Question / Help Choppy videos 1080p60fps

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happydoggo

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Hello.

I want to start recording some gameplay for future videos, but I my videos come out quite choppy. The videos themselves aren't super laggy, but it doesn't look like 60 fps, eventhough video properties on the recorded file shows it's supposed to be 60 fps. I record with CQP = 18. I've tried CBR with the value of 50 000, same thing there, it makes no difference. My CPU and GPU should be able to muster enough power, and I'm recording to a separate SSD from where I launch my games.

This happens with H1Z1, CSGO and Rocket League.

Computer specs:

Geforce GTX 1060 3GB
i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ
16 gb RAM
144hz Monitor.

My specs should be good enough, no? Worth to mention that I get 0 lag ingame while recording.

Log: https://gist.github.com/c5d4ba06156f4c16d50f876281148d7c

The log shows some problems with hooking to CSGO or something, might that be it?

Settings in OBS:
Output: https://gyazo.com/08aeb2718767aed154e06b5d716626bd
Video: https://gyazo.com/6662d4c4b1bda9b721cd82173b6d7d4e

Also, a test video for you to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4vLAtzu684&feature=youtu.be

Recorded with settings mentioned above. It doesn't really look smooth like if you watch a jackfrags video.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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Your log doesn't show a stream/recording attempt.

Please post a link to a clean log file. To make a clean log file, first restart OBS, then start your stream/recording for ~30 seconds and stop it again. Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. When you're done select Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File. Copy the URL and paste it here.
 
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happydoggo

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Fenrir said:
Your log doesn't show a stream/recording attempt.

Please post a link to a clean log file. To make a clean log file, first restart OBS, then start your stream/recording for ~30 seconds and stop it again. Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. When you're done select Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File. Copy the URL and paste it here.
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Here is the log:
https://gist.github.com/4c3883c333fef9b112b2e0230ae686b3

Appreciate any help.
 
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happydoggo

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Fenrir said:
Do you know why you need 3 audio tracks at 320 bitrate?
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Nope. Followed settings of other people recording sound and gameplay. Does this affect my recordings not getting good enough frames?

EDIT:
I use three tracks to record different things obviously. But I'm not entirely sure about the bitrates.
 
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Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
You shouldn't follow any guide that claims "best settings" What works for someone else is not guaranteed to work for you, too many factors.

Try setting the audio bitrate back to 160
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
Outside you recording directly to .mp4 despite the warnings, everything in that log appears to have worked fine. How are you verifying the files? Uploading them to youtube will re-encode everything, but this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4vLAtzu684 looks just fine for 1080p60fps. What exactly are you trying to fix at this point?
 
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happydoggo

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Fenrir said:
Outside you recording directly to .mp4 despite the warnings, everything in that log appears to have worked fine. How are you verifying the files? Uploading them to youtube will re-encode everything, but this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4vLAtzu684 looks just fine for 1080p60fps. What exactly are you trying to fix at this point?
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The problem was that it isn't 60 fps at all. The smoothness compared to other 60 fps videos is different.

If anybody else has the same problem:
Record with higher fps, then render it in 60 fps in vegas. I record my clips with 90-120 fps, and I get the smoothness I'm out after. I get zero hit to my performance ingame with this still. I saw a thread on this forum where someone recommended to record in higher fps, and it works really good.
 
OG See OH Zee

OG See OH Zee

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I'm probably guessing that if the GPU is overloaded, you may be experiencing some frame-pacing issues even though it maintains the target frame-rate.
 
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happydoggo

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OG See OH Zee said:
I'm probably guessing that if the GPU is overloaded, you may be experiencing some frame-pacing issues even though it maintains the target frame-rate.
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It's weird that I can record 120 fps with more smoothness compared to 60 then. I don't know what exactly a overloaded GPU entails, but should'nt I get choppy videos with 120 fps too in that case?
 
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happydoggo

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Fenrir said:
The videos look perfectly fine for 60fps, I'm not really sure what the issue here is.
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I fixed the issue as I told before. According to myself and some feedback I recieved before, the video doesn't look 60 fps. Some feedback, like yours, says it looks fine. I don't know what the underlying issue is in this case since there are some different opinions about that exact video.
 
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