Half the time your machine can't render the frame before it needs to start rendering the next frame, and almost all the time it can't encode that frame. This output would be utterly unwatchable. Your bitrate is 2500, which is very low for 1080p60, which is what you are trying to output. Either increase the bitrate or lower the canvas resolution.Skipped Frames Due to Encoding Lag. Thread starter tcmich31; Start date Mar 27, 2022; T. tcmich31 New Member. Mar 27, 2022 #1 Hi there, I am currently trying to record my Xbox Series X through OBS with my Capture Card, but no matter what setting, a minute or so through, my OBS has massive Skipped Frames.00:00:30.030: Output 'simple_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 112425 (23.7%) 00:00:30.030: Output 'simple_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 3872 (0.8%) Too many game captures Only one full screen game capture needed per scene collection. Try simple settings Recording quality …11:53:47.214: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 358/2554 (14.0%) Encoder (CPU) overload. Wiki - General Performance And Encoding Issues | OBS Encoding video is a very CPU-intensive operation, and OBS is no exception. OBS uses the best open source video encoding library available, x264, to encode video.Sep 20, 2023 · JustMordecai. I'm currently getting 0.8% for both frames missed and frames skipped from playing Valorant with Discord, Spotify, SteelSeries GG and Opera GX in the background. I've also got Replay Buffer enabled with settings from the auto-wizard and I'm not recording or streaming. My CPU utilization is pretty much constantly at 100% while in a ... May 16, 2020. #3. carlmmii said: Run OBS as administrator. This puts OBS on the GPU priority list to minimize rendering lag. I've tried this in my attempts to see if the rendering lag would decrease. Unfortunately, whether I use CPU or GPU and whether I use admin or not, I'm still losing frames every few seconds or so.Frames missed due to rendering lag. 0.0% Skipped Frames Due to encoding lag 0.0% Dropped Frames ( Network ) 0.0% The issue i have, I have a stream deck when i go for a break or to get a drink i put the BRB Scene on using Streamdeck then my rendering lag shoots up into red around 50.8+% Any other way to sort the issue out thanks10:52:46 AM.509: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 2/40841 (0.0%) The windows machine says that the video drivers are the latest version. (Windows has recently done a series of updates, not sure if that is important.)Now from the Video tab, we will move towards the Output tab. Make sure Output Mode is Advanced instead of Simple, so all the extra features are opened up for you.; Next, we will start with Encoding.We recommend using Nvidia Nvenc if you are using anything above GTX 1650 super. Nvidia has built-in an advanced NVIDIA Video Codec SDK, especially for streaming games.The encoder is skipping frames because your CPU is overloaded. If you do not want to change your preset, try changing your Output Resolution to 720 and/or Common FPS to 30. my cpu is sitting under 25% in resource monitor. The cpu is 16 core/32 thread.15:58:47.247: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 4883/19431 (25.1%) Encoder overload. ... There's no streaming session in that log so I can't tell, but changing bitrate would not reduce rendering lag caused by GPU overload. It may be that something else you changed improved the situation, but without the output session ...Sep 16, 2023 · Run OBS as admin. After correcting this, test it again. Okay, so here's the issue: whenever I record at 240 fps, it skips 90% of the frames, making the video impossible to watch. The strange thing is, I'm using the same render settings as I always have, and before I started live streaming for the first time, everything was working perfectly. After a few minutes (can be 1 minute, can be 15 minutes, can be even 30 minutes) GPU encode seems to start lagging behind severely up to a point where every new frame is skipped due to the encoding lag, even though it's set on laughable bitrates (10k stream, 5k recording).Post a log maybe. Try balancing between the bitrate, encoder, output resolution, upload speed and your rig settings. The overlay that you use, using obs on admin mode, all programs on the background all influence this. That tiny bit can come from anything, alt-tabbing, and other OS interrupts - i.e. it'll be impossible to do, and does nothing ...I'm getting frames missed due to rendering lag, and frames skipped due to encoding lag, but this only happens when I'm in a Discord voice call* at the same time. Oh yeah, it also made my game hiccup now and then.22:31:26.177: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 