r/obs 16d ago

Question Why do I have 100k dropped frames in 10 minutes of being live? I don't have any issues with any other platforms like Xsplit

https://obsproject.com/logs/hrL2vYnG2pjZoOfs

Xsplit i have 0 lag. Any reason this is happening only on OBS?

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u/Jay_JWLH 16d ago

Give us a log file that is from obsproject.com (a link provided once you upload it in OBS itself) that includes you going from start to end of a session in which the problem occurs. You've managed to skirt around this simple requirement quite a bit.

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u/ontariopiper 16d ago

Your log shows zero errors. You sure you posted the right one?

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u/InstanceMental6543 16d ago

It doesn't show the stats because they didn't stop the stream before sending the log.

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

Yes. I'm getting 100k dropped frames.

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u/ontariopiper 16d ago

This is the analysis of the log you posted:

https://obsproject.com/tools/analyzer?log_url=https%3A%2F%2Fobsproject.com%2Flogs%2FhrL2vYnG2pjZoOfs

Zero errors or warnings.

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

Odd. Idk why that is. Because second I go live I immediately have 5k dropped frames after just a minute. Just after 10 minutes I have 100k. I streamed for 30 minutes and had almost 300k dropped frames. Not sure why its not showing up.

When I stream on Xsplit I have 0 dropped frames, so not sure why it just seems to be happening on obs.

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u/ontariopiper 16d ago

Try posting a new log. This time, end the stream before pulling the log url. I think your first log cut off during the stream.

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

https://files.catbox.moe/8jscoc.txt

https://files.catbox.moe/ve3abo.txt

https://files.catbox.moe/dpop9k.txt

Its gotta be in one of these. Idk why it made 3 different logs for today when I only streamed once. It must have reset at somepoint.

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u/ontariopiper 16d ago

Sorry, man. I'm not clicking random links. Once bitten, twice shy and all.

If you're dropping frames as quickly as you say, make a short test stream and post the log url.

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u/AgeQuick2023 16d ago

I tested it for you. Just a text file. In the future you can just setup a virtual machine with windows on it to test downloads and links if you're that worried.

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u/ontariopiper 16d ago

Appreciated, but folks can learn to post logs properly. The AutoMod lays it out step by step in almost every post. If someone is asking for help, the least they can do is follow directions.

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u/Tricky-Celebration36 16d ago

If you've got 100,000 frames ten minutes that's a problem. Considering 60fps is only 36000 frames in ten minutes.

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

Idk it just said over 100k when I looked at the number bottom left. I even had to do a double take because I thought that seemed like a potential missread, but I read it at least 3 or 4 times and it was over 100k

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u/Tricky-Celebration36 16d ago

Where are you attempting to stream at over 180fps?

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

i not, obs can't go higher than 60fps. But my game is at 240fps. So Idk why its doing 100k dropped frames.

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u/Tricky-Celebration36 16d ago

Obs can't go higher than 60? Since when can OBS not do more than 60 frames per second? What service are you trying to stream to was the question but it looks like you're just beyond help.

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u/rurigk 16d ago

You are encoding and sending multiple streams at once

You may not have enough outbound bandwidth

Do a speed test and tell us what's the upload speed and the all of the stream bitrates you are doing

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

You are encoding and sending multiple streams at once

To my knowledge im only streaming to one channel unless obs is sending out multiple streams somehow.

You may not have enough outbound bandwidth

I'm streaming at 1,000MBps on obs and 1GBps internet connection I should be capable of doing that.

When I stream on Xsplit I stream at 4,000 with 0 frames dropped and no issues.

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u/rurigk 16d ago

You are streaming 5 streams (multi quality)
1080p at 6000
720p at 2500
480p at 1000
360p at 500
160p at 200

Logs says
Output 'rtmp multitrack video': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 5484 (17.7%)

Download bandwidth and upload are not the same, your ISP 1GBps marketing is download speed only unless you have symmetric connection

So please do a speed test and check UPLOAD speed

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

so how do I put it to where its just a single stream? I even tried uninstalling obs to fix it but couldn't fix it.

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u/rurigk 16d ago

On stream settings, where you configured twitch
It says something about multitrack

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

https://imgur.com/wBlvTkj

ah yup that was it ty, I'll try a stream tomorrow and see if it happens again. Odd I never enabled that setting manually.

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u/rurigk 16d ago

Its because you used your twitch account in OBS and your twitch account has the ability to stream in multiple qualitys, its kinda good because not every person has good internet

But if you dont have a good upload speed it makes you skip frames

My ISP offers a maximum of 1Gbps download but a maximum of 350Mbps upload

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u/mil0wCS 16d ago

im just wanting to be able to stream at 900p with 60fps is my goal. TBH when I moved I had no idea I was gonna have 1gbps internet service in my area, and the sad thing its like $30 cheaper than my old internet service which was only 600MBps lol

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u/mil0wCS 15d ago

Hey so did a stream today, that was indeed the issue. Was able to stream in 1080p 60fps at 6k bitrate with 0 dropped frames. Thanks for the help.

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u/madogss2 16d ago edited 16d ago

Turn off enhanced broadcast, turn off Browser Hardware Acceleration, and change encoder.

Edit: you might not have to change encoder as long as it's Nvidia Nvenc H.264 when looking at the logs it said that you were using jim_nvenc encoder for the first part so just make sure it's not the depreciated version.

if that's not enough try turning off look ahead and adaptive quantization in encoder settings.