livesplit/obs problems
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6 years ago
Esperanto

Are you specifically wanting to use the plugin for some reason? Because it's not necessary and could perfect OBS's performance.

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Esperanto

Never played with the plugin, so I couldn't help much on that front.

However, just a side note, if it comes to it, you can add the delay on your timer in LiveSplits. So if the video delay coming into OBS via capture card is consistent (say like .300 seconds) delay or something, then you can start your timer at -.300 seconds. That way when you start your timer and push the first input for game play they will appear matched up by the time the video is getting recorded in OBS.

Antarctica

The timer being off because of capture delay is perfectly fine. It’s not actually out of sync, the time you get at the end of the run will still be correct and accurate.

That being said, it can be weird it look at, and that’s why “split delay” exists in the Livesplit settings. I don’t remember where exactly in the settings it is, but you can set that to a certain time (like 2 seconds) and then every time you hit the split key, Livesplit will wait 2 seconds before actually registering the key press. This can be used to delay when Livesplit recognizes you split so you can sync it up to the game (that way it won’t look off).

I have no clue what the OBS plugin does, but it shouldn’t be necessary for what you’re tying to accomplish.

Edited by the author 6 years ago
Esperanto

Ah, didn't think about the splits. Tbf, I'm not sure the plugin would do much in reducing delay. Never worked with video, but I do in music, and working with delay is just part of it; it's just a matter of reducing it. Video I imagine the same way.. the shorter your cords the better. In audio about 1 foot of cord translates to 1ms delay, and I imagine it's worse with video.

Not sure what you are playing, but if it has autosplits, that would probably help a lot.

Outside that though, hopefully someone smarter than me or has had some similar experiences can offer a bit more insight.

EDIT: Timmiluvs ftw on split delays.

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