122/2020 (6.0%) You're using your GPU to encode and it is overloaded. Hardware encoding on AMD is not nearly "free" as it is with NVENC, it uses some GPU resources. Your using a 1080p canvas and scaling to 720. That helps the encoding load, but not the rendering load ...Checking the logs, there is about 75% of skipped frames due to encoding lag and I've already tried all sorts of solutions, including changing each quality setting, lowering them, writing to NVME SSD, only using 1 monitor, and running OBS as admin. I urgently need to get those gameplay recordings out so if anyone has another solution, please ... Downscale the stream, not the game. I'd go with 480p30. Play it with lots of that nasty grass on the screen in high action situations for at least 5 minutes, then look at the log files. If you're getting skipped frames due to encoding lag over 1%, go smaller. If not, go with what you have or test a better preset.So I cap my FPS at around 90 to make sure I leave enough leeway for OBS to function. That's a 25% of my frame rate I'm sacrificing to make sure OBS has enough GPU power to function. Problem #1: I'm missing out on frames that I would have been getting in areas/things with lower GPU rendering needs. I would have exceeded 90 FPS during …In obs it says frames missed due to rendering lag and skipped frames due to encoding lag. Both of those end up in the red no matter what game I play. The game itself is fine however just obs is missing and skipping frames. My stream will drop a few frames but nothing serious and usually doesn't drop any. The only frames misses are due to ...No matter what I did, I kept on getting 2-5 dropped frames (due to rendering/encoding lag) every couple of seconds in OBS resulting in total of 1-2% of total dropped frames. I knew that my rig could take it, because I used 980Ti and old OBS and did not encounter those issues previously. I tried using previous version of OBS - I got all …It’s a fairly simple process, just follow these steps: Navigate to the settings in the OBS. “File” > “Settings”. In the settings menu, select the “Output” tab to access the output settings. Under the “Streaming” section of the output settings, you will find the “Encoder” option. Click on the drop-down menu next to it.01:15:21.112: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 26517 (3.1%) 01:15:21.113: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 26788/854546 (3.1%) which would indicate your system can't handle what you are asking it to do. Other items in log (discarded timestamps) could be something else, but ...The main issue is probably "Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag" I know OBS is overloaded, I just don't know how to fix it. (I fixed the Mismatched Sample Rates, I was messing with OBS settings to see if that would fix it) (The game I am trying to record also frequently crashes because of OBS)Active Member. Feb 25, 2022. #3. 18:25:28.056: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 14264/14356 (99.4%) Almost all frames were not encoded in time, so they were dropped. Usually a sign of severe system (CPU) overload, but your CPU is quite powerful, and if you say your CPU had only 4% usage, it's definitely not overloaded.It also exhibits 27% lost frames due to encoding lag, which means your CPU is not powerful enough to encode one frame every 33ms, which is required to get a frame rate of 30 fps. This means extremely choppy video down to slideshow. Use Quicksync H.264 encoder for both - stream and recording. This would relieve your CPU from encoding.Skipped frames due to encoding lag, some missed frames too. I would keep this at CBR (Constant Bitrate) as that is the best for streaming. This is a problem, if by any reason the fps go from 60 to 30 due to a cutscene for example, I have huge encoder lag. Encoder - This is how your stream will be encoded.I'm trying to stream 1080p60fps. I play 1080p240hz myself on all lowest settings as I play competitive. I have an RTX 3070 and an i9-9900k. My CPU when playing Warzone and streaming sits around 45% and I have noticed my graphics card is at around 80% usually and occasional spikes up to 97-100%, which is where the encoding lag is coming from ...Frames missed due to rendering lag 70< % Skipped frames due to encoding lag 0/0 0% I use: NVIDIA NVENC H.264 (new) CQ 20 Preset Quality Profile High Look-ahead Psycho Visual Tunning GPU 0 Max. B-frames 2 Renderer Direct3D 11 (nothing else is possible) Color Format NV12 709/PartialDec 5, 2019 · Everything works and i can record video. But issue is with Skipped frames due to encoding lag 3929 / 4034 (97.4%). While picture quality and colors is really perfect, video itself looses most of the