Hello, I have a bit of an odd problem.
With Windows Aero enabled in certain games and areas, whenever I hit 'start stream' or 'preview stream', the OBS preview window won't display anything, and becomes unresponsive. Or sometimes it will display the game I'm playing, but literally 5~ frames per minute even though the game itself is fine. After several seconds, it will disconnect and attempt to reconnect to the stream servers.
What is really strange is in some areas in Vindictus will run fine, even with Aero on, though after loading and entering certain dungeon maps then OBS will become unresponsive, and drop connections.
Also it might be worth noting that my friend and I have similar PC's, run the same game on the same stream settings, and he doesn't suffer from this problem.
Disabling Aero fixes all of these issues, but due to other reasons(screen tearing/desktop privacy etc.), I would like to keep Aero if a solution can be found.
Things I've tried
Various versions of OBS
Testing on the XSplit free version(Same problem happens)
Reverting / updating video drivers
Reverting / updating Flash.
I'm out of ideas. If anyone has any idea what is happening I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is the latest log pasted below if it can be of help at all.
With Windows Aero enabled in certain games and areas, whenever I hit 'start stream' or 'preview stream', the OBS preview window won't display anything, and becomes unresponsive. Or sometimes it will display the game I'm playing, but literally 5~ frames per minute even though the game itself is fine. After several seconds, it will disconnect and attempt to reconnect to the stream servers.
What is really strange is in some areas in Vindictus will run fine, even with Aero on, though after loading and entering certain dungeon maps then OBS will become unresponsive, and drop connections.
Also it might be worth noting that my friend and I have similar PC's, run the same game on the same stream settings, and he doesn't suffer from this problem.
Disabling Aero fixes all of these issues, but due to other reasons(screen tearing/desktop privacy etc.), I would like to keep Aero if a solution can be found.
Things I've tried
Various versions of OBS
Testing on the XSplit free version(Same problem happens)
Reverting / updating video drivers
Reverting / updating Flash.
I'm out of ideas. If anyone has any idea what is happening I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is the latest log pasted below if it can be of help at all.
Open Broadcaster Software v0.473b (magnificant test build 11) - 64bit ( ^ω^)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU Speed: 3300MHz
Physical Memory: 8104MB Total, 4507MB Free
stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
monitor 2: pos={1920, 0}, size={1280, 1024}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1025966080
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3221106688
Using fixed low latency mode, factor 20
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
Using 7.1 surround speaker setup (experimental)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Window Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3300
buffer size: 3300
quality: 10
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Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-lax.justin.tv/app
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Socket error, send() returned -1, GetLastError() 10053
librtmp error: WriteN, RTMP send error 10053 (79 bytes)
librtmp error: WriteN, RTMP send error 10038 (42 bytes)
Number of times waited to send: 3, Waited for a total of 8609 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:3 Avg QP:22.15 size:136393
x264: frame P:107 Avg QP:28.32 size: 9201
x264: frame B:197 Avg QP:35.42 size: 54
x264: consecutive B-frames: 11.9% 5.2% 2.9% 80.0%
x264: mb I I16..4: 3.9% 22.4% 73.7%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.8% 3.2% 0.9% P16..4: 15.1% 5.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:71.4%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 0.0% skip:99.7% L0:49.5% L1:48.9% BI: 1.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:44.3% inter:34.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 76.3% 46.5% 20.2% inter: 3.5% 1.1% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 18% 35% 34% 13%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 19% 27% 7% 7% 6% 8% 6% 11%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 20% 15% 8% 10% 7% 11% 6% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 63% 21% 12% 4%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:2196.08
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Using fixed low latency mode, factor 20
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
Using 7.1 surround speaker setup (experimental)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU Speed: 3300MHz
Physical Memory: 8104MB Total, 4507MB Free
stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
monitor 2: pos={1920, 0}, size={1280, 1024}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Enabled
------------------------------------------
Adapter 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1025966080
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3221106688
Using fixed low latency mode, factor 20
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
Using 7.1 surround speaker setup (experimental)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Window Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3300
buffer size: 3300
quality: 10
------------------------------------------
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-lax.justin.tv/app
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Socket error, send() returned -1, GetLastError() 10053
librtmp error: WriteN, RTMP send error 10053 (79 bytes)
librtmp error: WriteN, RTMP send error 10038 (42 bytes)
Number of times waited to send: 3, Waited for a total of 8609 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:3 Avg QP:22.15 size:136393
x264: frame P:107 Avg QP:28.32 size: 9201
x264: frame B:197 Avg QP:35.42 size: 54
x264: consecutive B-frames: 11.9% 5.2% 2.9% 80.0%
x264: mb I I16..4: 3.9% 22.4% 73.7%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.8% 3.2% 0.9% P16..4: 15.1% 5.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:71.4%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 0.0% skip:99.7% L0:49.5% L1:48.9% BI: 1.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:44.3% inter:34.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 76.3% 46.5% 20.2% inter: 3.5% 1.1% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 18% 35% 34% 13%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 19% 27% 7% 7% 6% 8% 6% 11%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 20% 15% 8% 10% 7% 11% 6% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 63% 21% 12% 4%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:2196.08
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Using fixed low latency mode, factor 20
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Speakers (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
Using 7.1 surround speaker setup (experimental)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (7- Logitech G35 Headset)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
