Question / Help PS4 Razer Ripsaw 1080p60fps Recording stuttering

[SimRacingMonk]

Hi everybody!
I recently purchased a Razer Ripsaw and want to capture my Ps4.
Unfortunately, I can't manage to produce a smooth Video with OBS. I want to capture 1080p60fps, the computer is a Surface Pro 2 with an i5-4300U and 8gb Ram.
I can't imagine that the Surface is too slow, because it just should record, the game comes from the console. But I can wrong although the surface is not "slow" in general.
I tried all settings in OBS, watched dozens of tutorials. x264 is even worse although it is recommended.
In 30fps or slow bitrates, everything is fine. I tried to capture via virtualdub and VLC, worked both without problems. Good Quality, even with direct mp4 converting via VLC, but of course I cannot add a webcam, textes etc like in OBS.
I hope someone can help me. Maybe someone who captures from consoles can tell me his settings.
I am desperate :-(

Yours
Monk

 

[sam686]

You might have too many sources, mostly browser sources and media sources. You can start a new scene collection with just a few things in it.

Log shows QuickSync video (qsv) encoder with lots of encoder problems.
Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 7473/7540 (99.1%)
..... intel Slow-Sync video encoder at 1080p 60fps.... or intel graphics might be overloaded.
Try x264. For x264 encoder, try this Preset: UltraFast for less CPU usage, at a cost of quality or bigger file size.

I am not sure if your computer is powerful enough for 1080p 60fps with only 2 CPU cores, 4 threads (i5-4300U).

 

[SimRacingMonk]

Hi and thank you so much!

Answers:
- My Scene has just this one layer. Razer Ripsaw/PS4. I had the same idea, but doesn't make a difference.
- x264 is even worse. I tried ultrafast and 15.000 bitrate, which was the lowest quality acceptable, but no way.
- Powerful enough, well... OBS is the onnnly program running, CPU is not over 50%, i even tried to set the process prio to "high" but no difference. And why can I record and compress with VLC so well?

Thank you for your answers! Is there any1 capturing a console?

 

[sam686]

You can try recording tab, custom ffmpeg encoder. There are lots of encoders there. Some is lossless (HuffYUV UTVideo), some is lossy (mjpeg). Bitrate is ignored for lossless encoder.

Check if your computer isn't overheating and slowing down with a temperature monitor program like a downloadable HWMonitor.