Question / Help Help a newbie out? Overwatch recordings out of whack, clueless how to fix it

dafinsrock

New Member
I tried to attach a video of my obs recording, although I'm not sure if it worked because it might have been too big of a file. I also put it on Youtube here in case that doesn't work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBdZ68Vz0c&feature=youtu.be

It starts out ok if a bit fuzzy, but as the video goes on it starts lagging and skipping, the audio goes out of sync, and the resolution is simply horrible. I've fiddled with the settings a bit based on various guides I've found but I don't really know what I'm doing. Can somebody ELI5 and help me get my recordings to look decent? My rig is as follows:

i5-6400 2.7 GHz
NVidia GT 730 graphics card
8 GB ram
Windows 10

I'm currently using Overwatch game capture as my source with the following settings (keep in mind i have no idea what most of these do)

Encoding:
Encoder: x264
Use CBR: enabled
Max Bitrate: 1000
Enable CBR padding: enabled
Use Custom Buffer Size: Not enabled
Codec: MP3
Format: 48kHz
Bitrate: 128
Channel: stereo

Video:
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Base Resolution: Monitor
Resolution Downscale: None
FPS: 60

Audio:
Desktop Audio Device: Default
Microphone/Auxiliary Audio Device: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Force Microphone/Auxiliary to Mono: Enabled
Show only connected devices: enabled
Push-to-talk Delay (milliseconds): 100
Desktop Boost (multiple): 1
Mic/Aux Boost (multiple): 1
Mic Sync Offset (milliseconds): 0

Advanced:
Use Multithreaded Optimizations: enabled
Process Priority Class: Normal
Scene Buffering Time (milliseconds): 700
x264 CPU Preset: veryfast
Encoding Profile: high
Keyframe Interval (seconds, 0=auto): 0
Use CFR: enabled
Custom x264 Encoder Settings: Not enabled
Encode in Full Range: Not Enabled
Allow 61-120 FPS: Not enabled
Force desktop audio to use video timestamps as a base for audio time: Enabled
Global Audio Sync Offset (milliseconds): 0
Use Mic QPC timestamps: Not enabled

Let me know if there's other information you need. I really don't know what's important and what isn't.

Thanks for the help!
 

c3r1c3

Member
1. Update to Studio.
2. OverWatch uses a ton of CPU and GPU, and with a GPu that weak, you're gonna have issues. Upgrade to a better GPU.
3. Disable Dynamic Reflections in Overwatch. That seems to help out a lot.
4. Grab CPU-z and make sure your system is running in dual channel memory mode.
 
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