I'm looking for any help and advice on reducing/minimising rendering and encoding lag whilst recording with OBS, which I'm experiencing with the following set-up:
Macbook Air (roughly 2016)
2 Sony A5100 cameras, each going into an Elgato Cam Link 4K (all bought within the last year, some only a month old)
I don't stream digital games (only tabletop) so my only inputs are mics and two cameras. I currently get the 'encoding overloaded!' warning after a few seconds when recording with both cameras (haven't had it whilst recording with one), and the logs show ridiculous levels of rendering and encoding lag (talking roughly 40% / 70-80% respectively). I've been trying to update all my settings as per what advice is already available re the 'encoding overloaded!' warning but still getting massive lag.
I've included a recent log that shows some of the really high rates of lag, some of the settings I'm using in it might not be the best, was trying out loads of different options to see what - if anything - helped.
Is it as simple as my laptop's giving out and can't handle the input? Do I need to purchase an external GPU for the laptop? Any advice/guidance on what I can do to produce decent-quality recordings would be great.
Macbook Air (roughly 2016)
2 Sony A5100 cameras, each going into an Elgato Cam Link 4K (all bought within the last year, some only a month old)
I don't stream digital games (only tabletop) so my only inputs are mics and two cameras. I currently get the 'encoding overloaded!' warning after a few seconds when recording with both cameras (haven't had it whilst recording with one), and the logs show ridiculous levels of rendering and encoding lag (talking roughly 40% / 70-80% respectively). I've been trying to update all my settings as per what advice is already available re the 'encoding overloaded!' warning but still getting massive lag.
I've included a recent log that shows some of the really high rates of lag, some of the settings I'm using in it might not be the best, was trying out loads of different options to see what - if anything - helped.
Is it as simple as my laptop's giving out and can't handle the input? Do I need to purchase an external GPU for the laptop? Any advice/guidance on what I can do to produce decent-quality recordings would be great.
