Getting 10 - 15 fps drops every 10 - 15 minutes

[Taffer30]

I've been recording FF14 for a month or two using simple and never had FPS issues, however the videos were huge (120 GB per hour) and visual quality was not so good. So I scrapped that project and restarted it last night. This time I actually did some digging and testing and got a video quality I like and the file size is much better (10 GB per hour)! However I'm getting tiny little fps drops during gameplay (10 - 15fps every 10 - 15 mins, lasts like 20 seconds). Perhaps one of you OBS gurus will know :) Im hoping its not a hardware issue.

My PC specs are: Alienware Aurua 9 (I think)
i9 9900K
RTX 2080TI
2TB HDD and 2TB SDD (SDD is the one receiving the videos)

Now FF14 I have been playing for years on this PC and it runs 60FPS easily

The first one is the latest and the second one was last night perhaps something is in there to help I hope!

Thankyou!!!!

 

[qhobbes]

1. In Windows, we recommend that "Game Mode" be enabled for maximum gaming performance. Game Mode can be enabled via the Windows 10 "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
2. You are running an old version of OBS Studio (30.0.2). Please update to version 30.1.2 by going to Help -> Check for updates in OBS or by downloading the latest installer from the downloads page and running it.
3.Run updated OBS as Admin. To run OBS as Administrator, right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Record to MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.
5. Disable Psycho Visual Tuning (look-ahead too if enabled) and set multipass to single pass. Those use additional GPU.
6. Be aware that having the YUV Color range set to "Full" will cause playback issues in certain browsers and on various video platforms. Shadows, highlights and color will look off. In OBS, go to "Settings -> Advanced" and set "YUV Color Range" back to "Limited".

 

[Taffer30]

Alrighty thankyou!!! Attempting all of that.

Just one quick question for MKV is the only reason because of power outages / BSOD's or does mp4's cause problems too. It might be just me but when I MKV seems to jitter more on the three programs I use Movies and TV WMP and Media Player and when I remux them the MP4 has the same jitters. I prefer to take the chance of a mishap if that is the only reason you suggest it.

Also is game bar the same as game mode? I checked that!!!

Other than that I did everything else you said Ill test a new video and see if it solved my little problem. Even if it doesn't Ill send a new log and thankyou for your time!!!

 

[Taffer30]

Found Game Mode disabled game bar enabled Game Mode

 

[Taffer30]

Alrighty did every step recorded a 40 minute video. No FPS losses. Usually it happens 3 - 5 times in a n hour video. So I want to say problem solved. I feel confident that it is. I did make the change for MKV I remuxed to mp4 and the quality was a little dimmer but I will do. So I call this solved. It does seem the video file is bigger, a 1 hour video was around 10 - 12 GBs where now a 40 minute is 15 GB but I believe it was because I was walking around the game world during those 40 minutes and the other videos was reading text and standing still crafting and such. I did read somewhere that CQP's file sizes can very do to what is happening in the video.

Thankyou for the advice!!!!