Question / Help Preview and recording stutter

[Hellfire0449]

I've been having this issue for awhile now but I am out of ideas. Whenever i record with OBS the preview as well as the recording stutter. I have tried using VBR with all sorts of bit rates. CBR with all sorts of bit rates and also CQP from 15-26 . While some see slightly better than other none are great and i have seen videos of the same games I am trying to record and they have much better quality. The best way i can describe the problem is while walking forward and looking at a wall next to you it is not smooth but stutters. If this is a hardware issue then that fine and i have no problem upgrading but i don't think that is the problem.

Current Setup-
Windows 10
i7 7700 3.6GHz
32gb Ram
GTX 1070

Any help would greatly appreciated.
Here is the latest log where i tried multiple CQP numbers but still had issues. Even the ones where it does not show many dropped frames there is still a large amount of stutter on the preview.

https://obsproject.com/logs/64zPahbetbYdO_lA

 

[Deleted member 121471]

1) Since you're running the latest version of Windows 10, you can turn "Game Mode" on, as all issues related to it have been fixed;
2) Since you want to use hardware encoding, CQP set somewhere within 16-23 range is ideal, for most cases;
3) "Quality" preset, disable "Lookahead" and "Psycho Visual Tuning";
4) Unless you have a very specific reason for it, change YUV colour range back to "Partial";
5) Change your recording format to .mkv because any crash will make your .mp4 file unrecoverable. You can remux the recorded file into .mp4 once your session is done by using "File"--->"Remux recordings", on your main OBS window;
6) Test again and post a new log if you're still having issues.

Your log does show some rendering and encoding lag but there's no point tackling those if these changes are sufficient to resolve your problem and a few extra that might cause issues in the future.

 

[Hellfire0449]

Thanks for the reply I really appreciate any help. I will make the changes and test tonight and post the next log once I have it. Is it best to just start a CQP 16 and raise one point at a time? What should i be looking for while changing that?

 

[Deleted member 121471]

Is it best to just start a CQP 16 and raise one point at a time? What should i be looking for while changing that?

Personally, I set it to 18 but that depends heavily on personal preference. The only limiting factor is disk space.

 

[Hellfire0449]

So with my setting at 23 the recording is much better but i still noticed some slight stutter. I am still confused with the CQP numbers as to which way does what to the quality of the video? Is higher CQP higher quality? Thanks

 

[Deleted member 121471]

So with my setting at 23 the recording is much better but i still noticed some slight stutter. I am still confused with the CQP numbers as to which way does what to the quality of the video? Is higher CQP higher quality? Thanks

Lower CQP number = higher retained quality and disk space requirements