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CraigyXO

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I'm having a continuous issue whilst recording in OBS where I'm dropping occasional frames. In some instances it's barely noticeable but in others it is incredibly prominent and very choppy. I've enclosed a copy of my most recent log. As you can see from the log I dropped over 1000 frames! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

10:03:09.344: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
10:03:09.344: CPU Speed: 2592MHz
10:03:09.344: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
10:03:09.344: Physical Memory: 8060MB Total, 4881MB Free
10:03:09.344: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 16299 (revision: 192; 64-bit)
10:03:09.344: Running as administrator: false
10:03:09.344: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
10:03:09.344: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
10:03:09.344: Game DVR: On
10:03:09.346: Sec. Software Status:
10:03:09.348: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
10:03:09.348: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (AV)
10:03:09.349: McAfee Firewall: enabled (FW)
10:03:09.349: Windows Firewall: disabled (FW)
10:03:09.349: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
10:03:09.349: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (ASW)
10:03:09.350: Portable mode: false
10:03:09.383: OBS 21.0.1 (64bit, windows)
10:03:09.383: ---------------------------------
10:03:09.403: ---------------------------------
10:03:09.403: audio settings reset:
10:03:09.403: samples per sec: 48000
10:03:09.403: speakers: 1
10:03:09.405: ---------------------------------
10:03:09.405: Initializing D3D11...
10:03:09.405: Available Video Adapters:
10:03:09.412: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
10:03:09.412: Dedicated VRAM: 4252762112
10:03:09.412: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
10:03:09.412: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
10:03:09.412: Adapter 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
10:03:09.412: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
10:03:09.412: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
10:03:09.415: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (0)
10:03:10.105: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
10:03:11.007: ---------------------------------
10:03:11.007: video settings reset:
10:03:11.007: base resolution: 1920x1080
10:03:11.007: output resolution: 1920x1080
10:03:11.007: downscale filter: Bicubic
10:03:11.007: fps: 60/1
10:03:11.007: format: NV12
10:03:11.011: Audio monitoring device:
10:03:11.011: name: Default
10:03:11.011: id: default
10:03:11.011: ---------------------------------
10:03:11.014: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:03:11.017: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
10:03:11.061: [AMF] <obs_module_load> AMF not supported (no AMD graphics)
10:03:11.061: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
10:03:11.085: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:03:11.086: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:03:11.087: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
10:03:11.088: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
10:03:11.088: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
10:03:11.093: NVENC supported
10:03:11.124: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
10:03:11.132: No blackmagic support
10:03:11.433: ---------------------------------
10:03:11.433: Loaded Modules:
10:03:11.433: win-wasapi.dll
10:03:11.433: win-mf.dll
10:03:11.433: win-dshow.dll
10:03:11.433: win-decklink.dll
10:03:11.433: win-capture.dll
10:03:11.433: vlc-video.dll
10:03:11.433: text-freetype2.dll
10:03:11.433: rtmp-services.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-x264.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-vst.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-transitions.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-text.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-qsv11.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-outputs.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-filters.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-ffmpeg.dll
10:03:11.433: obs-browser.dll
10:03:11.433: image-source.dll
10:03:11.433: frontend-tools.dll
10:03:11.433: enc-amf.dll
10:03:11.433: coreaudio-encoder.dll
10:03:11.433: ---------------------------------
10:03:11.434: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
10:03:11.435: Service '' not found
