Question / Help Obs pixelation from start

[Esteven]

I am having pixelation and lag from the startup of game in Obs when i play it looks good to me but in stream and recordings its pixelated and there's no stoping point of it its just all the way through?

 

[EBrito]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/please-post-a-log-with-your-issue-heres-how.23074/

 

[Esteven]

https://gist.github.com/df730b8d663908f631054e9e186c6e44

 

[EBrito]

12:30:52.636: Warning: The OpenGL renderer is currently in use. On windows, the OpenGL renderer can decrease capture performance due to the lack of specific features used to maximize capture performance. The Direct3D 11 renderer is recommended instead.

NEVER use OpenGL.

Go to Advanced Settigns and set renderer to Direct3D 11.

 

[Esteven]

okay thanks ill give this a shot. how did you get all that from that lol i guess it takes time to learn this.

 

[Esteven]

where is that located?

 

[Esteven]

never mind i found it.

 

[Esteven]

https://gist.github.com/8014b9f8a764235af4bbffc4d54b8591

 

[Esteven]

it worked. lol its no longer pixelated!!!

 

[Esteven]

i looked back at the recording i just did and there is lagging but no pixelation
do you know what could cause this?

 

[EBrito]

Post a complete log. Last log posted is truncated.

 

[Esteven]

https://gist.github.com/efcfc4bdd2553a652eb5807e27779158

 

[EBrito]

Complete but no streaming/recording info.

48FPS?

Try 30 fps.

 

[Esteven]

https://gist.github.com/956ece147b637bfe7689f592014587a0
it seems like the lag got worse with that do you think more fps would help?

 

[Esteven]

https://gist.github.com/db7e3ddffad312b29d6b0ce522960a00

this was me recording with 60 fps and there is still lag?

 

[EBrito]

No recording info in that log

Search one with " recording start" text in it

 

[Esteven]

