Question / Help Not able to record smooth footage in 1080p in OBS Studio

[SwordArt]

Hello All,

Specs:

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9 380
CPU: i5-4690K
8 GB of ram



I have been trying to record league of legends at 30fps 1080p and no matter how much I play with the settings I'm not able to get a constant good quality video. I'm occasionally forced to use Mirillis Action which works fine, but doesn't have all the capabilities and freedom I have with OBS.

http://pastebin.com/Dc9JKxAd


I believe that's my log. Let me know if there's any more information you might need, I know I'm probably doing this incorrectly, just let me know.

 

[Sapiens]

Make sure vsync or some other form of frame limiter is enabled in your game, and use one of the recording quality presets under Settings > Output (simple mode).

 

[SwordArt]

I enabled vsync on my game. And I've tried the recording quality presets, but I'm still getting lag on the video file.

 

[Mroczny_Gustaw]

Your log is incomplete, there is no recording in it. We need full one with this part:
13:00:49.723: ==== Recording Start ===============================================

13:00:56.404: ==== Recording Stop ================================================

 

[SwordArt]

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/988e1ae1026549370ac3e7c648366df0


I got this from Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File

 

[Mroczny_Gustaw]

when using simple mode select x264 low cpu
or if you prefer advanced settings, carefully follow these steps https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
in short: crf recording needs ultrafast preset

 

[SwordArt]

when using simple mode select x264 low cpu
or if you prefer advanced settings, carefully follow these steps https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
in short: crf recording needs ultrafast preset

I believe this is for OBS not OBS studio.

I just changed the title to clarify. :)

 

[Sapiens]

The settings in the high quality recording guide apply to OBS Studio as well. You configure them in Settings > Output (advanced mode).

 

[SwordArt]

I didn't see a place to select x264 low cpu, I have it on x264 right now though.

 

[Mroczny_Gustaw]

The post I linked describes advanced settings output mode of recording. If you select simple mode x264 low cpu will be available

Post log again after like 5 minutes of recording.

 

[SwordArt]

The post I linked describes advanced settings output mode of recording. If you select simple mode x264 low cpu will be available

Post log again after like 5 minutes of recording.

I used all the advanced settings you showed with that link. On regular obs, I'm still unsure where to select simple mode. I wasn't setting low cpu on obs studio either.

https://gist.github.com/1401aedc1ab4cae5083e7c146ba89a27

Here's the log though, thanks for all the help.

Also, accidentally recorded this one with a .flv file instead of a .mp4.

 

[Adrian Schofield]

Settings, Output. At the top there is a drop down where you can choose Simple or Advanced

 

[Sapiens]

On regular obs, I'm still unsure where to select simple mode.

OBS Classic does not have simple/advanced output modes and recording quality presets. You posted in the OBS Studio forum and provided a log from OBS Studio, so the assumption is that you're running OBS Studio.

 

[SwordArt]

OBS Classic does not have simple/advanced output modes and recording quality presets. You posted in the OBS Studio forum and provided a log from OBS Studio, so the assumption is that you're running OBS Studio.

Mroczny gave me settings that pluggin to the Encoding and Advanced pages on OBS. And honestly, I'm just trying to get anything to work.

I did however find the low cpu settings. Its just initially not on the 'Simple' page until you change the recording quality settings. Then you can find it under encoding.

I'll try those settings after I finish my swim.

Thanks

 

[Sapiens]

You can configure those same settings in OBS Studio, but the recording quality presets do the same thing. Settings > Output (simple mode) - Set the quality to something other than "Same as stream" and then set the encoder to either "x264 Low CPU usage preset" or one of the hardware encoding options.

 

[SwordArt]

I've enabled my Custom Buffer size and set it to 0, however, I don't see a way to disable CBR. Under rate control I only see abr, vbr, and crf.

 

[SwordArt]

So I finally figured out how to get all those settings correct and I'm still getting choppy footage. I've tried 15-23 cfr.

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e3924d32472451d7ed619b2583dbf44c

 

[Sapiens]

What kind of FPS do you get in the game when OBS isn't running at all versus when it's recording?

 

[SwordArt]

What kind of FPS do you get in the game when OBS isn't running at all versus when it's recording?

I usually just keep it on 60, but I can run anything 100+ to uncapped pretty flawlessly.

 

[SwordArt]

I think I'm just going to use mirillis action, this is a bit too much of a hassle. Thanks for all the help though.