10:03:11.438: All scene data cleared
10:03:11.438: ------------------------------------------------
10:03:11.466: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)] Failed to get initialize audio client: 8889000A
10:03:11.466: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device 'default' not found. Waiting for device
10:03:11.489: WASAPI: Device 'VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO)' initialized
10:03:11.497: Switched to scene 'Scene'
10:03:11.498: ------------------------------------------------
10:03:11.498: Loaded scenes:
10:03:11.498: - scene 'Scene':
10:03:11.498: - source: 'Video Capture Device' (dshow_input)
10:03:11.498: ------------------------------------------------
10:03:11.540: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
10:03:12.523: ---------------------------------
10:03:12.523: [DShow Device: 'Video Capture Device'] settings updated:
10:03:12.523: video device: Game Capture HD60 S (Video) (#01)
10:03:12.523: video path: \\?\usb#vid_0fd9&pid_005e#0311fd55f4#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{6f814be9-9af6-43cf-9249-c0340100021f}
10:03:12.523: resolution: 1920x1080
10:03:12.523: fps: 29.97 (interval: 333667)
10:03:12.523: format: YV12
10:03:12.531: using video device audio: no
10:03:12.532: separate audio filter
10:03:12.532: sample rate: 48000
10:03:12.532: channels: 2
10:03:12.532: audio type: Capture
10:04:03.864: ---------------------------------
10:04:03.865: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
10:04:03.865: rate_control: VBR
10:04:03.865: bitrate: 40000
10:04:03.865: cqp: 23
10:04:03.865: keyint: 120
10:04:03.865: preset: default
10:04:03.865: profile: main
10:04:03.865: level: auto
10:04:03.865: width: 1920
10:04:03.865: height: 1080
10:04:03.865: 2-pass: true
10:04:03.865: b-frames: 2
10:04:03.865: GPU: 0
10:04:03.865:
10:04:04.781: ---------------------------------
10:04:04.782: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
10:04:04.782:
10:04:04.782: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
10:04:04.786: ---------------------------------
10:04:04.788: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
10:04:04.788:
10:04:04.788: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
10:04:07.291: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
10:04:07.291: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 10-04-03.mp4'...
10:04:09.818: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 10-04-03.mp4' stopped
10:04:09.819: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
10:04:09.819: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 139
10:04:09.819: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 152
10:04:09.820: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
10:04:10.032: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
10:04:10.033: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
10:04:20.441: ---------------------------------
10:04:20.442: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
10:04:20.442: rate_control: VBR
10:04:20.442: bitrate: 40000
10:04:20.442: cqp: 23
10:04:20.442: keyint: 120
10:04:20.442: preset: default
10:04:20.442: profile: main
10:04:20.442: level: auto
10:04:20.442: width: 1920
10:04:20.442: height: 1080
10:04:20.442: 2-pass: true
10:04:20.442: b-frames: 2
10:04:20.442: GPU: 0
10:04:20.442:
10:04:20.779: ---------------------------------
10:04:20.781: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
10:04:20.781:
10:04:20.781: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
10:04:20.782: ---------------------------------
10:04:20.783: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
10:04:20.783:
10:04:20.783: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
10:04:20.812: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
10:04:20.812: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 10-04-20.mp4'...
10:35:48.257: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' initialized
10:38:32.416: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 10-04-20.mp4' stopped
10:38:32.416: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
10:38:32.416: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 123045
10:38:32.416: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 123078 (123096 attempted)
10:38:32.416: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 18 (0.0%)
10:38:32.416: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
10:38:32.416: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1487/123086 (1.2%)
10:38:32.584: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
10:38:32.584: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
 
