OBS/Recording

[JustJosh_]

I'm having trouble recording with ANY recording software. OBS will hardly work at all, Streamlabs OBS will work but no matter what my output settings are i always end up with gameplay that is in literally 5 fps, and with shadowplay it looks like about 40 fps although i get well over 100 most of the time and i record at 60. I'd prefer OBS (either skew)  since i can downmix my microphone to mono, which saves the hassle of having to open audacity and sync clips. I have a pretty decent computer, and this hasn't been a problem until recently. I have provided some short video clips and a screenshot of my output settings, if anyone could help me that would be great.

SPECS:

Ryzen 5 2600 @ 3.8GHz

Asus ROG B450

8GB Crucial Sport LT 3000Mhz

1TB Intel Pro Series SSD

1TB Seagate Barracuda

Founders GTX 970

600 watt psu

case doesnt matter lol

 

If someone could please help me I'd greatly appreciate it!

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[Uptivuptiz]

Have you tried altering the bit rate? If not, try lowering the bit rate to 5000.

[DrTesla]

Try lowering your bitrate in your streaming software.

[JustJosh_]

I used to record at 50k and it worked perfectly fine, ive tried every bitrate all the way down to 30k and it still stutters, and if i lower it any more than that then you start to lose a lot of quality.

[Uptivuptiz]

3 minutes ago, JustJosh_ said:

if i lower it any more than that then you start to lose a lot of quality.

How so? I sometimes record with a 5k bit rate with almost no loss in quality.

[JustJosh_]

I'll try it

[Uptivuptiz]

Also: Try encoding with h264 instead of NVENC.

[JustJosh_]

53 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Also: Try encoding with h264 instead of NVENC.

https://gyazo.com/9b5a80ee8d21e1538571ff93aca933f4

 

Here's h264 with 6000 bitrate, its really grainy and weird looking, and even though im recording at 60fps it looks like 40ish, i really dont know what the problem is or why this is happening. My friend has the exact same computer as me and i copied his settings and his looked worlds better than mine.

[Uptivuptiz]

Ok. Try changing the Rate Control to CQP and setting the value to 16. Also try setting Keyframe Interval to 0.

[JustJosh_]

27 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Ok. Try changing the Rate Control to CQP and setting the value to 16. Also try setting Keyframe Interval to 0.

here is the settings you recommended 

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, JustJosh_ said:

here is the settings you recommended 

That's strange. Well, I'm out of ideas...

[JustJosh_]

1 minute ago, Uptivuptiz said:

That's strange. Well, I'm out of ideas...

lmao new pc time is the last idea i have

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, JustJosh_ said:

lmao new pc time is the last idea i have

There's always the option to try reinstalling windows...

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

How's the upload speed on your internet?

[LogicalDrm]

Hows your hardware usage when recording? Ryzen gets bonus from dual channel so adding another 8gb stick might help. I don't see other issues with hardware side.

 

 

9 hours ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

How's the upload speed on your internet?

 

That isn't factor when just recording.

[JustJosh_]

2 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Hows your hardware usage when recording? Ryzen gets bonus from dual channel so adding another 8gb stick might help. I don't see other issues with hardware side.

 

 

 

That isn't factor when just recording.

I dont have a second monitor to watch it with but heres a screenshot of me tabbing out really quick. The video encode on the 970 was on 17% when i tabbed out.

[LogicalDrm]

19 minutes ago, JustJosh_ said:

I dont have a second monitor to watch it with but heres a screenshot of me tabbing out really quick. The video encode on the 970 was on 17% when i tabbed out.

 

CPU usage is tad higher what I would think it should be. But other than that, I'm not sure. You said that this has just started to be issue. Do you remember if something was updated prior to this starting to happen? Like OS or GPU driver?

[JustJosh_]

1 minute ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

 

CPU usage is tad higher what I would think it should be. But other than that, I'm not sure. You said that this has just started to be issue. Do you remember if something was updated prior to this starting to happen? Like OS or GPU driver?

i upgraded from an i5-4690k, i figured the r5 2600 would be worlds smoother in most aspects. should i do a windows wipe and try again? Or should i buy a 1070?

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

14 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

That isn't factor when just recording.

Woops didn't realise OP was only trying to record lol.

 

 

[LogicalDrm]

12 hours ago, JustJosh_ said:

i upgraded from an i5-4690k, i figured the r5 2600 would be worlds smoother in most aspects. should i do a windows wipe and try again? Or should i buy a 1070?

Windows wipe would be cheaper option. But I don't have any valid solution here. If you got better performance with same GPU and somewhat weaker CPU, this just doesn't make any sense hardware wise.