Question / Help Having issues with local recording

[snakess2]

So I am trying to record files locally for putting stuff up on my youtube channel and not have to put song titles in the description and rather have them in the video but that is not what I am trying to post about.
My gameplay is not in any way affected when recording with OBS while fraps takes me down as low as 30 fps at times which is annoying and so I try to use OBS instead. The problem is that when I try to record the preview window shows that the video is stuttering and outright stopping. When I check the video it is the same case. I don't know if it is the setting I am using or if my hardware can't support those settings. At first I thought it was a hard drive issue but OBS is on C: and the location I am recording to is on a different drive. I use the same exact drive to record fraps footage to and there is no issue. I attached the logs so all the information and settings are there. I am using custom sources to capture the game client instead of my monitor also which may not be clear in the log file.
Thanks.

 

[snakess2]

Sorry for making anyone's eyes bleed with that massive text wall, I am a noob at editing forum posts.

 

[Jack0r]

If I may ask, you are using the fast preset for a local recording because?
And you have set a limited bitrate for local recording because?

Switch the preset to veryfast or ultrafast, (probably ultrafast)
set a custom buffer size of 0
and set the custom x264 encoder settings under advanced to "crf=15" without the quotes.

These settings can be found in the High Quality Recording Tutorial in the Guides and Tutorials section of this forum by the way viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2972 Oh, and in Video Form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s-WUK22820

In short, fast preset on 1080p on that processor is probably impossible to do without stuttering, I would think that even on veryfast you might have problems, but then just try ultrafast, the bitrate will increase but the quality will still be good.

 

[snakess2]

The Video worked a charm in helping me figure out the settings, my CPU was being a good sport in letting me record at a quality equal to fraps with less impact on the game, thank you for suggesting that guide m8. Until fraps can do the same I'll be using OBS.

 

[snakess2]

And I bloody paid 25 quid for fraps, what a fool.

 

[Jack0r]

Dont worry, a lot of people are unhappy they paid for xsplit/fraps/dxtory after they found out about obs :)

 

[snakess2]

Dont worry, a lot of people are unhappy they paid for xsplit/fraps/dxtory after they found out about obs :)

Yeah about that, normally with fraps I have been able to easily edit or simply compress video for youtube, with OBS I am getting mp4 files which are larger than compressed fraps recordings, is there a way to further compress these videos? I am only asking because my internet is too slow for anything over around 3GB to reasonably be able to upload a video overnight. If you can't help I am still happy about the help with just the local recording bit :)

 

[Lain]

x264 uses arguably the best compression ratio to video quality out there, the AVC codec is basically designed for high quality video at lower bitrate.

Setting buffer size to 0 causes "lossless" compression, which is not recommended if you want a smaller file size. If you want a smaller file size with still very high quality, I would recommend using 8000 bitrate, 8000 buffer size, CBR off, and then in advanced, add "crf=18" (minus quotes) as a custom x264 command.

 

[snakess2]

x264 uses arguably the best compression ratio to video quality out there, the AVC codec is basically designed for high quality video at lower bitrate.

Setting buffer size to 0 causes "lossless" compression, which is not recommended if you want a smaller file size. If you want a smaller file size with still very high quality, I would recommend using 8000 bitrate, 8000 buffer size, CBR off, and then in advanced, add "crf=18" (minus quotes) as a custom x264 command.

Ok not talking about that, I simply want to know if the raw footage recorded by OBS can be compressed further to something under 3GB so it is easier for me to upload overnight or something. A 45 minute LoL video ended up being 8.8GB when recording with OBS which is already compressed I think. I have to wait a very long time for that to upload or use my colleges internet connection which during Christmas is not really possible for me... But I will try to set it at a lower bitrate so maybe it will lower the file size to something acceptable.

 

[Lain]

Using lossy (what I recommended) is the only way to really achieve what you are trying to accomplish. It probably wouldn't work with zip files very well, and youtube probably wouldn't accept zip files anyway.

 

[snakess2]

Using lossy (what I recommended) is the only way to really achieve what you are trying to accomplish. It probably wouldn't work with zip files very well, and youtube probably wouldn't accept zip files anyway.

Yeah I doubt youtube will accept any zip format. I imagine that I will be adjusting and changing all the settings to fine tune the recording process the way I want it but you guys that responded to the thread have been a real help in figuring it out. I know some say that xplit or something else may be better but I don't even see any difference between this and fraps in the recordings but this performs so much better than fraps in game.