I've tried looking at multiple videos on how to fix this choppiness when I record, but after 2 hours of searching.. nothing has worked. I have my logs pasted below, and some help would be greatly appreciated.
20:40:46.445: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz
20:40:46.457: CPU Speed: 3600MHz
20:40:46.457: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
20:40:46.457: Physical Memory: 8120MB Total, 3309MB Free
20:40:46.457: Windows Version: 6.3 Build 9600 (revision: 17415; 64-bit)
20:40:46.457: Running as administrator: false
20:40:46.457: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
20:40:46.528: Sec. Software Status:
20:40:46.562: Windows Defender: enabled (AV)
20:40:46.563: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
20:40:46.563: Windows Defender: enabled (ASW)
20:40:46.563: Portable mode: false
20:40:46.615: OBS 21.0.1 (64bit, windows)
20:40:46.615: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.655: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.655: audio settings reset:
20:40:46.655: samples per sec: 44100
20:40:46.655: speakers: 2
20:40:46.713: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.713: Initializing D3D11...
20:40:46.713: Available Video Adapters:
20:40:46.713: Adapter 1: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
20:40:46.713: Dedicated VRAM: 2125631488
20:40:46.713: Shared VRAM: 4026531840
20:40:46.713: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
20:40:46.922: Loading up D3D11 on adapter AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (0)
20:40:46.955: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
20:40:48.190: ---------------------------------
20:40:48.190: video settings reset:
20:40:48.190: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:40:48.190: output resolution: 1280x720
20:40:48.190: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:40:48.190: fps: 30/1
20:40:48.190: format: NV12
20:40:48.191: Audio monitoring device:
20:40:48.191: name: Default
20:40:48.191: id: default
20:40:48.192: ---------------------------------
20:40:48.710: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:48.765: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
20:40:49.040: [AMF] <obs_module_load> AMF not supported (no AMD graphics)
20:40:49.040: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
20:40:52.135: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.153: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.240: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.295: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
20:40:52.295: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
20:40:52.777: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found.
20:40:52.777: (126)
20:40:54.465: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
20:40:54.584: No blackmagic support
20:40:56.041: ---------------------------------
20:40:56.041: Loaded Modules:
20:40:56.041: win-wasapi.dll
20:40:56.041: win-mf.dll
20:40:56.041: win-dshow.dll
20:40:56.041: win-decklink.dll
20:40:56.041: win-capture.dll
20:40:56.041: vlc-video.dll
20:40:56.041: text-freetype2.dll
20:40:56.041: rtmp-services.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-x264.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-vst.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-transitions.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-text.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-qsv11.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-outputs.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-filters.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-ffmpeg.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-browser.dll
20:40:56.041: image-source.dll
20:40:56.041: frontend-tools.dll
20:40:56.041: enc-amf.dll
20:40:56.041: coreaudio-encoder.dll
20:40:56.041: ---------------------------------
20:40:56.042: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
20:40:56.057: Service '' not found
20:40:56.060: No scene file found, creating default scene
20:40:56.060: All scene data cleared
20:40:56.060: ------------------------------------------------
20:40:56.129: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
20:40:56.134: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
20:40:56.134: Switched to scene 'Scene'
20:40:56.134: Failed to glob scene collections
20:40:56.134: CalculateFileHash: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json': 2
20:40:56.162: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
20:41:30.395:
20:41:30.395: ==== Auto-config wizard testing commencing ======
20:41:30.426: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.426: video settings reset:
20:41:30.426: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:41:30.426: output resolution: 960x540
20:41:30.426: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:41:30.426: fps: 30/1
20:41:30.426: format: NV12
20:41:30.427: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] preset: veryfast
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] profile: high
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] settings:
20:41:30.427: rate_control: CRF
20:41:30.427: bitrate: 0
20:41:30.427: buffer size: 0
20:41:30.427: crf: 20
20:41:30.427: fps_num: 30
20:41:30.427: fps_den: 1
20:41:30.427: width: 960
20:41:30.427: height: 540
20:41:30.427: keyint: 250
20:41:30.427:
20:41:30.432: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.433: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'test_aac'] bitrate: 32, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
20:41:30.433:
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': stopping
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': Total frames output: 127
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': Total drawn frames: 150
20:41:35.495: ---------------------------------
20:41:35.495: video settings reset:
20:41:35.495: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:41:35.495: output resolution: 852x480
20:41:35.495: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:41:35.495: fps: 30/1
20:41:35.495: format: NV12
20:41:35.495: ---------------------------------
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] preset: veryfast
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] profile: high
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] settings:
20:41:35.495: rate_control: CRF
20:41:35.495: bitrate: 0
20:41:35.495: buffer size: 0
20:41:35.495: crf: 20
20:41:35.495: fps_num: 30
20:41:35.495: fps_den: 1
20:41:35.495: width: 852
20:41:35.495: height: 480
20:41:35.495: keyint: 250
20:41:35.495:
20:41:35.500: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.445: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4160 CPU @ 3.60GHz
20:40:46.457: CPU Speed: 3600MHz
20:40:46.457: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
20:40:46.457: Physical Memory: 8120MB Total, 3309MB Free
20:40:46.457: Windows Version: 6.3 Build 9600 (revision: 17415; 64-bit)
20:40:46.457: Running as administrator: false
20:40:46.457: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
20:40:46.528: Sec. Software Status:
20:40:46.562: Windows Defender: enabled (AV)
20:40:46.563: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
20:40:46.563: Windows Defender: enabled (ASW)
20:40:46.563: Portable mode: false
20:40:46.615: OBS 21.0.1 (64bit, windows)
20:40:46.615: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.655: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.655: audio settings reset:
20:40:46.655: samples per sec: 44100
20:40:46.655: speakers: 2
20:40:46.713: ---------------------------------
20:40:46.713: Initializing D3D11...
