Bug Report Weird OBS problems

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furrygirl

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Ok, so my OBS hasn't been working all too well. I've been having problems with it the past few days.

1. I try to mess around with my settings, even lowering my bitrate, but my frames drop, even when I'm not streaming. I stream at 30fps, but it always goes below that. And the dropped frames counter isn't even counting my dropped frames...

2. My stream doesn't show at all on Twitch, and if it does, it keeps buffering and freezing because of my extremely low frame rate.

3. I tried reinstalling it, but I still had the same problems...

My OBS hasn't been like this ever before. I was doing great, but then it started having these problems all of the sudden. Just incase you need any info, here is my computer info and internet speed:

CPU Processor: AMD E1-2500 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics 1,40GHz

Internet Speed: 1200 kb/s

RAM: 4GB

Computer: Windows 8

Operating: 64-bit

What I stream:
*Hearthstone (strategy card game, 30fps is fine)
*My web browser

MY LOGS:
*The Normal (how it used to be): https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5378502083b6aa326a245f0da6a3e756

*The Problem: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/56a510df90e1280adb2e4119f0c5fee8
 
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furrygirl

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This has been preventing me from streaming at all, and so I really do need your help, please. I've been upset with this probelm :(
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
Classic is basically a dead project at this point, I strongly recommend that you update to OBS Studio and see if the issues persist there.
 
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furrygirl

New Member
Fenrir said:
Classic is basically a dead project at this point, I strongly recommend that you update to OBS Studio and see if the issues persist there.
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I do have the original OBS Studio. I must have posted in the wrong forum by accident. It is updated.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
So, the bad news from those logs is that your settings are fairly ambitious for such a weak CPU. Let's step through what needs to change:

Code: 
19:11:08.711: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: faster

Set that back to veryfast. Slower sounding = more CPU usage, and that's a premium you don't have any spare of.


Code: 
19:12:05.818: width: 1920
19:12:05.818: height: 1080

There is basically 0 chance that your PC will be able to stream at 1080p. Try setting output resolution in Settings -> Video to 854x480 to start with, and see if that works.

Code: 
19:12:32.773: Output 'adv_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 711 (798.9%)
19:12:32.773: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 244 (30.3%)

These metrics are what tells me that your PC can't keep up.

So, to summarize:

1) Set output resolution in Settings -> Video to 854x480
2) Set x264 preset back to veryfast

But please understand, that even with those settings, that PC is extremely weak, and it's going to be very difficult to get OBS working. At best, you can limp along. The best solution here is to get a new PC.
 
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furrygirl

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Fenrir said:
So, the bad news from those logs is that your settings are fairly ambitious for such a weak CPU. Let's step through what needs to change:

Code: 
19:11:08.711: [x264 encoder: 'streaming_h264'] preset: faster

Set that back to veryfast. Slower sounding = more CPU usage, and that's a premium you don't have any spare of.


Code: 
19:12:05.818: width: 1920
19:12:05.818: height: 1080

There is basically 0 chance that your PC will be able to stream at 1080p. Try setting output resolution in Settings -> Video to 854x480 to start with, and see if that works.

Code: 
19:12:32.773: Output 'adv_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 711 (798.9%)
19:12:32.773: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 244 (30.3%)

These metrics are what tells me that your PC can't keep up.

So, to summarize:

1) Set output resolution in Settings -> Video to 854x480
2) Set x264 preset back to veryfast

But please understand, that even with those settings, that PC is extremely weak, and it's going to be very difficult to get OBS working. At best, you can limp along. The best solution here is to get a new PC.
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I'm so surprised by this...It was working fine in my previous settings when I was streaming on Twitch, but I shall make the changes and report back the result.
 
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furrygirl

New Member
Nooo! It is doing the same thing again. I put the settings you want me to, but it still didn't work....I don't know if there is something wrong with my computer or something else. @Fenrir
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

Forum Admin
If it's still not working after those changes, the best option now is to save up for a new PC. That's about as low as you can make the settings and still have something worth watching.
 
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furrygirl

New Member
Fenrir said:
If it's still not working after those changes, the best option now is to save up for a new PC. That's about as low as you can make the settings and still have something worth watching.
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Surprisingly, its happening to both of my Windows computers. Ink what to say. So getting a new computer isn't an option. I might have to due with the internet or something else.
 
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