Bug Report OBS Thinks i only have 1gig of RAM, while having 8gig.

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Loonex

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Hi, my game stutters while playing and i found out by checking through the logs that my OBS thinks i only have 1gig of ram while i have 8gig. I think most of my games stutter while playing because it only uses 1gig, if someone could give me advice or help me out with this its much appreciated. ( This is my first forum post ever asking for help so if you need more information please let me know. )
 

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Kharay

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Whereas that most decidedly is a bit peculiar, it does not by itself explain the stutter. I mean, the statistics are fine as far as OBS is concerned. No serious framelag, no framedrop. You have a bit of an odd configuration though; 3500 Kbps max bitrate and a 4200 Kbit buffer. Why the custom buffer and why so large? And why that awfully high bitrate for the audio? 128 Kbps AAC is more than fine, most people can't even distinguish between 128 Kbps AAC and 320 Kbps.

And 18 FPS framerate? 18? 18 is a very non-standard framerate. 24 is a standard, 30 is a standard for streaming, 48 is another standard, 60 is the standard for 720p. 18 is... weird. Can I suggest reading my guide (signature), reading it step by step and just following it step by step?

As far as OBS not detecting 8 gB is concerned... not sure what to make of that one. May want to run DXDiag to confirm whether or not the 8 gB actually is registered to Windows in general. Start -> Run -> dxdiag
 
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Loonex

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Kharay said:
Whereas that most decidedly is a bit peculiar, it does not by itself explain the stutter. I mean, the statistics are fine as far as OBS is concerned. No serious framelag, no framedrop. You have a bit of an odd configuration though; 3500 Kbps max bitrate and a 4200 Kbit buffer. Why the custom buffer and why so large? And why that awfully high bitrate for the audio? 128 Kbps AAC is more than fine, most people can't even distinguish between 128 Kbps AAC and 320 Kbps.

And 18 FPS framerate? 18? 18 is a very non-standard framerate. 24 is a standard, 30 is a standard for streaming, 48 is another standard, 60 is the standard for 720p. 18 is... weird. Can I suggest reading my guide (signature), reading it step by step and just following it step by step?

As far as OBS not detecting 8 gB is concerned... not sure what to make of that one. May want to run DXDiag to confirm whether or not the 8 gB actually is registered to Windows in general. Start -> Run -> dxdiag
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Hi, thanks for replying so quick. The reason i have the bitrate is because ive tried so many different ones attempting to fix it, i thought the sound quality wouldnt really matter and for the fps ive also tried alot different ones. It starts lagging bad while being on 60fps and it doesnt feel comfortable when playing on 30, ive tried playing on 24 and tried 18 for the last attempt before coming here. I did the dxdiag thing and it says i have 8gb ram. Im going to read your guide now hoping i can find something useful in there ^^. Thanks alot again.
 
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Kharay

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You see, the thing is... your hardware should in fact have no issue whatsoever doing 1080p in 60 FPS. There is something peculiar going on here.
 
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Loonex

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Yeah i bought this pc for the reason of being able to stream anything i want without any issues, but theres a shitload of issues :P. Hope this is fixable
 
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Loonex

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Ive tried the stuff in your guide but it feels like it hasnt improved anything really, was a good try tho.
 
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Loonex

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Now it says i have 4gig but it still says that its all free ( 21:14:58: Physical Memory: 4095MB Total, 4095MB Free. I took this from the log ). Im really confused
 
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Kharay

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Obviously it wouldn't. There is no reason to run OBS like that, it was developed on a modern OS, for a modern OS.
 
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Loonex

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Kharay said:
Obviously it wouldn't. There is no reason to run OBS like that, it was developed on a modern OS, for a modern OS.
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Im not that handy when it comes to technical parts like this as you can see haha
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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OBS won't be able to see more than 4GB of RAM when running under 32bit mode. That is a limitation of 32bit application. But regardless, it shouldn't affect your streaming performance. The stuttering would be coming from something else.
 
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Loonex

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I can basically run any game i want on high settings without getting stutters or fps lag but as soon as i turn my stream on all the issues start.
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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Because streaming is a very CPU-intensive operation, not because OBS "can't see all your RAM". You can't do real-time video encoding while playing a modern video game and expect to not get degraded performance. We can help you track down the real reason you're having issues.

Can you do a test stream for a few minutes at 30FPS and post the log of it?
 
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Loonex

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dodgepong said:
Because streaming is a very CPU-intensive operation, not because OBS "can't see all your RAM". We can help you track down the real reason you're having issues.

Can you do a test stream for a few minutes at 30FPS and post the log of it?
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Ive played Battlefield 3 for about 5~min, this is the log.
 

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dodgepong

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OK, cool. Was the game still stuttering? Can you post a link to the video of the stream?
 
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dodgepong

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Do you have OBS set to use an above-normal CPU priority in your Advanced settings?

You can also change your x264 preset to superfast to get more performance at the cost of worse video quality.
 
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