Question / Help OBS dropping frames recently

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Rick37

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I've noticed since yesterday that OBS is dropping frames a lot and I don't know why. No change in my settings and never had a problem before. Nothing wrong with my server ping time either so I don't know what's going on. I even lowered my settings to see if that helped but still same problems. Anyone else having these problems? Oh and don't ask me to write down all of my settings, nothing has changed so everything should still work. and I don't feel like doing all of that anyway. Besides I never got frame drops even at 60fps 720p and now there is still major problems even at 30fps.

Thanks.
 
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Dorrian

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Im having the same issues and its just recent. Im just curious my isp is Optimum online and Im in NY east coast. I tried the normal procedures listed on the ****Dropped frames/disconnecting? Read this first!**** post but nothing. I have over 100 down and 25-30 up and Im only streaming DAOC which is nothing :(
 
Sapiens

Sapiens

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If you read the dropped frames/disconnecting topic then you should understand that it has nothing to do with OBS. It is a networking issue - with the ingest server you're streaming to, or the routing to that server, or the service your ISP is providing, or your own networking hardware, or any of the other things that have been outlined.
 
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Dorrian

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Sapiens said:
If you read the dropped frames/disconnecting topic then you should understand that it has nothing to do with OBS. It is a networking issue - with the ingest server you're streaming to, or the routing to that server, or the service your ISP is providing, or your own networking hardware, or any of the other things that have been outlined.
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Thanks I will keep trying to plug and play and see if I can figure it out :)
 
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Rick37

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I did a test using the program ShaperProbe and these are the results:

Connected to server 217.163.1.100.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 3440 Kbps.
Downstream: greater than 200 Mbps.

The measurement will take upto 4.0 minutes. Please wait.

Checking for traffic shapers:

Upstream: Measurement aborted due to high packet loss rate.


Maybe I'm getting a high packet lass rate when streaming and that's causing the problem. I just had the modem replaced like two weeks ago so I don't know if that could be the problems or not. Here is my log from a previous OBS session:


Code: 
14:18:24: Open Broadcaster Software v0.584b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
14:18:24: -------------------------------
14:18:24: CPU Name: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor
14:18:24: CPU Speed: 3214MHz
14:18:24: Physical Memory:  4095MB Total, 4095MB Free
14:18:24: stepping id: 2, model 4, family 16, type 0, extmodel 8, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
14:18:24: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1280, 720}
14:18:24: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200 
14:18:24: Aero is Enabled
14:18:24: -------------------------------
14:18:24: OBS Modules:
14:18:24: Base Address     Module
14:18:24: 01340000         OBS.exe
14:18:24: 6C980000         OBSApi.dll
14:18:24: 6C6B0000         DShowPlugin.dll
14:18:24: 6E000000         GraphicsCapture.dll
14:18:24: 6C690000         NoiseGate.dll
14:18:24: 6C670000         PSVPlugin.dll
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Adapter 1
14:18:24:   Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
14:18:24:   Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 905052160
14:18:24:   Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3354996736
14:18:24:   Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1280, 720}, attached=true
14:18:24: =====Stream Start: 2013-12-08, 14:18:24===============================================
14:18:24:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
14:18:24:   Base resolution: 1280x720
14:18:24:   Output resolution: 1280x720
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Loading up D3D10 on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260...
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Audio Format: 44100hz
14:18:24: Playback device Default
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Using auxilary audio input: Realtek Digital Input (Realtek High Definition Audio)
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Audio Encoding: AAC
14:18:24:     bitrate: 128
14:18:24: Using Window Capture
14:18:24: Using bitmap image
14:18:24: Using Monitor Capture
14:18:24: Scene buffering time set to 400
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: Video Encoding: x264
14:18:24:     fps: 60
14:18:24:     width: 1280, height: 720
14:18:24:     preset: veryfast
14:18:24:     profile: high
14:18:24:     keyint: 120
14:18:24:     CBR: yes
14:18:24:     CFR: no
14:18:24:     max bitrate: 2500
14:18:24:     buffer size: 2500
14:18:24: ------------------------------------------
14:18:24: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 1536000, samples per sec is 192000
14:18:24: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Realtek Digital Input (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
14:18:25: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
14:18:25:   Server selection: rtmp://live-lax.justin.tv/app
14:18:25:   Interface: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (ethernet, 1000 mbps)
14:18:25: Completed handshake with rtmp://live-lax.justin.tv/app in 52 ms.
14:18:26: SO_SNDBUF was at 65536
14:18:26: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
14:18:47: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Stalled for 2191 ms to write 332907 bytes (buffer: 0 / 335872), unstable connection?
14:19:03: Total frames encoded: 2289, total frames duplicated: 244 (10.66%)
14:19:03: Total frames rendered: 2297, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
14:19:03: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Stalled for 1818 ms to write 333573 bytes (buffer: 0 / 335872), unstable connection?
14:19:03: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Graceful loop exit
14:19:04: Average send payload: 11030 bytes, average send interval: 36 ms
14:19:04: Number of times waited to send: 5, Waited for a total of 20520 bytes
14:19:04: Number of b-frames dropped: 42 (2%), Number of p-frames dropped: 29 (1.4%), Total 71 (3.3%)
14:19:04: Number of bytes sent: 10975817
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: Profiler time results:
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: ==============================================================
14:19:04: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 7.691 ms] [children: 94.8%] [unaccounted: 5.16%]
14:19:04: | scene->Preprocess - [4.12%] [avg time: 0.317 ms]
14:19:04: | GPU download and conversion - [90.7%] [avg time: 6.977 ms] [children: 91.4%] [unaccounted: -0.637%]
14:19:04: | | flush - [0.715%] [avg time: 0.055 ms]
14:19:04: | | CopyResource - [90.5%] [avg time: 6.963 ms]
14:19:04: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.104%] [avg time: 0.008 ms]
14:19:04: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 0.978 ms] [children: 98.4%] [unaccounted: 1.64%]
14:19:04: | Convert444toNV12 - [98.4%] [avg time: 0.962 ms]
14:19:04: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 1.594 ms]
14:19:04: ==============================================================
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: Profiler CPU results:
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: ==============================================================
14:19:04: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 3.524 ms, total 8096.45 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0.013 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 3.49 ms, total 8018.45 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0.033 ms, total 78.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: | | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 3.475 ms, total 7878.05 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 0.925 ms, total 4196.43 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
14:19:04: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 0.919 ms, total 4165.23 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
14:19:04: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 1.184 ms, total 2683.22 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
14:19:04: ==============================================================
14:19:04: 
14:19:04: =====Stream End: 2013-12-08, 14:19:04=================================================
(please use code tags - jim)
I did some tests with speedtest.net and there were no issues so I'm not sure what the problem could be at this point.
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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Community Helper
Upstream: Measurement aborted due to high packet loss rate.
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If you ever get that message from ShaperProbe, then your upload connection is certainly having problems that you might need to look into.
 
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Rick37

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The problem still exists, I think it's some issue with twitch because my uploads are still fine. Maybe they are restricting bandwidth for those who are not partnered or something.
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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Community Helper
Twitch doesn't limit bit rate for non-partners. It's almost certainly an issue with your ISP or networking hardware.
 
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Rick37

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well recently I tested ffsplit and was able to stream at my normal bit rate so I dunno what the problem is. I don't like using ffsplit though because you tend to get rtmp error messages and the stream will just stop. I want to use OBS but there just seems to be a problem going on with no solution. I even lowered the bitrate to 1000, almost 1/3 of what I'm used to and still I see the greed box blink yellow and at some point it goes red and starts dropping frames then back to green again and so on.
 
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