How to fix screen tearing using OBS to stream World of Warcraft to YouTube

[Rumancek]

Hello, I've recently begun streaming my World of Warcraft gameplay for my SO, and in some areas of the game, I'm noticing it's starting to do some horrible flickering and literal screen tearing (assuming that's what you call it). It's only in specific zones with fog etc, and I've most of my graphics turned down well below what my card can handle (long story on that), so none of the fog-related settings are enabled.

Can't figure out what's making the game tweak out, but I need to figure out a way to fix it. I'm prone to seizures and motion sickness from vertigo, and the way my screen is tweaking out is making it impossible to play and stream simultaneously.

Here's a 20-second clip I made showing it since I can't get screenshots of it: https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx-QwCjcTtOv_dZbxBhA32_qHNG9Iw_Qds


The computer I'm using is the Asus ROG-GL752VW, with these specs on Windows 10:

- 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ Quad-Core
- 16GB of 2133 MHz DDR4 RAM
- 17.3" Full HD Display (1920 x 1080 Native Resolution)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M GPU (4GB GDDR5)
- 128GB SSD + 1TB 7200 rpm HDD

My drivers are up to date. I do run Razer Synapse for my keyboard/mouse, but even disabling those the issue persisted. I closed every program minus OBS and WoW (Battle.net, Discord, my browser) and it still happened. I've also tried disabling preview, as well.


And here is the previous log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/xEQEHdlFTqV130Lx

 

[PaiSand]

Please review and follow directions and recommendations on the analyzer:

Analyzer | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

The best way to correct all at once is running the Auto-configuration Wizard (tools menu), aplly the settings it gives, restart OBS (do restart it) (yes, restart it) and now test.
If it tell you to use 720p, keep it that way. If it tell you to reduce the kbps, reduce them. As you're using wi-fi don't expect it to work consistently but expect issues on the connection as it's not reliable. Better if you can use a wired connection using a cat6 network cable directly to the modem.