Question / Help Local recording video pauses every few seconds

[Megatron]

Hey everyone, I have a problem with local recording. I've followed the steps in a previous tutorial, and it helped improve the quality of the video 100 fold. The first time I recorded the video was fine. Everything was pretty smooth, and there were no awkward video pauses or anything.

However, over the past 2 days, I have been trying to record some Diablo III and Hearthstone footage and all the footage is choppy, or at least it pauses every few seconds, but the audio remains smooth.

Here is my log file, can anyone help out?

9:49:12: No Intel graphics adapter visible in QSVHelper.exe, Optimus problem?
09:49:13: CUDA loaded successfully
09:49:13: 1 CUDA capable devices found
09:49:13: [ GPU #0 - < GeForce GTX 770 > has Compute SM 3.0, NVENC Available ]
09:50:55: Open Broadcaster Software v0.622b - 64bit (　^ω^)
09:50:55: -------------------------------
09:50:55: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
09:50:55: CPU Speed: 3406MHz
09:50:55: Physical Memory: 10178MB Total, 7766MB Free
09:50:55: stepping id: 3, model 60, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
09:50:55: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={2048, 1152}
09:50:55: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
09:50:55: Aero is Enabled
09:50:55: -------------------------------
09:50:55: OBS Modules:
09:50:55: Base Address Module
09:50:55: 0000000072960000 OBS.exe
09:50:55: 00000000E1900000 OBSApi.dll
09:50:55: 00000000EAB30000 DShowPlugin.dll
09:50:55: 00000000EC4B0000 GraphicsCapture.dll
09:50:55: 00000000EAB00000 NoiseGate.dll
09:50:55: 00000000EA880000 PSVPlugin.dll
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Adapter 1
09:50:55: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
09:50:55: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2082140160
09:50:55: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2147807232
09:50:55: Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={2048, 1152}, attached=true
09:50:55: =====Stream Start: 2014-05-13, 09:50:55===============================================
09:50:55: Multithreaded optimizations: On
09:50:55: Base resolution: 2048x1152
09:50:55: Output resolution: 2048x1152
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (Adapter 1)...
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Audio Format: 44100 Hz
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Audio Channels: 2 Ch
09:50:55: Playback device Default
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
09:50:55: Global Audio time adjust: 0
09:50:55: Using 5.1 surround speaker setup
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: Audio Encoding: MP3
09:50:55: bitrate: 256
09:50:55: ------------------------------------------
09:50:55: device: Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000,
09:50:55: device id \\?\usb#vid_046d&pid_0990&mi_00#6&1a66d8e0&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{bbefb6c7-2fc4-4139-bb8b-a58bba724083},
09:50:55: chosen type: I420, usingFourCC: false, res: 640x480 - 640x480, frameIntervals: 333333-2000000
09:50:55: use buffering: false - 0, fourCC: 'I420'
09:50:55: audio device: Disable,
09:50:55: audio device id Disabled,
09:50:55: audio time offset 0,
09:50:55:
09:50:56: Using directshow input
09:51:00: Using Monitor Capture
09:51:00: Scene buffering time set to 700
09:51:00: Using custom x264 settings: "crf=15"
09:51:00: x264: VBV maxrate specified, but no bufsize, ignored
09:51:00: ------------------------------------------
09:51:00: Video Encoding: x264
09:51:00: fps: 60
09:51:00: width: 2048, height: 1152
09:51:00: preset: veryfast
09:51:00: profile: high
09:51:00: keyint: 250
09:51:00: CBR: no
09:51:00: CFR: yes
09:51:00: max bitrate: 1000
09:51:00: buffer size: 0
09:51:00: quality: 17
09:51:00: ------------------------------------------
10:11:26: Total frames encoded: 73469, total frames duplicated: 22331 (30.40%)
10:11:26: Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 18710 (25.47%)
10:11:26: Total frames rendered: 54292, number of late frames: 1202 (2.21%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
10:11:26:
10:11:26: Profiler time results:
10:11:26:
10:11:26: ==============================================================
10:11:26: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.931 ms] [children: 66.2%] [unaccounted: 33.8%]
10:11:26: | scene->Preprocess - [35.6%] [avg time: 0.688 ms]
10:11:26: | GPU download and conversion - [30.6%] [avg time: 0.591 ms] [children: 11.3%] [unaccounted: 19.3%]
10:11:26: | | flush - [5.08%] [avg time: 0.098 ms]
10:11:26: | | CopyResource - [6.06%] [avg time: 0.117 ms]
10:11:26: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.207%] [avg time: 0.004 ms]
10:11:26: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 3.182 ms] [children: 99.7%] [unaccounted: 0.346%]
10:11:26: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.7%] [avg time: 3.171 ms]
10:11:26: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 9.991 ms] [children: 1.31%] [unaccounted: 98.7%]
10:11:26: | sending stuff out - [1.31%] [avg time: 0.131 ms]
10:11:26: ==============================================================
10:11:26:
10:11:26:
10:11:26: Profiler CPU results:
10:11:26:
10:11:26: ==============================================================
10:11:26: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0.633 ms, total 34375 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0.21 ms, total 11453.1 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0.057 ms, total 3125 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0.039 ms, total 2156.25 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0.009 ms, total 515.625 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0.001 ms, total 62.5 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 2.468 ms, total 267875 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
10:11:26: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 2.463 ms, total 267313 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
10:11:26: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 3.633 ms, total 266828 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: | sending stuff out - [cpu time: avg 0.021 ms, total 1562.5 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
10:11:26: ==============================================================
10:11:26:
10:11:26: =====Stream End: 2014-05-13, 10:11:26=================================================

 

[R1CH]

10:11:26: Total frames encoded: 73469, total frames duplicated: 22331 (30.40%)
10:11:26: Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 18710 (25.47%)

Your settings are too high for your CPU to keep up with. Try downscaling your resolution and lowering FPS.

 

[Megatron]

Ok, I'll give it a shot! Thanks!

 

[Megatron]

Alrighty, I turned off the custom x264 encoder, and that seems to have made everything better. I also dropped my fps to 30. But i'm going to try and bring it back up to 60 again and test! Thanks again!