Question / Help OSB Recording Issue (Extreme Lag)

[Razconza]

Hello,

I have browsed through the internets vast collection of tutorial videos and suggestions of people in forums, and I haven't found anything that has helped me when I've attempted to record videos of gameplay. The recording has some serious lag going on and it's very painful to watch. I've attempted to utilize the settings I've seen recommended in YouTube OBS tutorial videos, tried adjusting bitrate, running the Auto-Configuration Wizard to find the correct settings and attempting to use those, I've even tried changing the Game Capture to Display Capture instead, I've tried having all unnecessary tabs closed to help it out but nothing seems to be helping. I'm not entirely sure what I should do, I'm not as tech-savvy as most, but I would like help.

I am using a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 2-in-1.

These are my Specs

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-9ESOHJJ
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 7573
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 07EC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz, 1800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 1.10.0, 6/14/2018
SMBIOS Version 3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.17134.1"
User Name DESKTOP-9ESOHJJ\lcdev
Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.84 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.01 GB
Total Virtual Memory 14.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.46 GB
Page File Space 6.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Here are almost all the settings I had applied as of my last attempt:

If there is any assistance that can be given in fixing this it would be appreciated.

 

[Razconza]

*Update* I really would prefer to use OBS, however, attempting to use Fimora Scrn as an alternative worked flawlessly the first time I attempted to use it. Again, I would prefer to use OBS, but if no one is able to find a way to solve the issues of OBS, or suggest an alternative software, then at least I have Fimora Scrn.

 

[Razconza]

Bump

 

[Harold]

Provide your OBS log please.

 

[Razconza]

Provide your OBS log please.

Here are my OBS Logs. Hope they prove useful.

 

[Harold]

Basically what I can see from the logs is that your system is being overloaded by what you're doing on it

18:56:00.293: Output 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 8924 (49.0%)
18:56:00.295: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
18:56:00.666: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 10317/12251 (84.2%)

Because you're using quicksync, this is overloading the intel graphics components of your system twice. Rendering is losing you almost 50% of the frames and encoding is losing you 85% of the ones that make it to the encoder.

Your system absolutely cannot handle both overwatch and recording using obs at 1080p60

 

[Razconza]

Basically what I can see from the logs is that your system is being overloaded by what you're doing on it

Because you're using quicksync, this is overloading the intel graphics components of your system twice. Rendering is losing you almost 50% of the frames and encoding is losing you 85% of the ones that make it to the encoder.

Your system absolutely cannot handle both overwatch and recording using obs at 1080p60

Alright, so any thing you would recommend I could do to be able to handle it? What settings I would be able to switch or change? Downgrade resolution?

 

[Harold]

Reduce resolution, reduce framerate of obs, cap the framerate of the game to close to or at the refresh rate of your display

 

[Razconza]

Reduce resolution, reduce framerate of obs, cap the framerate of the game to close to or at the refresh rate of your display

Alright thank you very much.