Question / Help Slight visual lag when previewing/streaming

RazerMamba

New Member
I notice a very very slight background lag whenever previewing or streaming League of Legends. As in if I lock the camera to my character and try to walk around, the background in the game isn't smooth, it kind of stutters slightly, or it feels kind of like the game is updating what I see very a bit slower.

I want to call it FPS lag, but I go from 130 fps to about 110 when previewing stream. Since I'm not dipping below 60 FPS, I don't think it's that. I want to know if this is normal for streamers to have this, or if it's just me. I mean I've seen streams that are absolutely smooth so I'm assuming it's the latter. I mean the game is playable, but it's just annoying.

I remember having the same issue using XSplit and streaming Diablo III but I never tried League. OBS with Diablo III doesn't seem to have this problem, if it does, I don't notice it anymore; only League does.

My GPU tops off at 71% power, and my CPU tops off at around 60%ish. I'd like to mention that my Aero theme gets disabled all the time (unsure why, but I just re-enable it anyway). I've also messed around with the following settings and didn't notice any difference even if I went from highest to lowest (if applicable):
-Minimize network impact
-Automatic Low Latency Mode
-x264 CPU Preset
-Resolution Downscale
-Quality Balance

Code:
Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         930  @ 2.80GHz
CPU Speed: 4200MHz
Physical Memory:  16375MB Total, 12378MB Free
stepping id: 5, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1200}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
  Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
  Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1051340800
  Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 4021848064
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 1686, number of frames that lagged: 1187 (70.40%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:10    Avg QP:20.72  size:198400
x264: frame P:529   Avg QP:21.69  size: 15004
x264: frame B:1079  Avg QP:27.83  size:  1239
x264: consecutive B-frames:  7.8%  6.7%  9.1% 76.4%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 43.0% 31.4% 25.7%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  3.6%  1.8%  1.2%  P16..4: 12.8%  2.9%  1.8%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:75.9%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.1%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  6.7%  0.3%  0.1%  direct: 0.2%  skip:92.5%  L0:35.7% L1:63.4% BI: 0.9%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:27.7% inter:64.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 33.5% 37.3% 22.1% inter: 2.0% 2.5% 0.5%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 57% 29%  7%  6%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 17% 33%  5%  6%  6%  6%  4%  6%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 31% 14%  5%  6%  5%  6%  4%  5%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 64% 21% 11%  3%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:4.5% UV:4.3%
x264: ref P L0: 72.4% 17.1%  7.8%  2.7%  0.0%
x264: ref B L0: 88.2% 10.4%  1.4%
x264: ref B L1: 93.2%  6.8%
x264: kb/s:1224.97
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 248, number of frames that lagged: 247 (99.60%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:32.71  size:105895
x264: frame P:86    Avg QP:31.86  size: 26918
x264: frame B:92    Avg QP:37.08  size:  4382
x264: consecutive B-frames: 25.0%  4.4% 48.3% 22.2%
x264: mb I  I16..4:  9.6% 59.1% 31.4%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  1.1%  5.6%  1.9%  P16..4: 39.5%  8.2%  3.7%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:40.0%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.1%  B16..8: 24.2%  1.0%  0.2%  direct: 0.4%  skip:74.1%  L0:37.0% L1:62.5% BI: 0.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:63.4% inter:71.9%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 59.7% 72.3% 35.9% inter: 6.3% 6.8% 0.8%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 14% 49% 10% 28%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 17% 19%  8%  8%  9%  8%  8%  8%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 25% 18%  7%  7%  8%  6%  5%  5%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 58% 21% 15%  7%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 74.5% 18.2%  5.0%  2.3%
x264: ref B L0: 95.0%  4.0%  1.0%
x264: ref B L1: 93.6%  6.4%
x264: kb/s:2408.21
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 460, number of frames that lagged: 316 (68.70%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:26.59  size:197601
x264: frame P:128   Avg QP:23.58  size: 25066
x264: frame B:261   Avg QP:31.69  size:  2830
x264: consecutive B-frames:  6.1%  5.1% 28.4% 60.4%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 15.3% 43.0% 41.8%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.6%  1.6%  1.2%  P16..4: 28.4%  5.8%  4.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:58.2%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8: 18.7%  0.6%  0.2%  direct: 0.3%  skip:80.2%  L0:26.6% L1:72.7% BI: 0.7%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:45.6% inter:66.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 66.2% 75.0% 50.7% inter: 4.6% 5.3% 1.2%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 24% 58%  4% 14%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 21% 18%  8%  7%  7%  8%  8% 10%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 32% 14%  6%  6%  6%  6%  5%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 48% 31% 14%  7%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 71.0% 18.8%  8.1%  2.1%
x264: ref B L0: 93.7%  5.2%  1.1%
x264: ref B L1: 87.8% 12.2%
x264: kb/s:1941.89
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 487, number of frames that lagged: 482 (98.97%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:4     Avg QP:30.28  size:145454
x264: frame P:150   Avg QP:27.66  size: 31027
x264: frame B:265   Avg QP:34.21  size:  5254
x264: consecutive B-frames:  7.6%  6.7% 51.4% 34.3%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 22.8% 44.8% 32.4%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  1.0%  4.2%  2.1%  P16..4: 34.5%  7.7%  4.4%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:46.0%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.1%  B16..8: 25.5%  1.2%  0.3%  direct: 0.4%  skip:72.4%  L0:37.5% L1:61.7% BI: 0.8%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:53.2% inter:68.0%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 63.0% 72.9% 45.0% inter: 6.1% 6.8% 1.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 33% 47%  5% 14%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 18% 19%  9%  7%  8%  8%  8%  9%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 27% 16%  7%  7%  6%  6%  5%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 23% 15%  8%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 72.1% 19.7%  5.3%  2.9%
