Question / Help Severe Noticeable Lag While Recording osu! w/OBS + OBS only recording black screen

[NeonKraken]

Problem details: Ever since I first got OBS to record osu! it has always lagged while recording. It lags when playing a beatmap (as in the hit circles and objects) The lag is very noticeable and makes gameplay much harder. I really don't understand what the problem is because I have a decent laptop (Razerblade 15@ i7 6-core, GTX 1060 Max-Q, 16 GBS of RAM). I'm going to link all my settings. Please, if you have any idea of how I can fix this, anything at all, please let me know, I will try anything at this point. I just want to be able to record good quality liveplays without lag.

Settings: https://imgur.com/a/sWBiKOf

On top of all this, OBS will only record a black screen. I even followed this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuVaPj9SDg
exactly but it didn’t work. Please note I didn’t have this particular problem until after the recent update.

Again, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Harold]

Provide your OBS log.

Most youtube guides give terrible advice and should generally be avoided.

 

[NeonKraken]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what do you mean by OBS log? Thanks!

 

[Harold]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/please-post-a-log-with-your-issue-heres-how.23074/

 

[NeonKraken]

https://obsproject.com/logs/CSoT97touTL80arZ
I used the same settings previously given. There was a Game Capture and a Display Capture. When in the game I experienced lag. When I checked the recording, it was the correct length but there was only a black screen and no audio.

Thanks a bunch, this is my last hope.

 

[Narcogen]

09:02:44.253: gs_texture_open_shared (D3D11): Failed to open shared 2D texture (80070057)
09:02:44.253: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] init_shtex_capture: failed to open shared handle
09:02:44.254: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] capture stopped

Video is black because your game capture source never succeeded.

Game capture and display capture shouldn't be in the same scene. One or the other. If game capture isn't working, use display. Although on that laptop, I assume you'd have to run OBS on the Intel GPU to capture anyway, and if so, there's really no point in having a display capture in a scene that can't even function.

 

[NeonKraken]

So try running it without the display capture?

 

[Narcogen]

You can try that, although since OBS will then have to render on the Intel GPU, you may end up having rendering lag. Worth a shot.

 

[NeonKraken]

https://obsproject.com/logs/XzVVkwWpPEf_wFRg
I ran it with just the game capture. Recorded, black screen, no audio. Lag is still there.

 

[Harold]

The error in your above log says your game needs to be set to run on the high performance graphics as well as obs.

 

[NeonKraken]

oh okay, I'll try that

 

[NeonKraken]

https://obsproject.com/logs/XzVVkwWpPEf_wFRg
Okay, made some progress. Ran it with osu! on the GPU. So, it recorded the proper amount and no more black screen, I could see everything that was going on. But there was still no audio. Also, the lag seems to be gone.

 

[Harold]

You're going to need to disable all your audio devices in OBS' settings then re-enable them.

 

[NeonKraken]

Do I close it before rerunning it?

 

[NeonKraken]

OK, I tried that, now I can't hear anything out of my headphones.
https://obsproject.com/logs/7hgT9TI2g-8rb3BX

 

[Harold]

18:33:43.722: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Headphones (MPOW-059 Stereo)] Failed to activate client context: 88890004
18:33:43.722: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.0.00000000}.{cb49eb07-450d-45a5-ac47-4f4b9c6bba16}' not found. Waiting for device
18:33:43.724: [WASAPISource::TryInitialize]:[Headphones (MPOW-059 Stereo)] Failed to activate client context: 88890004
18:33:43.724: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.0.00000000}.{cb49eb07-450d-45a5-ac47-4f4b9c6bba16}' not found. Waiting for device
18:33:43.783: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)' initialized
18:33:43.800: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)' initialized
18:33:43.801: [WASAPISource::WASAPISource] Device '{0.0.1.00000000}.{7940bfbd-d483-425b-8b88-db5ed1267c32}' not found. Waiting for device
18:33:43.818: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek(R) Audio)' initialized
18:33:43.838: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds (source: Mic/Aux 2)

You should only be trying to capture each audio device once, not multiple times.
Disable them all, apply, then enable only one of each type (one desktop, one mic)

 

[NeonKraken]

Where do I hit apply? Just close and reopen?

 

[Harold]

There's a specific button in the audio settings