Question / Help WARNING: Taking too long to encode. Skipping Frame!

Lain

Forum Admin
Lain
Forum Moderator
Developer
Number of frames skipped due to encoder lag: 354 (0.04%)

It was less than even a tenth of a percentage point of your entire broadcast in that case. It was probably just due to alt-tabbing into a game or something, sometimes that can cause minor system stalls. I wouldn't even begin to worry unless that number actually reaches a significant percentage
 

Xphome

Member
CaMaK said:
Ok,

New broadcast, new settings (fast), CPU at 70% max and again WARNING: Taking too long to encode. Skipping Frame!

Can somebody explain to me why ?
I don't see any problems in that log-

EDIT: I missed JIm's post.
 

CaMaK

New Member
Thanks Jim and Xphome,

There's still some frame skip. I remember that it is a dedicated PC and nothing else running. I'd like to just understand :) For me this prevents broadcast in medium, preset compression I personally think he is capable of being totally dedicated manages to spot (i7 3770k@4.3 Ghz anyway)
 

CaMaK

New Member
I just made a visual comparison between the "fast" and "medium" in fact it is virtually undetectable.

So I have no problem to do the fast.

By cons, and as I am a hassle, I would just like a clear answer on this point: "The i7 3770k@4.3Ghz is it officially inadequate to the medium in OBS?"

Thank you for your answers.
 

Krazy

Town drunk
Medium is generally too much strain for non Sandy Bridge-E processors, especially for games that have even moderately high motion. There's also more to consider than just CPU power when adjusting presets as well, it's a lot more complex than "my CPU usage isn't 100% so I can do a lower preset!"
 
Hey guys it seems that i got the same problems. got AMD FX 81350 4Ghz and since the new patch i got ps drops vom 200 to 30 every 5 minutes. Those lags are for like 5 sekonds, OBS says. Take to long to econding.
I dont know what to do, before the patch, all was fine and stream was without big lags.
OBS says "
Dropped frames detected

1.2% of your frames were dropped due to poor network conditions. Frames are dropped when data can not be sent fast enough to the server you have selected. This is caused by trying to stream at too high of a bitrate, or by the streaming server you selected not being able to accept the data at the rate you are sending.

Try switching servers, especially if you are using twitch.tv. As a test, you could also try streaming to a different provider to check whether the problem is on your end or not.

Note that some ISPs will temporarily increase your upload speed at the start of a transfer - if you only start to drop frames after 30 - 60 seconds, your ISP is likely doing this and you will need to use a lower bitrate.

Finally, if you are using a wireless connection, keep in mind that interference from other radio sources can cause your connection to stutter and drop frames. A wired connection is strongly recommended when streaming.

See https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8870 for more advice on how to fix dropped frames."
 
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