video settings reset:
13:58:43.736: base resolution: 1920x1080
13:58:43.736: output resolution: 1280x720
13:58:43.736: downscale filter: Lanczos
13:58:43.736: fps: 30/1
13:58:43.736: format: NV12
13:58:43.736: YUV mode: 709/Full
13:58:43.738: Audio monitoring device:
13:58:43.738: name: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
13:58:43.738: id: {0.0.0.00000000}.{ea0dd9f2-b0ae-4843-a5ba-dcabae210768}
13:58:43.738: ---------------------------------
13:58:44.038: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:58:44.081: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
13:58:44.237: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
13:58:44.237: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
13:58:44.878: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:58:44.958: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll': The specified procedure could not be found.
13:58:44.958: (127)
13:58:44.958: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
13:58:45.118: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:58:45.193: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.31.0']
13:58:45.823: NVENC supported
13:58:46.936: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
13:58:47.005: No blackmagic support
13:58:47.130: ---------------------------------
13:58:47.130: Loaded Modules:
13:58:47.130: win-wasapi.dll
13:58:47.130: win-mf.dll
13:58:47.130: win-dshow.dll
13:58:47.130: win-decklink.dll
13:58:47.130: win-capture.dll
13:58:47.130: vlc-video.dll
13:58:47.130: text-freetype2.dll
13:58:47.130: rtmp-services.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-x264.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-vst.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-transitions.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-text.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-qsv11.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-outputs.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-filters.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-ffmpeg.dll
13:58:47.130: obs-browser.dll
13:58:47.130: image-source.dll
13:58:47.130: frontend-tools.dll
13:58:47.130: enc-amf.dll
13:58:47.130: coreaudio-encoder.dll
13:58:47.130: ---------------------------------
13:58:47.130: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
13:58:47.148: All scene data cleared
13:58:47.148: ------------------------------------------------
13:58:47.241: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (SteelSeries Arctis 7 Game)' initialized
13:58:47.269: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
13:58:47.300: WASAPI: Device 'Headset Microphone (SteelSeries Arctis 7 Chat)' initialized
13:58:47.324: Switched to scene 'Recording'
13:58:47.324: ------------------------------------------------
13:58:47.324: Loaded scenes:
13:58:47.324: - scene 'Streaming':
13:58:47.324: - source: 'Monitor' (monitor_capture)
13:58:47.324: - source: 'TwitchAlerts' (browser_source)
13:58:47.324: - source: 'Latest Follower' (text_gdiplus)
13:58:47.324: - source: 'Recent Follower' (text_gdiplus)
13:58:47.324: - scene 'Recording':
13:58:47.324: - source: 'Monitor' (monitor_capture)
13:58:47.324: ------------------------------------------------
13:58:48.925: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
13:59:00.511: ---------------------------------
13:59:00.512: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
13:59:00.512: rate_control: CBR
13:59:00.512: bitrate: 6000
13:59:00.512: cqp: 0
13:59:00.512: keyint: 60
13:59:00.512: preset: default
13:59:00.512: profile: high
13:59:00.512: level: 5.1
13:59:00.512: width: 1280
13:59:00.512: height: 720
13:59:00.512: 2-pass: false
13:59:00.512: b-frames: 2
13:59:00.512: GPU: 0
13:59:00.512:
13:59:01.397: ---------------------------------
13:59:01.397: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
13:59:01.397:
13:59:01.452: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
13:59:01.452: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_13-59-00.mp4'...
14:10:30.091: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 69 milliseconds
14:13:51.631: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_13-59-00.mp4' stopped
14:13:51.631: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
14:13:51.631: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 26691
14:13:51.631: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 26705
14:13:51.632: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
14:19:27.342: Starting recording due to hotkey
14:19:27.343: ---------------------------------
14:19:27.343: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
14:19:27.343: rate_control: CBR
14:19:27.343: bitrate: 6000
14:19:27.343: cqp: 0
14:19:27.343: keyint: 60
14:19:27.343: preset: default
14:19:27.343: profile: high
14:19:27.343: level: 5.1
14:19:27.343: width: 1280
14:19:27.343: height: 720
14:19:27.343: 2-pass: false
14:19:27.343: b-frames: 2
14:19:27.343: GPU: 0
14:19:27.343:
14:19:27.511: ---------------------------------
14:19:27.512: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
14:19:27.512:
14:19:27.545: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
14:19:27.545: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_14-19-27.mp4'...
14:19:39.784: Stopping recording due to hotkey
14:19:39.962: Stopping recording due to hotkey
14:19:39.974: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_14-19-27.mp4' stopped
14:19:39.974: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
14:19:39.974: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 361
14:19:39.974: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 373
14:19:39.974: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
14:46:34.781: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 92 milliseconds
14:46:48.286: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 116 milliseconds
20:02:45.034: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 139 milliseconds
20:02:45.735: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 162 milliseconds
20:05:08.360: Starting recording due to hotkey
20:05:08.363: ---------------------------------
20:05:08.363: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
20:05:08.363: rate_control: CBR
20:05:08.363: bitrate: 6000
20:05:08.363: cqp: 0
20:05:08.363: keyint: 60
20:05:08.363: preset: default
20:05:08.363: profile: high
20:05:08.363: level: 5.1
20:05:08.363: width: 1280
20:05:08.363: height: 720
20:05:08.363: 2-pass: false
20:05:08.363: b-frames: 2
20:05:08.363: GPU: 0
20:05:08.363:
20:05:08.806: ---------------------------------
20:05:08.806: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
20:05:08.806:
20:05:08.854: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
20:05:08.854: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_20-05-08.mp4'...
20:16:07.742: Stopping recording due to hotkey
20:16:07.911: Stopping recording due to hotkey
20:16:07.950: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Users/Victor/Videos/OBS Raw Vids/2018-04-26_20-05-08.mp4' stopped
20:16:07.951: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
20:16:07.951: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 19760
20:16:07.951: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 19768 (19773 attempted)
20:16:07.951: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 5 (0.0%)
20:16:07.951: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
