Hey guys, I just finished recording my speed run of Custom Robo N64 and got a time of 3H 23M and 14S. I go back to check the video before I submit it and OBS only recorded 21 minutes of it! Plus the video looked like it was lagging hard. If my laptop can't even handle OBS and an emulator, What am I supposed to do? I really want to hold the record for this game

well it seems like your laptop is not suitable hardware for both playing and recording. Most people tend to use a pc to record/stream and use console to play or have a second pc for pc/emulated games for better quality etc. Speed running can be a very rewarding hobby or fun past time but you only get as much out of it as you put into it. Enjoy it for the challenges and the games you love to play and things normally work out great in the right mind set.

Yeah you are right. I am just glad I completed my first speed run with a decent time IMO lol Guess I can try again in a few months when I get out of Basic Training for the army. But I will keep practicing to make it faster :D Thanks Mash

Practice always makes for improvements. All part of the learning and enjoyment. Hope things go well for you then. <3

I'd just like to add, if it didn't record the entire run and had lag, imo it could be your processor not being good enough (Ghz-wise). I used to have that before i switched to my 3.5 Ghz processor.

So yeah, imo the only thing to do is to get a better processor. Or PC in general.

not using a laptop would be a good start if possible but we all use what we can, till we can invest to afford it. <3

Just stream it on twitch and you got the recording for free.

Some boards don't require video for times less than a certain threshold. Since that isn't WR you could still submit the time using just a screenshot of your splits.