Stream fails a short time after Starting Recording...

[Bassman]

Hello,

I am experimenting with recording in OBS while I am live streaming. I set the recording to ProRes via the StreamFX plugin update. When I have both the live stream and the recording going the CPU is at 45%, no dropped frames and the stream is green. All looks looks well on the computer side. When I monitor on YouTube, I get the "not enough video" message. But, If I only start the stream in OBS, the "not enough video" message on YouTube never appears.

I only get a streaming issue a little after starting the recording. So am I running out of resources even though everything looks healthy in OBS? My streaming settings are set to Quicksync, 6Mbps 1080p60 on a Dell laptop.

Why is YouTube not getting video when OBS is reporting no propped frames and green? Thanks for your help.

 

[Xaymar]

ProRES is a very expensive format to encode it, and ~50% CPU usage most likely means that it's using up the entirety of your physical CPU, as threads are just left-over resources from the main core. ProRES is not a codec that you can encode while streaming unless you happen to run a 32 Core monstrosity like AMD Threadripper 3xxx.

 

[Bassman]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. I have upgraded my laptop as I realized I did not have the horsepower to do both encoding and streaming. I purchased an MSI GP65 Leopard laptop with an Nvidia 1660i graphics card. I encode the stream using NVenc and record the stream using ProRes standard. All of this is around 25% CPU usage. So problem solved with the right hardware. The laptop was under $1,000 as well.