Looking back over my log and I see this kind of warning message a few times:

10:04:04.788: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max

Is this an indication that perhaps my bitrate is too high? I'm inclined to think not as I know for a fact that I've recorded at a considerably smaller bitrate and run into the same issue. I've looked everywhere for a solution as this has been a bit of an ongoing problem with my OBS. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm at a complete loss for how to fix this annoying issue.
 
Set your mode to CQP or CRF instead of VBR. Use 23 to start, if you need more bitrate you can drop it down to 22 or 21 or 20 (Lower is more, 16 is essentially lossless but insanely large filesize)

You did have some encoding lag as well, your quality preset for NVENC might be a touch too high
 
DEDRICK said:
Set your mode to CQP or CRF instead of VBR. Use 23 to start, if you need more bitrate you can drop it down to 22 or 21 or 20 (Lower is more, 16 is essentially lossless but insanely large filesize)

You did have some encoding lag as well, your quality preset for NVENC might be a touch too high
Click to expand...

Thank you for your response, I will be sure to try this. I was using CBR to begin with before switching to VBR so hopefully moving to CQP will fix the issue. I sort of lost you at the NVENC stuff however. Is that something I need to switch in OBS or from my NVIDIA control panel. Apologies in advance, I'm not the most tech savvy.
 
I tried using CQP and I think it may actually be worse. I dropped it down to 20 and this is the current log:


15:38:46.460: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
15:38:46.460: CPU Speed: 2592MHz
15:38:46.460: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
15:38:46.460: Physical Memory: 8060MB Total, 4836MB Free
15:38:46.460: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 16299 (revision: 192; 64-bit)
15:38:46.460: Running as administrator: false
15:38:46.460: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
15:38:46.460: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
15:38:46.460: Game DVR: On
15:38:46.462: Sec. Software Status:
15:38:46.464: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
15:38:46.464: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (AV)
15:38:46.465: McAfee Firewall: enabled (FW)
15:38:46.465: Windows Firewall: disabled (FW)
15:38:46.466: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
15:38:46.466: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (ASW)
15:38:46.466: Portable mode: false
15:38:46.490: OBS 21.0.1 (64bit, windows)
15:38:46.490: ---------------------------------
15:38:46.507: ---------------------------------
15:38:46.507: audio settings reset:
15:38:46.507: samples per sec: 48000
15:38:46.507: speakers: 1
15:38:46.508: ---------------------------------
15:38:46.508: Initializing D3D11...
15:38:46.508: Available Video Adapters:
15:38:46.515: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
15:38:46.515: Dedicated VRAM: 4252762112
15:38:46.515: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
15:38:46.515: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
15:38:46.515: Adapter 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
15:38:46.515: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
15:38:46.515: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
15:38:46.518: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (0)
15:38:47.212: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
15:38:48.011: ---------------------------------
15:38:48.011: video settings reset:
15:38:48.011: base resolution: 1920x1080
15:38:48.011: output resolution: 1920x1080
15:38:48.011: downscale filter: Bicubic
15:38:48.011: fps: 60/1
15:38:48.011: format: NV12
15:38:48.014: Audio monitoring device:
15:38:48.014: name: Default
15:38:48.014: id: default
15:38:48.015: ---------------------------------
15:38:48.017: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
15:38:48.019: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
15:38:48.061: [AMF] <obs_module_load> AMF not supported (no AMD graphics)
15:38:48.062: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
15:38:48.078: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
15:38:48.078: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
15:38:48.079: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
15:38:48.080: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
15:38:48.080: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
