Question / Help Encover overloaded try faster encoder?

[Kurabara]

I am trying to record gameplay of Rise of the Tomb Raider. For some reason though it will give me a message saying that the encoder is overloaded. When this happens the video stutters and skips frames. I've been trying to tweak settings but they have either made it worse or no change. I have it at Ultrafast and indistinguishable quality.

Here is my computer specs:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.10586 Build 10586
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name OGRE
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model Z97MX-Gaming 5
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F5, 4/21/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.10586.0"
User Name Ogre\Kurabara
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 22.7 GB
Total Virtual Memory 37.7 GB
Available Virtual Memory 26.3 GB
Page File Space 5.86 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes



Log:
https://gist.github.com/42f79692343c9533cf35

 

[Sapiens]

What does your CPU usage look like when just running the game? Are you using vsync or some other frame limiter to ensure the game doesn't eat up too much CPU?

 

[Kurabara]

goes between 35 and 79 percent. I have vsync on and using triple buffer. I tried lowering the quality to medium too and it got worse with the encoding which didnt make sense.

 

[Sapiens]

If your CPU is already hitting 80% usage before you ever run OBS that might explain why you're running into trouble. Since you're only recording try setting your preset to ultrafast instead.

 

[Kurabara]

oops I meant when they where both running. let me check what it is when just the game is running. And I have the recording at Ultrafast

 

[Kurabara]

the game gets high when loading but once Im playing it goes between 30 and 50%