Choppy Gameplay in OBS

[zootie101]

I am pretty new to owning a pc, but I've been streaming from a laptop and ps5 for some time now. Ever since I switched to my new pc, I have not been able to get decent gameplay in OBS. I have tried every setting I could think of, but just can't figure it out. I've attached an OBS log for reivew. Please explain like I am 5 lol.

This was an attempt to run at 1280x720 at only 30 fps and I was still having lots of lag only on OBS

 

[ciinTri]

Try disabling Game DVR via the steps in the link below, I recommend following Method 3 with Registry Editor. It is known that Game DVR can cause performance issues.

4 Ways to Disable Xbox Game Bar on Windows 11

To disable Xbox Game Bar on Windows 11, you need to either use Settings, Group Policy Editor, Windows PowerShell or Registry Editor.

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After that, keep running OBS in administrator mode to allocate dedicated resources to OBS. This should solve your encoding lag. Simply right click OBS and run as administrator.

Lastly, I recommend using Auto-Config Wizard if you don't know how to properly configure your encoder settings.

After doing the aforementioned steps, do a test recording for about 30 seconds and send a log file again.

 

[zootie101]

This seemed to make things run MUCH more smoothly. Thank you so much for the help. Here is the log file.

 

[zootie101]

This seemed to make things run MUCH more smoothly. Thank you so much for the help. Here is the log file.

Unfortunately I spoke too soon. Gameplay through obs looks much better, but the recording still dropped a ton of frames

 

[ciinTri]

Can you follow option two in this link? You can just download Disable_game_recording_for_captures.reg then run the file. Game DVR didn't seem to get completely disabled.

Enable or Disable Game Recording for Captures in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the game recording feature for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Xbox Game Bar app is built into Windows 11 so you can record games to capture videos and screenshots while playing PC games. You can press the Windows :win: + Alt + G...

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Did you use auto config-wizard? It's odd that it ended up using x264 encoder rather than hardware (h.264).
Can you set the output mode to simple in the settings and use "Hardware (H.264)"

 

[zootie101]

It seems like the DVR is still stuck on. I switched the encoder and ran the file. The recording is still unwatchable unfortunately

 

[ciinTri]

Let's redo disabling GameDVR/Gamebar again. Run CMD in admin mode and copy and paste these commands, then restart your pc. You can just copy and paste the entire thing inside the quote.

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR" /v "AppCaptureEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore" /v "GameDVR_Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" /v "AllowGameDVR" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\ApplicationManagement\AllowGameDVR" /v "value" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Try recording again after doing the above.

If it doesn't work, your vertical canvas (third party plugin) could be the culprit. Try recording in Safe Mode.