@derekharness22 get these basics out of the way:
1. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature added with Windows 10 is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. It's an experimental feature and we recommend disabling it via
these instructions.
2. Your audio devices have a sample rate that doesn't match the OBS sample rate. This can result in audio drift over time or sound distortion. Check your audio devices in Windows settings (both Playback and Recording) and ensure the Default Format (under Advanced) is consistent. 48000 Hz is recommended.
OBS Sample Rate:
48000 Hz
Speakers (Focusrite USB Audio):
44100 Hz
Analogue 1 + 2 (Focusrite USB Audio):
44100 Hz
3. Run OBS as Admin. To run OBS as Administrator, right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Display and Game Capture Sources interfere with each other. Never put them in the same scene (Scene).
5. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (Scene). You can use the same Game Capture for all your games. If you change games often, try out the hotkey mode, which lets you press a key to select your active game. If you play games in fullscreen, use 'Capture any fullscreen application' mode.
6. In the encoder settings, disable Psycho Visual Tuning, Look-Ahead and set Multipass to Singlepass. Those all use additional GPU.
7. Record to MKV. If you record to MP4 or MOV and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable.
If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.
If still having issues after making those changes, post a new log.
