why does my video lag so much?

qhobbes

qhobbes

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1. At least one of your audio devices has a sample rate that doesn't match the rest. 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
Speaker/Headphone (Realtek High Definition Audio): 48000 Hz
Mic in at front panel (black) (Realtek High Definition Audio): 44100 Hz
Digital Audio Interface (3- USB Digital Audio): 96000 Hz

2. Only have 1 instance of OBS open.
3. Run OBS as Admin, right-click on the short-cut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Your log contains no recording or streaming session. Results of this log analysis are limited. Please post a link to a clean log file.
To make a clean log file, please follow these steps:

1) Restart OBS as Admin.
2) Start your stream/recording for about 30 seconds. Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc.
3) Stop your stream/recording.
4) Select Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File. Send that link here.
 
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koala

koala

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Your CPU isn't even remotely powerful enough to perform any real time video encoding. Get a more powerful PC/Laptop.
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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2wheelz06 said:
the 30 second video i took is so choppy you can barely tell what's going on. that has to just be my capture card, right?
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No, you have a very old, low-end computer, with limited RAM, trying to real-time video encoding which is VERY computationally demanding.

I recommend monitoring hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) utilization [for ex. using Task manager’s Performance tab and/or Resource Monitor] to see if your system is being maxed out with your settings (almost certainly)
 
twowheelz

twowheelz

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what would be you guy’s recommendations on not too expensive laptops that could do what i’m wanting to do?
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

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there are a bunch of similar recent threads in this forum on that same subject
The problem is... it depends. You could simply get a newer low-end laptop, and get away with low-end real-time encoding requirements, or you could get a upper-end expensive workstation class laptop (think heavy, powerful, and expensive) and still overload it (saying adding chroma-keying, a could of filters/effects, higher frame rate, etc). To do what your log lists, can most likely be done with a decent 5 yr old gaming laptop. The challenge is when your expectations increase, and you got a low-end system and now you are right back where you are now of wanting to do more than system capable of....

As for more general comments, see my general comments/reply (yesterday, iirc) on a laptop thread
 
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