OBS Lagging my entire PC.

[Ruzet]

Obs has been lagging everything on my pc everytime i try to record. Even having it open lags my pc.
Specs:
iMac 24 inch 2023
CPU: Apple M3 Chip
Memory: 8 GB

I've heard great things about the apple silicon chips but im not seeing any of it. I tried ultrafast cpu preset and it still lagged. Any options I try dont work and lag my pc. Is there any fix or is my pc just not good enough?

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Apple chips are wonderfully power efficient... but brute force power? no, not even close
Are the latest M4 chips nicely balanced power and performance... yes... but there is an operating system that is still walled garden, and beware those that go outside (like using OBS Studio)

So (presuming getting more powerful computer isn't desired) basics of learning to use System Monitor and get into details to see if/when you have a hardware resource bottleneck, and then adjusting to avoid
- Using Studio mode (preview window) is 2X the rendering
- beware CPU intensive filters and effects.

And don't ignore pinned post in this forum on posting OBS Studio log from a streaming/recording session when asking for help/support

 

[Ruzet]

Apple chips are wonderfully power efficient... but brute force power? no, not even close
Are the latest M4 chips nicely balanced power and performance... yes... but there is an operating system that is still walled garden, and beware those that go outside (like using OBS Studio)

So (presuming getting more powerful computer isn't desired) basics of learning to use System Monitor and get into details to see if/when you have a hardware resource bottleneck, and then adjusting to avoid
- Using Studio mode (preview window) is 2X the rendering
- beware CPU intensive filters and effects.

And don't ignore pinned post in this forum on posting OBS Studio log from a streaming/recording session when asking for help/support

Thank you for all the advice, would you still want a log to help further or should i try the tips you've told me?

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

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