I am trying to capture footage from a video game, but despite auto-configuring my settings through the in-app configuration tool, I am still experiencing stuttering frequently throughout the video. What can I do to prevent the stuttering?
Code:
12:11:37.681: CPU Name: AMD A8-7410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
12:11:37.681: CPU Speed: 2196MHz
12:11:37.681: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4
12:11:37.681: Physical Memory: 7093MB Total, 4775MB Free
12:11:37.681: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 19043 (release: 2009; revision: 1288; 64-bit)
12:11:37.681: Running as administrator: false
12:11:37.681: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
12:11:37.682: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
12:11:37.682: Game DVR: On
12:11:37.686: Sec. Software Status:
12:11:37.856: Microsoft Defender Antivirus: enabled (AV)
12:11:37.894: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
12:11:37.896: Current Date/Time: 2021-11-07, 12:11:37
12:11:37.896: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
12:11:37.896: Portable mode: false
12:11:58.751: OBS 27.1.3 (64-bit, windows)
12:11:58.751: ---------------------------------
12:11:58.831: ---------------------------------
12:11:58.831: audio settings reset:
12:11:58.831: samples per sec: 48000
12:11:58.831: speakers: 2
12:11:58.846: ---------------------------------
12:11:58.846: Initializing D3D11...
12:11:58.846: Available Video Adapters:
12:11:58.851: Adapter 0: AMD Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics
12:11:58.851: Dedicated VRAM: 1059700736
12:11:58.851: Shared VRAM: 3719272448
12:11:58.851: PCI ID: 1002:9851
12:11:58.852: Driver Version: 8.17.10.1404
12:11:58.853: output 0: pos={0, 0}, size={1366, 768}, attached=true, refresh=60, name=
12:11:58.882: Loading up D3D11 on adapter AMD Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics (0)
12:11:58.907: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000
12:11:58.907: DXGI increase maximum frame latency success
12:11:58.907: D3D11 GPU priority setup failed (not admin?)
12:12:00.240: ---------------------------------
12:12:00.240: video settings reset:
12:12:00.240: base resolution: 1280x720
12:12:00.240: output resolution: 424x240
12:12:00.240: downscale filter: Lanczos
12:12:00.240: fps: 30/1
12:12:00.240: format: NV12
12:12:00.240: YUV mode: 709/Partial
12:12:00.241: NV12 texture support enabled
12:12:00.242: Audio monitoring device:
12:12:00.242: name: Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio HD)
12:12:00.242: id: {0.0.0.00000000}.{8e84f890-7d7b-4cf3-a5c4-d02df2470f40}
12:12:00.243: ---------------------------------
12:12:00.244: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll', not an OBS plugin
12:12:00.373: [CoreAudio encoder]: Adding CoreAudio AAC encoder
12:12:00.376: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.dll'
12:12:00.379: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.dll'
12:12:02.027: [AMF] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
12:12:02.031: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
12:12:02.031: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
12:12:02.080: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll', not an OBS plugin
12:12:02.101: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll', not an OBS plugin
12:12:02.103: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll', not an OBS plugin
12:12:02.117: [obs-browser]: Version 2.16.3
12:12:02.117: [obs-browser]: CEF Version 75.1.16+g16a67c4+chromium-75.0.3770.100
12:12:02.131: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA RTX denoiser disabled, redistributable not found
12:12:05.257: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
12:12:05.278: A DeckLink iterator could not be created. The DeckLink drivers may not be installed
12:12:05.284: No blackmagic support
12:12:05.973: ---------------------------------
12:12:05.973: Loaded Modules:
12:12:05.973: win-wasapi.dll
12:12:05.973: win-mf.dll
12:12:05.973: win-dshow.dll
12:12:05.973: win-decklink.dll
12:12:05.973: win-capture.dll
12:12:05.974: vlc-video.dll
12:12:05.974: text-freetype2.dll
