OBS Start-Up Issues, should I be worried?

[MorhenWolf]

Hello, everyone!
I had some issues with dropped frames and, yes, I checked out all I found on the forum before making a post, though this seems specific to what I have here.

17:07:52.284: [Audio Monitor] loaded version 0.7.1
17:07:52.299: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll', not an OBS plugin
17:07:52.305: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
17:07:52.306: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-captions.dll'
17:07:52.306: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.dll'
17:07:52.338: [AMF] Unable to load 'amfrt64.dll', error code 126.
17:07:52.339: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
17:07:52.339: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
17:07:52.340: [Freeze Filter] loaded version 0.3.2
17:07:52.377: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll', not an OBS plugin
17:07:52.381: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll', not an OBS plugin
17:07:52.382: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libfftw3-3.dll', not an OBS plugin
17:07:52.383: Skipping module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll', not an OBS plugin
17:07:52.390: [Move Transition] loaded version 2.2.1
17:07:52.391: [obs-browser]: Version 2.16.3
17:07:52.391: [obs-browser]: CEF Version 75.1.16+g16a67c4+chromium-75.0.3770.100
17:07:52.395: NVENC supported
17:07:52.396: [noise suppress]: NVIDIA RTX denoiser disabled, redistributable not found
17:07:52.589: [obs-websocket] you can haz websockets (version 4.9.1)
17:07:52.589: [obs-websocket] qt version (compile-time): 5.15.2 ; qt version (run-time): 5.15.2
17:07:52.590: [obs-websocket] module loaded!
17:07:52.595: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'soundtrack-plugin.dll'
17:07:52.596: [spectralizer] Loading v1.3.2 build time 2020.12.29 17:14
17:07:52.598: [StreamFX] Loading Version 0.10.1.0-gc8484f65
17:07:52.616: [StreamFX] <NVIDIA Face Tracking Filter> Failed to load Nvidia AR SDK runtime.
17:07:52.616: [StreamFX] Loaded Version 0.10.1.0-gc8484f65
17:07:52.619: [Transition Table] loaded version 0.1.3
17:07:52.621: VLC found, VLC video source enabled
17:07:52.627: A DeckLink iterator could not be created.  The DeckLink drivers may not be installed
17:07:52.627: No blackmagic support

I have some warnings when OBS is starting, should I be worried about those? Or nothing is broken.
I have had some issues with my streams lately, I am not sure exactly what was wrong, though I had a lot of dropped, frames.
I changed my bitrate, server, settings in general, though I can't seem to find a good spot.
My setup:
1060 GTX 6GB Gigabyte Windforce OC
Ryzen 7 3800X, no overclock
16GB RAM DDR4

OBS setup:

Log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/zSYkM0oD692Q4pa0 <- here I tested also recording + streaming at the same time, it didn't go too well, it is not mandatory for me to record while streaming, though it would be nice to have. My main priority is streaming without recording, I want that to work well and can't seem to make it properly.

I want to know if my setup is wrong, also if I can improve the streaming/recording settings. I've been trying to solve this for some weeks with no success, multiple tests, watched tens of yt tutorials, same for scouring the forums, but no success to me, sorry if I posted a wall of text.

 

[MorhenWolf]

Update for the log files, I have 2 actually:
- https://obsproject.com/logs/zSYkM0oD692Q4pa0 <- here I tested also recording + streaming at the same time, it didn't go too well, it is not mandatory for me to record while streaming, though it would be nice to have.
- https://obsproject.com/logs/23_RvQxJwb8PB1QC <- here I streamed without the recording

I want to know if my setup is wrong, also if I can improve the streaming/recording settings. I've been trying to solve this for some weeks with no success, multiple tests, watched tens of YouTube tutorials, same for scouring the forums, but no success to me, sorry if I posted a wall of text.

 

[FerretBomb]

Those errors are nothing to worry about. They're standard as you don't have the CoreAudio AAC codec installed, aren't using an AMD video card, don't have certain pieces of hardware installed. The 'could not load' is because some DLLs are installed to the plugin directory which are not plugins. They're normal errors.

Your first logfile shows 15 dropped frames, less than 0.01%, which isn't an issue.
Your second one shows

23:15:16.086: Output 'adv_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 18138 (1.9%)

which is ALWAYS a network issue. Dropped frames always are. This isn't something that streaming and recording at the same time would cause, it's your network connection to the Twitch server.

One issue, you have a Display Capture in the same Scene as a Game Capture. Never do that. DCs are the worst-performing capture type and easily conflict with any Game or Window Captures in the same scene, even if they're turned off, leading to significant performance problems. If you *must* use a Display Capture, it should be in its own scene with no WC or GCs.

Recommend running R1ch's Twitch Test tool and finding a server with 100 Quality. Less than 100 will mean frame drops and other issues.

 

[MorhenWolf]

Those errors are nothing to worry about. They're standard as you don't have the CoreAudio AAC codec installed, aren't using an AMD video card, don't have certain pieces of hardware installed. The 'could not load' is because some DLLs are installed to the plugin directory which are not plugins. They're normal errors.

Your first logfile shows 15 dropped frames, less than 0.01%, which isn't an issue.
Your second one shows

which is ALWAYS a network issue. Dropped frames always are. This isn't something that streaming and recording at the same time would cause, it's your network connection to the Twitch server.

One issue, you have a Display Capture in the same Scene as a Game Capture. Never do that. DCs are the worst-performing capture type and easily conflict with any Game or Window Captures in the same scene, even if they're turned off, leading to significant performance problems. If you *must* use a Display Capture, it should be in its own scene with no WC or GCs.

Recommend running R1ch's Twitch Test tool and finding a server with 100 Quality. Less than 100 will mean frame drops and other issues.

Can you tell me please where you saw that I have Display Capture in the same scene as Game Capture please? Because I don't see any. In The scene "(S) Intermission" indeed I have a Window Capture for the Browser only, and a Display Capture, from what you said, I should remove one of them, since I want to show more on screen from time to time, more than the actual Browser window I mean, I think I will keep only the DC on that scene. On the "(S) Gameplay" scene though, I have only a Game Capture, so that is weird...

This is the first time when I fiddle with the logs, so any info is appreciated, and thank you so much for your reply.
Now I only wonder about my settings in OBS, if I should do some tweaking or not.