frames. Like... it records fine for first 3-5 seconds and them drastically drops frames like fame per second or so. Frames missed due to rendering lag refers to your computer’s inability to actually create each frame of video in real time. “Skipped frames due to encoding lag” has to do with your computer’s processing capabilities when you are streaming or recording. Encoding is the process of recording or streaming the rendered video inside of OBS ...15:34:27.127: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 227003/529740 (42.9%) You're got a large canvas resolution and a 60fps framerate on a single PC setup with some demanding applications (Apex Legends, The Division, Titanfall) . You're overloading on both rendering and encoding, both of which are being done by your GPU.Skipped Frames due to encoding Lag The thing is: My game is smooth 60 fps and my cpu usage is very low. ... Low CPU Usage, no drop frames (in game), but the recording drops lots of frames due to encoding lag. I'm pretty sure I should be able to record games like AMONG US, Rocket League and others with a Ryzen 7 1700 without a problem at 1080p ...The frames missed due to rendering lag and skipped frames due to encoding lag were both 0.0% Here's the log ( with 6k ) There's again that minute somewhere in the beginning where I start the plugin and everything goes down. Then I stop it and instant green.Suddenly started experiencing skipped frames due to encoding lag (log included) Thread starter liamdonoma; Start date Nov 7, 2021; Tags encoding lag skipped frames L. liamdonoma New Member. Nov 7, 2021 #1 Hi! The title pretty much says it all, lol. This is a very recent issue. I've been streaming for a few weeks, and I haven't had any encoding ...Feature Description: Allow us to get the value of the number of skipped frames due to encoding lag. impact for my app: [low, mid, high, show-stopper]. mid What is your current pain point? Users, especially users who don’t know much about encoding, have the recording setting past their hardware specs and complain that the video is laggy. If we can access the value of the encoding lag (for ex ...While livestreaming our church service, I noticed the message, "Skipped frames due to encoding lag" 4.7%. CPU 60.2% usage. 30fps. No dropped frames. Bitrate 4717. Should I change the encoder from x264 to the hardware encoder? Can I buy a better graphics card and would that help?When I run x264 encoding my video records ok. x264 encoding: utput 'simple_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 24 (0.2%) However, I understand Hardware encoding will take pressure off my CPU when gaming (Apex Legends) so ideally I'd like to run Hardware encoding. When I run Hardware …18:16:41.588: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 84/78576 (0.1%) According to HWMonitor GPU didn't exceed 83 % load, CPU has reached about 70 % max. SpecsAny help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. When I look back at my recordings I notice some stuttering or where the video freezes for a second or two. I investigate my the obs stats window to see a high percentage of lost frames due to encoding lag. This would vary from 3% to 11%.Here is a small tutorial on how ow To Fix Stuttering, Lag, Dropped Frames & Encoding Overload.#obsstudio----------...It does not include the rendering/encoding lag missed/skipped frames. Steps to reproduce and other useful info. Start streaming; compare StreamStatus payload to the contents of the OBS Stats window, and note the missing information, which in my particular case keeps turning red, (along with YouTube reporting bad stream health). I can only see a ...the skipped frames were astronomical so I turned the quality down to the lowest and it didn't really help either I'm sorry, but that's all I know at this time. I haven't encountered this issue a lot. Titanfall 2 made me start looking because the log showed increased rendering lag (skipped frames).439 Share 19K views 1 year ago #OBS #Fix #Encoding I've been streaming and making videos with OBS for over two years now, and while the streaming has been going fairly well for the most part, in...15:08:02.926: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 5634/26526 (21.2%) You're overloading your GPU and your encoder (CPU). Wiki - GPU Overload Issues | OBSSince, B frame input is available in UI now I just used the command line argument: HighMotionQualityBoostEnable=1 Started 1440p60 stream to youtube expecting some improved quality. Current Behavior. Starting the stream shows stats as 98% frames skipped due to encoding lag Setting B frames to 0 works fine (0% skipped)Nov 23, 2018. #9. At times I also had lost frames in "rendering lag". I finally experimented with various settings and now know what "rendering lag" really is about. It is frames that you ask OBS studio to capture (in Settings Video, where you set your canvas size, you also set your FPS) and the game is rendering less than the requested frames.75% - 95% Skipped frames encoding lag since V27.2.