Question / Help Flashing green frames, CLR browser issues sin 0.16.4

[kjetl]

Hello all,

Since 0.16.4 hit this weekend, I've been experiencing some very strange issues. First, every once and awhile the entire screen of my stream flashes green. At first I thought it was when I dropped a frame, but last night there was quite a bit of flashing and no dropped frames at all.

Second, I have several twitch alerts widgets on my screen via the CLR browser. Now, everything appears to be fine at the start of the stream, but at some random point, everything disappears. Even in the preview window. The placement boxes are still there (red) but the content is all gone. I can temporarily get it back by -- and this is the weird part -- opening the properties on the widget in OBS, clicking at the end of the URL and pressing enter.

I've done a clean reinstall. I've installed the CLR browser as a stand alone. None of that makes any difference.

My log files have several interesting error lines:

20:36:18.132: [AMF Encoder] Version 1.4.1.0-1.3.0.5
20:36:18.132: [AMF Encoder] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
20:36:18.244: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:36:18.245: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:36:18.252: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
20:36:18.255: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
20:36:18.255: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.25.0']

I'm at a loss for what to try next. Any and all suggestions are welcome.



Log file: https://gist.github.com/073abab061fd70c5fcbd06a1131d6596

 

[RytoEX]

Hi! You're experiencing a side effect of the workaround introduced in OBS Studio 0.16.3 for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update issue.

From the changelog for OBS Studio 0.16.3:

Added a workaround for a graphics driver issue occurring on Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607) that would cause the program to appear to freeze and stop streaming/recording.

• With this workaround, when the issue occurs, the D3D11 graphics subsystem now fully releases and then rebuilds all Direct3D references (basically restarts the graphics subsystem and reloads all data) to allow the program to continue working rather than freeze/crash.
• Note that when it occurs while streaming or recording, a few frames may display as green in the encoded output.

The alternatives are: rolling back to a previous OBS version, where instead of green, your entire stream will freeze/stop; using the Disable Preview workaround in the Windows 10 AU PSA sticky that I linked.

Side note: the browser plugin in OBS Studio is called Browser Source. CLR Browser is used to refer to the browser plugin for OBS Classic.

 

[kjetl]

Thanks RytoEX!

Any ideas on the Browser Source issue (or is this also a side effect of the reload)?

Are the lines in my log file normal?

 

[RytoEX]

Streamlabs has been claiming that the Windows 10 AU issue also causes their alerts to fail, though I have never spent time to confirm this.

The log lines that you quoted in your original post are all normal. The first two are from the now-bundled AMD AMF encoder plugin, which just shows that it couldn't load because you don't have a suitable AMD graphics card. The next five lines are, I believe, all from the Browser Source plugin, and are all expected.

 

[kjetl]

Thanks very much for your help RytoEX.

 

[RytoEX]

You're welcome!