15:38:48.085: NVENC supported
15:38:48.112: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
15:38:48.116: No blackmagic support
15:38:48.336: ---------------------------------
15:38:48.337: Loaded Modules:
15:38:48.337: win-wasapi.dll
15:38:48.337: win-mf.dll
15:38:48.337: win-dshow.dll
15:38:48.337: win-decklink.dll
15:38:48.337: win-capture.dll
15:38:48.337: vlc-video.dll
15:38:48.337: text-freetype2.dll
15:38:48.337: rtmp-services.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-x264.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-vst.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-transitions.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-text.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-qsv11.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-outputs.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-filters.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-ffmpeg.dll
15:38:48.337: obs-browser.dll
15:38:48.337: image-source.dll
15:38:48.337: frontend-tools.dll
15:38:48.337: enc-amf.dll
15:38:48.337: coreaudio-encoder.dll
15:38:48.337: ---------------------------------
15:38:48.337: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
15:38:48.338: Service '' not found
15:38:48.341: All scene data cleared
15:38:48.342: ------------------------------------------------
15:38:48.609: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' initialized
15:38:48.642: WASAPI: Device 'VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO)' initialized
15:38:48.652: Switched to scene 'Scene'
15:38:48.652: ------------------------------------------------
15:38:48.652: Loaded scenes:
15:38:48.652: - scene 'Scene':
15:38:48.652: - source: 'Video Capture Device' (dshow_input)
15:38:48.652: ------------------------------------------------
15:38:48.698: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
15:38:49.705: ---------------------------------
15:38:49.705: [DShow Device: 'Video Capture Device'] settings updated:
15:38:49.705: video device: Game Capture HD60 S (Video) (#01)
15:38:49.705: video path: \\?\usb#vid_0fd9&pid_005e#0311fd55f4#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{6f814be9-9af6-43cf-9249-c0340100021f}
15:38:49.705: resolution: 1920x1080
15:38:49.705: fps: 29.97 (interval: 333667)
15:38:49.705: format: YV12
15:38:49.712: using video device audio: no
15:38:49.712: separate audio filter
15:38:49.712: sample rate: 48000
15:38:49.712: channels: 2
15:38:49.712: audio type: Capture
15:38:58.831: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' invalidated. Retrying
15:39:01.853: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)] Failed to get initialize audio client: 8889000A
15:39:55.613: Settings changed (outputs)
15:39:55.613: ------------------------------------------------
15:44:45.609: ---------------------------------
15:44:45.610: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
15:44:45.610: rate_control: CQP
15:44:45.610: bitrate: 0
15:44:45.610: cqp: 16
15:44:45.610: keyint: 120
15:44:45.610: preset: default
15:44:45.610: profile: main
15:44:45.610: level: auto
15:44:45.610: width: 1920
15:44:45.610: height: 1080
15:44:45.610: 2-pass: true
15:44:45.610: b-frames: 2
15:44:45.610: GPU: 0
15:44:45.610:
15:44:46.173: warning: Using global_quality with nvenc is deprecated. Use qp instead.
15:44:46.350: ---------------------------------
15:44:46.351: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
15:44:46.351:
15:44:46.352: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
15:44:46.355: ---------------------------------
15:44:46.357: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
15:44:46.357:
15:44:46.358: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
15:44:46.392: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
15:44:46.392: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 15-44-45.mp4'...
15:51:43.047: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 15-44-45.mp4' stopped
15:51:43.047: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
15:51:43.047: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 24978
15:51:43.047: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 24999
15:51:43.047: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
15:51:43.053: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 304/24999 (1.2%)
15:51:43.194: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
15:51:43.195: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
15:51:57.588: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' initialized
 