x264: ref B L0: 93.5%  5.2%  1.3%
x264: ref B L1: 92.5%  7.5%
x264: kb/s:2368.75
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 631, number of frames that lagged: 593 (93.98%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:5     Avg QP:25.14  size:226665
x264: frame P:161   Avg QP:22.84  size: 23252
x264: frame B:397   Avg QP:30.53  size:  3496
x264: consecutive B-frames:  2.8%  3.5% 15.9% 77.7%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 23.6% 45.3% 31.1%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  1.1%  1.6%  1.1%  P16..4: 21.8%  4.7%  4.1%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:65.6%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.2%  0.1%  0.1%  B16..8: 12.8%  0.5%  0.2%  direct: 0.4%  skip:85.7%  L0:27.1% L1:71.3% BI: 1.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:39.9% inter:63.1%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 56.4% 53.8% 36.3% inter: 4.0% 3.9% 0.9%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 46% 44%  4%  5%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 13% 37%  6%  6%  6%  7%  6%  7%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 27% 15%  6%  7%  6%  6%  5%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 61% 21% 13%  5%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 68.1% 18.1% 10.4%  3.5%
x264: ref B L0: 90.5%  7.3%  2.2%
x264: ref B L1: 87.0% 13.0%
x264: kb/s:1787.91
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: veryfast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 346, number of frames that lagged: 346 (100.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP:28.00  size:151237
x264: frame P:102   Avg QP:26.67  size: 36885
x264: frame B:203   Avg QP:31.85  size:  6159
x264: consecutive B-frames:  2.3%  3.9% 76.9% 16.9%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 30.6% 42.9% 26.5%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  2.9%  3.4%  0.9%  P16..4: 37.0% 14.0%  5.9%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:35.8%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.2%  0.1%  0.0%  B16..8: 13.7%  2.8%  0.3%  direct: 1.6%  skip:81.3%  L0:39.1% L1:53.0% BI: 7.9%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:44.8% inter:23.2%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 61.1% 56.1% 22.9% inter: 6.5% 6.0% 0.6%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 26% 34% 31% 10%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 16% 35%  6%  6%  6%  7%  6%  7%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 22% 21%  7%  7%  6%  7%  6%  7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 22% 16%  6%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:2673.75
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 563, number of frames that lagged: 562 (99.82%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP:36.67  size: 77855
x264: frame P:535   Avg QP:28.67  size: 18051
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  4.8%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 20.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:75.3%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 26.3% 33.3% 13.1% inter: 6.6% 6.0% 1.3%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 32% 30% 27% 10%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 56% 23% 16%  5%
x264: kb/s:2862.19
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=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: slow
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 453, number of frames that lagged: 452 (99.78%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:28.06  size:158235
x264: frame P:142   Avg QP:26.57  size: 44586
x264: frame B:231   Avg QP:32.49  size:  7505
x264: consecutive B-frames:  5.3% 26.5% 31.0% 37.1%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 11.0% 59.8% 29.2%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.8%  4.8%  1.7%  P16..4: 41.8% 12.0%  6.8%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:31.9%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.1%  B16..8: 33.0%  1.9%  0.5%  direct: 0.8%  skip:63.6%  L0:40.6% L1:58.4% BI: 1.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:63.2% inter:67.1%
x264: direct mvs  spatial:97.4% temporal:2.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 76.3% 78.1% 44.5% inter: 10.0% 10.8% 1.4%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 17% 33% 11% 39%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  3%  3%  3% 14% 19% 14% 17% 12% 14%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  6%  7%  4% 11% 15% 13% 15% 12% 18%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 45% 24% 15% 17%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 68.4% 20.3%  5.6%  2.6%  2.2%  0.9%
x264: ref B L0: 94.2%  3.6%  1.8%  0.4%
x264: ref B L1: 97.1%  2.9%
x264: kb/s:2044.00
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=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 652, number of frames that lagged: 652 (100.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP:37.60  size: 76040
x264: frame P:624   Avg QP:32.97  size: 17869
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  7.9%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 16.6%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:75.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 19.7% 27.5% 10.8% inter: 4.9% 4.8% 1.3%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 32% 26% 31% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 60% 20% 16%  5%
x264: kb/s:2859.64
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=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
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Total frames rendered: 426, number of frames that lagged: 423 (99.30%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:34.69  size: 99643
x264: frame P:398   Avg QP:35.10  size: 17956
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  7.8%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 15.3%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:76.8%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 21.3% 32.3% 14.3% inter: 4.8% 5.2% 1.4%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 34% 27% 29% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 59% 19% 18%  4%
x264: kb/s:2901.91
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=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 397, number of frames that lagged: 397 (100.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:34.79  size: 96074
x264: frame P:370   Avg QP:32.07  size: 18202
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  9.2%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 22.9%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:67.8%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 18.9% 30.4% 8.6% inter: 6.3% 6.4% 1.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 31% 25% 32% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 21% 19%  6%
