Hey, for like 2 days my stream fps is dropped somewhere around 10-15(?) after streaming for a while. It might occur more often after i alt-tab and get back to game. Temporary fix is to delete and add game capture again. Any suggestions?
Specs & settings:
i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
8gb DDR3 1333mhz
HD 7970 @ stock speeds
Windows 8 64bit
Twitch.tv streaming server: London (UK), or Amsterdam
Game resolution: 1680x1050
Stream resolution: 840x524
Stream fps: 30
x264 preset: faster
Quality: 7
Bitrate/buffer: 1050/884
Minimize network impact: Yes
Use multithreaded optimizations: yes
Using 64 bit OBS test build 11
VOD: http://www.twitch.tv/snoooplion420/b/378908083 (fps lag starts at 3:13 ->)
Specs & settings:
i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
8gb DDR3 1333mhz
HD 7970 @ stock speeds
Windows 8 64bit
Twitch.tv streaming server: London (UK), or Amsterdam
Game resolution: 1680x1050
Stream resolution: 840x524
Stream fps: 30
x264 preset: faster
Quality: 7
Bitrate/buffer: 1050/884
Minimize network impact: Yes
Use multithreaded optimizations: yes
Using 64 bit OBS test build 11
VOD: http://www.twitch.tv/snoooplion420/b/378908083 (fps lag starts at 3:13 ->)
Code:
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: 3293MHz
Physical Memory: 8085MB Total, 5266MB 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={1680, 1050}
Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
Aero is Enabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 3201495040
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3970918400
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Adapter 2
Video Adapter: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 33554432
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 1711276032
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Adapter 3
Video Adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 0
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 268435456
Using fixed low latency mode, factor 20
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 840x524
Output resolution: 840x524
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device {0.0.0.00000000}.{6cfa7ad3-2275-4ea0-8c92-89eaf253562e}
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Using desktop audio input: Speakers (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device)
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 64
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 30
width: 840, height: 524
preset: faster
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 1050
buffer size: 884
quality: 7
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Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-lhr.justin.tv/app
SO_SNDBUF was at 65536
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
Using graphics capture
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 20251, number of frames that lagged: 5 (0.02%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated frames: 79 (0.39%)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to loop exit
Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:181 Avg QP:29.84 size: 24974
x264: frame P:15293 Avg QP:32.02 size: 4463
x264: frame B:4735 Avg QP:30.50 size: 1168
x264: consecutive B-frames: 61.0% 22.4% 2.3% 14.3%
x264: mb I I16..4: 22.7% 49.3% 28.0%
x264: mb P I16..4: 7.0% 12.3% 1.6% P16..4: 19.0% 5.7% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% skip:53.0%
x264: mb B I16..4: 1.3% 1.9% 0.1% B16..8: 15.6% 2.6% 0.1% direct: 3.1% skip:75.3% L0:40.4% L1:56.2% BI: 3.3%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:58.3% inter:43.7%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 44.1% 25.5% 6.0% inter: 8.6% 3.6% 0.2%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 34% 33% 19% 14%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 23% 28% 4% 6% 5% 8% 4% 6%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 26% 18% 5% 7% 5% 7% 4% 5%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 74% 15% 10% 1%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:3.7% UV:1.4%
x264: ref P L0: 81.1% 18.9%
x264: ref B L0: 79.8% 20.2%
x264: ref B L1: 98.6% 1.4%
x264: kb/s:929.98
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Profiler results:
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frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.055 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 97.2%] [unaccounted: 2.82%]
| scene->Preprocess - [0.0973%] [avg time: 0.002 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [97.1%] [avg time: 1.995 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 32%] [unaccounted: 65.1%]
| | CopyResource - [4.28%] [avg time: 0.088 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.243%] [avg time: 0.005 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [26.9%] [avg time: 0.552 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.584%] [avg time: 0.012 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
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