glitcharoo
New Member
Alright so I'm trying to record at 60fps and it's smooth ingame for me during recording, the framecounter never drops below 60. Then when I review the video later in VLC, it's very choppy and only seems to register recording at around 54fps most of the time.
I thought maybe I'm pushing it too far to try recording 1920x1200 at 60fps, but it doesn't seem to matter at all how much I downscale it. It's always choppy and unpleasant to look at. It's alot less choppy at 30fps but doesn't really feel smooth at all.
Do the logs give any clues about my problem? Am I doing something wrong?
I thought maybe I'm pushing it too far to try recording 1920x1200 at 60fps, but it doesn't seem to matter at all how much I downscale it. It's always choppy and unpleasant to look at. It's alot less choppy at 30fps but doesn't really feel smooth at all.
Do the logs give any clues about my problem? Am I doing something wrong?
Code:
Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU Speed: 3401MHz [Note: It's overclocked at 4.5GHz]
Physical Memory: 8150MB Total, 4962MB Free
stepping id: 9, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1200}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Disabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2091581440
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2147479552
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1200
Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1920, height: 1200
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: yes
max bitrate: 16000
buffer size: 16000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 908, number of frames that lagged: 61 (6.72%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated CFR frames: 48
x264: frame I:15 Avg QP:24.95 size:181384
x264: frame P:562 Avg QP:25.80 size: 37082
x264: frame B:326 Avg QP:25.82 size: 3085
x264: consecutive B-frames: 46.5% 13.3% 8.3% 31.9%
x264: mb I I16..4: 37.9% 27.4% 34.7%
x264: mb P I16..4: 7.3% 2.6% 0.7% P16..4: 23.0% 8.6% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% skip:52.1%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 4.4% 1.2% 0.2% direct: 1.7% skip:92.3% L0:32.7% L1:51.0% BI:16.3%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:25.0% inter:17.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 41.6% 27.3% 5.2% inter: 9.8% 2.7% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 38% 22% 6%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 13% 17% 36% 5% 5% 6% 6% 6% 6%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 12% 21% 8% 9% 9% 8% 8% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 62% 26% 10% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.5% UV:0.2%
x264: kb/s:13058.59
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1200
Output resolution: 1920x1200
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 5.0
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 30
width: 1920, height: 1200
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: yes
max bitrate: 16000
buffer size: 16000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 520, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated CFR frames: 0
x264: frame I:8 Avg QP:22.74 size:225944
x264: frame P:385 Avg QP:24.05 size: 68236
x264: frame B:90 Avg QP:25.38 size: 9115
x264: consecutive B-frames: 72.0% 7.9% 4.3% 15.7%
x264: mb I I16..4: 34.3% 23.2% 42.4%
x264: mb P I16..4: 12.9% 3.1% 1.4% P16..4: 24.1% 14.9% 13.6% 0.0% 0.0% skip:30.0%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 6.1% 2.5% 0.6% direct: 5.7% skip:84.7% L0:31.6% L1:48.4% BI:20.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:18.2% inter:16.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 30.9% 28.7% 6.0% inter: 23.0% 6.6% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 42% 39% 14% 4%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 20% 36% 4% 5% 6% 5% 5% 6%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 11% 21% 8% 8% 10% 7% 9% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 61% 28% 9% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.6% UV:1.0%
x264: kb/s:14359.64
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1200
Output resolution: 1280x800
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 4.0
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1280, height: 800
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: yes
max bitrate: 16000
buffer size: 16000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 812, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated CFR frames: 1
x264: frame I:5 Avg QP:22.15 size: 86337
x264: frame P:473 Avg QP:25.25 size: 15556
x264: frame B:281 Avg QP:26.93 size: 2261
x264: consecutive B-frames: 43.6% 17.3% 8.7% 30.4%
x264: mb I I16..4: 34.2% 26.9% 39.0%
x264: mb P I16..4: 6.6% 1.7% 0.4% P16..4: 29.6% 12.0% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip:42.8%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 9.5% 2.3% 0.2% direct: 2.1% skip:85.6% L0:34.2% L1:49.7% BI:16.1%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:20.1% inter:21.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 26.8% 26.0% 4.7% inter: 11.2% 2.6% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 32% 46% 17% 5%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 21% 43% 4% 4% 4% 4% 5% 5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 12% 22% 8% 8% 9% 7% 8% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 60% 30% 8% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.5% UV:0.4%
x264: kb/s:5327.94
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1200
Output resolution: 960x600
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 960, height: 600
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: yes
max bitrate: 16000
buffer size: 16000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 665, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated CFR frames: 0
x264: frame I:4 Avg QP:23.02 size: 53560
x264: frame P:362 Avg QP:25.65 size: 11814
x264: frame B:247 Avg QP:27.84 size: 1556
x264: consecutive B-frames: 33.3% 34.1% 11.2% 21.4%
x264: mb I I16..4: 32.5% 29.3% 38.1%
x264: mb P I16..4: 5.0% 2.2% 0.4% P16..4: 33.8% 13.2% 8.2% 0.0% 0.0% skip:37.3%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% B16..8: 8.8% 2.8% 0.3% direct: 2.2% skip:85.3% L0:34.5% L1:45.9% BI:19.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:28.5% inter:26.2%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 36.9% 29.1% 5.2% inter: 13.7% 2.5% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 29% 46% 19% 6%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 20% 17% 37% 4% 4% 5% 4% 4% 5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 20% 11% 22% 7% 8% 10% 8% 7% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 60% 27% 10% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.8% UV:1.1%
x264: kb/s:3817.37
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1280x720
Output resolution: 1280x720
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: yes
max bitrate: 16000
buffer size: 16000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 758, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated CFR frames: 0
x264: frame I:12 Avg QP:22.54 size: 49080
x264: frame P:437 Avg QP:24.18 size: 9469
x264: frame B:256 Avg QP:26.04 size: 2383
x264: consecutive B-frames: 42.4% 25.2% 4.7% 27.7%
x264: mb I I16..4: 37.5% 23.6% 38.9%
x264: mb P I16..4: 7.6% 1.9% 0.4% P16..4: 21.2% 8.6% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% skip:55.5%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% B16..8: 7.1% 2.3% 0.5% direct: 3.3% skip:86.0% L0:41.8% L1:48.4% BI: 9.7%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:19.8% inter:21.7%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 26.2% 26.6% 6.3% inter: 8.4% 3.3% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 52% 36% 9% 3%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 24% 33% 3% 4% 6% 5% 5% 5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 13% 16% 7% 9% 10% 8% 7% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 61% 26% 11% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.7% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:3633.83
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Profiler results:
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frame - [100%] [avg time: 4.132 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 93.5%] [unaccounted: 6.51%]
| scene->Preprocess - [0.0484%] [avg time: 0.002 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [93.4%] [avg time: 3.861 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 46.1%] [unaccounted: 47.4%]
| | CopyResource - [1.26%] [avg time: 0.052 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.92%] [avg time: 0.038 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [43.6%] [avg time: 1.802 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.29%] [avg time: 0.012 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
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