OBS crashing

Code:
Unhandled exception: 80000003
Date/Time: 2026-02-13, 20:21:25
Fault address: 7FFEF539FB20 (c:\program files\obs-studio\obs-plugins\64bit\libcef.dll)
libobs version: 32.0.4 (64-bit)
Windows version: 10.0 build 19045 (release: 22H2; revision: 6466; 64-bit)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz


Thread 4A88: CrBrowserMain (Crashed)
Stack            EIP              Arg0             Arg1             Arg2             Arg3             Address
000000786C1DE640 00007FFEF539FB20 00005888006D27B0 00005888006D27B0 000000786C1DEBF0 000000786C1DEB40 libcef.dll!0x7ffef539fb20
000000786C1DEAC0 00007FFEF539F785 000000786C1DEBF0 000000786C1DF440 00005888001B6000 00005888006D1EF8 libcef.dll!0x7ffef539f785
000000786C1DEBA0 00007FFEF539FB39 0000000000000000 00005888006A17F0 000000786C1DEC80 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef539fb39
000000786C1DEBD0 00007FFEF3A0999E 000000000000003F 0000000000000002 0000000000000001 0000588800032530 libcef.dll!0x7ffef3a0999e
000000786C1DED30 00007FFEF3A064B4 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 000000000000003F 000000000000003F 00005888000830F0 libcef.dll!0x7ffef3a064b4
000000786C1DED60 00007FFEF3A049CB AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA libcef.dll!0x7ffef3a049cb
000000786C1DEDA0 00007FFEF3A11FD6 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 00007FFEF1BA9FD3 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA libcef.dll!0x7ffef3a11fd6
000000786C1DEF10 00007FFEF3A13540 0000000000000306 0000000000000000 AAAAAAAA00000306 00000B40002C6680 libcef.dll!0x7ffef3a13540
000000786C1DF090 00007FFEF382E548 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA0000000C AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA libcef.dll!0x7ffef382e548
000000786C1DF170 00007FFEF38959E0 00000000AAAAAAAA 00000B40002D1068 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef38959e0
000000786C1DF1D0 00007FFEF38969BE 0000000C00000003 0000000000000001 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef38969be
000000786C1DF250 00007FFEF3896C9D AAAAAAAAAA000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000305 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef3896c9d
000000786C1DF2C0 00007FFEF1B1F03D 000001F81C1750EC 00007FFEF1B1A5FB 0000000000000116 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef1b1f03d
000000786C1DF360 00007FFEF1BA5D07 00000B4000221258 00005888000846E0 00000B40002211A0 00007FFEF0930228 libcef.dll!0x7ffef1ba5d07
000000786C1DF5A0 00007FFEF5362E05 000000786C1DF700 00007FFEFB0B1B28 0000000000000008 0000000100000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef5362e05
000000786C1DF660 00007FFEF07311CE 000000786C1DF7C0 00007FFEF1F6594F 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef07311ce
000000786C1DF6D0 00007FFEF092E916 0000000000000008 000000786C1DF870 0000000000000038 000000786C1DF870 libcef.dll!0x7ffef092e916
000000786C1DF750 00007FFEF074A37F 0000000000000000 0000003000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffef074a37f
000000786C1DF820 00007FFEEFB606E6 000001F807B65FD0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 libcef.dll!0x7ffeefb606e6
000000786C1DF8C0 00007FFEFC6CE81E 0000000000080001 000001F807BCA490 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 obs-browser.dll!BrowserManagerThread+0xe
000000786C1DF8F0 00007FFEFC6D203B 000001F800000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 obs-browser.dll!std::thread::_Invoke<std::tuple<void (__cdecl*)(void)>,0>+0xb
000000786C1DF920 00007FFEFC71D452 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 obs-browser.dll!thread_start<unsigned int (__cdecl*)(void *),1>+0x5a
000000786C1DF950 00007FFF9AEE7374 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 kernel32.dll!0x7fff9aee7374
000000786C1DF980 00007FFF9C5BCC91 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ntdll.dll!0x7fff9c5bcc91
This crash was in the OBS Browser source, literally "not enough resources" to complete the task, likely out of RAM. OS manages RAM allocation for the programs, so users have only few options:
  • to simplify the scenes;
  • launch OBS with admin rights (process with higher privileges may has advantage during memory allocation);
  • add RAM (no confirmation that last works 100% times, because OS may decide that the free RAM is needed for other programs and Browser process reached its limit).
If RAM consumption grows with time then this is called "leakage". OBS or PC restart usually works better if this the case, but not very useful if you are in the middle of the stream. Some related issues: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues?q=is:issue state:open leak
 
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