* because of wrong preset/tune mapping · Issue #6062 · obsproject/obs-studio · GitHub. Closed. opened …The Elgato Game Capture is connected via a USB 3.0 to USB Mini port. The Elgato Game Capture HD60S is connected vis USB 3.0 to a USB C port. I recently purchased an Elgato Game Capture 60S to try and future proof my streams. Immediately I noticed the OBS playback was choppier, and the instream was a literal slide show.To make a clean log file, please follow these steps: Restart OBS. Start your stream/recording for at least 30 seconds (or however long it takes for the issue to happen). Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. Stop your stream/recording.15:34:57.562: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 25/977 (2.6%) so your laptop isn't up to what you are asking it to do. your settings may need adjusting and of course, don't use WiFi . T. tronmoog New Member. Feb 3, 2021 #3The Problem (frames missed due to rendering lag) Since ~mid 2017 there have been many posts about people with low FPS in OBS despite their in-game FPS being fine. The reason? Most people will tell you to "you're using too much GPU usage, cap your FPS (or enable V-Sync) to allow OBS to render the scene".Output: 720. Downscale: Bilinear: Common FPS: 30. The system is from 2014. The Elgato Game Capture is connected via a USB 3.0 to USB Mini port. The Elgato Game Capture HD60S is connected vis USB 3.0 to a USB C port. I recently purchased an Elgato Game Capture 60S to try and future proof my streams.So putting this up again as didnt know how to copy the log.....Skipped Frames due to Encoding Lag. Please help. Done loads of searching and cannot resolve my issues when trying to record Minecraft. Please note, at this time I am not trying to stream only record onto my machine. The Encoding Lag rockets up and is near 90%.22:31:26.177: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 122/2020 (6.0%) You're using your GPU to encode and it is overloaded. Hardware encoding on AMD is not nearly "free" as it is with NVENC, it uses some GPU resources. Your using a 1080p canvas and scaling to 720. That helps the encoding load, but not the rendering load ...It's really high for me and I usually play Minecraft and even going down to 20 FPS (which is the lowest you can go without it being slow in-game) it's still lagging and I don't know why. Specifically, the skipped frames due to encoding lag is really high, it's at 20% or more on average and I only have OBS, Minecraft, and Spotify up.-at 100fps it's at about 4% Encoding Lag -at 30fp it's at about 1% Encoding Lag Win10 64.bit -I7-8700k CPU 3.70GHz -16 RAM -GTX 1080TI MSI I also tested bilinear, bicubic and lanczos, no diffrence. I kinda have a hard time believing that i cant run this game on 30 fps and still have 1 % encoding lag with my rig, therefor i am hoping the problem ... When you’re broadcasting a live stream, at the bottom of the OBS window you can find information about the stream status and if the stream is dropping any frames. 1. Reduce the resolution of your streams. In general, the higher the stream resolution, the higher the CPU usage. Reducing the resolution to a smaller size may help reduce frame drops.17:40:12.726: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 1334/276827 (0.5%) Rendering lag can be caused by Game Mode. 16:23:18.649: [NVENC encoder: 'recording_h264'] settings: 16:23:18.649: rate_control: CBR 16:23:18.649: bitrate: 10000 You will get better performance and quality from the NVENC encoder by using CRF or CQP ...It also exhibits 27% lost frames due to encoding lag, which means your CPU is not powerful enough to encode one frame every 33ms, which is required to get a frame rate of 30 fps. This means extremely choppy video down to slideshow. Use Quicksync H.264 encoder for both - stream and recording. This would relieve your CPU from encoding.Hello, I've been constantly having an issue with skipped frames due to encoding lag. I've looked all over online to find a fix for this, but everything I've tried has not resolved my issue. I'm not sure what else to do. PS. I often use 100K of Bitrate the video never lagged, today with 50K the video start to skip frames.The encoder is skipping frames because your CPU is overloaded. If you do not want to change your preset, try changing your Output Resolution to 720 and/or Common FPS to 30. my cpu is sitting under 25% in resource monitor. The cpu is 16 core/32 thread.But a good 20 minute recording evens out all the shenanigans that goes on during start up when there's various interrupts that can introduce what looks like rendering or encoding lag. If then your missed or skipped frames due to encoding lag is still above 1.0%, then go onto step 2. Step 2: It's probably something in your OBS Source collection ...Skipped Frames due to Encoding Lag - This relates to your CPU, especially with running x264. If your CPU is maxing out, it usually means that it can't handle the current load being placed upon it. Reducing settings or open programs can help alleviate this problem. 