x264: kb/s:2903.72
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 335, number of frames that lagged: 332 (99.10%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:34.96  size: 95270
x264: frame P:307   Avg QP:32.04  size: 18000
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  9.1%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 22.8%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:68.1%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 19.6% 31.1% 9.3% inter: 6.5% 6.4% 0.9%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 30% 27% 32% 12%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 23% 16%  6%
x264: kb/s:2922.36
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile Constrained Baseline, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: ultrafast
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 348, number of frames that lagged: 347 (99.71%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:2     Avg QP:32.98  size: 92048
x264: frame P:320   Avg QP:30.50  size: 18050
x264: mb I  I16..4: 100.0%  0.0%  0.0%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  9.0%  0.0%  0.0%  P16..4: 22.6%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:68.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 19.5% 26.0% 7.7% inter: 6.3% 6.0% 0.9%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 31% 25% 33% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 21% 18%  5%
x264: kb/s:2913.97
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1920x1200
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 256
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 5.0
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1920, height: 1200
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 383, number of frames that lagged: 381 (99.48%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP:26.19  size:130714
x264: frame P:107   Avg QP:26.91  size: 30635
x264: frame B:205   Avg QP:30.76  size:  6710
x264: consecutive B-frames:  7.0%  5.1% 39.9% 48.1%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 16.5% 56.4% 27.1%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.9%  5.8%  1.4%  P16..4: 42.3%  7.5%  4.4%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:37.7%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.1%  0.1%  B16..8: 33.8%  1.1%  0.2%  direct: 0.4%  skip:64.2%  L0:42.4% L1:56.8% BI: 0.8%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:66.6% inter:77.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 63.2% 59.5% 27.1% inter: 8.2% 7.1% 0.5%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 25% 33% 10% 31%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 11% 30%  9%  8%  8%  8%  7%  9%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 20% 23%  8%  7%  6%  7%  5%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 65% 17% 13%  5%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 66.3% 23.1%  7.3%  3.2%
x264: ref B L0: 95.7%  3.7%  0.7%
x264: ref B L1: 96.7%  3.3%
x264: kb/s:2377.10
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1280x800
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 800
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 907, number of frames that lagged: 633 (69.79%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:6     Avg QP:18.19  size: 86988
x264: frame P:249   Avg QP:20.37  size:  8776
x264: frame B:584   Avg QP:21.64  size:   595
x264: consecutive B-frames:  4.1%  8.6%  2.5% 84.9%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 58.3% 14.5% 27.2%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.9%  1.1%  1.2%  P16..4:  8.6%  4.2%  2.7%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:81.3%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  B16..8:  4.5%  0.4%  0.1%  direct: 0.1%  skip:94.8%  L0:35.7% L1:59.9% BI: 4.4%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:24.9% inter:52.3%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 51.4% 50.1% 38.6% inter: 2.2% 2.5% 1.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 73% 19%  7%  1%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 18% 19%  7%  9% 10% 10%  6% 10%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 21% 31% 12%  5%  7%  7%  7%  5%  6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 66% 18% 12%  4%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 71.2% 17.5%  8.0%  3.3%
x264: ref B L0: 89.8%  9.7%  0.5%
x264: ref B L1: 92.9%  7.1%
x264: kb/s:676.02
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1280x800
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 800
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 501, number of frames that lagged: 401 (80.04%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:3     Avg QP:23.43  size:130093
x264: frame P:183   Avg QP:24.08  size: 20587
x264: frame B:247   Avg QP:29.88  size:  3391
x264: consecutive B-frames:  9.7% 35.9% 18.6% 35.9%
x264: mb I  I16..4: 16.6% 37.0% 46.4%
x264: mb P  I16..4:  0.7%  4.8%  2.4%  P16..4: 32.1% 13.6%  7.6%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:38.6%
x264: mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.2%  0.1%  B16..8: 23.7%  2.1%  0.7%  direct: 0.9%  skip:72.2%  L0:38.2% L1:58.4% BI: 3.4%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:56.6% inter:60.3%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 75.8% 79.0% 58.0% inter: 9.7% 11.0% 3.3%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 31% 42%  7% 20%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 15% 19%  8%  8% 10%  8% 10%  9%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 26% 14%  7%  7%  7%  6%  7%  7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 53% 19% 17% 10%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: ref P L0: 70.4% 18.8%  7.2%  3.5%
x264: ref B L0: 92.9%  6.6%  0.5%
x264: ref B L1: 94.5%  5.5%
x264: kb/s:1976.46
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Using automatic low latency mode
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1280x800
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 800
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 13, number of frames that lagged: 13 (100.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (-1.$%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (-1.$%), Total 0 (-1.$%)
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
  Multithreaded optimizations: On
  Base resolution: 1920x1200
  Output resolution: 1280x800
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
    bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
    fps: 30
    width: 1280, height: 800
    preset: medium
    CBR: no
    CFR: no
    max bitrate: 2800
    buffer size: 3000
    quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Total frames rendered: 35, number of frames that lagged: 35 (100.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
=====Stream End=======================================================================

