Question / Help Drops Frames hardcore in OBS studio, but not other software.

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jacketjane

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So, I have a Streaming PC and a Main PC hooked up through NDI. Some streams (Twitch) get really choppy and frames drop it like it's hot. So hot that it looks like a bad PowerPoint Slideshow. It doesn't matter what I change the output to be (bitrate, resolution, etc.), it will still lag. So, shut off Streaming PC and use Main PC with nothing running, just OBS. Shut off NDI and all that jazz and, guess what? The exact same issue. I'm like the world's slowest blurry comic. Decrease resolution, bitrate, anything I can to elevate the load.

CPU is typically around 25% each time maybe 35% tops on Streaming and about 20% on Main PC, nothing else is running on either Win10 computer (no OneDrive, Skype, etc.) Plenty of GPU and Ram, so hardware shouldn't be the issue. Again, I've run it at higher resolutions without issues, sometimes just an hour before it happens suddenly!
Not a router issue since Uploads about 16mb average and download about 500 average (should be more, but still more than enough.)

Each computer has a fresh install of OBS studio. Restarts of computers, routers, OBS, etc don't change anything. Again, using NDI so Studio is the best option. Also love other features about it, but if it doesn't fix, then there's a problem.

Here's the kicker: streaming from Twitch Sings or the couple of times it's happened and I've switched to SLOBS on Main PC, there wasn't an issue. So, it's just OBS causing this error on Both PCs.

Help?

TIA!
 
Note: I've made sure everything is up to date (router, ethernet adapters, computers, etc.), run lots of stream tests ( Twitch, net tests, the recommended test, lalala.) I worked for a tech company troubleshooting/fixing computers and the like so I'm fairly tech savvy (which means I'm cool... right?) I'd already tried everything the pinned post mentioned again, but to no avail.

I know it sounds like a network thing, but I am fairly certain it's not. It's happened on two different routers, all times of the day, when I'm at home alone or with others using the net. I'm hardwired, and again, lalala. It's JUST OBS Studio that's being wonky on Both computers. Was there a Win10 update that was pushed out that is buggy??
 

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Still looks like a network issue unfortunately. Try enabling the network optimizations in advanced settings to see if that helps, a winsock reset is also worth trying, from an admin cmd prompt:

netsh winsock reset
netsh int reset
 
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