Lets eliminate some variables.

Hit WindowsKey+I (i), goto Xbox Game Bar/Game DVR
Turn off everything for Game Bar
Turn off everything for Game DVR

For the NVIDIA quality settings, that is in OBS. There's High Quality, High Performance, Bluray, Low Latency etc. Check what you are on, also, set your Profile to High, instead of Main seeing as you are recording Full HD

As for the AAC bitrate error, I have never seen it before, someone more knowledgeable might have the answer
 
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DEDRICK said:
Lets eliminate some variables.

Hit WindowsKey+I (i), goto Xbox Game Bar/Game DVR
Turn off everything for Game Bar
Turn off everything for Game DVR

For the NVIDIA quality settings, that is in OBS. There's High Quality, High Performance, Bluray, Low Latency etc. Check what you are on, also, set your Profile to High, instead of Main seeing as you are recording Full HD

As for the AAC bitrate error, I have never seen it before, someone more knowledgeable might have the answer
Click to expand...

Once again thank you for your continued help, I really appreciate it!

Since switching to CQP the bitrate error isn't showing in my log. I seem to just be getting encoder lag now. I've disabled all of the Game Bar and DVR stuff (thanks for the heads up on this, I didn't realise all that stuff was even on). I have set the quality settings to High Quality... I'm guessing that's best? and I have set my profile to high (it was previously on default)

I'll continue to run tests and let you know what I find. Last I checked my dropped frames was down to 0.6%. What should I be aiming for ideally? Also could all of this be to do with my GPU. I've been doing some research and I have a GTX 960 which is apparently not as high end as I initially thought. I was tempted to try and overclock it... do you know if that would help with performance at all?
 
I have more experience with x264 than NVENC, but I assume they overload/skip frames for the same reasons. Try High Performance, you are using CQP so the amount of bitrate you get from it should make up for any quality difference, you can also try turning of 2-pass.
 
DEDRICK said:
I have more experience with x264 than NVENC, but I assume they overload/skip frames for the same reasons. Try High Performance, you are using CQP so the amount of bitrate you get from it should make up for any quality difference, you can also try turning of 2-pass.
Click to expand...

Having played around with it a bit it seems to be dropping a lot less frames which is good but it's still dropping a percent. Is this normal? I'm presuming even with high end recording there is some dropped frames?

