I have been streaming regularly for around a month now, and it has been going great thanks to OBS. Today, I started up my computer and opened OBS to see there was an update; how wonderful! I gladly update, and when I start up my stream OBS is suddenly using around 50% of my CPU as opposed to the previous 12% to 20% it used PRIOR to the update. If anybody has dealt with this already or might know the source of my issue, I would much appreciate the help.
Question / Help Sudden high CPU usage
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BK-Morpheus
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Can you post a log file, so we can see your sources, filters, settings?
After the update, I had no noticeable change in CPU load (I use some text sources, two streamlabs browser sources, my webcam+chromakey filters and the game_source).
After the update, I had no noticeable change in CPU load (I use some text sources, two streamlabs browser sources, my webcam+chromakey filters and the game_source).
CoeyGG
New Member
Ofcourse! Thanks for the reply! I have just recently re-installed windows and all my drivers as well. The reading at the bottom of OBS stays around 20% which is normal for me, but when looking at the task manager, it shows that OBS is actually using about 60-70% and im not even streaming or recording. Going to try and figure out what the problem might be. But i have two pc's so ill try on another as well.
Here is the link that OBS gave me for the log file - https://gist.github.com/10d5e89bf79c7c9192c8bb8606369761
BK-Morpheus
Active Member
The log shows no recording/streaming attempt, but it helps.
When OBS shows 20% load and Taskmanager shows 60-70% load, it's possible, that the majority of that load is caused by drivers or browser sources.
You could check the change in CPU load, when removing the Elegato card and the browser sources for testing.
I think the CPU load that is shown in OBS itself, only represents the encoding load itself and not additional load, like Webcam access, Capture card access and browser sources.
When OBS shows 20% load and Taskmanager shows 60-70% load, it's possible, that the majority of that load is caused by drivers or browser sources.
You could check the change in CPU load, when removing the Elegato card and the browser sources for testing.
I think the CPU load that is shown in OBS itself, only represents the encoding load itself and not additional load, like Webcam access, Capture card access and browser sources.
CoeyGG
New Member
My problem was the browser sources. I had a little too many. Decided not to use them and implement the media into obs itself and the load drastically decreased. Thanks for the tip! Much appreciated!