Need Help w/ Recommended Settings

[lujerex]

Intro
Hey guys. Not sure what information to give to you guys but I'll try my best.
Do note, I have looked at a few YouTube videos and none of them really helped with my issue, which I'll explain below.

Whenever I record (not stream, I can't stream due to different reasons but for another day..) but yeah when I record the .mp4 video that comes from the recording is SUPER laggy. What I mean by laggy is that the FPS is super low. Like it's below 1 FPS.

It's not just games either. I tried to shoot just footage of me just using my main camera and the end result .mp4 video was terrible. I thought maybe it's my camera or my computer is shit (specs provided below) but I don't think that's the case as I ended shooting the video I needed to with just my camera using the default Windows 10 camera app.

I'll attach a video of me playing some random game and record it with OBS so you can see what I'm talking about.
Side note- I just tried sending the .mp4 file itself and a compressed .zip folder with only the .mp4 file in it and both was too big for the server to process... it's not even 30 mb large...
I'm going to have to just put it on Google Drive or something and post the link below.
Leaving my OBS log too of course!

Computer Specs
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor 3.50 GHz

RAM: 16 GB (< Originally 8 GB, only thing that I've changed. Everything is the stock stuff that came with the computer when I got it as a present from BestBuy in 2017 or 2018, I don't remember which year...)

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 560 Series

Motherboard (via System Information):
Baseboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product: 970A-DS3P

Attachments
Video (Google Drive): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vKudLK19DW2h3I2rsZiPPkSliZlRvweZ/view?usp=sharing
OBS Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/kr-jb8HXlUjLiCTy

 

[imacintoshy]

And everything is ok with your OS?
And the new RAM modules are the same as primary ones?
According to your PC specs, I can recommend you to try AMD Radeon Software first, just to make sure, that everything is ok with your hardware || OS part

 

[lujerex]

And everything is ok with your OS?
And the new RAM modules are the same as primary ones?
According to your PC specs, I can recommend you to try AMD Radeon Software first, just to make sure, that everything is ok with your hardware || OS part

Hey thanks for the reply.
My OS as in operating system? Yeah I’m pretty my Windows is okay. Have a minor update waiting for it so I’m going to do that.

The new RAM modules are the same as the old ones. I checked the company, names, etc to make sure.

And thanks for the link. I’ll take a look at it.
If I had to through a random guess out there I would say it’s my GPU.

 

[lujerex]

What I mean by laggy is that the FPS is super low. Like it's below 1 FPS.

Side note, I just looked at the footage I gave in the Google Drive link and it's not as bad as I said. The original videos I took before downsizing to 1280x720 was less than 1 FPS. The footage I actually ended up giving is still very bad is nowhere close to YouTube ready, so that's why I'm not canceling this thread or post thread or whatnot lol.

Also just now checking our the link you gave me.

 

[lujerex]

Update: The link he gave me and the method provided worked and my videos look normal using that so that confirms that it's not a problem with my PC and its OS.

 

[imacintoshy]

I suppose, that it might be some problems with tmp files, or registry mess(some kinda bad installation)
In case clear uninstall problem will still persist....meh driver or some settings failure.
Anyway, u have a working solution)

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

You should read some of the basic setup guides on the help section of this site
One key thing on Windows is NEVER record to MP4, and the app tells you to begin with. just don't. lots of explanation on why, which I won't repeat here. short version, record to MKV, and then remux in OBS (only takes a couple of seconds to swap recorded video container from MKV to MP4)

and do I have this right, that CPU was released in 2012... ?
real-time video encoding is REALLY demanding. You need powerful processing ability (CPU and possibly GPU) to pull off, so basically, you are asking your PC to do WAY more than it is capable of in terms of real-time video encoding
If a new PC is not an option, I'd recommend to learn how to do hardware monitoring using Task Manager (Performance tab) and/or Resource Monitor, then how to optimize WIn10 for an under-powered system (you need to learn what background processes shoudl be stopped/disabled), and then configure OBS similarly
And I often see people with StreamElements plugins on OBS PCs struggling [I'm not a gamer, so I have no insight into why one would use those plugins]... but that is adding CPU load onto a PC that can't handle it... something has to give

 

[lujerex]

One key thing on Windows is NEVER record to MP4, and the app tells you to begin with. just don't.

Okay, got it. Didn't know it was an unspoken thing that's not good to do. I know OBS says in the actual application that recording MP4 means your footage will be lost if it gets corrupted or if OBS closed unplanned but I didn't think it actually said not to record in it. You'd think they would just take the option away altogether.

and do I have this right, that CPU was released in 2012... ?

100% no clue at all in the slightest. Whatever CPU BestBuy gave is the one I have. I guess it makes why I'm never able to do the things I want to do with this damn computer. Wonder why they would selling prebuild PCs with extremely outdated tech.

real-time video encoding is REALLY demanding.

Dumb question but is it really real-time? Because it's not like I'm live streaming. I'm just recording. Wouldn't the encoding all happen while it says "stopping recording..."?

If a new PC is not an option, I'd recommend to learn how to do hardware monitoring using Task Manager (Performance tab) and/or Resource Monitor, then how to optimize WIn10 for an under-powered system (you need to learn what background processes shoudl be stopped/disabled), and then configure OBS similarly
And I often see people with StreamElements plugins on OBS PCs struggling [I'm not a gamer, so I have no insight into why one would use those plugins]... but that is adding CPU load onto a PC that can't handle it... something has to give

Yeah a new PC isn't an option in the slightest lol. If I wasn't broke, I would just pay for someone to build me a custom PC.
Anyway lol, thanks for the help. Just going to have to take a break from OBS then. Again, thank you so much for the information.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

You'd think they would just take the option away altogether.

No, OBS is open source software with lots of power and flexibility. if you want to shoot yourself in the foot, it will let you, as there are folks who know exactly what they are doing, that might want/need certain options. I'd advise against thinking of OBS (or most free, open source software) as having the user interface design sophistication (cost to design, implement, and test) of commercial software. Not better or worse, just different.

Wonder why they would selling prebuild PCs with extremely outdated tech.

because there are folks who need something simple for web browsing / email and only want /willing to pay a limited amount. My primary PC (typing this from ) is even older, and I can run 4 Win10 VMs at same time. but not video encoding. so right machine for right task.

Dumb question but is it really real-time? Because it's not like I'm live streaming. I'm just recording. Wouldn't the encoding all happen while it says "stopping recording..."?

Not a dumb question. Some video editing software has option to work on video then postpone encoding (hence REALLY long encoding timeframes (years ago, I recall hearing about rendering taking hours to days). I'm not aware of OBS doing that (so don't take my word for it). I believe OBS expects a PC powerful enough to real-time encode (be that to stream or to record, s basic output). stopping recording is just to close the recorded video file.

 

[lujerex]

Thanks for the advice, answers, and overall help! Just going to have to stick it out until I can earn some money lol. You guys be good!