Ok so I am getting a constant encoding overload ever since I switched to a 4k monitor, I have a Ryzen 9 3900x 12 core processor and a AMD Radeon Rx 6700xt 32gbs of ram and a new motherboard. I use an elgato 4K 60 pro MK2 to record my PS5 gameplay using OBS. I never had this issue till I upgraded my monitor I looked through fixes here and none worked so I'm puitting this out here with the logs to see if I am missing something.
Encoding overload with new 4K monitor
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PaiSand
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It's a 4K capable GPU, decoding and encoding.
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Run OBS as admin.
Disable game DVR in windows
Run the Auto-configuration Wizard and apply the settings it gives. Do NOT change anything.
Restart OBS
Test as is. If it goes well, try changing the recording presets (stay on simple output mode) for a better quality.
Done.
It may be possible that you can't do 60fps at 4k, so reduce it to 30fps, or reduce to 2k the resolution. And remember, being capable of isn't equal to actually can do it.
Analyzer:
Analyzer | OBS
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
Run OBS as admin.
Disable game DVR in windows
Run the Auto-configuration Wizard and apply the settings it gives. Do NOT change anything.
Restart OBS
Test as is. If it goes well, try changing the recording presets (stay on simple output mode) for a better quality.
Done.
It may be possible that you can't do 60fps at 4k, so reduce it to 30fps, or reduce to 2k the resolution. And remember, being capable of isn't equal to actually can do it.
ok, im not using my pc as 4K only the PS5. My pc uses my 1080 monitors. I only bought the 4k one to record 4k from my ps5 not my pc. Obviously the pc has to be able to do 4K to record it and thats why I bought the GPU I did. Ive ran it in Administrator and done the auto config, the only thing I have to change is my source record for my webcam and gameplay to .mp4 so they save to my pc. It worked before I put the source record to .mp4 but after it keeps doing it. I have even lowered the output down to 1080 at 30fps. Nothing seems to work at all.It's a 4K capable GPU, decoding and encoding.
Analyzer:
Analyzer | OBS
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
Run OBS as admin.
Disable game DVR in windows
Run the Auto-configuration Wizard and apply the settings it gives. Do NOT change anything.
Restart OBS
Test as is. If it goes well, try changing the recording presets (stay on simple output mode) for a better quality.
Done.
It may be possible that you can't do 60fps at 4k, so reduce it to 30fps, or reduce to 2k the resolution. And remember, being capable of isn't equal to actually can do it.
PaiSand
Active Member
Don't record directly into mp4. Use MKV
You can remux it later from OBS itself if needed but video editing programs do support mkv format.
You have at least 3 video capture device in game scene, and you should have one for the game and one for the camera.
What you normally do is make one scene only for the camera and then use this scene in other scenes so you only use one capture for all your needs over the scenes you need it.
One single video capture device for the capture card. Only one. If you have multiple consoles, make multiple scenes, one for each.
And please, post a new log file of the test you did after all the changes.
You can remux it later from OBS itself if needed but video editing programs do support mkv format.
You have at least 3 video capture device in game scene, and you should have one for the game and one for the camera.
What you normally do is make one scene only for the camera and then use this scene in other scenes so you only use one capture for all your needs over the scenes you need it.
One single video capture device for the capture card. Only one. If you have multiple consoles, make multiple scenes, one for each.
And please, post a new log file of the test you did after all the changes.
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I switched into MKV, and it still gives me the same result, I downloaded SLOBS, (which I hate using) as a test to see if I messed something up on OBS, and it recorded the footage fine with no issues. I have the 2nd VCD as that is how I get game audio to my headset due to me not having a chatlink to make it where I can hear the game audio. I was talking with others last night and we did a settings reset on OBS to start from scratch to see if that would help. At that same time I also tried 1080 at 30fps and 2k at 60fps and it did the same result with really little GPU and CPU usage.