high cpu usage

Hey there, having a weird problem, been using OBS for years now and it always worked fine, now its a weird situation which i still cant find a fix that works permanently. I used to have some Browser links such as Follower overlay etc. and they always seem to work great with low CPU usage (0.4%...

OBS since I updated the PC to windows 11 24h2 is using too much CPU than normal. BEFORE: 0.1/0.2% AFTER: 0.9/2.5% Logs and my settings

I have been using OBS for about 3 years now. in that time i have been able to tweak the settings and figure out what works best for me. I have used obs on 3 different computers of 3 completely different calibers with my newest computer being an absolute beast. CPU: Ryzen 7 7800x3D GPU: 4070...

Hi! im using a very good pc setup. so my expectations are high on obs. but i have to fight with issues. Setup R9 5900x 128 gb ddr4 3200 Zotac 4090 Trinity OC I rendered some videos for my stream. Animated Logos and overlays mad by after effects with saber effect. I know they are very hard to...

I have been using obs for the past few months and getting at most 15%-25% CPU usage with 25% being very rare. OBS updated and now my recording sessions begin at that amount and gradually increase to 25-40% and then skyrockets to 80-90%. I record at 1080p with 60fps and have only seen it drop...

Hello, I would love some assistance in setting up obs to not destroy my laptop! Or just general advice to do what Im trying to do! It used to run pretty fine but since the windows 11 update, its been touch n go. I cant roll it back since I missed the time window and dont want to reformat. I...

I can't seem to figure out why I have such high cpu usage no matter what I try. I have my canvas at 1920x1080 @60 fps. I run a 2 PC setup & my streaming PC is running an i9-10850K, RTX 2080, 32 GB of ram. Please if anyone has any suggestions let me know.

Prior to a week a go my obs never went over 2/5% usage on my cpu and today i've been spiking to almost 30% cpu usage and I cannot find a cause https://obsproject.com/logs/Tjqu4cvBwtfwJrTt

Hello! I recently started using Butt Encoder to stream audio at the same time I use OBS to stream into Facebook/Twitch, etc, using the Multiple Output and Advanced Scene Switcher plugins, but have been having issues with dropped frames and audio encoder issues. I looked at the CPU usage and...

When I use window capture (Google Meet - Microsoft Edge) in obs, the CPU usage goes at 100%, OBS is slow and is losing frames. And when I close Microsoft Edge and Reopen it, I have to re-configure the Window capture input. It shows only a line. Is there a way to make the CPU usage smaller? Or a...

Issue: 2 weeks ago: CPU load when live= 11% with all scenes. Current: Increase to 23-25% from 9-11% (Task Manager) when Live on CPU. Only thing that changed was an update to Windows. Steps taken:Uninstalled OBS, reinstalled, rebuilt scene collection. Same. Contacted on OBS discord. No...

Greetings, I've been trying everything upon trying to reduce my CPU usage over my gaming desktop, but sadly it isn't working, tried FPS reduction, NVENC (which by some reason isn't working? and yes I have a NVIDIA card that's compatible with it). Tried reducing resolution too and NDI too but it...

i5-9600k OC rtx 2060 OC ram 2x8gb I did tests and the game does not go smoothly, in some moments obs tells me that there is too much load and I should lower the quality, the fps I always see them stable on obs but actually they are not but the bit rate varies by very.Obs set in 1080p60fps with...

Specs I run a dual-PC stream/recording setup. Stream PC specs: Two Xeon E5-2620 v2 (12 cores total), 32 GB RAM Gaming PC specs, though not really relevant: i7-4790K, GTX 1080, 16 GB RAM. I use an Elgato HD60 Pro installed in Stream PC. Past issue I used to stream/record flawlessly back in Aug...

Hello. I have the last version of OBS studio. I want to use Streamlabs alerts, with a webm file. If I use it the cpu is in 24%, and if I don’t use it its in 4%. Can you fix it? Thanks

Hello, i have this specs elgato: elgato hd60s gaming pc: gpu: rtx 2060 cpu: i7-8700k - oc 4.4 ram: 16 streaming pc: gpu: 1060 3gb cpu: i7-4790 - oc 4.4 ram: 8 obs settings: Twitch: Output: x264 1080p60 bitrate: 5000/6000 use custom buffer size: uncheck keyframe: 2 cpu usage preset...

I (successfully) installed NvEnc and ffmpeg from source using this guide: https://askubuntu.com/questions/778100/how-to-install-compile-nvenc-in-ubuntu However I am unable to use ffmpeg vaapi with NvEnc enabled and can only use the default NvEnc setting of obs. Cpu utilization is 165% (400% =...

Hello, I use OBS since a while and never had a problem until now. When I record, the CPU usage is very high and the FPS are around 20. I use the x264 encoder and I record at 1080p 60 FPS. I already reinstalled OBS, reinstalled my drivers, change to something faster for the encoding. I also...