Question / Help OBS Recording Is Disgustingly Laggy (Encoding overloaded! Consider turning down video settings or using a faster encoding preset.)

Troy2

Troy2

New Member
Hi,
My recordings on OBS Studio used to be just a little laggy, now they are extremely (1 frame per 5 seconds) laggy and I do not know how to fix it. I am not recording games, streaming or doing anything that could tire OBS.

I noticed that now I am getting this error:
Encoding overloaded! Consider turning down video settings or using a faster encoding preset.

But I still do not know what settings to change, please help I don't know what I am doing wrong.

My computer info looks like this:
  • OS: Windows 8.1;
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz;
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics Family;
  • RAM: 5.72 GB;
  • Screen Size: 1920x1080px
My OBS settings look like this:

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https://obsproject.com/logs/5HI_tP7EGwo6C6wf
 
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Narcogen

Narcogen

Active Member
Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

The error means you're asking your computer to work harder than it is able to. The quickest fix is to use a faster CPU Usage Preset. Veryfast is recommended for most users. Depending on how overloaded your computer is, you may need to use ultrafast. You should absolutely not be using "faster" on a 1.6 ghz i5.
 
Troy2

Troy2

New Member
I edited my post and added a log link, but using ultrafast pretty much solved my problem. Thanks!
 
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