Recording stuttering and frame drops

[rodo9k]

Hello!

I'm having a hard time recording my gameplays lately with OBS. I mainly record Escape from Tarkov videos. I get a lot of stutters and frame drops, even with my decent pc configuration, wich is a 5800x3D, 3070 TI and 32gb 3600mhz of ram.

This is how I run my OBS recording settings:

I do all of my recordings on a XPG Gammix 256gb (reads at 3500MB/s and writes at 1200MB/s)

Also attached the latest OBS log file on the post.

Any ideas on how to fix this stutter and frame drops? What could this be?

 

[PaiSand]

Review and follow directions and recommendations on the analyzer:

Analyzer | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

Run the Auto-configuration Wizard (tools menu) and apply the settings it gives. Do NOT change anything.
Restart OBS
Test as is.
If all goes well, change the quality preset for a better one. Test.
Keep it in simple output mode.
Done.

 

[rodo9k]

Review and follow directions and recommendations on the analyzer:

Analyzer | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

Run the Auto-configuration Wizard (tools menu) and apply the settings it gives. Do NOT change anything.
Restart OBS
Test as is.
If all goes well, change the quality preset for a better one. Test.
Keep it in simple output mode.
Done.

Thanx, it's a bit better but not perfect like I wanted...

 

[qhobbes]

Use CQP, instead of CBR, to control the quality level. Your log doesn't show any stuttering and frame drops.
Your source/input is 144 Hz/FPS and your output is 60 FPS. That works out to 5 frame out for every 12 frames in. That may be the "stuttering."
Try setting your refresh rate to 120 Hz and cap games at 120 FPS. Recording that will be 1 out of 2 frames.

 

[chrisw63]

Your input and output resolutions are both 1920x1080. Do you need Rescale Output turned on? Kind of a newb, so I don't know if turning it off will help or not.

 

[rodo9k]

Use CQP, instead of CBR, to control the quality level. Your log doesn't show any stuttering and frame drops.
Your source/input is 144 Hz/FPS and your output is 60 FPS. That works out to 5 frame out for every 12 frames in. That may be the "stuttering."
Try setting your refresh rate to 120 Hz and cap games at 120 FPS. Recording that will be 1 out of 2 frames.

this makes sense. what if I use a second pc to record the gameplay? you think it will be better?

 

[qhobbes]

Your log doesn't show any stuttering and frame drops. I don't know how a second pc recording the gameplay in this situation would be better unless the encoder is better.

 

[Matt Godbey]

Did the OP make any headway on this? I've had the same problem for quite some time -- perfectly smooth game play but consistently choppy and stuttering video recording.

It's not just OBS giving the choppy recording, though. It also happens with Microsoft GameBar recordings as well as GeForce Shadowplay recordings.

So, does that mean something like this might possibly be hardware related? Memory? Timing issues?

I have no idea where to begin.

 

[LeoGeo]

Did the OP make any headway on this? I've had the same problem for quite some time -- perfectly smooth game play but consistently choppy and stuttering video recording.

It's not just OBS giving the choppy recording, though. It also happens with Microsoft GameBar recordings as well as GeForce Shadowplay recordings.

So, does that mean something like this might possibly be hardware related? Memory? Timing issues?

I have no idea where to begin.

Sounds like my problem. In this case it is a Sync problem of your gaming monitor and the recording software.
Try this.. maybe it helps:

It is not a perfect solution, but a solid fix till the developer fix the random stutter issue. It helps me to record for my daily video routine since 6 months.
The guy who makes the guide is even here in the forum, but his post, with the linked video get drown.