Question / Help OBS bitrate spikes making stream a slideshow

[NekoKairi]

I need help with an OBS issue, i normally stream at the VeryFast setting, 480p/30fps(sometimes 60fps) and at 2500kbps and it is fine for most games except lately with Borderlands 2, everytime in-game the bitrate spikes to around 5000-9000kbps for no reason, which is why its lagging but thats also why i use 2500kbps. I tried the fixes i found but none helped especially since u cant make a custom buffer with Very fast (0-1 = -1) you can't have a negative buffer so those are skewed to only higher end PCs. Hopefully someone can help, if u have any questions NOT regarding log file nonsense, i can answer them , I just want this solved so it stops spiking and no help i found so for was useful

 

[R1CH]

Log files are not nonsense, they are needed to understand the settings you are using.

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...

obsproject.com

 

[NekoKairi]

Log files are not nonsense, they are needed to understand the settings you are using.

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...

obsproject.com

it is nonsense when i can just tell you the settings i set, and its such a robotic answer, i want real human help

17:47:06.099: audio settings reset:
17:47:06.099: samples per sec: 44100
17:47:06.099: speakers: 2
17:47:06.101: ---------------------------------
17:47:06.101: Initializing D3D11...
17:47:06.101: Available Video Adapters:
17:47:06.105: Adapter 0: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
17:47:06.105: Dedicated VRAM: 1016332288
17:47:06.105: Shared VRAM: 1475330048
17:47:06.105: output 0: pos={0, 0}, size={1280, 1024}, attached=true
17:47:06.113: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 (0)
17:47:06.154: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: b000
17:47:06.154: D3D11 GPU priority setup failed (not admin?)
17:47:07.252: ---------------------------------
17:47:07.252: video settings reset:
17:47:07.252: base resolution: 1920x1080
17:47:07.252: output resolution: 768x432
17:47:07.252: downscale filter: Bicubic
17:47:07.252: fps: 30/1
17:47:07.252: format: NV12
17:47:07.252: YUV mode: 601/Partial
17:47:07.253: NV12 texture support not available
17:47:07.256: Audio monitoring device:
17:47:07.256: name: Default
17:47:07.256: id: default
---------------------------------
22:11:00.291: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: ultrafast
22:11:00.291: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] profile: baseline
22:11:00.309: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
22:11:00.309: rate_control: CBR
22:11:00.309: bitrate: 2500
22:11:00.309: buffer size: 2500
22:11:00.309: crf: 0
22:11:00.309: fps_num: 30
22:11:00.309: fps_den: 1
22:11:00.309: width: 852
22:11:00.309: height: 480
22:11:00.309: keyint: 60
22:11:00.309:
22:11:00.309: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] custom settings: scenecut=0
22:11:00.355: ---------------------------------
22:11:00.356: [FFmpeg aac encoder: 'avc_aac_stream'] bitrate: 160, channels: 2, channel_layout: 3

 

[R1CH]

You mentioned nothing about running ultrafast and baseline profile in your post. Put those back to default (veryfast / high).

 

[NekoKairi]

You mentioned nothing about running ultrafast and baseline profile in your post. Put those back to default (veryfast / high).

That doesn't help, there is a reason i set ultra fast and baseline, thats one that provides me the better performance on my PC while keeping stream good quality, and i tried veryfast/high and it still spiked to super bitrate for no reason with or w/o a custom buffer, only thing that affects the stream is the bitrate spiking far more than i can handle which is why i picked 2500, its mid ground and gives good speed (2500 base, spikes to 5000-7000kbps) and this ONLY happens with borderlands 2, any other game im fine with and doesnt make stream a slide show with super high bitrate that im not telling it to use in the first place

 

[NekoKairi]

any other help/ideas??