OBS suddenly dropping massive amounts of frames

None of the suggestions worked for me. Ran into random post from 3 yrs ago that said try YouTube HLS. When you go to settings go to stream and in the service options choose YouTube HLS. This the only that that worked for me out of months of trying to fix this
 
gmoney0505 said:
None of the suggestions worked for me. Ran into random post from 3 yrs ago that said try YouTube HLS. When you go to settings go to stream and in the service options choose YouTube HLS. This the only that that worked for me out of months of trying to fix this
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but what if you wanna stream to twitch? does that just work for youtube?
 
@Kingwill1738 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. In many cases, wireless connections can cause issues because of their unstable nature. Streaming really requires a stable connection. Often wireless connections are fine, but if you have problems, the FIRST troubleshooting step would be to switch to wired. We highly recommend streaming on wired connections. If still having issues, then follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues.

If still having issues, then you need to adjust your bitrates and/or enhanced broadcasting settings.

Other things:
1. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature in Windows is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. If you are having issues with performance or OBS freezing, we recommend disabling it via these instructions as a troubleshooting step.
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. Having the Color Range set to "Full" will cause playback issues in certain browsers and on various video platforms. Shadows, highlights and color will look off. In OBS, go to "Settings -> Advanced" and set "Color Range" back to "Limited".
4. Display and Game Capture Sources interfere with each other. Never put them in the same scene (Just Gameplay).

If still having issues, post a new log.
 
Hi! I'm having the same issue. About 2-3 days ago, OBS just started dropping frames out of nowhere. I haven't changes ISP or done anything to my PC, so I'm unsure why it's dropping so many frames out of, what seems like, nowhere. Here are my logs.
 

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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. In many cases, wireless connections can cause issues because of their unstable nature. Streaming really requires a stable connection. Often wireless connections are fine, but if you have problems, the FIRST troubleshooting step would be to switch to wired. You don't have enough stable bandwidth for consistent 20000+ streaming. You may also need to adjust your Enhanced Broadcasting settings. Follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues.
2. The Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling ("HAGS") feature in Windows is currently known to cause performance and capture issues with OBS, games and overlay tools. If you are having issues with performance or OBS freezing, we recommend disabling it via these instructions as a troubleshooting step.
3. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (scenes SPRINT Y2K, Game Play (ACNH) and Cam Virtual). 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.
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. Contact StreamElements and resolve all of their errors in your log.

If still having issues, post 1 new log.
 
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I hope this information helps someone here or in the future if needed but I have done relentless research the past few days trying to fix this issue as like the original poster I had no issues for years until now.

Things I have done so far:

- Updated the LAN network port firmware for my motherboard
- Changed out the Ethernet cable coming from my Router
- Replaced Modem/Router combo from my ISP (Xfinity/Comcast)
- Technicians came out 2 times to replace cables outside and tighten them up from the outside tap in my apartment complex
- ISP updated firmware on my router
- Downgraded to older versions of OBS
- Attempted test streams using the "twitch inspector tool" trying all the different US twitch servers (Ohio, Virginia, and Oregon)
- Enabled TCP tracing, Network Optimizations, and Dynamically adjust bitrate settings in the OBS advanced tab settings.

This issue only occurred almost immediately after updating my OBS to the latest release which was on (6/25/2026).
After down grading from OBS version 32.2.1 to 32.0.4, enabling TCP tracing, Network Optimizations, and Dynmaically adjusting bitrate settings and setting the server to "Default" and NOT automatic at least for the Twitch service is what did the trick. Make sure you're not trying to stream above 6,000 bitrate, theoretically with twitch at least you can do more but thats iffy and they may rate limit you. There is a setting to disable this cap, do not enable that for Twitch at least (im not sure about other platforms)

If you're streaming to twitch use the Twitch Inspector stream test tool, use the OBS log analyzer, and whatever your choice of AI is. I've used ChatGPT to assist me during this process. I hope this helps somebody!
 
Zekro_3300 said:
I hope this information helps someone here or in the future if needed but I have done relentless research the past few days trying to fix this issue as like the original poster I had no issues for years until now.

Things I have done so far:

- Updated the LAN network port firmware for my motherboard
- Changed out the Ethernet cable coming from my Router
- Replaced Modem/Router combo from my ISP (Xfinity/Comcast)
- Technicians came out 2 times to replace cables outside and tighten them up from the outside tap in my apartment complex
- ISP updated firmware on my router
- Downgraded to older versions of OBS
- Attempted test streams using the "twitch inspector tool" trying all the different US twitch servers (Ohio, Virginia, and Oregon)
- Enabled TCP tracing, Network Optimizations, and Dynamically adjust bitrate settings in the OBS advanced tab settings.

This issue only occurred almost immediately after updating my OBS to the latest release which was on (6/25/2026).
After down grading from OBS version 32.2.1 to 32.0.4, enabling TCP tracing, Network Optimizations, and Dynmaically adjusting bitrate settings and setting the server to "Default" and NOT automatic at least for the Twitch service is what did the trick. Make sure you're not trying to stream above 6,000 bitrate, theoretically with twitch at least you can do more but thats iffy and they may rate limit you. There is a setting to disable this cap, do not enable that for Twitch at least (im not sure about other platforms)

If you're streaming to twitch use the Twitch Inspector stream test tool, use the OBS log analyzer, and whatever your choice of AI is. I've used ChatGPT to assist me during this process. I hope this helps somebody!
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I also want to mention that I disabled LSO in the Windows settings:

 
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