I'm streaming on Restream to YT and Twitch and every other stream before this has been completely fine. My video bitrate is 6000 but all of a sudden it is constantly below 3000 and 30 fps. I tried everything, from changing dynamic resolution, IP settings in OBS, even reran the wizard. Nothing is working and I've looked at countless posts. Someone please help.
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My OBS is supposed to be 6000 kbps, but it is dropping to 100-3000
- Thread starter Tyre28
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Lawrence_SoCal
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If you have looked at countless posts, then you've seen plenty of references to needing to check/monitor your PC's LAN usage (ie anything unexpected running) as well as your LAN and WAN traffic ... almost no one does this, and it means they are effectively driving blind. You also didn't follow the pinned post in this forum regarding posting your OBS Studio log from a problem session when asking for help
There is also a FAQ on this site for disconnects and other bandwidth issues
In general - sometimes it is your PC (things like Killer network software. security software, or simply an overloaded system)
Plenty of times the bandwidth conflict can come from other traffic on your LAN. Or using WiFi, or cellular Internet connection. IN rare cases, it is your ISP link, or ISP themselves
There is also a FAQ on this site for disconnects and other bandwidth issues
In general - sometimes it is your PC (things like Killer network software. security software, or simply an overloaded system)
Plenty of times the bandwidth conflict can come from other traffic on your LAN. Or using WiFi, or cellular Internet connection. IN rare cases, it is your ISP link, or ISP themselves
I fixed it, ended up asking ChatGPT and it was the servers on both OBS and Restream were set to something, so I set both to automatic and it works now.If you have looked at countless posts, then you've seen plenty of references to needing to check/monitor your PC's LAN usage (ie anything unexpected running) as well as your LAN and WAN traffic ... almost no one does this, and it means they are effectively driving blind. You also didn't follow the pinned post in this forum regarding posting your OBS Studio log from a problem session when asking for help
There is also a FAQ on this site for disconnects and other bandwidth issues
In general - sometimes it is your PC (things like Killer network software. security software, or simply an overloaded system)
Plenty of times the bandwidth conflict can come from other traffic on your LAN. Or using WiFi, or cellular Internet connection. IN rare cases, it is your ISP link, or ISP themselves
Earlier solution didn't work now, I use wifi not LAN. The issue is that it wasn't doing this at all before but it is now. My network use in task manager is extremely low.If you have looked at countless posts, then you've seen plenty of references to needing to check/monitor your PC's LAN usage (ie anything unexpected running) as well as your LAN and WAN traffic ... almost no one does this, and it means they are effectively driving blind. You also didn't follow the pinned post in this forum regarding posting your OBS Studio log from a problem session when asking for help
There is also a FAQ on this site for disconnects and other bandwidth issues
In general - sometimes it is your PC (things like Killer network software. security software, or simply an overloaded system)
Plenty of times the bandwidth conflict can come from other traffic on your LAN. Or using WiFi, or cellular Internet connection. IN rare cases, it is your ISP link, or ISP themselves
Log: https://obsproject.com/logs/5QDmUHC6Iy1o5dKa
Lawrence_SoCal
Active Member
WiFi is NOT a stable reliable transport medium, and it is even more likely to run into conflicts in urban environments. WiFi can work wonderfully for many use cases, but jitter/latency sensitive traffic can pose a challenge. As always, test using a wired Ethernet connection (with WiFi turned off on OBS Studio PC). If problem goes away, that answers your question. Unless you have real-time WiFi monitoring equipment, adequately testing WiFi throughput can be quite technically challenging (to be thorough and complete in analysis... ie, super easy to be misled).
I get that testing with Ethernet might not be simple for some folks. However, you have to ask yourself time vs money (if required to get USB to Ethernet adapter and cable, which are relatively cheap nowadays).
I'd also clean up your setup
- mismatched audio device sampling rates
- research the game,/window/display/capture considerations in same scene (I forget which are known problems)
- beware well known and commented on network issues caused by streamlelements (PoS s/w)
the above is to make sure those items/moisconfigs are contributing to issue
but your real issue is
20:07:33.410: Output 'simple_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 219 (44.3%)
You need to fix your LAN/WAN connection. period. highest probability is your WiFi link (and yes, was working fine for X period of time... including years.. and doesn't work now is NOT unexpected/unusual). Then follow FAQ in my .sig on connection issues, or other posts on this issue
I get that testing with Ethernet might not be simple for some folks. However, you have to ask yourself time vs money (if required to get USB to Ethernet adapter and cable, which are relatively cheap nowadays).
I'd also clean up your setup
- mismatched audio device sampling rates
- research the game,/window/display/capture considerations in same scene (I forget which are known problems)
- beware well known and commented on network issues caused by streamlelements (PoS s/w)
the above is to make sure those items/moisconfigs are contributing to issue
but your real issue is
20:07:33.410: Output 'simple_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 219 (44.3%)
You need to fix your LAN/WAN connection. period. highest probability is your WiFi link (and yes, was working fine for X period of time... including years.. and doesn't work now is NOT unexpected/unusual). Then follow FAQ in my .sig on connection issues, or other posts on this issue