I’ve tried everything I can think of, anyone have any suggestions?

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FreeJace

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I have a Lenovo Ideapad 15iiL05 laptop and it’s pretty good. I have one of the highest (second best?) packages the laptop comes in which is 16gb RAM, 1x 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 at 1.3/1.5 gHz and an Intel Iris Plus graphics card. I don’t try to run heavy games on it like steam games or COD, GTA, etc etc. I just run small developer games from itch.io. The specs I have are enough to run the games without OBS in the back but the recordings seem as if my laptop is shitting the bed. The gameplay is fine and my computer runs fine while recording. The problems comes in when OBS is trying to process the videos and their output. Sometimes it’ll crash when stopping recording and when it doesn’t crash, the videos are very laggy and drop frames. I’ve watched some youtube videos but to no avail have i been able to figure out a solution.

If anyone has some fixes or suggestions please let me know. I really want to pick up my youtube channel that i’ve been off-putting for some years now as it’s a dream of mine and a hobby i enjoy (playing horror games and supporting small devs). I know getting a gaming PC would solve my problems but ofc i don’t have the means for that at the moment. So if anyone can help me, it’s greatly appreciated in advance!!!
 
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1. One of your audio devices has a sample rate that doesn't match the rest. This can result in audio drift over time or sound distortion. Check your audio devices in Windows settings (both Playback and Recording) and ensure the Default Format (under Advanced) is consistent. 48000 Hz is recommended.
OBS Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO): 44100 Hz
Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio): 48000 Hz
2. OBS is not running as Administrator. Because of this, OBS will not be able to Game Capture certain games, and it will not be able to request a higher GPU priority for itself -- which is the likely cause of the render lag you are currently experincing. Run OBS as Administrator to help alleviate this problem. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
3. Do not use Display/Monitor Capture. Use Game Capture, Window Capture or Video Capture Device for your game.
4. Cap your game at 60 FPS.
4. Use the QSV encoder instead of x264.

Post new log if still having issues.
 
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FreeJace

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qhobbes said:
1. One of your audio devices has a sample rate that doesn't match the rest. This can result in audio drift over time or sound distortion. Check your audio devices in Windows settings (both Playback and Recording) and ensure the Default Format (under Advanced) is consistent. 48000 Hz is recommended.
OBS Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
VoiceMeeter Output (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter VAIO): 44100 Hz
Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio): 48000 Hz
2. OBS is not running as Administrator. Because of this, OBS will not be able to Game Capture certain games, and it will not be able to request a higher GPU priority for itself -- which is the likely cause of the render lag you are currently experincing. Run OBS as Administrator to help alleviate this problem. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
3. Do not use Display/Monitor Capture. Use Game Capture, Window Capture or Video Capture Device for your game.
4. Cap your game at 60 FPS.
4. Use the QSV encoder instead of x264.

Post new log if still having issues.
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thanks for the reply. i have looked at the log already last night as i was advised to do so from a youtube video. i have already fixed the hertz problem (put my voicemeter to 4800). for the fps i lowered it to 30 in OBS so should i cap it in the game at 30 as well? or should i put it back up to 60 in OBS and cap it at about 30 or 29.97 in the game?. Also, exactly which encoder is QSV? I have x264, QuickSync HEVC and H.264, AOM AV1 and SVT-AV1.

thank you for getting back so quick!
 
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FreeJace

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FreeJace said:
thanks for the reply. i have looked at the log already last night as i was advised to do so from a youtube video. i have already fixed the hertz problem (put my voicemeter to 4800). for the fps i lowered it to 30 in OBS so should i cap it in the game at 30 as well? or should i put it back up to 60 in OBS and cap it at about 30 or 29.97 in the game?. Also, exactly which encoder is QSV? I have x264, QuickSync HEVC and H.264, AOM AV1 and SVT-AV1.

thank you for getting back so quick!
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did some digging and want to rephrase one if my inquiries:

would you recommend QSV HVEC or H.264? I read that one makes the file sizes huge but the encoding is pretty quick
 
qhobbes

qhobbes

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Keep your games at 60 FPS and OBS at 30 FPS. If your NexiGo N930E FHD Webcam supports 30 FPS (instead of 29.97), switch it 30.

Your processor doesn't support AV1 so you'll need to QuickSync HEVC and H.264. HEVC should provide better quality at the same bitrate (or the same quality at a lower bitrate) compared to H.264. If you plan on editing your videos prior to uploading them, make sure your editing software supports HEVC (if you go that route).
 
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FreeJace

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Okay so i’ve adjusted my settings to the suggestions you guys have given me and it’s still lagging in the output video. Gameplay is perfect when i’m actually in game but the output is still bad. Quality is ok the frames are just dropped badly. When i am recording my intro with the game closed, my audio is ok and webcam frames are ok. Even when i’m going through the first part of the game with just message windows to give a preface it’s okay. But when the game actually starts and i’m moving around the frames drop terribly. I’m not sure what else to do to fix this.

I refuse to believe there is NO way to record a simply itch.io game while recording on my laptop. All of my specs should be able to handle a simple indie dev game while screen recording in OBS. Am i wrong for assuming that?
 
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