Question / Help Trying to make first game video.

[Seallv]

Hello, i'm a complete newbie to video making, downloaded OBS recently and trying out different encoding methods and parameters to create a video for last couple hours. I am starting to feel that maybe my pc is not fast enough to record anything. I have been trying to google my problem but all that i can find is log reports on different forums. Can you please verify my dissapointment(that my pc is not enough) or if in some case i'm wrong am i doing something wrong?

EDIT: This improved version of example video i got after several ~8hours of tinkering with settings(I have gotten quality a little bit higher then before, but i still feel that people wont want to watch this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxRwFg0AUmI

This is the log:

17:05:55.661: CPU Name: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 840 Processor
17:05:55.661: CPU Speed: 3214MHz
17:05:55.661: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4
17:05:55.661: Physical Memory: 8190MB Total, 3058MB Free
17:05:55.662: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 471; 64-bit)
17:05:55.662: Running as administrator: false
17:05:55.662: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
17:05:55.662: Windows 10 Gaming Features:
17:05:55.662: Game DVR: On
17:05:55.666: Sec. Software Status:
17:05:55.668: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (AV)
17:05:55.668: AVG Antivirus: enabled (AV)
17:05:55.669: Windows Firewall: enabled (FW)
17:05:55.670: Windows Defender Antivirus: disabled (ASW)
17:05:55.670: AVG Antivirus: enabled (ASW)
17:05:55.670: Browser Hardware Acceleration: true
17:05:55.670: Portable mode: false
17:05:56.012: OBS 22.0.2 (64-bit, windows)
17:05:56.012: ---------------------------------
17:05:56.116: ---------------------------------
17:05:56.116: audio settings reset:
17:05:56.116: samples per sec: 44100
17:05:56.116: speakers: 2
17:05:56.118: ---------------------------------
17:05:56.118: Initializing D3D11...
17:05:56.118: Available Video Adapters:
17:05:56.121: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE
17:05:56.121: Dedicated VRAM: 1561788416
17:05:56.121: Shared VRAM: 4294010880
17:05:56.121: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1280, 1024}, attached=true
17:05:56.124: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 SE (0)
17:05:56.234: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
17:05:58.039: ---------------------------------
17:05:58.040: video settings reset:
17:05:58.040: base resolution: 1280x720
17:05:58.040: output resolution: 424x240
17:05:58.040: downscale filter: Bilinear
17:05:58.040: fps: 10/1
17:05:58.040: format: NV12
17:05:58.040: YUV mode: 601/Partial
17:05:58.043: Audio monitoring device:
17:05:58.043: name: Default
17:05:58.043: id: default
17:05:58.043: ---------------------------------
17:05:58.046: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
17:05:58.050: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
17:05:58.118: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
17:05:58.118: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
17:05:58.152: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
17:05:58.153: LoadLibrary failed for '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll': The specified procedure could not be found.
17:05:58.153: (127)
17:05:58.153: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
17:05:58.155: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
17:05:58.157: [obs-browser]: Version 2.1.5
17:05:58.164: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found.
17:05:58.164: (126)
17:05:58.254: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
17:05:58.267: No blackmagic support
17:05:58.277: ---------------------------------
17:05:58.277: Loaded Modules:
17:05:58.277: win-wasapi.dll
17:05:58.277: win-mf.dll
17:05:58.277: win-dshow.dll
17:05:58.277: win-decklink.dll
17:05:58.277: win-capture.dll
17:05:58.277: vlc-video.dll
17:05:58.277: text-freetype2.dll
17:05:58.277: rtmp-services.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-x264.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-vst.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-transitions.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-text.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-qsv11.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-outputs.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-filters.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-ffmpeg.dll
17:05:58.277: obs-browser.dll
17:05:58.277: image-source.dll
17:05:58.277: frontend-tools.dll
17:05:58.277: enc-amf.dll
17:05:58.277: coreaudio-encoder.dll
17:05:58.277: ---------------------------------
17:05:58.277: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
17:05:58.278: Service '' not found
17:05:58.282: All scene data cleared
17:05:58.282: ------------------------------------------------
17:05:58.352: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
17:05:58.411: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 23 milliseconds
17:05:58.590: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
17:05:58.724: adding 23 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
17:05:59.250: Switched to scene 'Scene'
17:05:59.250: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook fullscreen process: explorer.exe
17:05:59.250: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] cannot capture explorer.exe due to being blacklisted
17:05:59.250: ------------------------------------------------
17:05:59.250: Loaded scenes:
17:05:59.251: - scene 'Scene':
17:05:59.251: - source: 'Game Capture' (game_capture)
17:05:59.251: ------------------------------------------------
17:05:59.426: CalculateFileHash: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json':
17:06:21.002: ---------------------------------
17:06:21.002: [x264 encoder: 'simple_h264_stream'] preset: ultrafast
17:06:21.002: [x264 encoder: 'simple_h264_stream'] settings:
17:06:21.002: rate_control: CBR
17:06:21.002: bitrate: 250
17:06:21.002: buffer size: 250
17:06:21.002: crf: 0
17:06:21.002: fps_num: 10
17:06:21.002: fps_den: 1
17:06:21.002: width: 424
17:06:21.002: height: 240
17:06:21.002: keyint: 250
17:06:21.002:
17:06:21.013: ---------------------------------
17:06:21.014: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'simple_aac'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3
17:06:21.014:
17:06:21.030: ==== Recording Start ===============================================
17:06:21.031: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Writing file 'C:/Users/user/Videos/2018-12-19 17-06-21.flv'...
17:06:23.251: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] attempting to hook fullscreen process: dota2.exe
17:06:23.346: [game-capture: 'Game Capture'] shared texture capture successful
17:06:40.584: [ffmpeg muxer: 'simple_file_output'] Output of file 'C:/Users/user/Videos/2018-12-19 17-06-21.flv' stopped
17:06:40.584: Output 'simple_file_output': stopping
17:06:40.584: Output 'simple_file_output': Total frames output: 179
17:06:40.584: Output 'simple_file_output': Total drawn frames: 196
17:06:40.584: ==== Recording Stop ================================================
17:06:40.584: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 2/192 (1.0%)
17:08:03.042: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 92 milliseconds

