verycasualuser
New Member
Hi there. I've been recording (not streaming) videos the last few weeks. As of yesterday, when I start recording, OBS immediately pops up the Encoder Overloaded warning, like fractions of a second after I start. If I dismiss the warning, it never occurs again. I can record a 50 minute video and the only dropped/skipped frames occur fractions of a second into the recording. When this occurs, my GPU is below 30%, CPU below 10%, RAM usage <20%, hundreds of gigabytes free on my 3000MBps NVMe SSD -- there's no obvious bottleneck. My settings are modest and my computer is very fast.
The full log file is attached. I removed my username and some extraneous scene data for unused scenes.
Computer settings:
Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6Ghz
RAM: 64GB DDR4, >50GB free
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Windows 10, Game DVR off
Monitor: 1080p Acer monitor at 75hz
All OBS settings default from the auto-config wizard, which is I think medium quality nvenc.
Scene setup:
1. Webcam video from Logitech C920 -> nVidia Broadcaster -> OBS
2. Audio directly from Logitech C920 (which tops out at 32k hz)
3. Record all windows
I am recording at 1080p60, the webcam is 720p60. I understand that I could drop to 30fps or lower the webcam resolution or whatever, but I do not genuinely believe that this is a solution to my problem. As you can see, 12 frames are dropped -- this happens every single time (exactly 12 frames) I record now, immediately after I start recording, and never again. I can pull up a fullscreen strobing video or whatever to try to tax the encoder and I'll never drop a frame. It's just 12 frames within the first second of encoding, every single time. I've tried keeping task manager open to monitor all the hardware levels and nothing is anywhere near bottlenecking. Again, I've recorded an hour or more at a time and no frames ever drop after this initial bunch.
I will say that I actually don't care about the dropped frames, I just want the popup to disappear so I don't need to edit every recording to remove the first second while I'm closing the popup. Is that possible?
The full log file is attached. I removed my username and some extraneous scene data for unused scenes.
Computer settings:
Ryzen 7 3700X @ 3.6Ghz
RAM: 64GB DDR4, >50GB free
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Windows 10, Game DVR off
Monitor: 1080p Acer monitor at 75hz
All OBS settings default from the auto-config wizard, which is I think medium quality nvenc.
Scene setup:
1. Webcam video from Logitech C920 -> nVidia Broadcaster -> OBS
2. Audio directly from Logitech C920 (which tops out at 32k hz)
3. Record all windows
I am recording at 1080p60, the webcam is 720p60. I understand that I could drop to 30fps or lower the webcam resolution or whatever, but I do not genuinely believe that this is a solution to my problem. As you can see, 12 frames are dropped -- this happens every single time (exactly 12 frames) I record now, immediately after I start recording, and never again. I can pull up a fullscreen strobing video or whatever to try to tax the encoder and I'll never drop a frame. It's just 12 frames within the first second of encoding, every single time. I've tried keeping task manager open to monitor all the hardware levels and nothing is anywhere near bottlenecking. Again, I've recorded an hour or more at a time and no frames ever drop after this initial bunch.
I will say that I actually don't care about the dropped frames, I just want the popup to disappear so I don't need to edit every recording to remove the first second while I'm closing the popup. Is that possible?
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