OBS Recordings Choppy on Elgato 4k Mk2

[Thommo]

I have tried changing every option to get OBS to record without the videos being choppy. I can't find what the problem is. Even when I lower settings it sometimes makes the videos worse. I cant see any frames lost, the CPU usage is never above 1% and the GPU usage never goes above 50%. I've used the auto configuration wizard suggestion as a starting point, reset OBS and recorded a video for a fresh log file. Hopefully someone who knows more about OBS can find an issue.

https://obsproject.com/logs/Wam5zBug6JoSzMe3

 

[Pug]

if you dont get the choppyness when you dont use the Elgato. Then i bet you have installed the wrong drivers for Elgato. This happened to me and it created a choppy stream. I found different drivers that were specfic to my elgato. (different one from you) and it sorted the chop. So what i am saying is, if you are just getting chop when you use the elgato. try different elgato drivers. gl

 

[Thommo]

Thanks for the suggestion. The drivers are already up to date so this didn't work. I managed to fix it 99% by setting 'Buffering' in the capture cards properties to 'Auto Detect'. It still goes choppy for a couple of seconds every minute or so but the majority of footage is smooth now.

 

[Pug]

glad its working, i might add, i have an older version of an elgato, i downloaded the latest drivers that said it could be used with it, and it was the latest drivers that caused choppyness. It was only when i went back and used an older driver for my elgato that it smoothed out