Here's the latest of my logs:


18:40:14.535: obs-vst.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-transitions.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-text.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-qsv11.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-outputs.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-filters.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-ffmpeg.dll
18:40:14.535: obs-browser.dll
18:40:14.535: image-source.dll
18:40:14.535: frontend-tools.dll
18:40:14.535: enc-amf.dll
18:40:14.535: coreaudio-encoder.dll
18:40:14.535: ---------------------------------
18:40:14.535: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
18:40:14.536: Service '' not found
18:40:14.539: All scene data cleared
18:40:14.539: ------------------------------------------------
18:40:14.695: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' initialized
18:40:14.749: WASAPI: Device 'VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO)' initialized
18:40:14.769: Switched to scene 'Scene'
18:40:14.770: ------------------------------------------------
18:40:14.770: Loaded scenes:
18:40:14.770: - scene 'Scene':
18:40:14.770: - source: 'Video Capture Device' (dshow_input)
18:40:14.770: ------------------------------------------------
18:40:14.810: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 21 milliseconds
18:40:14.990: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
18:40:16.213: ---------------------------------
18:40:16.214: [DShow Device: 'Video Capture Device'] settings updated:
18:40:16.214: video device: Game Capture HD60 S (Video) (#01)
18:40:16.214: video path: \\?\usb#vid_0fd9&pid_005e#0311fd55f4#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{6f814be9-9af6-43cf-9249-c0340100021f}
18:40:16.214: resolution: 1920x1080
18:40:16.214: fps: 29.97 (interval: 333667)
18:40:16.214: format: YV12
18:40:16.224: using video device audio: no
18:40:16.224: separate audio filter
18:40:16.224: sample rate: 48000
18:40:16.224: channels: 2
18:40:16.224: audio type: Capture
18:41:44.830: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 64 milliseconds
18:41:45.672: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 85 milliseconds
18:44:07.785: ---------------------------------
18:44:07.785: video settings reset:
18:44:07.785: base resolution: 1920x1080
18:44:07.785: output resolution: 1920x1080
18:44:07.785: downscale filter: Bicubic
18:44:07.785: fps: 60/1
18:44:07.785: format: NV12
18:44:07.811: Settings changed (advanced)
18:44:07.811: ------------------------------------------------
18:45:14.576: ---------------------------------
18:45:14.576: [NVENC encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
18:45:14.576: rate_control: CQP
18:45:14.576: bitrate: 0
18:45:14.576: cqp: 23
18:45:14.576: keyint: 250
18:45:14.576: preset: hq
18:45:14.576: profile: high
18:45:14.576: level: auto
18:45:14.576: width: 1920
18:45:14.576: height: 1080
18:45:14.576: 2-pass: true
18:45:14.576: b-frames: 2
18:45:14.576: GPU: 0
18:45:14.576:
18:45:15.256: warning: Using global_quality with nvenc is deprecated. Use qp instead.
18:45:15.476: [Media Foundation AAC: 'simple_aac_recording']: encoder created
18:45:15.476: bitrate: 128
18:45:15.476: channels: 1
18:45:15.476: sample rate: 48000
18:45:15.476: bits-per-sample: 16
18:45:15.476:
18:45:15.510: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
18:45:15.510: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 18-45-14.mp4'...
18:51:58.220: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 18-45-14.mp4' stopped
18:51:58.220: Output 'simple_file_output': stopping
18:51:58.220: Output 'simple_file_output': Total frames output: 24141
18:51:58.220: Output 'simple_file_output': Total drawn frames: 24163
18:51:58.221: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
18:51:58.226: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 79/24160 (0.3%)
18:54:04.379: Settings changed (outputs)
18:54:04.379: ------------------------------------------------
18:54:09.200: ---------------------------------
18:54:09.201: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
18:54:09.201: rate_control: CQP
18:54:09.201: bitrate: 0
18:54:09.201: cqp: 20
18:54:09.201: keyint: 120
18:54:09.201: preset: default
18:54:09.201: profile: main
18:54:09.201: level: auto
18:54:09.201: width: 1920
18:54:09.201: height: 1080
18:54:09.201: 2-pass: true
18:54:09.201: b-frames: 2
18:54:09.201: GPU: 0
18:54:09.201:
18:54:09.346: warning: Using global_quality with nvenc is deprecated. Use qp instead.
18:54:09.558: ---------------------------------
18:54:09.559: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
18:54:09.559:
18:54:09.559: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
18:54:09.563: ---------------------------------
18:54:09.565: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
18:54:09.565:
18:54:09.565: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
18:54:09.596: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
18:54:09.596: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 18-54-09.mp4'...
18:59:24.127: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 18-54-09.mp4' stopped
18:59:24.127: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
18:59:24.127: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 18853
18:59:24.127: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 18871
18:59:24.128: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
18:59:24.136: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 119/18870 (0.6%)
18:59:24.261: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
18:59:24.261: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
19:06:44.661: Settings changed (outputs)
19:06:44.661: ------------------------------------------------
19:08:27.615: Settings changed (outputs)
19:08:27.616: ------------------------------------------------
19:14:31.876: ---------------------------------
19:14:31.876: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
19:14:31.876: rate_control: CQP
19:14:31.876: bitrate: 0
19:14:31.876: cqp: 20
19:14:31.876: keyint: 120
19:14:31.876: preset: hq
19:14:31.876: profile: high
19:14:31.876: level: auto
19:14:31.876: width: 1920
19:14:31.876: height: 1080
19:14:31.876: 2-pass: true
19:14:31.876: b-frames: 2
19:14:31.876: GPU: 0
19:14:31.876:
19:14:32.033: warning: Using global_quality with nvenc is deprecated. Use qp instead.
19:14:32.243: ---------------------------------
19:14:32.243: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
19:14:32.243:
19:14:32.243: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
19:14:32.245: ---------------------------------
19:14:32.245: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
19:14:32.245:
19:14:32.246: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
19:14:32.279: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
19:14:32.279: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 19-14-31.mp4'...
19:21:35.759: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-05 19-14-31.mp4' stopped
19:21:35.759: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
19:21:35.759: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 25380
19:21:35.759: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 25408
19:21:35.759: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
19:21:35.771: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 160/25399 (0.6%)
19:21:35.906: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
19:21:35.907: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
19:29:02.257: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 106 milliseconds
 
