mrstartipper
New Member
Hi! Since this past Saturday (11/19/22), I have been having issues with OBS studio where I am getting huge numbers of dropped frames when streaming (both to Twitch and YouTube - separately). The bitrate will be fairly steady, but it will then suddenly either drop, going down to 1000kbps, 2000kbps, or even 0kbps. Other times, it will shoot way up to over 12000kbps. During these times of strange behavior, I will get massive frame drops, even upwards of over 25,000 dropped frames on a 2-hr test stream. Normally, my frame drop % is 1% or less, often around 0 or maybe 0.3%. I have had no less than 10%, sometimes 20% when doing tests lately. I normally run at 4500kbps running at 720p 60fps and have been doing so for awhile now. The issue only started between 11/12/22 and 11/19/22, since the 11/12/22 stream was fine, but the 11/19/22 stream was not. I did not stream between the two dates. I have had no Windows updates of any kind, no programs have updated that would have any affect on the network traffic. I have 400mbps download speeds and 20mbps upload speeds (usually running around 13-15mbps consistent speeds).
I have tried restarting the computer, running on both Ethernet and Wi-Fi, restarting the router/modem (combo item), factory resetting the router/modem, checking the drivers and all other sources that could affect the network to see if any updates could have affected the streaming, contacting Twitch (no help there - just canned responses), and having my ISP come out. The ISP could find no local issues, and the only potential issue he saw did not have any effect on broadband internet. I have tried streaming to both Twitch and YouTube separately and have had the issue on both services, somewhat smaller issues on YouTube, but still over 4% of the frames dropped during a 2-hr test stream. I've run OBS as an Admin (set as the default setting in the Properties for the exe file), and I have my graphics card set to run at the best speed it can consistently (stable Mhz and consistent voltage), so it is taking the brunt of any graphics-related stress. The CPU consistently runs at <1% usage (per OBS - <10% usage per Task Manager), and the graphics card is an RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 in a brand new system that can easily handle the stress of streaming (had no issues in the 11/12/22 stream.
In my current test stream, OBS is showing over 11k dropped frames having streamed for just over an hour now. I was trying to check the log to see if anything could be seen, and I just kept coming across weird errors about a link to streamelements for a background overlay and something about chat connection issues with that overlay (I don't think that overlay even has a chat function in it).
I'm attaching here in the text a link to the log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/9rGVPHr_rNC8JYlJ
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I don't know if the bitrate issues are OBS or something else, but I do know there's something weird going on in the log file with at least the one overlay.
I have tried restarting the computer, running on both Ethernet and Wi-Fi, restarting the router/modem (combo item), factory resetting the router/modem, checking the drivers and all other sources that could affect the network to see if any updates could have affected the streaming, contacting Twitch (no help there - just canned responses), and having my ISP come out. The ISP could find no local issues, and the only potential issue he saw did not have any effect on broadband internet. I have tried streaming to both Twitch and YouTube separately and have had the issue on both services, somewhat smaller issues on YouTube, but still over 4% of the frames dropped during a 2-hr test stream. I've run OBS as an Admin (set as the default setting in the Properties for the exe file), and I have my graphics card set to run at the best speed it can consistently (stable Mhz and consistent voltage), so it is taking the brunt of any graphics-related stress. The CPU consistently runs at <1% usage (per OBS - <10% usage per Task Manager), and the graphics card is an RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 in a brand new system that can easily handle the stress of streaming (had no issues in the 11/12/22 stream.
In my current test stream, OBS is showing over 11k dropped frames having streamed for just over an hour now. I was trying to check the log to see if anything could be seen, and I just kept coming across weird errors about a link to streamelements for a background overlay and something about chat connection issues with that overlay (I don't think that overlay even has a chat function in it).
I'm attaching here in the text a link to the log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/9rGVPHr_rNC8JYlJ
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I don't know if the bitrate issues are OBS or something else, but I do know there's something weird going on in the log file with at least the one overlay.
