Question / Help stopping recording

[nudd]

i was recording a video and when i tried to stop recording it got stuck on the "stopping recording" i was saving as .mp4 so i could easily open it up in premiere pro. is there anything i can do to prevent this from happening again?

 

[FerretBomb]

Record to MKV, and use the 'Remux Recordings' option in OBS' File menu to convert to MP4. Never record directly to MP4 with OBS.

 

[nudd]

1. how do i use the remux recordings option and 2. why not use mp4 its compatible with literally anything

 

[FerretBomb]

1. Just open it. Pick the recording to remux. Hit go. Done. There's also a checkbox in the Settings (I believe the Output menu) to automatically remux any recordings made into MP4 after the recording is finished.

2. Many reasons. One, Premiere HATES the files OBS records direct to mp4, to the point of crashing outright sometimes, as well as a ton of other problems like stutter, missing audio, missing video, scrub fail, and inaccurate cueing.
Two, if your MP4 recording session is interrupted at all or for any reason, it is immediately rendered worthless... 100% digital garbage, totally unrecoverable by any means. Including during the finalization process. This is because MP4 stores its file indice atom glob at the end of the file, instead of the beginning (like MKV and FLV do). MKV/FLV will at worst lose a few seconds if your system crashes or hiccups.

MP4 is not meant to be a live recording format. It may be supported by a ton of stuff, but that does NOT mean you should EVER use it for taking an original recording, especially not one that can't be duplicated/replicated.

 

[nudd]

1. Just open it. Pick the recording to remux. Hit go. Done. There's also a checkbox in the Settings (I believe the Output menu) to automatically remux any recordings made into MP4 after the recording is finished.

2. Many reasons. One, Premiere HATES the files OBS records direct to mp4, to the point of crashing outright sometimes, as well as a ton of other problems like stutter, missing audio, missing video, scrub fail, and inaccurate cueing.
Two, if your MP4 recording session is interrupted at all or for any reason, it is immediately rendered worthless... 100% digital garbage, totally unrecoverable by any means. Including during the finalization process. This is because MP4 stores its file indice atom glob at the end of the file, instead of the beginning (like MKV and FLV do). MKV/FLV will at worst lose a few seconds if your system crashes or hiccups.

MP4 is not meant to be a live recording format. It may be supported by a ton of stuff, but that does NOT mean you should EVER use it for taking an original recording, especially not one that can't be duplicated/replicated.

so mkv auto-remuxed to mp4 will work fine then?

 

[FerretBomb]

so mkv auto-remuxed to mp4 will work fine then?

Yes.

 

[nudd]

well it doesnt work i just tried and i still have the stopping recording bug using mkv auto remux to mp4