Question / Help OBS doesn't record everything

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SoakedSun

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So I was watching a show with a friend and recording his reaction, we watched it for about 4-5h or something. However, after I stopped recording, and tried to open the video, the file is only 1h46min long. Here are the logs: https://obsproject.com/logs/OARKwPRoUKPMqL8A
Anyone know if there's a way I could salvage the full file or is that impossible?
 
The log only shows a 5 minute and 8 minute recording, are you sure it's the right one?
 
How large is the video file, and were you recording at a set bitrate (and what was it), or using CQP/CRF? What are you using to watch the video back? If the Windows default "Films and TV", try downloading VLC instead... FaTV is known to be pretty terrible, causing all kinds of playback issues.
 
FerretBomb said:
How large is the video file, and were you recording at a set bitrate (and what was it), or using CQP/CRF? What are you using to watch the video back? If the Windows default "Films and TV", try downloading VLC instead... FaTV is known to be pretty terrible, causing all kinds of playback issues.
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The video file is 1,07GB, the video bitrate was set to 2500, while the audio to 160. I'm using VLC to watch the video since it's a .mkv file.
 
1.07GB is 8,560,000 kilobits.
Divided by 2660 is 3218 seconds.
Divided by 60 is 53.6 minutes.
Which is... extra-weird, if the video is almost two hours long.

Looking at the new log, it shows CQP in use so that's a little more sensible as it doesn't use a set bitrate.
435693 frames at 30fps is 14,523 seconds/242 minutes/4 hours, which concurs with the logfile's ~4 hour recording time. It also shows only 10 skipped frames, which means a recording issue is less-likely.

Can you try Remux Recordings from OBS' File menu, and see if the mp4 it spits out has the correct runtime? It's possible something might have tweaked a bit. You may also be able to download the mkvrepair utility (from mkvrepair.com) if a file format issue is the case, though that's a command line tool and will take a little reading to see how to use.
 
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