Question / Help FPS on OBS Poor?

OBS Noob18

New Member
I am new to OBS and all my recordings are very poor, the FPS is bad on all games including those which are very static. I know my laptop is not the best but is there settings to optimize my recording for the computer I have?

Many thanks.

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21:27:50.524: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz
21:27:50.524: CPU Speed: 2195MHz
21:27:50.524: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
21:27:50.524: Physical Memory: 1023MB Total, 1023MB Free (NOTE: 2 or 4 gigs max is normal for 32bit programs)
21:27:50.524: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 10586 (revision: 589; 64-bit)
21:27:50.524: Running as administrator: false
21:27:50.524: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
21:27:50.525: Portable mode: false
21:27:50.558: OBS 0.16.6 (windows)
21:27:51.430: video settings reset:
21:27:51.430: base resolution: 1366x768
21:27:51.430: output resolution: 1092x614
21:27:51.430: downscale filter: Bicubic
21:27:51.430: fps: 30/1
21:27:51.430: format: NV12
 

OBS Noob18

New Member
21:41:06.442: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz
21:41:06.443: CPU Speed: 2195MHz
21:41:06.443: Physical Cores: 2, Logical Cores: 4
21:41:06.443: Physical Memory: 1023MB Total, 1023MB Free (NOTE: 2 or 4 gigs max is normal for 32bit programs)
21:41:06.443: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 10586 (revision: 589; 64-bit)
21:41:06.443: Running as administrator: true
21:41:06.443: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
21:41:06.444: Portable mode: false
21:41:06.480: OBS 0.16.6 (windows)
21:41:06.480: ---------------------------------
21:41:06.482: ---------------------------------
21:41:06.482: audio settings reset:
21:41:06.482: samples per sec: 48000
21:41:06.482: speakers: 2
21:41:06.484: ---------------------------------
21:41:06.484: Initializing D3D11..
21:41:06.484: Available Video Adapters:
21:41:06.486: Adapter 1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
21:41:06.486: Dedicated VRAM: 134217728
21:41:06.487: Shared VRAM: 4160684032
21:41:06.487: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1366, 768}, attached=true
21:41:06.491: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 (0)
21:41:06.500: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
21:41:07.330: ---------------------------------
21:41:07.330: video settings reset:
21:41:07.330: base resolution: 1366x768
21:41:07.330: output resolution: 1092x614
21:41:07.330: downscale filter: Bicubic
21:41:07.330: fps: 20/1
21:41:07.330: format: NV12
21:41:07.332: ---------------------------------
21:41:07.347: [CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder
21:41:07.377: [AMF Encoder] Version 1.4.2.3
21:41:07.378: [AMF Encoder] Unable to load 'amfrt32.dll', error code 126.
21:41:07.378: [AMF Encoder] Uncaught Exception: Unable to load 'amfrt32.dll', error code 126.
21:41:07.416: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:41:07.418: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:41:07.457: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/32bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
21:41:07.475: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
21:41:07.475: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.26.0']
21:41:07.491: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI.dll': The specified module could not be found.
21:41:07.491: (126)
21:41:07.551: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
21:41:07.600: No blackmagic support
21:41:07.808: ---------------------------------
21:41:07.808: Loaded Modules:
21:41:07.808: win-wasapi.dll
21:41:07.808: win-mf.dll
21:41:07.808: win-dshow.dll
21:41:07.808: win-decklink.dll
21:41:07.808: win-capture.dll
21:41:07.808: vlc-video.dll
21:41:07.808: text-freetype2.dll
21:41:07.809: rtmp-services.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-x264.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-transitions.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-text.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-qsv11.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-outputs.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-filters.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-ffmpeg.dll
21:41:07.809: obs-browser.dll
21:41:07.809: image-source.dll
21:41:07.809: frontend-tools.dll
21:41:07.809: enc-amf.dll
21:41:07.809: coreaudio-encoder.dll
21:41:07.809: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
21:41:07.825: Service '' not found
21:41:07.827: All scene data cleared
21:41:07.827: ------------------------------------------------
21:41:07.871: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio HD)' initialized
21:41:07.872: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Microphone (Yeti Stereo Microphone)] Failed to activate client context: 88890004
21:41:07.872: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.1.00000000}.{2c848643-af41-4cff-83a8-a88ffc9ca2fa}' not found. Waiting for device
21:41:07.877: Switched to scene 'Scene'
21:41:07.877: ------------------------------------------------
21:41:07.877: Loaded scenes:
21:41:07.878: - scene 'Scene':
21:41:07.878: - source: 'Window Capture' (window_capture)
21:41:07.878: ------------------------------------------------
21:41:08.000: adding 21 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 21 milliseconds
21:41:08.311: Update check: last known remote version is 0.16.6
21:44:55.939: rtmp-common.c: [initialize_output] Could not find service ''
21:44:55.943: ---------------------------------
21:44:55.943: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] preset: faster
21:44:55.943: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] profile: main
21:44:55.943: [x264 encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings:
21:44:55.943: rate_control: CBR
21:44:55.943: bitrate: 2500
21:44:55.943: buffer size: 2500
21:44:55.943: crf: 0
21:44:55.943: fps_num: 20
21:44:55.943: fps_den: 1
21:44:55.943: width: 1092
21:44:55.943: height: 614
21:44:55.943: keyint: 250
21:44:55.943: vfr: off
21:44:55.943:
21:44:55.967: [CoreAudio AAC: 'Track1']: settings:
21:44:55.967: mode: AAC
21:44:55.967: bitrate: 320
21:44:55.967: sample rate: 48000
21:44:55.967: cbr: on
21:44:55.967: output buffer: 1536
21:44:55.977: [CoreAudio AAC: 'Track2']: settings:
21:44:55.977: mode: AAC
21:44:55.977: bitrate: 320
21:44:55.977: sample rate: 48000
21:44:55.977: cbr: on
21:44:55.977: output buffer: 1536
21:44:56.306: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
21:44:56.306: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/Adam/Videos/2016-12-05 21-44-55.mp4'...
21:46:47.697: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/Adam/Videos/2016-12-05 21-44-55.mp4' stopped
21:46:47.697: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
21:46:47.697: Output 'adv_file_output': Total encoded frames: 2227
21:46:47.697: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 2228
21:46:47.697: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 76 (3.4%)
21:46:47.698: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
 

Harold

Active Member
Switch to simple output mode, indistinguishable recording quality, software low cpu use encoder.
 

OBS Noob18

New Member
Would the FPS video settings make a big difference with these changes? Preference would be 60fps if that is even possible with this spec
 
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