Question / Help High Encoding Rate During Recording

[hdtyvek]

I recently started making youtube videos and using OBS to capture my my footage. when i first started, everything worked fine with no issues. however recently I started recording for new videos i realized that obs was constantly giving me a "warning high encoding rate" message in the bottom left, and my footage went from clean to frame drops to almost complete stops. i have no idea what caused this or how to fix it. any help? thanks!

 

[Boildown]

Something must have changed. A different game might use more CPU, leaving less for OBS to use, for example.

Post an OBS log file from a time where it gave that warning, from a five minute or longer recording.

 

[hdtyvek]

ok, i will record and post it tonight after work. where will i find the obs log?

 

[Sapiens]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/problem-make-sure-to-post-a-log-and-or-crash-dump-howto.97/

 

[hdtyvek]

https://gist.github.com/2229e965804985e6cb9ca47d1ba4523e

 

[Sapiens]

Looks like your GPU is being maxed out. Enable vsync or the frame rate limiter in Overwatch and make sure your in-game quality settings aren't more than the GPU can handle.

 

[Ryan Shively]

I'm having the same issues, I've tried lowering my bitrate and buffer size but it still struggles with encoding. Here is my log https://gist.github.com/80267968d25d0d43beb29e20c9c6f7e5

I'm recently upgraded all my hardware as well and am just having a tough time recording and streaming due to high encoding. Thanks.

 

[Boildown]

Don't run a Logitech C920 at 1080p. Run it at 720p or probably even lower.