14:09:16.608: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
14:09:16.608: CPU Speed: 3200MHz
14:09:16.608: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4
14:09:16.608: Physical Memory: 24533MB Total, 15269MB Free
14:09:16.608: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 14393 (revision: 1066; 64-bit)
14:09:16.608: Running as administrator: false
14:09:16.609: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
14:09:16.609: Portable mode: false
14:09:16.779: OBS 18.0.1 (64bit, windows)
14:09:16.779: ---------------------------------
14:09:16.780: ---------------------------------
14:09:16.780: audio settings reset:
14:09:16.780: samples per sec: 44100
14:09:16.780: speakers: 2
14:09:16.823: ---------------------------------
14:09:16.839: Initializing D3D11..
14:09:16.839: Available Video Adapters:
14:09:16.923: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
14:09:16.923: Dedicated VRAM: 2115698688
14:09:16.923: Shared VRAM: 4272773120
14:09:16.924: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
14:09:16.928: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (0)
14:09:17.554: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
14:09:18.627: ---------------------------------
14:09:18.628: video settings reset:
14:09:18.628: base resolution: 1920x1080
14:09:18.628: output resolution: 1280x720
14:09:18.628: downscale filter: Bicubic
14:09:18.628: fps: 48/1
14:09:18.628: format: NV12
14:09:18.630: Audio monitoring device:
14:09:18.630: name: Speakers (3- Logitech G430 Gaming Headset)
14:09:18.630: id: {0.0.0.00000000}.{0e53b659-f605-42d5-aa20-791f39b6f976}
14:09:18.726: ---------------------------------
14:09:18.730: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:09:18.732: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
14:09:18.735: [AMF Encoder] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
14:09:18.754: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:09:18.756: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:09:18.761: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
14:09:18.774: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
14:09:18.798: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
14:09:18.832: NVENC supported
14:09:19.104: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
14:09:19.109: No blackmagic support
14:09:19.151: ---------------------------------
14:09:19.168: Loaded Modules:
14:09:19.168: win-wasapi.dll
14:09:19.205: win-mf.dll
14:09:19.228: win-dshow.dll
14:09:19.228: win-decklink.dll
14:09:19.253: win-capture.dll
14:09:19.253: vlc-video.dll
14:09:19.281: text-freetype2.dll
14:09:19.305: rtmp-services.dll
14:09:19.308: obs-x264.dll
14:09:19.332: obs-vst.dll
14:09:19.332: obs-transitions.dll
14:09:19.366: obs-text.dll
14:09:19.371: obs-qsv11.dll
14:09:19.395: obs-outputs.dll
14:09:19.395: obs-filters.dll
14:09:19.422: obs-ffmpeg.dll
14:09:19.422: obs-browser.dll
14:09:19.446: image-source.dll
14:09:19.446: frontend-tools.dll
14:09:19.473: enc-amf.dll
14:09:19.495: coreaudio-encoder.dll
14:09:19.505: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
14:09:19.522: All scene data cleared
14:09:19.547: ------------------------------------------------
14:09:19.605: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (3- Logitech G430 Gaming Headset)' initialized
14:09:19.621: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (3- Logitech G430 Gaming Headset)' initialized
14:09:19.635: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (3- Logitech G430 Gaming Headset)' initialized
14:09:19.637: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
14:09:19.676: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (3- Logitech G430 Gaming Headset)' initialized
14:09:19.745: ---------------------------------
14:09:19.755: [DShow Device: '1080 camera'] settings updated:
14:09:19.755: video device: FULL HD 1080P Webcam
14:09:19.755: video path: \\?\usb#vid_0bda&pid_58b0&mi_00#6&25249c4a&0&0000#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\global
14:09:19.755: resolution: 1280x720
14:09:19.755: fps: 30.00 (interval: 333333)
14:09:19.755: format: MJPEG
14:09:22.985: Switched to scene 'game'
14:09:22.985: [game-capture: 'Conan Exiles'] attempting to hook process: ConanSandbox.exe
14:09:23.012: ------------------------------------------------
14:09:23.013: [game-capture: 'Conan Exiles'] memory capture successful
14:09:23.035: Loaded scenes:
14:09:23.070: - scene 'Scene':
14:09:23.094: - scene 'game':
14:09:23.094: - source: 'Conan Exiles' (game_capture)
14:09:23.118: - source: '1080 camera' (dshow_input)
14:09:23.128: - source: 'logic' (wasapi_output_capture)
14:09:23.152: - source: 'logic mic' (wasapi_input_capture)
14:09:23.152: ------------------------------------------------
14:10:29.386: ---------------------------------
14:10:29.387: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: faster
14:10:29.387: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: main
14:10:29.387: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
14:10:29.387: rate_control: CBR
14:10:29.387: bitrate: 3500
14:10:29.387: buffer size: 3500
14:10:29.387: crf: 0
14:10:29.387: fps_num: 48
14:10:29.387: fps_den: 1
14:10:29.387: width: 1280
14:10:29.387: height: 720
14:10:29.387: keyint: 96
14:10:29.387: vfr: off
14:10:29.387:
14:10:29.388: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] custom settings: scenecut=0
14:10:29.393: [Media Foundation AAC: 'Track1']: encoder created
