Question / Help OBS Local Recordings Freezing

[bookends]

Hi, I've had numerous and various issues with OBS, all of which were solved by going back to a graphics driver version from December, which is when I got my PC. All issues, that is, but one:

https://youtu.be/E3h07RE98lM

I've had this random freezing for a split second at a time for as long as I've had OBS. I have the encoding overload error as well, nothing I've done has fixed that, and believe me, I've tried everything. Here's my log:

https://hastebin.com/epobubilip

And PC Specs:
GeForce GTX 1070
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
15.95 GB RAM
1920 x 1080, 144hz (although my laptop's 1070 is so piss-poor it barely reaches 100 fps on decent settings)

I'm sure I'm missing something else, let me know what you need, in order to help me out on this issue. It's ruining my highlights and recordings. Thanks!

books

 

[Harold]

Change to CQP from CBR, CQP 14, and don't save directly to mp4.

 

[bookends]

Change to CQP from CBR, CQP 14, and don't save directly to mp4.

Will do, although the other file formats don't work very well in my editing software.

 

[bookends]

Change to CQP from CBR, CQP 14, and don't save directly to mp4.

From what I read, using CQP might mean that the bitrate would be varying strongly depending on each scene’s complexity, and it would result in inefficient encodes for my video. If I don't have control of the actual bitrate, wouldn't I be wasting space?

 

[Harold]

No. You're either wasting space or limiting picture quality by using CBR. Using CQP allows the encoder to decide on a bitrate that is precisely appropriate for the quality target you set plus the motion, resolution and framerate of the content you're recording.

Record to FLV or MKV. If you record to MP4 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.

 

[bookends]

No. You're either wasting space or limiting picture quality by using CBR. Using CQP allows the encoder to decide on a bitrate that is precisely appropriate for the quality target you set plus the motion, resolution and framerate of the content you're recording.

Got it, will give this a try.
Also, I'm not too worried about recordings being lost or unrecoverable. My PC, fortunately, doesn't have that kind of problem. Will try the remux recordings option!

 

[Harold]

Be less worried about it and save to FLV or MKV instead of MP4

 

[bookends]

Change to CQP from CBR, CQP 14, and don't save directly to mp4.

Still getting the encoding overload error.

 

[bookends]

Also, remuxing the recordings is making the resulting .mp4 files extremely laggy and absolutely ruined. Waste of my time, I need a real fix for this freezing issue, not putting it in a format that'll work even worse.

 

[Harold]

Provide a session log from when you followed my directions then.

And mp4 is the worse format.

 

[bookends]

Provide a session log from when you followed my directions then.

https://hastebin.com/ezovetohaf

 

[Harold]

That log doesn't show you following my directions.
That log shows you recording using VBR instead of CQP.

 

[bookends]

That log doesn't show you following my directions.
That log shows you recording using VBR instead of CQP.

That's odd, I switched to CQP 14 and mkv and recorded for a while. Must have attached something else:
https://hastebin.com/uhiwurodet

 

[Harold]

Try turning off 2-pass encoding in your encoder settings.
Logs are per launch of obs.

 

[bookends]

Try turning off 2-pass encoding in your encoder settings.
Logs are per launch of obs.

Will try this and send another log tonight when I get back on my PC.

 

[bookends]

Try turning off 2-pass encoding in your encoder settings.
Logs are per launch of obs.

https://hastebin.com/xaragurugu

 

[Harold]

Are you limiting the framerate in your game?

 

[bookends]

Are you limiting the framerate in your game?

No, Vsync is off for all games I play, in both in-game settings, and the Nvidia control panel.

 

[Harold]

That's a major problem. You're overloading your system because of that.

 

[bookends]

That's a major problem. You're overloading your system because of that.

When Vsync is enabled in games, I get major FPS drops, and my refresh rates sometimes glitch out and stay at 60, instead of 144, which is my monitor's refresh rate. I have Vsync disabled for everything because of these issues.