12:12:05.974: rtmp-services.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-x264.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-vst.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-transitions.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-text.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-qsv11.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-outputs.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-filters.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-ffmpeg.dll
12:12:05.974: obs-browser.dll
12:12:05.974: image-source.dll
12:12:05.974: frontend-tools.dll
12:12:05.974: enc-amf.dll
12:12:05.974: decklink-ouput-ui.dll
12:12:05.974: decklink-captions.dll
12:12:05.974: coreaudio-encoder.dll
12:12:05.974: ---------------------------------
12:12:05.975: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
12:12:06.226: All scene data cleared
12:12:06.226: ------------------------------------------------
12:12:08.406: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio HD)' [48000 Hz] initialized
12:12:08.407: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Desktop Audio'
12:12:09.016: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Samson Meteorite Mic)' [48000 Hz] initialized
12:12:09.016: [Loaded global audio device]: 'Mic/Aux'
12:12:15.480: ---------------------------------
12:12:15.480: [DShow Device: 'HD60 S'] settings updated:
12:12:15.480: video device: Elgato Game Capture HD
12:12:15.480: video path: __elgato
12:12:15.480: resolution: 1280x720
12:12:15.480: flip: 0
12:12:15.480: fps: 60.00 (interval: 166666)
12:12:15.480: format: UYVY
12:12:15.480: using video device audio: yes
12:12:15.480: sample rate: 48000
12:12:15.480: channels: 2
12:12:15.480: audio type: Capture
12:12:18.705: adding 192 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 192 milliseconds (source: HD60 S)
12:12:18.705:
12:12:22.537: [duplicator-monitor-capture: 'Maximum Tournament Episodes'] update settings:
12:12:22.537: display: 1 (1366x768)
12:12:22.537: cursor: true
12:12:22.537: method: DXGI
12:12:22.541: Switched to scene 'Scene 4'
12:12:22.542: ------------------------------------------------
12:12:22.542: Loaded scenes:
12:12:22.542: - scene 'Scene 3':
12:12:22.542: - source: 'Articuno 1' (game_capture)
12:12:22.542: - scene 'Scene 4':
12:12:22.542: - source: 'HD60 S' (dshow_input)
12:12:22.542: - scene 'Maximum Tournament':
12:12:22.542: - source: 'Maximum Tournament Episodes' (monitor_capture)
12:12:22.542: ------------------------------------------------
12:14:06.040: ---------------------------------
12:14:06.040: [x264 encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] preset: veryfast
12:14:06.040: [x264 encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] profile: high
12:14:06.072: [x264 encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
12:14:06.072: rate_control: CRF
12:14:06.072: bitrate: 0
12:14:06.072: buffer size: 0
12:14:06.072: crf: 16
12:14:06.072: fps_num: 30
12:14:06.072: fps_den: 1
12:14:06.072: width: 424
12:14:06.072: height: 240
12:14:06.072: keyint: 250
12:14:06.072:
12:14:06.253: [CoreAudio AAC: 'simple_aac_recording']: settings:
12:14:06.253: mode: AAC
12:14:06.253: bitrate: 192
12:14:06.253: sample rate: 48000
12:14:06.253: cbr: on
12:14:06.253: output buffer: 1536
12:14:06.386: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
12:14:06.386: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/rocha/Videos/2021-11-07 12-14-06.flv'...
12:16:33.157: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/rocha/Videos/2021-11-07 12-14-06.flv' stopped
12:16:33.157: Output 'simple_file_output': stopping
12:16:33.164: Output 'simple_file_output': Total frames output: 4382
12:16:33.165: Output 'simple_file_output': Total drawn frames: 4384 (4404 attempted)
12:16:33.165: Output 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 20 (0.5%)
12:16:33.167: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
12:16:33.169: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 8/4403 (0.2%)
12:26:46.460: ==== Shutting down ==================================================
12:26:49.326: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Conexant SmartAudio HD)' Terminated
12:26:49.338: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Samson Meteorite Mic)' Terminated
12:26:49.475: All scene data cleared
12:26:49.475: ------------------------------------------------
12:26:50.205: [Scripting] Total detached callbacks: 0
12:26:50.401: Freeing OBS context data