14:10:29.393: bitrate: 160
14:10:29.393: channels: 2
14:10:29.393: sample rate: 44100
14:10:29.393: bits-per-sample: 16
14:10:29.393:
14:10:29.700: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
14:10:29.700: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-10-29.mp4'...
14:10:51.009: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
14:11:28.955: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-10-29.mp4' stopped
14:11:28.965: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
14:11:28.989: Output 'adv_file_output': Total encoded frames: 2670
14:11:28.989: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 2844
14:11:29.025: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1357 (50.8%)
14:11:29.025: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 943 (33.2%)
14:11:29.058: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
14:19:21.463: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 92 milliseconds
14:28:25.374: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 116 milliseconds
14:30:13.039: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 139 milliseconds
14:48:36.486: ---------------------------------
14:48:36.486: video settings reset:
14:48:36.486: base resolution: 1920x1080
14:48:36.486: output resolution: 1280x720
14:48:36.486: downscale filter: Bicubic
14:48:36.486: fps: 30/1
14:48:36.486: format: NV12
14:48:36.540: Settings changed (video)
14:48:36.540: ------------------------------------------------
14:48:43.445: ---------------------------------
14:48:43.445: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: faster
14:48:43.446: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: main
14:48:43.446: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
14:48:43.446: rate_control: CBR
14:48:43.446: bitrate: 3500
14:48:43.446: buffer size: 3500
14:48:43.446: crf: 0
14:48:43.446: fps_num: 30
14:48:43.446: fps_den: 1
14:48:43.446: width: 1280
14:48:43.446: height: 720
14:48:43.446: keyint: 60
14:48:43.446: vfr: off
14:48:43.446:
14:48:43.448: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] custom settings: scenecut=0
14:48:43.452: [Media Foundation AAC: 'Track1']: encoder created
14:48:43.452: bitrate: 160
14:48:43.452: channels: 2
14:48:43.452: sample rate: 44100
14:48:43.452: bits-per-sample: 16
14:48:43.452:
14:48:43.468: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
14:48:43.473: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-48-43.mp4'...
14:50:27.195: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-48-43.mp4' stopped
14:50:27.197: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
14:50:27.229: Output 'adv_file_output': Total encoded frames: 2970
14:50:27.229: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 3112
14:50:27.241: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 874 (29.4%)
14:50:27.242: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 111 (3.6%)
14:50:27.271: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
14:56:08.356: ---------------------------------
14:56:08.356: video settings reset:
14:56:08.356: base resolution: 1920x1080
14:56:08.356: output resolution: 1280x720
14:56:08.356: downscale filter: Bicubic
14:56:08.356: fps: 60/1
14:56:08.356: format: NV12
14:56:08.399: Settings changed (video)
14:56:08.400: ------------------------------------------------
14:56:10.743: ---------------------------------
14:56:10.744: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: faster
14:56:10.744: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: main
14:56:10.744: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
14:56:10.744: rate_control: CBR
14:56:10.744: bitrate: 3500
14:56:10.744: buffer size: 3500
14:56:10.744: crf: 0
14:56:10.744: fps_num: 60
14:56:10.744: fps_den: 1
14:56:10.744: width: 1280
14:56:10.744: height: 720
14:56:10.744: keyint: 120
14:56:10.744: vfr: off
14:56:10.744:
14:56:10.746: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] custom settings: scenecut=0
14:56:10.751: [Media Foundation AAC: 'Track1']: encoder created
14:56:10.751: bitrate: 160
14:56:10.751: channels: 2
14:56:10.751: sample rate: 44100
14:56:10.751: bits-per-sample: 16
14:56:10.751:
14:56:10.783: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
14:56:10.783: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-56-10.mp4'...
15:00:04.766: [ffmpeg muxer: 'adv_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/oment/Videos/2017-04-22 14-56-10.mp4' stopped
15:00:04.767: Output 'adv_file_output': stopping
15:00:04.767: Output 'adv_file_output': Total encoded frames: 13655
15:00:04.767: Output 'adv_file_output': Total drawn frames: 14039
15:00:04.767: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 6928 (50.7%)
15:00:04.767: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 6209 (44.2%)
15:00:04.767: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
15:16:17.896: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 162 milliseconds
15:56:31.218: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 185 milliseconds

 

[EBrito]

14:11:29.025: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1357 (50.8%) --> CPU overloaded
14:11:29.025: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 943 (33.2%) --> GPU Overloaded

Record with simple settings:
Recording quality Indistinguishable
Format FLV
Encoder NVENC

To avoid rendering lag, reduce ingame graphics or set Vsync to limit FPS.