Question / Help High CPU usage only from webcam preview, was not a problem before

SatsuMX

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Hi all,

PC Specs: https://www.asus.com/mx/Motherboards/N3050IC/ with a 7200rpm HDD and 8GB of RAM.
Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/KgjDi6HdKLyhGE9m

So I have a very low end PC I use to sometimes monitor my home when I'm away. I'm using a C920 Logitech webcam. A few years ago I made this setup and it worked wonderfully, but I then stopped using this PC until recently, I rebuilt it, installed Windows 7 x64 and the newest OBS, but now any setting I try, I get an encoding overload error.

I already used the tips here: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/getting-the-most-out-of-your-webcam.1036/ and still no luck.

I just noticed that OBS simply running, with the video source active (Even when preview is set to OFF) is causing my CPU to stay at 50% usage, which I think is what's making the actual recording not have enough resources. Any idea what I can do to alleviate this? Maybe an older or simpler version of OBS? Like I said, I had used this with great results, on the exact same hardware, so no idea what's going on here.

Thank you.
 
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