rant/help/thing topic - OBS lagging whenever I record

[Torin]

well, hello there. i don't know how to start topics so i'll get right into it.

today i tried to install OBS (open broadcaster software) to record games like tf2 or payday and stuff for stuffs and giggles and i don't really know how to get it to stop lagging. in-game it runs fine but when i look at the recordings it's all choppy and laggy and awful, i searched around for help but nothing really made any sense or did anything to fix the problem.
do any of you have any suggestions?

thank you!

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[shitlord]

whats your bitrate set at

do you use obs studio or classic

whats your specs

what type of scene are you using to record

[Torin]

i was using obs studio earlier and i tried using classic recently trying to see if there was a difference
i'm not sure what my bitrate on studio was, but currently i set it to 2000 because that was one of "fixes" i saw. it was laggy before that also.


on both versions i used the "game capture" scene.
it may be because of my specs but i've used fraps and other programs just fine on this computer before i had to factory reset it, i don't know why i would have trouble using this.

[shitlord]

i was using obs studio earlier and i tried using classic recently trying to see if there was a difference
i'm not sure what my bitrate on studio was, but currently i set it to 2000 because that was one of "fixes" i saw. it was laggy before that also.


on both versions i used the "game capture" scene.

hey pal i have the non usb3 version of that motherboard in my server

but anyway your processor is likely the problem, its not powerful enough to take a program like fraps or obs, they're extremely cpu intensive

even on my AMD 6350 at 4.5 ghz i still had trouble with OBS using too much CPU and lagging

[Torin]

hey pal i have the non usb3 version of that motherboard in my server

but anyway your processor is likely the problem, its not powerful enough to take a program like fraps or obs, they're extremely cpu intensive

even on my AMD 6350 at 4.5 ghz i still had trouble with OBS using too much CPU and lagging

oh, alright.
i still don't understand why it's struggling for me even though like i mentioned, i've used other programs before that ran perfectly fine.

[shitlord]

i still don't understand why it's struggling for me even though like i mentioned, i've used other programs before that ran perfectly fine.

what kind?

fraps and obs are specifically cpu intensive while other recording programs aren't, like nvidia shadowplay

[Torin]

what kind?

fraps and obs are specifically cpu intensive while other recording programs aren't, like nvidia shadowplay

actually, i used fraps.
i have a few videos i've recorded a while back that i have.
here is one of a blockland build me and my friends built a while back.
the quality is iffy for some reason in that particular one but i don't really remember why.

[shitlord]

actually, i used fraps.
i have a few videos i've recorded a while back that i have. i'll fetch it in a moment.

i mean if fraps works for you then use it

i had serious issues with fraps using way too much cpu power similar to my experience with OBS

[Torin]

i mean if fraps works for you then use it

i had serious issues with fraps using way too much cpu power similar to my experience with OBS

well, alright.
thanks for help :>