OBS Freezing after <1 hour

[Jegethy]

Hello,

I've been having an issue lately where OBS will freeze completely after less than an hour of streaming. The longest I've managed is 1hr 40mins. It doesn't produce a crash report because it doesn't crash, it just locks up and I need to hard stop it through task manager.

So far I've tried the following to resolve it and nothing has helped:

Turning off HAGS
Turning game mode on/off
Clean install of Windows
Clean install of graphics drivers
Reducing bitrate
Reducing resolution
Disabling studio mode
Setting all audio sources to same sample rate
And pretty much every other suggestion found on these forums...

I've attached the latest 2 logs where OBS froze and this is the one crash report it generated out of 10+ freezes: https://obsproject.com/logs/HReURtgeP8ROAZzO

 

[koala]

You're loading media sources from a drive S:. In case this is some network/nas drive: move the files locally and include them from a local drive. Even if you're currently not using these files, move them locally or delete the corresponding sources. It isn't enough to not use or not show them.
I doubt this is the cause of your issue, however including files from networking drives increases latency internally, which may provoke or worsen other issues.
You have already a very clean setup, no plugins for example, and current GPU drivers, and no strange/not default OBS video and streaming settings. How about your audio drivers? Is there some newer audio driver available from the website of your mainboard vendor? Very rarely, I've seen some outdated audio driver as issue.

 

[Jegethy]

You're loading media sources from a drive S:. In case this is some network/nas drive: move the files locally and include them from a local drive. Even if you're currently not using these files, move them locally or delete the corresponding sources. It isn't enough to not use or not show them.
I doubt this is the cause of your issue, however including files from networking drives increases latency internally, which may provoke or worsen other issues.
You have already a very clean setup, no plugins for example, and current GPU drivers, and no strange/not default OBS video and streaming settings. How about your audio drivers? Is there some newer audio driver available from the website of your mainboard vendor? Very rarely, I've seen some outdated audio driver as issue.

Thanks for that, it was indeed on an external drive. Finger's crossed that was the solution as I was able to stream for 5 hours after moving the files to a local drive.

PS, my girlfriend loves koalas so it's very appropriate that you were the one to help us <3