this has happen to me at times ..... i did number 2 that worked for me
1. Lower Recording Quality Settings

Open Steam Overlay > Settings > Recording tab.

Set Video Quality to Medium or Low.

Disable Record Microphone temporarily to isolate the issue.

Turn off recording the desktop audio if not needed.

Sometimes Steam struggles at high quality if your CPU or disk is under load.
2. Check Disk and CPU Usage

While recording, open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

Look for CPU or Disk usage spikes. If your CPU or disk hits 100%, that can cause audio stuttering.

If disk usage is high, try saving recordings to a faster drive (preferably SSD).

🔈 3. Change Audio Settings

Right-click the sound icon in Windows > Sounds > Playback tab.

Select your main audio device > Properties > Advanced tab.

Set sample rate to 48000 Hz and 16-bit (this is often more stable).

Do the same for Recording devices (microphone).

. Disable Audio Enhancements

Go to the same audio device settings as above.

In the Enhancements tab, check “Disable all enhancements”.

Some enhancements cause audio lag or desync.

5. Update Drivers and Windows

Update:

GPU drivers (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel)

Audio drivers (Realtek or whatever your system uses)

Steam client

Windows OS

6. Try an Alternate Recorder

If Steam’s recorder continues to give issues, try:

OBS Studio (Free, highly customizable)

NVIDIA ShadowPlay (If you have an NVIDIA GPU)

AMD ReLive (For AMD cards)

OBS gives you fine-grained control over bitrate, audio sync, and CPU/GPU usage.

Originally posted by rigomrtsfx2001:

this has happen to me at times ..... i did number 2 that worked for me
1. Lower Recording Quality Settings

Open Steam Overlay > Settings > Recording tab.

Set Video Quality to Medium or Low.

Disable Record Microphone temporarily to isolate the issue.

Turn off recording the desktop audio if not needed.

Sometimes Steam struggles at high quality if your CPU or disk is under load.
2. Check Disk and CPU Usage

While recording, open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).

Look for CPU or Disk usage spikes. If your CPU or disk hits 100%, that can cause audio stuttering.

If disk usage is high, try saving recordings to a faster drive (preferably SSD).

🔈 3. Change Audio Settings

Right-click the sound icon in Windows > Sounds > Playback tab.

Select your main audio device > Properties > Advanced tab.

Set sample rate to 48000 Hz and 16-bit (this is often more stable).

Do the same for Recording devices (microphone).

. Disable Audio Enhancements

Go to the same audio device settings as above.

In the Enhancements tab, check “Disable all enhancements”.

Some enhancements cause audio lag or desync.

5. Update Drivers and Windows

Update:

GPU drivers (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel)

Audio drivers (Realtek or whatever your system uses)

Steam client

Windows OS

6. Try an Alternate Recorder

If Steam’s recorder continues to give issues, try:

OBS Studio (Free, highly customizable)

NVIDIA ShadowPlay (If you have an NVIDIA GPU)

AMD ReLive (For AMD cards)

OBS gives you fine-grained control over bitrate, audio sync, and CPU/GPU usage.

Very useful info! I have been having similar issues in OBS, not the steam recording as I tried it once and wasn't familiar with fine tuning it

But thank you muchly!

Thank you, absolutely great info. I was worried because I didnt see fine tuning options.

will try some of these instructions