Question / Help Recorded video tests are smooth, but video lags!

[Theagames10]

Hi, I am new to OBS, and I thought I would try out recording Roblox and see if I can play it and do videos of it. I recorded the video, and it was smooth and not laggy at all, but the video is pretty laggy, I tested it a bit last night woth different settings, but I get the sane result, so I am not sure how to fix it!

I am basically asking 2 things:
1. How do I fix this problem?
2. What are the best settings for recording 720p video in 2018/going into 2019?

Current recording settings so far:

My Log Files from my Previous use of OBS:
https://obsproject.com/logs/J5GyvN8Bm8rKU9lT

 

[Zidakuh]

Your CPU is nowhere near powerfull enough to record x264 with OBS at all.
If you have QuickSync available, that might improve a little, but I honestly can't tell

 

[Theagames10]

Your CPU is nowhere near powerfull enough to record x264 with OBS at all.
If you have QuickSync available, that might improve a little, but I honestly can't tell

I do, I am going to try that, but what settings would I have for QuickSync for a computer like mine?

 

[Zidakuh]

Pretty much just leave everything at default, and set ratecontrol to VBR 20000 kbps, CQP 15 or something like that

 

[Theagames10]

Pretty much just leave everything at default, and set ratecontrol to VBR 20000 kbps, CQP 15 or something like that

20,000 bitrate? Doesn't that seem a bit high?
Also how do I do CQP 15 if I wanted that option?

 

[Zidakuh]

20,000 bitrate is the bare minimum for high quality recordings. Streaming is a different matter.
As for CQP, there should be a dropdown for it (advanced mode)
If you are on simple mode, use "Indistinguishable quality" with Quicksync and you are good to go

 

[BK-Morpheus]

[...]"I recorded the video, and it was smooth and not laggy at all, but the video is pretty laggy "

I don't get it....you say the recorded video was not laggy but the video is laggy?
So you did this a few times and it was all smooth, but now it's getting laggy?

As "Zidakuh" already said, the N3710 is a low performance processor (usually used in budget notebooks) and not capable of 720p 30fps x264 encoding.

 

[Theagames10]

I don't get it....you say the recorded video was not laggy but the video is laggy?
So you did this a few times and it was all smooth, but now it's getting laggy?

As "Zidakuh" already said, the N3710 is a low performance processor (usually used in budget notebooks) and not capable of 720p 30fps x264 encoding.

No, I said the game was smooth and fine while getting the recording, the video after the recording was laggy

 

[BK-Morpheus]

Ah okay, now I get it. So "I recorded the video, and it was smooth [...]" does not mean the video... "it" was the game that was smooth. :-)