Try this, you will need to be in Advanced mode to see this instead of Simple

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I tried these settings, I also overclocked my GPU to try and squeeze some more performance out of it. Here is the log from the session:

13:28:57.493: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz
13:28:57.493: CPU Speed: 2592MHz
13:28:57.493: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
13:28:57.493: Physical Memory: 8060MB Total, 4611MB Free
13:28:57.493: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 16299 (revision: 192; 64-bit)
13:28:57.494: Running as administrator: false
13:28:57.494: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
13:28:57.494: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
13:28:57.494: Game Bar: Off
13:28:57.494: Game DVR: Off
13:28:57.494: Game DVR Background Recording: Off
13:28:57.497: Sec. Software Status:
13:28:57.498: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
13:28:57.498: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (AV)
13:28:57.499: McAfee Firewall: enabled (FW)
13:28:57.499: Windows Firewall: disabled (FW)
13:28:57.499: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
13:28:57.499: McAfee VirusScan: enabled (ASW)
13:28:57.500: Portable mode: false
13:28:57.528: OBS 21.0.1 (64bit, windows)
13:28:57.528: ---------------------------------
13:28:57.547: ---------------------------------
13:28:57.547: audio settings reset:
13:28:57.547: samples per sec: 48000
13:28:57.547: speakers: 1
13:28:57.549: ---------------------------------
13:28:57.549: Initializing D3D11...
13:28:57.549: Available Video Adapters:
13:28:57.558: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
13:28:57.558: Dedicated VRAM: 4252762112
13:28:57.558: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
13:28:57.558: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
13:28:57.558: Adapter 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
13:28:57.558: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
13:28:57.558: Shared VRAM: 4225787904
13:28:57.562: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (0)
13:28:57.615: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
13:28:58.605: ---------------------------------
13:28:58.605: video settings reset:
13:28:58.605: base resolution: 1920x1080
13:28:58.605: output resolution: 1920x1080
13:28:58.605: downscale filter: Bicubic
13:28:58.605: fps: 60/1
13:28:58.605: format: NV12
13:28:58.609: Audio monitoring device:
13:28:58.609: name: Default
13:28:58.609: id: default
13:28:58.610: ---------------------------------
13:28:58.612: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:28:58.614: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
13:28:58.655: [AMF] <obs_module_load> AMF not supported (no AMD graphics)
13:28:58.655: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
13:28:58.676: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:28:58.677: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:28:58.679: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
13:28:58.680: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
13:28:58.680: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
13:28:58.685: NVENC supported
13:28:58.718: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
13:28:58.723: No blackmagic support
13:28:58.926: ---------------------------------
13:28:58.926: Loaded Modules:
13:28:58.926: win-wasapi.dll
13:28:58.926: win-mf.dll
13:28:58.926: win-dshow.dll
13:28:58.926: win-decklink.dll
13:28:58.926: win-capture.dll
13:28:58.926: vlc-video.dll
13:28:58.926: text-freetype2.dll
13:28:58.926: rtmp-services.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-x264.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-vst.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-transitions.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-text.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-qsv11.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-outputs.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-filters.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-ffmpeg.dll
13:28:58.926: obs-browser.dll
13:28:58.926: image-source.dll
13:28:58.926: frontend-tools.dll
13:28:58.926: enc-amf.dll
13:28:58.926: coreaudio-encoder.dll
13:28:58.926: ---------------------------------
13:28:58.926: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
13:28:58.927: Service '' not found
13:28:58.932: All scene data cleared
13:28:58.932: ------------------------------------------------
13:28:59.179: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' initialized
13:28:59.209: WASAPI: Device 'VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO)' initialized
13:28:59.217: Switched to scene 'Scene'
13:28:59.217: ------------------------------------------------
13:28:59.217: Loaded scenes:
13:28:59.217: - scene 'Scene':
13:28:59.217: - source: 'Video Capture Device' (dshow_input)
13:28:59.217: ------------------------------------------------
13:28:59.269: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 42 milliseconds
13:29:00.257: ---------------------------------
13:29:00.257: [DShow Device: 'Video Capture Device'] settings updated:
13:29:00.257: video device: Game Capture HD60 S (Video) (#01)
13:29:00.257: video path: \\?\usb#vid_0fd9&pid_005e#0311fd55f4#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{6f814be9-9af6-43cf-9249-c0340100021f}
13:29:00.257: resolution: 1920x1080
13:29:00.257: fps: 29.97 (interval: 333667)
13:29:00.257: format: YV12
13:29:00.263: using video device audio: no
13:29:00.263: separate audio filter
13:29:00.263: sample rate: 48000
13:29:00.263: channels: 2
13:29:00.263: audio type: Capture
13:29:20.971: Device 'Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)' invalidated. Retrying
13:29:23.984: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Speakers / Headphones (Realtek Audio)] Failed to get initialize audio client: 8889000A
13:31:28.491: adding 42 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 85 milliseconds
13:33:01.733: Settings changed (outputs)
13:33:01.733: ------------------------------------------------
13:36:49.391: ---------------------------------
13:36:49.459: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
13:36:49.459: rate_control: CQP
13:36:49.459: bitrate: 0
13:36:49.459: cqp: 23
13:36:49.459: keyint: 120
13:36:49.459: preset: hp
13:36:49.459: profile: high
13:36:49.459: level: auto
13:36:49.459: width: 1920
13:36:49.459: height: 1080
13:36:49.459: 2-pass: false
13:36:49.459: b-frames: 2
13:36:49.459: GPU: 0
13:36:49.459:
13:36:50.324: warning: Using global_quality with nvenc is deprecated. Use qp instead.
13:36:50.547: ---------------------------------
13:36:50.548: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track1'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
13:36:50.548:
13:36:50.549: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
13:36:50.581: ---------------------------------
13:36:50.582: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'Track2'] bitrate: 320, channels: 1, channel_layout: 4
13:36:50.582:
13:36:50.582: warning: Too many bits 6826.666667 > 6144 per frame requested, clamping to max
13:36:50.633: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
13:36:50.633: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-06 13-36-49.mp4'...
13:42:11.417: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'D:/Videos and Audio/2018-02-06 13-36-49.mp4' stopped
13:42:11.417: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
13:42:11.417: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 19223
13:42:11.417: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 19247
13:42:11.418: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
13:42:11.426: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 47/19243 (0.2%)
13:42:11.562: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
13:42:11.563: warning: 2 frames left in the queue on closing
 
Man the 960M really doesn't want to record with out blips but it is fairly low, less than 1 second total
 
DEDRICK said:
Man the 960M really doesn't want to record with out blips but it is fairly low, less than 1 second total
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It really doesn't lol. I've been playing around with the settings and nothing seems to be making a difference. It's really annoying because I want to put out high quality recordings for YouTube. I don't really remember running into these sort of issues with Elgato's capture software but the audio came out God awful, thus the switch. I'm really at a loss here.
 
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