Hey guys, I'm about to lose my mind here. I can't seem to find ANYONE with the exact same issue here, and I've explored so many different settings. I've been streaming on and off for about a year with no issues. I have 32GB of RAM, a 1070 Ti, and a 3.6GHz i7 processor. I stream mostly League, which is where I've seen this problem start to occur. At some point during my stream, always a random point (sometimes 20 minutes in, sometimes 2 hours in) my stream will go completely black and "pause" for about 2/3 minutes. When the stream resumes, it doesn't resume in real time, but rather plays at the same 2/3 minute delay that the pause created. I have no issues with internet, don't drop frames, and my connection to twitch/obs never appears to be interrupted in any way. The only real info I can give to help is that it seems to happen MOST of the time when I'm getting into game, right after champion select as the game loads up a new window for the game. Could it be lag from the game/window capture? Switching scenes? The fact that I play in borderless? I'm going to try desktop capture only when playing today but I'd really prefer to stray away from that, since I use a single ultrawide monitor as opposed to a dual monitor setup. I'd really like to stick to a window/game capture method. Any help would be much appreciated, and if you need more info please ask and I'll be glad to divulge! I've stated everythign I could think of off the top of my head but I'm no tech/streaming expert so I'm sure I could have forgotten something.
Question / Help Random stream pause/buffering(?) that results in permanent delay.
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koala
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If the stream is black and the pause is active, open Windows Task manager and look at the network usage of OBS. Is it still actively sending data, or is it pausing as well?
And after the delay situation took place and the stream resumed with the 2/3 minute delay, what happens if you terminate the stream and exit OBS? Will the stream stop the same moment you stop and exit OBS? Or will the stream continue to the moment 2/3 minutes later when you stopped OBS and stop then as well?
If it is the former, the stream data seems to be buffered locally on your machine, and you should seek for a solution locally on your machine. If it is the latter, the stream data seems to be buffered within the streaming service, and the delay is caused by the streaming service - an issue to be resolved by the streaming service.
And after the delay situation took place and the stream resumed with the 2/3 minute delay, what happens if you terminate the stream and exit OBS? Will the stream stop the same moment you stop and exit OBS? Or will the stream continue to the moment 2/3 minutes later when you stopped OBS and stop then as well?
If it is the former, the stream data seems to be buffered locally on your machine, and you should seek for a solution locally on your machine. If it is the latter, the stream data seems to be buffered within the streaming service, and the delay is caused by the streaming service - an issue to be resolved by the streaming service.