Question / Help How to prevent video stutter/lag

[neepaulitam]

Hello, I'm new to OBS which I've only really used a couple times - I'm not a gamer nor do I have the best setup, but here's the deal: I need to use OBS for a Facebook livestream while running different software in the bg (namely Spotify, Chrome, VLC, etc.) and even while recording in local there's a nasty stutter at every given time. I have a single monitor setup with the current specs:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)​

CPU / 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7​

RAM / 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3​

Graphics / Intel Iris 1536 MB
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Last night I ran the OBS wizard to get the ideal setup for Facebook Live and this is what I've got:

Output Mode / Simple​

Video Bitrate / 1600kbps​

Encoder / Software (x264)​

Audio Bitrate / 160​

Recording Quality / Same as stream​

Recording Format / mkv​

Base (Canvas) Resolution / 1200x800​

Output (Scaled) Resolution / 853x533​

Downscale Filter / Bicubic (Sharpened scaling, 16 samples)​

Common FPS Values / 30​

Color Format / NV12​

Color Space / 601​

Color Range / Partial​

Disable OSX V-Sync - Reset OSX V-Sync on Exit (both are checked)
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Is there anything I should change here or is this an encoding problem altogether? I'm not tech-savvy or anything so I wouldn't know where to start really.

Here's the latest log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/3wjLu_XohmbmzHgH

Thanks in advance for any help you'd be able to provide.

 

[Narcogen]

No output session in your log.

Open OBS. Start a recording/streaming session. Observe your issue. Stop the session. Upload the current log before quitting OBS.