Question / Help OBS freezes but audio keeps going

[Headstoness]

I have read a few threads about the OBS freezing in the first few seconds but the audio carrying on. I have the same problem and have tried a few different solutions.
I would appreciate any feedback!

This is the log from my last recording:

22:37:03.242: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
22:37:03.243: CPU Speed: 3192MHz
22:37:03.243: Physical Cores: 6, Logical Cores: 12
22:37:03.243: Physical Memory: 16300MB Total, 11475MB Free
22:37:03.243: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 18362 (revision: 476; 64-bit)
22:37:03.243: Running as administrator: false
22:37:03.243: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
22:37:03.243: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
22:37:03.243: Game DVR: On
22:37:03.244: Sec. Software Status:
22:37:03.245: Windows Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV)
22:37:03.245: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
22:37:03.246: Current Date/Time: 2019-12-10, 22:37:03
22:37:03.246: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
22:37:03.246: Portable mode: false
22:37:03.494: OBS 24.0.3 (64-bit, windows)
22:37:03.494: ---------------------------------
22:37:03.494: ---------------------------------
22:37:03.494: audio settings reset:
22:37:03.494: samples per sec: 44100
22:37:03.494: speakers: 2
22:37:03.496: ---------------------------------
22:37:03.496: Initializing D3D11...
22:37:03.496: Available Video Adapters:
22:37:03.497: Adapter 0: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
22:37:03.497: Dedicated VRAM: 1975517184
22:37:03.497: Shared VRAM: 4251336704
22:37:03.497: output 0: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
22:37:03.499: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (0)
22:37:03.539: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000
22:37:03.539: D3D11 GPU priority setup failed (not admin?)
22:37:03.932: ---------------------------------
22:37:03.932: video settings reset:
22:37:03.932: base resolution: 1920x1080
22:37:03.932: output resolution: 960x540
22:37:03.932: downscale filter: Bicubic
22:37:03.932: fps: 60000/1001
22:37:03.932: format: NV12
22:37:03.932: YUV mode: 601/Partial
22:37:03.932: NV12 texture support enabled
22:37:03.933: Audio monitoring device:
22:37:03.933: name: Default
22:37:03.933: id: default
22:37:03.933: ---------------------------------
22:37:03.938: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
22:37:03.938: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.dll'
22:37:03.969: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
22:37:03.969: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
22:37:04.054: [obs-browser]: Version 2.7.15
22:37:04.060: NVENC supported
22:37:04.136: VLC found, VLC video source enabled
22:37:04.146: No blackmagic support
22:37:04.156: ---------------------------------
22:37:04.156: Loaded Modules:
22:37:04.156: win-wasapi.dll
22:37:04.156: win-mf.dll
22:37:04.156: win-ivcam.dll
22:37:04.156: win-dshow.dll
22:37:04.156: win-decklink.dll
22:37:04.156: win-capture.dll
22:37:04.156: vlc-video.dll
22:37:04.156: text-freetype2.dll
22:37:04.156: rtmp-services.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-x264.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-vst.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-transitions.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-text.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-qsv11.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-outputs.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-filters.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-ffmpeg.dll
22:37:04.156: obs-browser.dll
22:37:04.156: image-source.dll
22:37:04.156: frontend-tools.dll
22:37:04.156: enc-amf.dll
22:37:04.156: decklink-ouput-ui.dll
22:37:04.156: coreaudio-encoder.dll
22:37:04.156: ---------------------------------
22:37:04.156: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
22:37:04.156: Service '' not found
22:37:04.165: All scene data cleared
22:37:04.165: ------------------------------------------------
22:37:04.189: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (G935 Gaming Headset)' initialized
22:37:04.200: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (G935 Gaming Headset)' initialized
22:37:04.200: [window-capture: 'The Isle'] update settings:
22:37:04.200: executable: TheIsle-Win64-Shipping.exe
22:37:04.538: Switched to scene 'Scene 2'
22:37:04.538: ------------------------------------------------
22:37:04.538: Loaded scenes:
22:37:04.538: - scene 'Scene 2':
22:37:04.538: - source: 'The Isle' (window_capture)
22:37:04.538: - scene 'GW2':
22:37:04.538: - source: 'Guild Wars 2' (game_capture)
22:37:04.538: - scene 'DA:I':
22:37:04.538: - source: 'Dragon Age: Inquisition' (game_capture)
22:37:04.538: - source: 'Display Capture' (monitor_capture)
22:37:04.538: ------------------------------------------------