My laptop is choppy when I screen record, so im wondering if its ok if I submit a run with either a choppy video or my phone facing the monitor with the timer and game running.

Its all I got for right now

I would say use your phone for now. As long as you have a clear view of the screen you should be good to go :)

Seconding, consistent framerate with indirect capture is much better than inconsistent framerate with direct capture. Just do your utmost to ensure that all the details such as the ingame timer are still clear and visible.

I tried running the game earlier and decided to stop because the game would randomly drop in frames or my laptop would freeze up thanks to the game. Would those problems be an issue for submitting or would the run still be accepted if it randomly froze or dropped in frames