Bug Report OBS IS CHOPPY SUDDENLY
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BK-Morpheus
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General things that I noticed in that log:
1. Win10 Game DVR is on (turn it off)
2. Video settings in OBS were 48fps first and later 60 (48 only makes sense on for viewers/streamers with 144Hz monitor)
3. Webcam has unnecessary high resolution (1080p) which makes no sense, when you push out a 720p stream with a webcam picture that takes maybe 3% of the frame, it will also cause higher CPU/GPU load
4. Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 1237 (17.0%)
How to solve rendering lag can be found at point 4.1 and information about problems with gaming monitors is at point 5 here:
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/common-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them.78116/
1. Win10 Game DVR is on (turn it off)
2. Video settings in OBS were 48fps first and later 60 (48 only makes sense on for viewers/streamers with 144Hz monitor)
3. Webcam has unnecessary high resolution (1080p) which makes no sense, when you push out a 720p stream with a webcam picture that takes maybe 3% of the frame, it will also cause higher CPU/GPU load
4. Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 1237 (17.0%)
How to solve rendering lag can be found at point 4.1 and information about problems with gaming monitors is at point 5 here:
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/common-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them.78116/
BK-Morpheus
Active Member
Last log shows no stream/recording.
This is the same thing that happens to me! And it only happened recently
*FIXED* THE SCREEN LAG / GAME LAG WHEN I HAD OBS OPEN WHICH ALSO FLICKERED WAS DUE TO THE LATEST UPDATE ON OBS. I UNINSTALLED THIS VERSION AND THEN FOUND PREVIOUS VERSIONS ONLINE - CHECK HERE https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases - I DOWNLOADED 20.1.1 BUT IM SURE YOU COULD USE 20.1.2 IF YOU WANTED.
TRY THIS BEFORE TAMPERING WITH YOUR COMPUTER! ALSO MAKE A NOTE OF THE PREVIOUS SCENES AND SOURCES YOU HAD BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY DELETED MINE WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE OLD VERSION!
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BK-Morpheus
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Clicking out of the game usually reduces ingame fps and so there is less load on the GPU.
@Madge2169 try downloading a earlier version of OBS - this is what I did and now it is fine.
https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases
I downloaded the 20.1.1 version and there is no flickering and there is no 'screen lag' when I am playing. Give it a shot because I pretty much exhausted all the other options on this forum.
Hope it works!
https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases
I downloaded the 20.1.1 version and there is no flickering and there is no 'screen lag' when I am playing. Give it a shot because I pretty much exhausted all the other options on this forum.
Hope it works!
MiseryCop
New Member
I am another one who is having the same problem since yesterday. Did a stream on thrusday with no problems at all, but yesterday my fps was dropping to 19-21 fps. Then I realise that if i clicked on another window the FPS fixed on 30fps.
I'm also attaching my log from yesterday.
@MiseryCop try downloaded previous versions here: https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases
1) uninstall current OBS: Go settings > Storage > This PC (C:) > Apps & Games > Type OBS and uninstall
2) Download earlier version of OBS (https://github.com/jp9000/obs-studio/releases) preferably 20.1.1 or you can use 20.1.2.
My specs are AMD R9 390, 4690K, 8GB Ram. This issue occurred around the latest update (a couple of weeks ago?) so I decided to try this. Let me know if it works for you!
MiseryCop
New Member
So, I also did what Kyak recomended and the problem persists. BUT, I tried another solutions and I found a temporary one: turn the VSYNC ON in-game!
The link that BK-Morpheus sent is pretty useful:
So, three games that I was having difficulties, Elite: Dangerous, The Witcher 3 and Northgard, none I was using VSYNC. I didn't have these kind of problems before, so I never mind with these. And then yesterday I turned the VSYNC ON and, finally, my OBS fps stucked at 30.
During my tests I had only one moment with Witcher 3 that the fps started to drop again (about 30s), when I called a horse and the fps in game also dropped a little. So, because of that, I'm not trusting that I will always have a smooth stream from now on. I don't know what changed from thursday to friday, maybe a windows 10 update or maybe this is a bad sign from my GPU, but I really didn't have any of theses problems before.
The link that BK-Morpheus sent is pretty useful:
So, three games that I was having difficulties, Elite: Dangerous, The Witcher 3 and Northgard, none I was using VSYNC. I didn't have these kind of problems before, so I never mind with these. And then yesterday I turned the VSYNC ON and, finally, my OBS fps stucked at 30.
During my tests I had only one moment with Witcher 3 that the fps started to drop again (about 30s), when I called a horse and the fps in game also dropped a little. So, because of that, I'm not trusting that I will always have a smooth stream from now on. I don't know what changed from thursday to friday, maybe a windows 10 update or maybe this is a bad sign from my GPU, but I really didn't have any of theses problems before.
StreamDeVo
New Member
Hello, I'm pretty new to OBS, and I am noticing that my game captures turn out really chappy/laggy although my game runs at around 200 fps. I do not know what to do. I have noticed that many people put their logs in to see if there is something to be fixed...
Before I restarted my PC around 2 months ago, I had OBS and there were no problems, so I thought it was a new version or something. So I downloaded an older version, but the same thing happened. If someone could help me out here, that would be wonderful. Thank you.
Before I restarted my PC around 2 months ago, I had OBS and there were no problems, so I thought it was a new version or something. So I downloaded an older version, but the same thing happened. If someone could help me out here, that would be wonderful. Thank you.
Narcogen
Active Member
16:42:04.840: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 17134 (revision: 523; 64-bit)
Windows is out of date and game mode is on, which negatively impacts OBS performance. Run the October 2018 update, and turn game mode off.
Do that, then do a session where you notice the problem and upload that log. Start recording or streaming, observe your issue, stop the session, then upload.
Windows is out of date and game mode is on, which negatively impacts OBS performance. Run the October 2018 update, and turn game mode off.
Do that, then do a session where you notice the problem and upload that log. Start recording or streaming, observe your issue, stop the session, then upload.
StreamDeVo
New Member
Will do thanks so much for the help