OBS issue

ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
Sometimes with OBS while streaming I have an issue of the KB/S going to 0 and my stream ending. When I click end stream it gets stuck on ending stream and I close OBS out, but I have to also go to task manager to end the OBS process otherwise it will tell me I already have OBS running if I try to start it again.

Once I restart OBS it may be fine for the rest of the time I am streaming or it may do it again, but I never know when the problem will happen.

Any ideas what the issue could be?
 
qhobbes

qhobbes

Active Member

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...

OBS Studio creates a log file each time you run it which contains very useful diagnostic information. Without a log file, it's much harder for any support volunteers to figure out problems and your post may be ignored. To upload a log file, go to the Help menu > Log Files > Upload Last Log...
obsproject.com obsproject.com
After you end the OBS process, re-open OBS, Help, Log Files, Upload Last Log File.
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
I can definitely do that.

Had figured it might have been something that was a common knowledge kind of problem with an easy fix.

Thing is I may go an hour or two and it be fine then the next time I stream it might not go but 15 minutes.

It's very random when it happens so I'll get the log file, but I don't know how long it will take.
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
@qhobbes is a master of enabling OBS on old systems. so I will defer to him..
BUT that is a circa 2008 CPU... and you are trying to chromakey??

real-time video encoding is VERY computationally demanding. a Q9300 CPU is the equivalent of a bicycle at a car race [ok, bicycle analogy is hyperbole... instead gas powered scooter at car race...]

I recommend monitoring hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) utilization [for ex. using Task manager’s Performance tab and/or Resource Monitor] and I'm sure you will see your system is being maxed out with your settings. Does your system even meet the basic minimum requirements?? for video processing that nVidia GT 710 does appear to support https://obsproject.com/wiki/System-Requirements
  • DirectX 10.1 compatible GPU
And you have a Hard drive, not SSD, right?
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
I have an SSD

The stream works 90% of the time perfectly.

It's just that every so often the KB/S drops to 0 at random

OBS was real bad before I got the video card, but never went to 0 KB/S.
 
qhobbes

qhobbes

Active Member
I'm honestly shocked that you're able stream with that. That's pre-QuickSync/NVENC hardware. Try enabling Dynamic Bitrate in the Advanced Network Settings for the 0 KB/S issue.
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
The CPU is quad core and fast enough.

Plus it's overclocked some. Think each core is running at 3066MHz.

Might not be needed but the video card is overclocked as well.

I do have NVENC enabled as well.

Also it is set to VBR instead of CBR.

But even if there was a hardware issue it wouldn't explain why when it happens and I click stop stream OBS says ending stream and is stuck there.
 
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Suslik V

Suslik V

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The log-file you have shared has no records about the streaming event at all (you posted wrong file). Please, open all log-files folder (OBS Studio main menu Help>Log Files>Show Log Files) and find the one that was saved during the actual streaming event that failed (look by the date and timestamp). Attach this log-file to your post here. Or wait till the error happens again and save the log-file (immediately) to different folder to upload it here later. OBS keeps only 10 last logs, so on 9-th restart your log will be lost.
 
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ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
When the stream failed I clicked end stream which is what it got stuck on doing then I closed OBS and ended the process in task manager.

When I started OBS back I uploaded the most recent log file.

Now given I clicked end stream even though OBS was stuck on ending stream would that have affected the log to show no stream?
 
Suslik V

Suslik V

Active Member
On each program start OBS creates new log-file. So, Current Log File is from the current session (it never complete, by the way). The Last Log File is from previous session.
Simply open the mentioned log-files folder and locate the required file manually.
 
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Synx

New Member
For me too is happening this, the live is normal, but when I enter a match of some game instantly drops all my internet not only to live, but everything. This did not happen before, is not inernet problem nor pc, could someone help me?
 
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Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
ikonix360 said:
The stream works 90% of the time perfectly.
Click to expand...
impressive

ikonix360 said:
It's just that every so often the KB/S drops to 0 at random
OBS was real bad before I got the video card, but never went to 0 KB/S.
Click to expand...

It is highly unlikely to be random. and being quad-core is like saying a 1920's car is powerful enough as it had a 4 cylinder engine. It is about overall 'horsepower', not number of cores, and those old cores simply don't do as much as modern cores this software is written for.

Congrats - seriously on getting real-time video encoding working at all on such a system.

I strongly recommend monitoring hardware resource (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) utilization [for ex. using Task manager’s Performance tab and/or Resource Monitor] to see how your system is being maxed out with your settings. Or you could have a memory leak, or a background process that kicks off and puts you system over the edge, or any number of similar issues/causes [many of which aren't OBS specific]
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
The system is exactly configured like the one I use to play Fortnite. Same hardware ETC...

Now before I had issues because I was using the motherboard graphics and a lower speed quad core processor

but

with the video card I am currently using and the faster quad core processor it does 720P streaming just fine without stressing the computer much at all.

I use the NVENC encoder option on OBS which stresses the hardware even less.
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
Not sure how clear the text will be in the video, but here's a video showing the information while I was streaming earlier this afternoon.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
 
ikonix360

ikonix360

Member
What I don't understand is why after the kb/s goes to 0 and I click end stream it gets stuck on ending stream and when I close OBS I have to go in task manager to end the process otherwise I'll get an OBS already running message upon starting OBS again.
 
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