Chris Mavrakis

If you want the most suitable distro, and are willing to use any, just use Kali :)

Great to see people helping this project! Did you fork and implement your fix? Maybe make a pull request?

[90min obs results in mic lag.log](https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/files/5458362/90min.obs.results.in.mic.lag.log) Edit: Multiple recent threads on OBS forums report similar issues: [1](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/logic-pro-x-loopback-obs.132733/), [2](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/elgato-hd60s-audio-becomes-delayed-after-running-for-around-1hr-please-help.132456/), [3](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/delay-on-mi-video-devices.132240/), [4](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/audio-video-out-of-sync.131948/), [5](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/audio-video-sync.131881/), [6](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/monitor-and-output-sound-lag-delay-when-using-game-headset.132698/)

Thanks for the response. I'm wondering, assuming the hypothesis that something other than OBS adds the delay, why does a restart of OBS solve the issue? Sorry if this is...

I see, so, what other components may be responsible for this? I'm thinking: * the driver of the physical USB mic used as source * coreaudio or whatever in macOS...

Could this be related?  Edit: Probably not. This was a transient issue that was fixed by restarting coreaudio (restarting OBS didn't affect it). Weird, since I am only processing...

Thanks once again for your help! Let's see if this is considered overload: While not recording, and just using my browser, obs is processing sound, obviously. The system load looks...

Actually I was focusing on the load of the rest of the system. Here is the GPU load while recording:  The graph looks very similar when...

In [one of the forum threads I mentioned above](https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/elgato-hd60s-audio-becomes-delayed-after-running-for-around-1hr-please-help.132456/post-489176), someone made 2 observations: * _I have left the original Elgato Game Capture App on for an hour and the Audio...

Another data point: * The internal mic of my laptop is also affected by this, but much less than the external USB mic To make the problem easier to understand,...