Title. Whenever I'm recording game footage the game itself won't appear choppy. However whenever I check the video OBS made it always plays back as if the game were running poorly.
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Question / Help Choppy OBS Playback?
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Narcogen
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21:47:07.876: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 102 (5.1%)
21:54:55.186: Output 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 60 (2.6%)
21:52:12.062: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 59 (3.2%)
GPU overload.
obsproject.com
21:50:15.255: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1945/2054 (94.7%)
21:54:55.187: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 70/2284 (3.1%)
You've got multiple attempts here, some using NVENC, some using x264. You tried x264 using the slower preset, and that caused 94% frame drops. That recording would be utterly unwatchable.
The 3% drop with NVENC would have noticeable stutter. To try and improve that, you can turn off psycho visual tuning.
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] preset: slower
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] profile: baseline
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
21:48:37.401: rate_control: CBR
CBR isn't the best choice for recording. It results in larger files with no increase in quality.
Use CRF and a quality rating between 14 (very high) and 23 (pretty good).
Or with NVENC use CQP.
21:54:55.186: Output 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 60 (2.6%)
21:52:12.062: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 59 (3.2%)
GPU overload.
GPU Overload Issues
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording - obsproject/obs-studio
obsproject.com
21:50:15.255: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1945/2054 (94.7%)
21:54:55.187: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 70/2284 (3.1%)
You've got multiple attempts here, some using NVENC, some using x264. You tried x264 using the slower preset, and that caused 94% frame drops. That recording would be utterly unwatchable.
The 3% drop with NVENC would have noticeable stutter. To try and improve that, you can turn off psycho visual tuning.
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] preset: slower
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] profile: baseline
21:48:37.401: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
21:48:37.401: rate_control: CBR
CBR isn't the best choice for recording. It results in larger files with no increase in quality.
Use CRF and a quality rating between 14 (very high) and 23 (pretty good).
Or with NVENC use CQP.