My OBS stream keeps stopping, but the streaming button is still active

[infinity111Dev]

When I stream with OBS, after a while, the network suddenly drops to 0 Kbps and stops sending the streaming feed, but it still appears to be streaming. If I stop the stream, it refuses to start streaming again unless I restart OBS.

This is the link to the logs

https://obsproject.com/logs/ArxkBJ6lgAW6SKBu

 

[Suslik V]

04:43:44.265: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] Dynamic bitrate enabled.  Dropped frames begone!
04:43:44.265: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] Disabling network optimizations, not compatible with RTMPS
...
04:47:52.511: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] going back to prev bitrate
04:47:52.511: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] bitrate decreased to: 1800
04:47:56.573: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] bitrate increased to: 2100, waiting
04:47:56.573: [rtmp stream: 'simple_stream'] bitrate decreased to: 2000

Poor internet connection, so bitrate changed and it seems failed completely.

Recovering from failed encoding is harder when you are using hardware based encoder. Windows Task Manager may help you to shutdown OBS processes when it stuck:

04:43:31.796: ================================
04:43:31.796: Warning: OBS is already running!
04:43:31.796: ================================
04:43:31.796: User is now running multiple instances of OBS!
...
04:43:46.098: >>> new qsv encoder
04:43:46.098: [qsv encoder: 'simple_video_recording'] settings:
04:43:46.098:     codec:          H.264
04:43:46.098:     rate_control:   ICQ
...

And "CBR" method of rate control is preferable for any streaming.

 

[Tphi]

Are you on Windows 11 24H2.
OBS will run fine without memory issue as long as you stay on 21H2 or 23H2.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1g4i79p/why_does_my_ram_climb_continuously_until_i_crash/