<p>Encoding overloaded means that your computer isn't fast enough to encode with the settings as they are now. </p>

<p>There are two options: 1) Encode via hardware (intel quicksync, AMD VCE, Nvidia nvenc) or set the quality of the encode lower (as in a faster/fastest x264 preset).</p>

<p>Without more information (CPU, GPU, Ram, OS etc) it is difficult to know what is the best way forward.</p>

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<p>I want to record a programming tutorial with OBS Studio in 1080p 30FPS. I have never changed the encoder, the output format is MP4. Although my computer has very good hardware, I get Encoding Overloaded after some time and the video starts getting asynchronous.<br>
I read that the Encoding gets Overloaded when your computer can't handle the game you are playing and OBS recording, but I don't play any game, the only apps I have running are Visual Studio Code, one or two tabs of Google Chrome and OBS Studio.<br>
What can I do?<br></p>

<p>Edit:<br>
CPU: Intel i5-6600k<br>
OS: Windows 10 Pro<br>
RAM: 16GB DDR4<br>
Video Card: PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 480 (8GB V-RAM)<br><br>
As said, I don't record games, but only have VS Code and OBS Studio running so I can't imagine that my computer is too slow.</p>

<p>Thanks for your help!</p>

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How to fix Encoding Overloaded in OBS Studio?
Tobi696
# How to fix Encoding Overloaded in OBS Studio?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-08)

I want to record a programming tutorial with OBS Studio in 1080p 30FPS. I have never changed the encoder, the output format is MP4. Although my computer has very good hardware, I get Encoding Overloaded after some time and the video starts getting asynchronous.  
I read that the Encoding gets Overloaded when your computer can't handle the game you are playing and OBS recording, but I don't play any game, the only apps I have running are Visual Studio Code, one or two tabs of Google Chrome and OBS Studio.  
What can I do?

Edit:  
CPU: Intel i5-6600k  
OS: Windows 10 Pro  
RAM: 16GB DDR4  
Video Card: PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 480 (8GB V-RAM)  
  
As said, I don't record games, but only have VS Code and OBS Studio running so I can't imagine that my computer is too slow.

Thanks for your help!

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-09. Score: 0

Encoding overloaded means that your computer isn't fast enough to encode with the settings as they are now.

There are two options: 1) Encode via hardware (intel quicksync, AMD VCE, Nvidia nvenc) or set the quality of the encode lower (as in a faster/fastest x264 preset).

Without more information (CPU, GPU, Ram, OS etc) it is difficult to know what is the best way forward.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I added the information you asked for.  

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