OBS outputs at a low bitrate and drops a consistent number of frames (65%)

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Sunflpwers

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Hello-

What I have is a series of issues that may or may not be correlated. I will give all the information that I have found.

Since the last OBS update (to my knowledge, this is when my issue started), I have been given this error upon launching OBS, or when trying to directly LINK my twitch account: Failed to authenticate with Twitch: Failed to get token from remote: Recv failure: Connection was reset.

So, I have started streaming using my stream key instead, which is giving me the main issue in my post: When I try to stream, the output bitrate is far below what I would expect it to be- I know speedtest results have little bearing on bitrate but my internet is at least decent and consistent- fluctuating between 35Kbps and 350Kbps, despite it being set to 4000Kbps. I have tried changing Rate Control from Constant Bitrate to: Constant QP, Variable Bitrate, Variable Bitrate with Target Quality, and Lossless. None of these bear any impact on my bitrate, which remains low. Interestingly, one thing I have noticed is that the bitrate fluctuates but has one consistent pattern with it: the amount of dropped frames, regardless of Rate Control or bitrate settings, is always at 64.9%-65.0%, without fail. I have also adjusted my Keyframe interval from 0(auto)-2, and tried changing my Video Encoder from my hardware, NVIDIA NVENC H.264, to software, x264, none of which affect anything. I have tried running OBS as an administrator, restarting my router, restarting my computer, restarting OBS, unplugging my ethernet cable from both my PC and my router, and even removing buggy Streamlabs browser sources from my Scenes in OBS. None of this has impacted my issue either. I am on a wired ethernet connection, Windows 10, with the following PC specs:
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
Storage 932 GB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-75WN4A1, 1.82 TB SSD NVMe Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 2TB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB)
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

After trying all of the following, I have attachd the log report from my most recent attempt.

Thank you for reading
Isabelle
 

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1. Your log contains streaming sessions with dropped frames. This can only be caused by a failure in your internet connection or your networking hardware. It is not caused by OBS. Killer's Software Suite is known for its poor performance and issues when trying to stream. Please download the package from the vendor's page , completely uninstall all Killer NIC items and run the installer, choosing to only install the Hardware Drivers. You may need to also adjust your Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting settings.

Follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues.
2. In Windows , we recommend that "Game Mode" be enabled. Game Mode can be enabled via the Windows "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
3. You are running an old version of OBS Studio (31.1.1). Please update to version 32.0.2 or newer by going to Help -> Check for updates in OBS or by downloading the latest installer from the downloads page and running it.
4. Browser hardware acceleration is currently disabled. Enabling acceleration is highly recommended due to the improvements to performance and significantly lower CPU usage for browser sources. This can be enabled in Settings -> Advanced.
5. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (scenes Starting Garden, Main Stage, BRB and Going Away). You can use the same Game Capture for all your games. If you change games often, try out the hotkey mode, which lets you press a key to select your active game. If you play games in fullscreen, use 'Capture any fullscreen application' mode.
 
Sunflpwers said:
Hello-

What I have is a series of issues that may or may not be correlated. I will give all the information that I have found.

Since the last OBS update (to my knowledge, this is when my issue started), I have been given this error upon launching OBS, or when trying to directly LINK my twitch account: Failed to authenticate with Twitch: Failed to get token from remote: Recv failure: Connection was reset.

So, I have started streaming using my stream key instead, which is giving me the main issue in my post: When I try to stream, the output bitrate is far below what I would expect it to be- I know speedtest results have little bearing on bitrate but my internet is at least decent and consistent- fluctuating between 35Kbps and 350Kbps, despite it being set to 4000Kbps. I have tried changing Rate Control from Constant Bitrate to: Constant QP, Variable Bitrate, Variable Bitrate with Target Quality, and Lossless. None of these bear any impact on my bitrate, which remains low. Interestingly, one thing I have noticed is that the bitrate fluctuates but has one consistent pattern with it: the amount of dropped frames, regardless of Rate Control or bitrate settings, is always at 64.9%-65.0%, without fail. I have also adjusted my Keyframe interval from 0(auto)-2, and tried changing my Video Encoder from my hardware, NVIDIA NVENC H.264, to software, x264, none of which affect anything. I have tried running OBS as an administrator, restarting my router, restarting my computer, restarting OBS, unplugging my ethernet cable from both my PC and my router, and even removing buggy Streamlabs browser sources from my Scenes in OBS. None of this has impacted my issue either. I am on a wired ethernet connection, Windows 10, with the following PC specs:
Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11400F @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
Storage 932 GB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-75WN4A1, 1.82 TB SSD NVMe Samsung SSD 990 PRO with Heatsink 2TB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB)
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

After trying all of the following, I have attachd the log report from my most recent attempt.

Thank you for reading
Isabelle
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i have the same problem and strugling for over a month now . im 100% sure that the problem is from obs but i can not prove it i have done everything even test the diffrent enternet but i wiil get 70% drop frames
 
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