mythrilguy
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I'm wanting to stream, have been for a while, but everytime I reinstall OBS the issue is fixed and then the next time I try streaming again it comes back and I have to reinstall OBS. It's rather annoying to say the least.
What happens is I had this issue I couldn't solve about a month ago, where right when I hit my hotkey to start streaming my bitrate would drop to about half of my intended encoding bitrate for my stream and end up going below 1000kbps for about two seconds and then it jumps back to the intended bitrate and streams fine for about 30 seconds and then it repeats. This causes major lag spikes on the stream, not my PC, because when the bitrate lowers the frames are being dropped and it looks like my PC is lagging when it's OBS causing issues. It's not an overloading of the CPU as I stated if I uninstall and reinstall it's fixed for a short while. If I reinstall it will work fine for 30 minutes, an hour, etc, until the next time I start streaming where the issue starts off right at the start, pissing me off.
I posted about this before and got no help because people would tell me it's not an OBS issue when clearly it is.
I can't find the issue as everytime I reinstall I use the same settings and nothing triggers it until the next time I start streaming meaning it's an issue I can't find easily, which is why I'm posting here for help.
Here is a log file for a 5 minute test https://gist.github.com/87d019b521cfe1e608886a60d631c56f
The dropped frames (~20% of the stream) equates to about 10 seconds every minute that's it's happening, meaning a lot, even though it's only two times a minute for about 5 seconds. That's still a ton considering the ideal amount is 0%.
EDIT: Here is the stream video as well to see what's going on: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/182075782
Like I said, the only known fix is to reinstall OBS, but who wants to do that every time they want to stream?
What happens is I had this issue I couldn't solve about a month ago, where right when I hit my hotkey to start streaming my bitrate would drop to about half of my intended encoding bitrate for my stream and end up going below 1000kbps for about two seconds and then it jumps back to the intended bitrate and streams fine for about 30 seconds and then it repeats. This causes major lag spikes on the stream, not my PC, because when the bitrate lowers the frames are being dropped and it looks like my PC is lagging when it's OBS causing issues. It's not an overloading of the CPU as I stated if I uninstall and reinstall it's fixed for a short while. If I reinstall it will work fine for 30 minutes, an hour, etc, until the next time I start streaming where the issue starts off right at the start, pissing me off.
I posted about this before and got no help because people would tell me it's not an OBS issue when clearly it is.
I can't find the issue as everytime I reinstall I use the same settings and nothing triggers it until the next time I start streaming meaning it's an issue I can't find easily, which is why I'm posting here for help.
Here is a log file for a 5 minute test https://gist.github.com/87d019b521cfe1e608886a60d631c56f
The dropped frames (~20% of the stream) equates to about 10 seconds every minute that's it's happening, meaning a lot, even though it's only two times a minute for about 5 seconds. That's still a ton considering the ideal amount is 0%.
EDIT: Here is the stream video as well to see what's going on: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/182075782
Like I said, the only known fix is to reinstall OBS, but who wants to do that every time they want to stream?
