Question / Help High Encoding with El gato Capture

dping

Active Member
Whenever I even just preview with the el gato it drops frames and gives me the high encdoding error, but the device works fine its own software.

https://obsproject.com/analyzer?url=https://gist.github.com/71b2987ff8311ea0a739
1080@30 to 720@24? make sure your fps sync in OBS. 30 to 30 or 24 to 24. second, what else is running, even by the clock, your encoder and video thread times are horrible. also, if you are going down to 720 anyway, you might as well turn your elgato down to 720 and run your base resolution with OBS to 720 (no downscale) as well.
 

Kerr

New Member
1080@30 to 720@24? make sure your fps sync in OBS. 30 to 30 or 24 to 24. second, what else is running, even by the clock, your encoder and video thread times are horrible. also, if you are going down to 720 anyway, you might as well turn your elgato down to 720 and run your base resolution with OBS to 720 (no downscale) as well.
I swapped the cature cards record to 720p, it still says something is recording at 1080p but I don't have anything set to that. And nothing else is running, just obs, I have no clue as to why my thread times are so bad.
 

dping

Active Member
I swapped the cature cards record to 720p, it still says something is recording at 1080p but I don't have anything set to that. And nothing else is running, just obs, I have no clue as to why my thread times are so bad.
that analyzer is just looking at your whole log. from before and after the change. just post your log, not the analyzer here after you made the change and rebooted OBS.
 

dping

Active Member
are you running the elgato software at the same time? it shouldn't be running. Anyway, I think there is a newer Elgato driver out there, along with a firmware update. I dont know if that is the issue, but its worth checking out.

uninstall the current elgato software and while its still plugged in, remove the elgato from device manager (right click, uninstall, make sure remove driver is checked) then use the driver and firmware from the elgato website (not off the CD).

I'm not sure if this is the issue, because the encoder and video frame times are horrible. what else do you have running?

Lastly, After you do the proper driver, remove and readd the elgato from OBS but make it a global source this time.
 
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