Question / Help OBS lags no matter what I do

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dping

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Niek Fasol said:
It doesn't even seem my laptop gets very hot. My room is very hot so I opened the door to let in fresh air from outside just to be sure but OBS shows no difference. I've installed all the HP drivers but aside from some weird side effects nothing has changed. The weird side effects have nothing to do with the lag. They're things like OBS now saying I have two of the same Nvidia video cards even though it didn't before and a Microsoft video driver which apparently counts as a video card. Oh, nevermind. It now says I only have one Nvidia video card and nothing else. I'm starting to think OBS doesn't support my laptop.
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The side effects are probably from not restarting after the new drivers were installed. the old video drivers need to be carefully removed. there is a utility that I trust to do this called DDU. After that, reboot and reinstall the drivers.

temps need to be monitored with a program, not always by touch.
 
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Niek Fasol

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I think I got OBS MP to work by installing a program for temp management. Thank you for the advise. I'll test it some more tommorow and if it works I'll notify you.
 
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Niek Fasol

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It didn't fix it. Something interesting happened though. After monitor capture had crashed OBS had turned smaller. I mean not only the window but the text and buttons as well. Now it recognizes my monitor size and monitor capture has gone back to being a black screen. I think monitor capture might be the cause of all this. I'm not sure how though. I've discovered the HP tool didn't install the chipset driver so I'm going to do so to see if that fixes anything.
 
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alpinlol

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since your cpu is quite weak have you tried using the super or even the ultrafast preset to record using x264?
 
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Niek Fasol

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I can run without lag on super low settings but I'm just curious why I have to because my dad has a much older laptop that can run OBS on much higher settings without a problem. This computer is brand new and cost around 600 to 700 euro's yet I have to settle for horrible quality to record without lag.
 
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Niek Fasol

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It stopped recognizing my monitor size again and now my webcam doesn't show up anymore either. I think I'm going to see if it could be because I deleted my drivers too carelesly.
 
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alpinlol

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Niek Fasol said:
I can run without lag on super low settings but I'm just curious why I have to because my dad has a much older laptop that can run OBS on much higher settings without a problem. This computer is brand new and cost around 600 to 700 euro's yet I have to settle for horrible quality to record without lag.
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doesnt mean its better

you are running an cut i7 with only a hyperthreaded dualcore which is pretty much equal to a decent i3 and on top of that its the U version meaning you only have 15W power consumption which can throttle even more due to load from applications/obs etc.
 
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dping

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Niek Fasol said:
And if I wanted something portable?
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Then keep what you have and do the following:
1. change the GPU over in the video tab to the nvidia, make sure you follow this guide for black screen issues: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/laptop-black-screen-when-capturing-read-here-first.5965/
2. change preset to ultrafast, buffer 0 and whatever resolution you wish to record in (1280x720@30fps recommended), but chose a resolution that is a good compromise considering you have a laptop
3. Make a new scene, put in there your webcam and a game you wish to play,
4. Record for a minimum of 5 minutes.
5. Upload the video, and post a link here.
6. Post that logfile here as well.

Also, note to:
Once you get to step 4, disable the OBS preview window (right click on the OBS preview, click preview again, the uncheck "enable view"
and dont have any other programs running
 
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Niek Fasol

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I'll get on that but I still don't get why monitor capture gives a black screen and it doesn't recognize my screen size. Can't that be a bug in OBS with my laptop?
 
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dping

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Niek Fasol said:
I'll get on that but I still don't get why monitor capture gives a black screen and it doesn't recognize my screen size. Can't that be a bug in OBS with my laptop?
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switchable graphics

OBS needs to know which GPU that is processing the monitor. monitor capture is always on intel with switchable graphics, but in order to get game and window capture to work, OBS needs to be hard set on the nvidia card. so when this is set, monitor capture wont work but game/window capture will. if you undo that and set it to the intel card, monitor capture will work but game/window wont.

its a pain, one other thing that can be done is window capture with compatibility mode enabled which should pick up anything that isn't full screen (run games in windowed mode).
 
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Niek Fasol

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It seems to work with the settings you proposed but seeing as it makes the video ugly I think I'll see if I can use my desktop instead. Maybe I'll start blogging until I live on my own and don't have to move my PC every other weekend.
 
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dping

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Niek Fasol said:
It seems to work with the settings you proposed but seeing as it makes the video ugly I think I'll see if I can use my desktop instead. Maybe I'll start blogging until I live on my own and don't have to move my PC every other weekend.
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OBS says your screen resolution is 1536x864. the last log I saw, you were trying to record 1920x1080 which is more pixels than you have. I dont know how to answer you without a new log. and maybe a screenshot of what you are talking about
 
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