Question / Help Stream Lagging (Twitch)

[ItsJoshuaP]

My stream lags every time. I have tried lowering the bitrate, but it still lags. what else should I try? Here is my log if it helps:


02:00:56.888: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
02:00:56.888: CPU Speed: 3000MHz
02:00:56.888: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 4
02:00:56.888: Physical Memory: 8158MB Total, 3824MB Free
02:00:56.888: Windows Version: 10.0 Build 14393 (revision: 1066; 64-bit)
02:00:56.888: Running as administrator: false
02:00:56.888: Aero is Enabled (Aero is always on for windows 8 and above)
02:00:56.888: Portable mode: false
02:00:56.896: OBS 18.0.1 (64bit, windows)
02:00:56.896: ---------------------------------
02:00:56.896: ---------------------------------
02:00:56.896: audio settings reset:
02:00:56.896: samples per sec: 44100
02:00:56.896: speakers: 2
02:00:56.898: ---------------------------------
02:00:56.898: Initializing D3D11..
02:00:56.898: Available Video Adapters:
02:00:56.902: Adapter 1: Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics
02:00:56.902: Dedicated VRAM: 4240760832
02:00:56.902: Shared VRAM: 4277544960
02:00:56.902: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1360, 768}, attached=true
02:00:56.902: output 2: pos={-1440, -71}, size={1440, 900}, attached=true
02:00:56.903: Loading up D3D11 on adapter Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics (0)
02:00:56.921: D3D11 loaded sucessfully, feature level used: 45056
02:00:57.556: ---------------------------------
02:00:57.556: video settings reset:
02:00:57.556: base resolution: 1360x768
02:00:57.556: output resolution: 1920x1080
02:00:57.556: downscale filter: Bicubic
02:00:57.556: fps: 30/1
02:00:57.556: format: NV12
02:00:57.558: Audio monitoring device:
02:00:57.558: name: Default
02:00:57.558: id: default
02:00:57.558: ---------------------------------
02:00:57.559: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/chrome_elf.dll' not found, loading of module failed
02:00:57.561: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
02:00:57.563: [AMF Encoder] Version 1.4.3.11 loaded (Compiled: 1.3.0.5, Runtime: 1.4.0.0, Library: 1;4;0;0;1.2;201612041138).
02:00:58.050: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libcef.dll' not found, loading of module failed
02:00:58.050: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not found, loading of module failed
02:00:58.051: Required module function 'obs_module_load' in module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libGLESv2.dll' not found, loading of module failed
02:00:58.051: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'obs-browser.dll'
02:00:58.051: [browser_source: 'Version: 1.29.0']
02:00:58.052: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found.
02:00:58.052: (126)
02:00:58.226: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
02:00:58.230: No blackmagic support
02:00:58.274: ---------------------------------
02:00:58.274: Loaded Modules:
02:00:58.274: win-wasapi.dll
02:00:58.274: win-mf.dll
02:00:58.274: win-dshow.dll
02:00:58.274: win-decklink.dll
02:00:58.274: win-capture.dll
02:00:58.274: vlc-video.dll
02:00:58.274: text-freetype2.dll
02:00:58.274: rtmp-services.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-x264.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-vst.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-transitions.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-text.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-qsv11.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-outputs.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-filters.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-ffmpeg.dll
02:00:58.274: obs-browser.dll
02:00:58.274: image-source.dll
02:00:58.274: frontend-tools.dll
02:00:58.274: enc-amf.dll
02:00:58.274: coreaudio-encoder.dll
02:00:58.274: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
02:00:58.276: All scene data cleared
02:00:58.276: ------------------------------------------------
02:00:58.299: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
02:00:58.306: WASAPI: Device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
02:00:58.338: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds
02:00:58.367: Switched to scene 'Twitch Streaming'
02:00:58.367: ------------------------------------------------
02:00:58.367: Loaded scenes:
02:00:58.367: - scene 'Scene':
02:00:58.367: - scene 'Twitch Streaming':
02:00:58.367: - source: 'Main Screen' (monitor_capture)
02:00:58.367: - source: 'Be Right Back' (image_source)
02:00:58.367: ------------------------------------------------

 

[DoeboyPoE]

Your bitrates aren't shown in the log, also you upscale to 1080p:
02:00:57.556: base resolution: 1360x768
02:00:57.556: output resolution: 1920x1080

try to downscale to 720p instead

 

[Fenrir]

Please post a link to a clean log file. To make a clean log file, first restart OBS, then start your stream/recording for ~30 seconds and stop it again. Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. When you're done select Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File. Copy the URL and paste it here.

 

[ItsJoshuaP]

Please post a link to a clean log file. To make a clean log file, first restart OBS, then start your stream/recording for ~30 seconds and stop it again. Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. When you're done select Help > Log Files > Upload Current Log File. Copy the URL and paste it here.

Okay, is this want you need? - https://gist.github.com/e13683d4200f6533f26a5c5941be609e

 

[Fenrir]

From your log:

23:51:03.114: Output 'simple_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 7045 (44.2%)
23:51:03.114: Output 'simple_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 48 (0.3%)
23:51:03.114: Output 'simple_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 821 (5.2%)

Skipped frames means your CPU is overload

Lagged frames means your GPU is overloaded (though not enough in this case to matter)

Dropped frames is your internet connection being unable to keep up.

Looks like you will need to turn settings down in your game and possibly downscale even further in OBS.

 

[ItsJoshuaP]

Okay, I will give that a try. Thanks