Question / Help OBS lag, not game fps issues.

[Big Bob61]

First off guys, I would like to say I'm very new to all of this and I'm incredibly sorry for any ignorance or lack of knowledge regarding the subject.

The issue I seem to be having is every time I start my OBS software and begin to record World of Warcraft I get about 3 seconds of good footage then one of 2 scenarios happen.
1.) It cuts the recording off, even though it still says I'm recording. Regardless of it saying it's still recording, when i open the recorded file it's only about 3 seconds long.
2.) It sits and records audio perfectly but the screen remains frozen until I end the recording.

Like I said, I'm incredibly new and it could just be a rookie mistake or settings being too high for my computer.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies, best regards.

 

[Boildown]

12:37:54: CPU Name: AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

12:37:54: stepping id: 1, model 19, family 21, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 3, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 2

12:37:54: Base resolution: 1920x1080
12:37:54: Output resolution: 1920x1080

12:37:54: Using graphics capture
12:37:54: Trying to hook process: Wow-64.exe
12:37:54: Scene buffering time set to 700
12:37:54: x264: MB rate (489600) > level limit (245760)
12:37:54: ------------------------------------------
12:37:55: Video Encoding: x264
12:37:55: fps: 60
12:37:55: width: 1920, height: 1080
12:37:55: preset: faster
12:37:55: profile: main
12:37:55: keyint: 120
12:37:55: CBR: yes
12:37:55: CFR: yes
12:37:55: max bitrate: 15000
12:37:55: buffer size: 15000
12:37:55: ------------------------------------------
12:37:55: SharedTexCapture hooked
12:37:59: Total frames encoded: 110, total frames duplicated: 71 (64.55%)
12:37:59: Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 70 (63.64%)
12:37:59: Total frames rendered: 89, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)

Your CPU isn't strong enough to run OBS and your game at slower presets. Try VeryFast, SuperFast, or UltraFast instead of Faster or Fast. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-6700+APU When working acceptably the total frames duplicated should be less than 1%. If its more than that you need to make some changes.

Since you're recording to disk and not streaming, you can set your profile to High and your keyframe interval to auto. And just in general follow this guide: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.12600

 

[Big Bob61]

Thanks, mate! I'll give it a shot now!

 

[Big Bob61]

Cheers man! Works perfectly! @Boildown