Also what kind of computer upgrade should i need to be able to create video where all numbers and letters are visible and most animation(So at least if its bad quality, my friends can still understand what i'm trying to show always)?

 

[Seallv]

I see how it is....

 

[Narcogen]

Run the Auto-Configuration Wizard. Most of your settings make no sense at all.

You've set a bitrate of 250 which really, really low, and a frame size of... 424x240? That is not going to be watchable at all. Are you very short on disk space? If you are doing recording and not streaming why set a bitrate so low? If you're just recording locally for editing later you should be able to record decent quality without much system load if you're willing to deal with large files. In fact you can get this done with less overhead by using other software like ShadowPlay or whatever Nvidia software exists that does this for your GPU (if any) as this will need fewer system resources. You're not doing any overlays or streaming or other stuff that absolutely requires using OBS.

But yes it is very likely that your computer is basically not suited to streaming/recording at all. It's not a question of suggesting what to be upgraded... you need a better CPU which most likely means a new motherboard, as well as a new GPU... which basically means the whole thing.

 

[Seallv]

Most of your settings make no sense at all.

Well if you would check the sample video that i posted that you would see that even on those settings i'm having low quality(lot of skipped frames do you call it? i think). Thanks i will try ShadowPlay and it would be really sad if my pc isnt good enough, since i cant afford completely new pc atm:(

 

[Suslik V]

Settings for Crap PC? - and no game running on the same PC.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/transparent-windows-help.79600/#post-335085 - weak PC.
Not much you can do with this PC...

 

[Seallv]

Thankyou!