OBS Didn't record everything

[Ice06]

Hi guys, I played 3 gaming sessions with a friend today and I was recording everything (Sea of Thieves), (Phasmophobia), (Microworks), but for Sea of Thieves et Microworks I only have a part of what I have recorded. & I'm sure I've waited for the end of the game every time for stopping the recording, I was looking on it on the right side of my screen.

I don't know why my files are not complete with the all session.

I will give you the logs, if you can help guys.. Have a good day ♥

 

[PaiSand]

10:18:45.646: Starting stream due to hotkey
10:18:55.133: Pausing recording due to hotkey
10:18:55.133: output adv_file_output paused
11:45:25.636: Stopping recording due to hotkey

You paused the recording 10 minutes after starting recording and finally stopped it an hour and a half later.

And then:

14:32:43.850: Starting stream due to hotkey
14:33:19.756: Pausing recording due to hotkey
14:33:19.756: output adv_file_output paused
...
15:27:27.241: Unpausing recording due to hotkey
15:27:27.242: output adv_file_output unpaused
...
15:55:49.304: Pausing recording due to hotkey
15:55:49.304: output adv_file_output paused
16:03:23.904: Starting stream due to hotkey
...
16:12:17.756: Stopping recording due to hotkey
16:12:17.756: output adv_file_output unpaused
16:12:18.339: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'J:/Captures/2025-01-10 12-43-03.mkv' stopped
16:12:18.339: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
16:12:18.339: Output 'adv_file_output': Total frames output: 499069
16:12:18.339: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 753259
16:12:18.339: ==== Recording Stop ================================================

Same issue, pausing the recording.
Make sure to set the hotkeys far away from the normal keys used by the games.
It's recommended to use combination of keys for this.

 

[Ice06]

Oh I have to look for it! Thanks PaiSand, I have combination of keys for starting and stopping because of some mistakes with that in the past but I didn't checked the pause button. If the problem is just that it will be good for the next times.

Edit: yeah it was just on the numpad 4 so I switched it on CTRL 4 for pausing and CTRL 5 for restarting. CTRL 1 for starting and CTRL 2 for stopping

Have a good day / night <3

 

[PaiSand]

You can assign the same hotkey for start/stop. This way you save some keys for other hotkeys.
Just you need to double check once you start a recording / streaming.

 

[Ice06]

Thank you for your tips PaiSand it's really kind of you