Encoding Overloaded

[SpoiledZen]

Hey guise! I have an issue that I can't quite figure out. My OBS was running 100% PERFECTLY fine at 4k30 capture, no lag nothing.

Now I go to record today and there's lag in my video! Is there some sort of cache that I have to clear or something? Why did it work, and now it suddenly doesn't want to work smoothly? I know you guys have a pinned thread on top of this forum about this issue, but the thing is, I didn't have the issue before, it just suddenly began, and I'm not doing anything different!

Any input would be greatly appreciated! Maybe there's a setting that got changed that I'm not aware of. But like I said I was recording in 4k30 with no issues yesterday, and now it suddenly doens't want to without "overloaded encoding" error message on the bottom left of the screen and a resulting sluggish recorded video on/off.

 

[qhobbes]

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

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[SpoiledZen]

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...

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Is this what you're looking for?

 

[qhobbes]

Yes, do those things.
1. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. It's an experimental feature and we recommend disabling it via these instructions.
2. Run OBS as Admin. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
3. Record to FLV or MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
4. Disable Psycho Visual Tuning in the encoder settings as that uses additional GPU.

What exactly are you trying to gain by upscaling 1080 content to 4K?

 

[SpoiledZen]

Yes, do those things.
1. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. It's an experimental feature and we recommend disabling it via these instructions.
2. Run OBS as Admin. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
3. Record to FLV or MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
4. Disable Psycho Visual Tuning in the encoder settings as that uses additional GPU.

What exactly are you trying to gain by upscaling 1080 content to 4K?

I will get to work on those.

To answer your question, my Xbox Series X produces 4k, so I am attempting to capture this 4k, which I have been doing so far. I just wasn't sure why all of a sudden there's a lag?

 

[qhobbes]

Your Elgato HD60 X and base resolution are set to 1920x1080.

 

[SpoiledZen]

Your Elgato HD60 X and base resolution are set to 1920x1080.

Okay I changed that back to 4k, idk why it came off it.
my laptop screen is NOT 4k, will that need to be accounted for?
I just did a recording and my preview was very laggy on/off, but the recording was fairly fine.

 

[qhobbes]

If you want to record in 4K (with no scaling involved), then your source, base and output resolutions need to be in 4K.