20:40:46.713: Available Video Adapters:
20:40:46.713: Adapter 1: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
20:40:46.713: Dedicated VRAM: 2125631488
20:40:46.713: Shared VRAM: 4026531840
20:40:46.713: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
20:40:46.922: Loading up D3D11 on adapter AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (0)
20:40:46.955: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
20:40:48.190: ---------------------------------
20:40:48.190: video settings reset:
20:40:48.190: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:40:48.190: output resolution: 1280x720
20:40:48.190: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:40:48.190: fps: 30/1
20:40:48.190: format: NV12
20:40:48.191: Audio monitoring device:
20:40:48.191: name: Default
20:40:48.191: id: default
20:40:48.192: ---------------------------------
20:40:48.710: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:48.765: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
20:40:49.040: [AMF] <obs_module_load> AMF not supported (no AMD graphics)
20:40:49.040: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
20:40:52.135: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.153: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.240: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:40:52.295: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
20:40:52.295: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
20:40:52.777: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found.
20:40:52.777: (126)
20:40:54.465: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
20:40:54.584: No blackmagic support
20:40:56.041: ---------------------------------
20:40:56.041: Loaded Modules:
20:40:56.041: win-wasapi.dll
20:40:56.041: win-mf.dll
20:40:56.041: win-dshow.dll
20:40:56.041: win-decklink.dll
20:40:56.041: win-capture.dll
20:40:56.041: vlc-video.dll
20:40:56.041: text-freetype2.dll
20:40:56.041: rtmp-services.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-x264.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-vst.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-transitions.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-text.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-qsv11.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-outputs.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-filters.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-ffmpeg.dll
20:40:56.041: obs-browser.dll
20:40:56.041: image-source.dll
20:40:56.041: frontend-tools.dll
20:40:56.041: enc-amf.dll
20:40:56.041: coreaudio-encoder.dll
20:40:56.041: ---------------------------------
20:40:56.042: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
20:40:56.057: Service '' not found
20:40:56.060: No scene file found, creating default scene
20:40:56.060: All scene data cleared
20:40:56.060: ------------------------------------------------
20:40:56.129: WASAPI: Device 'Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
20:40:56.134: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)' initialized
20:40:56.134: Switched to scene 'Scene'
20:40:56.134: Failed to glob scene collections
20:40:56.134: CalculateFileHash: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json': 2
20:40:56.162: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
20:41:30.395:
20:41:30.395: ==== Auto-config wizard testing commencing ======
20:41:30.426: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.426: video settings reset:
20:41:30.426: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:41:30.426: output resolution: 960x540
20:41:30.426: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:41:30.426: fps: 30/1
20:41:30.426: format: NV12
20:41:30.427: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] preset: veryfast
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] profile: high
20:41:30.427: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] settings:
20:41:30.427: rate_control: CRF
20:41:30.427: bitrate: 0
20:41:30.427: buffer size: 0
20:41:30.427: crf: 20
20:41:30.427: fps_num: 30
20:41:30.427: fps_den: 1
20:41:30.427: width: 960
20:41:30.427: height: 540
20:41:30.427: keyint: 250
20:41:30.427:
20:41:30.432: ---------------------------------
20:41:30.433: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'test_aac'] bitrate: 32, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
20:41:30.433:
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': stopping
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': Total frames output: 127
20:41:35.434: Output 'null': Total drawn frames: 150
20:41:35.495: ---------------------------------
20:41:35.495: video settings reset:
20:41:35.495: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:41:35.495: output resolution: 852x480
20:41:35.495: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:41:35.495: fps: 30/1
20:41:35.495: format: NV12
20:41:35.495: ---------------------------------
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] preset: veryfast
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] profile: high
20:41:35.495: [x264 encoder: 'test_x264'] settings:
20:41:35.495: rate_control: CRF
20:41:35.495: bitrate: 0
20:41:35.495: buffer size: 0
20:41:35.495: crf: 20
20:41:35.495: fps_num: 30
20:41:35.495: fps_den: 1
20:41:35.495: width: 852
20:41:35.495: height: 480
20:41:35.495: keyint: 250
20:41:35.495:
20:41:35.500: ---------------------------------