Question / Help OBS Studio Keeps Crashing (3 logs included)

[BrutallStatic]

Hello everyone.

I recently switched from Classic to Studio. I decided to do a test stream today, and I've crashed a total of 3 times now.

I'm not really sure what's causing the issue, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

OBS Studio Crash 1
OBS Studio Crash 2
OBS Studio Crash 3

 

[NeuroSephiroth]

I've been having that same issue as well, I saw a thread that suggested it might be something with GPU Driver/Configuration.

 

[BrutallStatic]

Do you have a link to that thread by chance?

 

[NeuroSephiroth]

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/unhandled-exception-c0000005-streaming-recording-error.17545/

 

[Fenrir]

This is commonly caused by an unstable overclock. Are either of your overclocking?

EDIT: The thread you linked is a completely unrelated crash, none of the advice there is relevant to this crash.

 

[Lain]

That thread is old, and unrelated.

BrutallStatic -- are you overclocking or anything? Seeing a crash in x264 like that usually indicates some sort of system instability.

 

[BrutallStatic]

Yes, I am OCing. I'm using an i7 6950X, which is 3.0GHz out of the box, and I have it OCed to 4.4GHz. Let me scale it back a bit.

 

[NeuroSephiroth]

I'm not overclocking on anything.

 

[BrutallStatic]

I've lowered my OC to 4.2GHz. I'll report back with a new crash report if anything occurs.

Any other information that seems relevant would be fantastic. Thank you.

 

[Lain]

NeuroSephiroth - you are indeed having the same crash. I took a look at the thread you created (not the thread you linked). The thread you linked was to an unrelated issue from way back in 2014.

But like with BrutallStatic, this crash usually happens if there's some sort of system instability. We did not update the x264 module between patches (code and binary is unchanged), so it wasn't caused by updating or anything -- there has to be something going on with the system.

 

[NeuroSephiroth]

I do have a few questions about it, but I'll post them in my thread so I don't steal this one.

 

[BrutallStatic]

I don't mind you using this thread. Something posted here may help me if OCing isn't the culprit. BTW, no crashes since lowering my OC. I'll keep this thread updated.

 

[NeuroSephiroth]

Fair. I don't have anything OC'd, I usually have OBS output at 720p with 1800 bitrate, Ankhbot, Streamlabels, and the game I'm playing running, CPU is usually at 25-30%, though in my instance it was at ~35% today when I was playing Bioshock. I assume instability refers to something other than high CPU usage?

 

[Lain]

When I say instability I mean hardware instability. Things not working correctly due to OC, things generally being unstable. x264 stresses the CPU quite a bit, so it will expose any latent hardware instability if there is any (like can happen with an OC)

 

[BrutallStatic]

55 minutes into this new stream and no crashes. :D

 

[BrutallStatic]

Everything seemed to work perfectly fine after I lowered my OC. Thanks again for the tip!