Question / Help Scene Buffering

[Black Ops]

Just wondering what the scene buffering setting actually does and if changing it will have any significant impact on performance

According to this link https://jp9000.github.io/OBS/settings/advancedsettings.html

"Scene Buffering Time
Sets the amount of milliseconds the scene is buffered before being sent to the encoder. Only change this value if you know what you are doing. Lowering the value can lead to audio and synchronisation problems."

This doesn't clarify much and i would appreciate if someone can explain this setting in more detail

Thanks

 

[Fenrir]

The setting description explains exactly what it does. If you don't understand what that means, you're welcome to research, there's plenty of documentation out there on video encoding methodology.

Also, this is a setting in OBS Classic, which is no longer maintained. You should switch to OBS Studio where settings like this are handled automatically.

 

[Black Ops]

I'm well versed in encoding with x264 and the different parameters but this is the first time I've heard of scene buffering. Tried googling scene buffering but always comes up with obs stream related links and no technical explanation

Any links which explain this feature would be nice :)

i would like to use OBS Studio but im having issues with the hotkeys not working in game so i've been stuck with OBS classic

 

[Fenrir]

Run OBS as admin, bet your hotkey issues go away. :)

 

[Black Ops]

I was running admin with obs classic but not Studio *FACEPALM. Sometimes i overlook the simplest of things :)

Thanks m8