My OBS recording is shaking up a lot.
My OBS recording is shaking up a lot.
I keep getting super laggy when I record with OBS, even though the game feels totally fine. It's worse at 720p and 30fps. My computer is actually pretty fast by today's standards, so it shouldn't struggle. I don't have too much RAM or a weak CPU; my processor hits only around 65% while using 10GB of memory max. The encoder is x264 set to 25000kbps and the card is an R5 2600 with a GTX 1030, but I just need help figuring out why this happens.
I know it's not my fastest PC ever, but I think I can handle most things in 1080p easily. Here are some specs:
* RAM: 16GB at 3000MHz
* GPU: GTX 1030
I tried putting OBS to the top of the list in Task Manager, but that just feels temporary and doesn't feel like a permanent fix. I'm really looking for advice on how to stop this stuttering without doing something that feels risky or too complex.
Why? Because that's how I set things up. I used process hacker to save priority for the nvidia encoder so real-time recording starts immediately when I begin. That's the only way it works, because otherwise Windows doesn't know it should give me enough power for the recording.
I meant if I used another program, I wouldn't need this. But for OBS specifically, having lots of CPU power feels weird because in my old computer, I always had to run that software just to play games. Even after getting a new one, I still do it. Why is upgrading worth the effort?
The issue is that Windows doesn't know what you want to run or not run well. It only follows task priorities. For games, these are designed for consoles, not PCs. That's why you have to tell windows if you want it to pay more attention to a program. This has nothing to do with CPU resources; streaming is a multithreaded task that can be split into infinite threads so no matter how many cores you have it will use them all partially. Even for games, the problem isn't just about core count but how windows handles tasks. If two tasks have the same priority, Windows switches between them at random times, causing problems.
Yeah, I get it and I solved this problem. I had been using display capture to catch game footage, but it made everything super stuttery. That happened because OBS was being a pain when you try to grab game clips and only recorded the sound with no black screen showing up on my part. Turns out my MSI Afterburner overlay was interfering with the OBS game recording tab. So I turned off the MSI Afterburner and the OBS tab started popping up with the preview stream, which stopped all that stuttering.
So after trying lots of different things for a long time, I found this cool trick that makes Virtualization software work better on Windows. This command should boost OBS performance on Windows 10 and newer, especially if your OBS gets slow or skips things when you are using it while other apps are open or busy on the screen. The code below disables power saving for OBS Studio: powercfg /powerthrottling disable /path "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe" When you run this command, Windows stops treating OBS as a background program that saves energy by reducing its CPU usage. It keeps the app running at full speed so you don't have to wait for it to slow down. This helps when streaming or recording good videos because your computer's power needs are really important right now. This trick is best if your PC has modern processors with special hybrid cores, since those might limit performance unless you turn off power saving when OBS isn't running in the front of the screen. Running this command costs admin privileges because it changes low-level system settings.