Question / Help OBS dropping frames (Twitch bandwidth test / speedtest inside)

KillswitchAUT

New Member
Well, after searching this forum for people with the same problem, I decided to post yet another thread with random OBS frame drops, since I don't want to hijack other people's thread. I had the problem with 0.16.2, updated to 0.16.4, without any better results. It's happening for quite some time now (around a month or so) and whatever I do, it doesn't stop. It worked pretty decent over the summer, now I sometimes can't stream for more than an hour without dropping MASSIVE amounts of frames, which makes it impossible to get anything good quality wise.

Here's the Twitch bandwidth test: http://i.imgur.com/O3MT5kl.png

Here's my speedtest result: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5782168050

This is one log I had today:
Nov 8: http://pastebin.com/52zYMHbN

This log right here went smooth for 3 hours or so, then completely dropped for no reason:
Before it dropped: http://pastebin.com/M2sgmTyD
Restarted stream after the drops: http://pastebin.com/ZcLzA3c8

Can someone help me out here? It's becoming more and more frustrating since there seems to be no fix for it.
 

Fenrir

Forum Admin
Those twitchtest results are abysmal. You need to call your ISP and explain the issue. Generally, you need a quality score of at least 80 for a decent streaming experience. 90+ is better, and ideally you'd be at or near 100.
 

KillswitchAUT

New Member
My speedtest results are over the top though, they are even better than on paper, I don't understand how it's an ISP problem when literally everything else works perfectly fine.... I can watch multiple streams on source quality at the same time, play video games and my fiancee is watching Netflix, everything without any problems whatsoever.
 

Fenrir

Forum Admin
Speedtests check your internet connection to the speedtest server. Twitchtest tests your connection to the TWITCH servers. You might very well have a very solid connection everywhere else, but your connection to twitch is terrible. This is something only your ISP can isolate and correct.
 
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