Question / Help Newby Needing Help

[Akisohida]

I like OBS but I play on a laptop and recording locally is all but impossible. (The video, upon playback, freezes while the audio keeps playing).

So I use Nvidias built-in. Problem: It's SUPER LOUD (and cannot be turned down) and the mic is SUPER QUIET at maximum boost.

What I want to do:

Use OBS to record ONLY audio (both just me in solo play, or me and my friends via discord).

This way, I can turn down the game, and turn up my mic, or turn down the mics if someone yells, in post-processing.

Is this possible?

If so; how?

 

[Sapiens]

Why not just use the NVENC support OBS already has? You can't record audio-only, though you could extract the audio track(s) from the output file with some third-party software.

 

[Akisohida]

I am using the NVENC encoding. The thing is; for Overwatch local recordings, the video freezes, or is choppy as heck, when I use OBS.

It just crashes when trying to record Mafia 3.

I get that this is a laptop, so it's limited in it's processing power, even if it is a newer laptop. But Shadowplay does not have these problems. That's why I use it for video recording.

Would you be able to suggest a good audio recording software? I have Audacity but it runs into the problem that I cannot start or stop it unless it is the priority program. I just want something that can catch me talking, or catch my friends and I talking. x.x

 

[Sapiens]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/problem-make-sure-to-post-a-log-and-or-crash-dump-howto.97/

Audacity would probably be my choice, just edit the audio track afterwards and cut out the sections you don't need.

 

[Akisohida]

Can Audacity capture other clients? Like Discord?