Setting up OBS with less than powerful system?

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Anij

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My desktop is an AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics. I am unsure if it's integrated as its an HP. That being said I dont know exactly how to set up OBS to where it won't lag as much for my viewers when I stream PC games. On Wednesday I was streaming Twitch Sings and a lot of people couldnt watch because it buffered through the whole thing. Today with Words on Stream and Gartic it was delayed really bad. I need to fix this! I normally stream on console and dont have a capture card yet but when I get one I do not want the same thing to happen. Help?!

 
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qhobbes

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0. If available via Windows Update, update to Windows 10 2004 per https://obsproject.com/blog/five-simple-tips-for-new-streamers
1. Run OBS as Admin
2. At least one of your audio devices has a sample rate that doesn't match the rest. This can result in audio drift over time or sound distortion. Check your audio devices in Windows settings (both Playback and Recording) and ensure the Default Format (under Advanced) is consistent. 48000 Hz is recommended.
OBS Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Microphone (GENERAL - UVC ): 32000 Hz
Speakers (2- Realtek High Definition Audio): 48000 Hz
Microphone (2- Realtek High Definition Audio): 48000 Hz
3. The encoder is skipping frames because of CPU overload. Read about General Performance and Encoding Issues. Try lowering your FPS to 30 and changing the output to 1280x720. Scaling requires CPU usage.
4. Your GPU is maxed out and OBS can't render scenes fast enough. Running a game without vertical sync or a frame rate limiter will frequently cause performance issues with OBS because your GPU will be maxed out. OBS requires a little GPU to render your scene.

Enable Vsync or set a reasonable frame rate limit (60) that your GPU can handle without hitting 100% usage.

If that's not enough you may also need to turn down some of the video quality options in the game. If you are experiencing issues in general while using OBS, your GPU may be overloaded for the settings you are trying to use.

Please check our guide for ideas why this may be happening, and steps you can take to correct it: GPU Overload Issues.

Try using Game Capture instead of Window Capture for your games.
 
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GamerHelpU

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I have the same problem, the encoder overload but i have kinda the same pc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200g + vega 8
RAM:12gb (4gb @ 2666 + 8gb @ 2666) not OC
Motherboard: GA A320-s2h v2
since I add the dual monitor and the ram I start having problem with the encoder (streaming with Game Mode ON), but when i had 1 monitor and 8gb ram (4gbx2 @ 2666) didn't have any problem with the encoder, and I stream using the GPU games like League of Legends high settings and streaming at 720p 30fps with 2500 of bitrate, but now with the dual monitor and the 12gb ram I have encoder overload and use the CPU to stream and i have less warning frmo the encoder, and I don't know how to fix it
 
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GamerHelpU

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qhobbes

qhobbes

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@GamerHelpU
1. Enable Game Mode via the Windows 10 "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
2. 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.
3. Run OBS as Admin. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (scene 'Musynx'). 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.
5. 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. Follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues. See #2 and enable dynamic bitrate in the Advanced Network Settings.
6. Cap your games at 60 FPS.

If still having issues after making those changes, post new log.
 
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GamerHelpU

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qhobbes said:
@GamerHelpU
1. Enable Game Mode via the Windows 10 "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
2. 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.
3. Run OBS as Admin. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (scene 'Musynx'). 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.
5. 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. Follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues. See #2 and enable dynamic bitrate in the Advanced Network Settings.
6. Cap your games at 60 FPS.

If still having issues after making those changes, post new log.
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Ok, I'll do that but also in the past stream using wifi 2.4ghz and now 5ghz but the square in the bottom of the obs showing the bitrate all time was green, but still ill check with my company to see if there's an issue with that and try to fix it, thanks for the help, ok I'll use 1 scene for the games
 
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konsolenritter

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The session in your last log showed 16 seconds of streaming. Just over this short period 90% of your frames were lost due to connection/bandwidth issue. (Hence hints 2 and 5 of qhobbes' post)
 
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GamerHelpU

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qhobbes said:
@GamerHelpU
1. Enable Game Mode via the Windows 10 "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
2. 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.
3. Run OBS as Admin. Right click on the OBS shortcut, properties, advanced, check box, ok, apply, ok.
4. Multiple Game Capture sources are usually not needed, and can sometimes interfere with each other (scene 'Musynx'). 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.
5. 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. Follow the troubleshooting steps at: Dropped Frames and General Connection Issues. See #2 and enable dynamic bitrate in the Advanced Network Settings.
6. Cap your games at 60 FPS.

If still having issues after making those changes, post new log.
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Hi , i just stream now and I move my pc from my room to the kitchen (where is my wifi modem) , i plug it with an ethernet wire and still got encoder problem but with less drops i guess , here is the link if you can check it and tell me if there's more problem, also i call my company to check if it's my wifi or some wires, but idk since i have 100mb/s, also enable game mode

https://obsproject.com/logs/cE1VsVEi9i5uPfkX - this stream last 6 hours
 
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konsolenritter

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This session in your last log went from 20:16 to 20:40. That is roughly half an hour, not six hours.
But it figured out better then:
6.7% frames lost due to rendering lag, plus
1.8% frames lost due to encoding lag.

There was no report about losses due to bandwidth/internet connection issue at all.
Maybe its the wrong log, but your situation changed a bit, right?
 
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GamerHelpU

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konsolenritter said:
This session in your last log went from 20:16 to 20:40. That is roughly half an hour, not six hours.
But it figured out better then:
6.7% frames lost due to rendering lag, plus
1.8% frames lost due to encoding lag.

There was no report about losses due to bandwidth/internet connection issue at all.
Maybe its the wrong log, but your situation changed a bit, right?
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Thays weird cuz the I stream 6 hours, in that I enable game mode and use ethernet but still got some minor frame drop, then change to use my gpu vega 8 and the situation goes better and less frame drop actually so i guess i will need to keep teasting settings since I stream at 720p 30fps
 
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