Question / Help Stream stutters when i minimize/maximize game/tabs with AA/VC setup.

[dTox]

Hey there,

So I've spent a while trying to rectify this issue to no avail so I have come to ask for your help OBS gods!

While recording a game stream, minimizing causes the recording to apparently stutter/crackle momentarily. Once at desktop, its relatively okay, but if i open a tab, such as google chrome, it stutters/crackles once more, the same with any other additional programs. If i maximize the game screen, stutter/crackle momentarily occurs again. While just in-game however, recording seems fine.

I run my mic through Adobe Audition with 2 filters - noise limiter and noise reduction. This runs through Virtual Audio Cables, which i use as my input source for OBS. Removing neither of these filters fixes the issue. However, closing Adobe Audition completely and running my mic straight through the Audio Input, rectifies the issue.

I've seen many people running the Adobe Audition/VC setup with success. Has anyone else encountered this issue and/or know why its happening?

I believe my setup is powerful enough to run this without issues (specs below). Adobe Audition only using around 1-5% CPU power. Could it be my Adobe Audition settings somewhere along the line?

Appreciate any help thanks!

SPECS.

 

[dping]

Hey there,

So I've spent a while trying to rectify this issue to no avail so I have come to ask for your help OBS gods!

While recording a game stream, minimizing causes the recording to apparently stutter/crackle momentarily. Once at desktop, its relatively okay, but if i open a tab, such as google chrome, it stutters/crackles once more, the same with any other additional programs. If i maximize the game screen, stutter/crackle momentarily occurs again. While just in-game however, recording seems fine.

I run my mic through Adobe Audition with 2 filters - noise limiter and noise reduction. This runs through Virtual Audio Cables, which i use as my input source for OBS. Removing neither of these filters fixes the issue. However, closing Adobe Audition completely and running my mic straight through the Audio Input, rectifies the issue.

I've seen many people running the Adobe Audition/VC setup with success. Has anyone else encountered this issue and/or know why its happening?

I believe my setup is powerful enough to run this without issues (specs below). Adobe Audition only using around 1-5% CPU power. Could it be my Adobe Audition settings somewhere along the line?

Appreciate any help thanks!

SPECS.

First, next time instead of posting a bunch of screenshots post a logfile. Next windows 7 sucks with alt-tab, as does windows 8/8.1. win10 actually makes alt-tab faster yet you will still stutter.

Aside from that you should enable aero and not use monitor capture in windows 7. in windows 10, monitor capture is acceptable but still needs to be in a different scene than a game capture.

 

[dTox]

So to recap:
Enable Aero?
Move all monitor capture screens to a difference scene as game capture.
Stuttering will still occur cos Win 7?

Not really sure what your solution was. Do you need the log file still?

During testing, i found even with NOTHING on the scenes, alt-tabbing caused the stutter to occur with Adobe Audition running. But with Adobe Audition closed, the stutter isn't there, even with a profile packed full of multiple scenes/monitor capture, etc.

 

[dping]

So to recap:
Enable Aero?
Move all monitor capture screens to a difference scene as game capture.
Stuttering will still occur cos Win 7?

Not really sure what your solution was. Do you need the log file still?

During testing, i found even with NOTHING on the scenes, alt-tabbing caused the stutter to occur with Adobe Audition running. But with Adobe Audition closed, the stutter isn't there, even with a profile packed full of multiple scenes/monitor capture, etc.

why are you using adobe audition btw? is it for your mic? if so, try this instead: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/microphone-dsp-plugin.127/

as for the solution if audition is your issue and you must use it, then maybe put your game in windowed mode and run game capture that way.

 

[dTox]

Hey man.

With your help, I just figured out what was causing it. Decided to go into System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Performance and turned off minimize / maximize animations - it has completely solved the stuttering/crackling while running Adobe Audition as my mixer.

Thank you muchly for your help sir. I hope anyone else running Win 7 64 Bit who encounters this issue can use this solution in the future.