Frame Lag/Freeze while using NDI.

[Incorporate]

Good Morning/Afternoon,
I been searching up and down to find a solution to the issue i have been having using NDI between two pc. Everything was working from before i moved to a new location, and nothing has changed.

The problem i seem to be having is when i using NDI i get a small Frame delay/lag/freeze between my gaming PC to my Stream PC. It will happen multiple times during a stream, and at random times. I tried to update OBS,NDI, Windows, Drivers...ETC.

Gaming PC -
I9-12900k
GTX 4090
Corsair Vengeance 32GB Ram at 5600
MSI 1000W 80 Gold
Asus Z690 Mobo.
Samsung 980 Pro.

Streaming PC
i7-9700k
RTX 2080 Super
Samsung 970 and Samsung 980
Corsair vengeance 32gb at 3200
Asus Z390-A Prime Mobo
Corsair RM750 80 Gold.

Streaming PC Settings
Audio Encoder - FFMpeg AAC
Video Encoder - NVIDIA NVENC H.264
Rescale Output - 1920x1080

Encoder Setting -
Rate Control - CBR
Bitrate - 5500 Kbps
Keyframe Interval - 0
Preset - P4: Medium
Tuning - High Quality
Multipass Mode- Two Passes (Quarter Resolution)
Profile - High
GPU - 0
Max B-Frame - 2

Video -
Base Resolution - 1920x1080 Aspect Ratio 16:9
Output Resolution - 1280x729 Aspect Ratio 16:9
Downscale Filter - Bicubic
FPS Value - 59.94


Gaming PC
Simple Setting
BitRate - 5500 Kbps
Audio Bitrate - 128 Kbps
Video Encoder - NVIDIA NVENC H.264
Encoder Preset - P4
Audio Encoder - AAC (default)

Base Resolution 1920x1080 Aspect ratio 16:9
Output Resoltuion - 1920x1080 Aspect ratio 16:9
FPS - 59.94

I attached a log file also.

Thank you in advance.

 

[rockbottom]

When I was using NDI with OBS, I installed NDI Tools on both PC's, got it running/communicating first & then I brought OBS into the mix. Took less than 30 minutes & I never I had problems. Here's some info to help you troubleshoot.

 

[Incorporate]

When I was using NDI with OBS, I installed NDI Tools on both PC's, got it running/communicating first & then I brought OBS into the mix. Took less than 30 minutes & I never I had problems. Here's some info to help you troubleshoot.

I do currently have NDI on both PC. That is how they communicate. I'm just confused how im losing frames from Gaming PC to Streaming PC. When i have no Frames drops, or network drops when looking at the Stats.

 

[rockbottom]

Tools or just the runtime? If you have tools installed on both & it's working without issue, then the problem is more than likely OBS or that crappy SE you have installed....

 

[rockbottom]

I've seen this causing issues too on other installs....

14:38:43.667: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA AUDIO FX version: 1.3.0.21
14:38:45.018: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA AUDIO FX enabled
14:38:45.019: [NVIDIA VIDEO FX]: NVIDIA VIDEO FX version: 0.7.2.0
14:38:45.941: [NVIDIA VIDEO FX]: enabled, redistributable found

 

[rockbottom]

There's also a newer version of the plugin available.
4:38:45.965: [obs-ndi] hello ! (version 4.10.0)

Release obs-ndi 4.11.0 · DistroAV/DistroAV

Requirements: OBS >=28 NDI 5 Runtime (optionally installed via NDI Tools) Install Download and install the below Linux, MacOS, or Windows version. Linux: sudo dpkg -i obs-ndi-4.11.0-linux-x86_6...

github.com

DistroAV - Network Audio/Video in OBS-Studio using NDI® technology

Works obs-ndi - NewTek NDI™ 4.11.0 on Obs 28 and 29? i am used "teleport" its works on me ;)

obsproject.com

 

[Incorporate]

There's also a newer version of the plugin available.
4:38:45.965: [obs-ndi] hello ! (version 4.10.0)

Release obs-ndi 4.11.0 · DistroAV/DistroAV

Requirements: OBS >=28 NDI 5 Runtime (optionally installed via NDI Tools) Install Download and install the below Linux, MacOS, or Windows version. Linux: sudo dpkg -i obs-ndi-4.11.0-linux-x86_6...

github.com

DistroAV - Network Audio/Video in OBS-Studio using NDI® technology

Works obs-ndi - NewTek NDI™ 4.11.0 on Obs 28 and 29? i am used "teleport" its works on me ;)

obsproject.com

honestly just did this... feel that was the reason why.. i updated the runtime, but not the actual tool. and maybe 4.10 wasn't correctly communicating with the runtime. doing some more testing but overall seems alot better now.

 

[rockbottom]

Cool! Yeah, that's possible. There seemed to be alot of issues with the plugin updates after OBS updated to qt6. I personally haven't used it since I finished building my 12900k/3090 early last year. I do everything with it & still have tons of headroom.