Profiler results:

==============================================================
frame - [100%] [avg time: 50.028 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 99.2%] [unaccounted: 0.78%]
| scene->Preprocess - [89.9%] [avg time: 44.961 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [9.35%] [avg time: 4.677 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 8.99%] [unaccounted: 0.356%]
| | CopyResource - [0.028%] [avg time: 0.014 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.018%] [avg time: 0.009 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [8.94%] [avg time: 4.474 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.004%] [avg time: 0.002 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
==============================================================
 

R1CH

Forum Admin
Developer
Use game capture, monitor capture is pretty bad, especially if you keep Aero enabled. You should also not use medium preset on that old of a CPU, I really doubt it can keep up with 1920x1200 @ 30 FPS. There's a reason it warns you not to change it!
 

RazerMamba

New Member
That seems to have fixed the problem. I see most streamers are able to tab out and display their windows as well though, but they disable Aero. Any way I can do that as well?

I used medium preset since it didn't max out my CPU and it's what I was able to use on Xsplit, but I guess since the quality difference is minimal, I dropped it back to Very Fast.
 

sk3ezer

New Member
No you will not be able to display your windows with game capture. If you have both the game capture and the monitor capture, the windows will show up as usual. Make sure that you have the game capture and monitor capture in the correct order with game capture being on the bottom, else you will not be able to show windows as your game will overlap on every thing.

Edit: Yeah, I made the mistake of trying to have both of them running at the same time. Use the plugin like mentioned below.
 

RazerMamba

New Member
If I use monitor capture, I'd get the same background lag as mentioned earlier even with Aero off. Any way around that?
 

Krazy

Town drunk
Don't ever use monitor capture and game capture in the same scene, as that defeats the entire point of using game capture in the first place.

You can use the automatic scene switcher plugin from the plugins forum. Just set up a game capture scene, then a monitor capture scene, and set up the plugin so that it will switch between them automagically for you.
 

RazerMamba

New Member
How do I figure out the window title to search for? It keeps defaulting to the desktop screen when I tried to set it up.
 

Krazy

Town drunk
I'm not sure, as I don't use the plugin myself. The plugin's thread should be full of information, though.
 
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