3.To make a clean log file, please follow these steps: Restart OBS. Start your stream/recording for at least 30 seconds (or however long it takes for the issue to happen). Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. Stop your stream/recording.75% - 95% Skipped frames encoding lag since V27.2.* because of wrong preset/tune mapping · Issue #6062 · obsproject/obs-studio · GitHub. Closed. opened …If the load gets to be too much on your GPU, this will cause missed frames. If you find that you’re getting higher numbers in this area, limit your FPS inside your games or enabling …Everything goes fine throughout the broadcast, so I say goodbye and turn it off. the next day, again, cut in broadcast and see that 98-100 percent of dropped frames due to encoding lag, while the processor is loaded up to a maximum of 50 percent, although the game is the same and the broadcast settings are the same.1. Using Windows Update, update to the newest available version of Windows 10. 2. To ensure that OBS Studio has the hardware resources it needs for realtime streaming and recording, we recommend disabling the "Game DVR Background Recording" feature via these instructions. 3.Hello everyone! I am finally back. I have another video for you all that will help you fix rendering and encoding lag in OBS. This one setting will fix all...19:41:15.112: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 293 (3.7%) 19:41:15.113: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 964 (12.3%) Your integrated Intel HD 4600 is not powerful enough render and encode streaming and recording at a time.When I tried to stream last night i noticed a lot of skipped frames. So when I checked my stats it showed that they were all coming from rendering lag. I have looked through a bunch of 'How to fix FPS drops" videos and they all refer to internet as the issue. It clearly isn't my internet and I can't find anything to help fix it.Some sessions also show encoding lag. 21:58:10.265: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 352/4303 (8.2%) To resolve that you should probably change from using CBR with NVENC (this is primarily for streaming, not recording) and change to CQP rate control with a quality setting between 15 (high quality) and 23 (good quality).Bug Report After 25.x update 15% Skipped Frames Due To Encoding Lag - FIXED. Sharing a problem and solution for others who will be encountering the same. After updating from 24.0.3 to 25.0.8 (Windows 10/64, update 1909, Intel i5-4770k, GTX970, all SSD storage, 32gb mem) I began having severe problems with "Skipped frames due to …Jul 3, 2020 · Unlike network lag, dropped frames caused by either rendering lag or encoding lag are tied to your PC’s performance. Here are some pointers for reducing the strain on your PC and maintain a smooth presentation! Rendering Lag and Encoding Lag. Rendering lag occurs when your CPU gets overloaded. Encoding lag occurs when your GPU gets overloaded. hellooo. So recently I've been trying to record my gameplay at about 240FPS on roblox and when I check stats I see "Skipped frames due to encoding lag: %99". so obviously the video is, UNWATCHABLE since I am basically getting 0 FPS. ik my computer can run it since ive done it before but this is now happening and im getting sad.00:51:53.978: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 63/965 (6.5%) Skipped frames due to encoding lag-- you are overloading the NVENC encoder with your settings.You may wish to turn off psycho_aq or increase your CQP setting.To make a clean log file, please follow these steps: Restart OBS. Start your stream/recording for at least 30 seconds (or however long it takes for the issue to happen). Make sure you replicate any issues as best you can, which means having any games/apps open and captured, etc. Stop your stream/recording.video has lots of lag. setting it at 30fps with the same resolution fixes the lag problem. when i scale down the output to 1920x1080 at 60fps it works just fine.... so im not sure what's going on. ... 22:40:27.765: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 272/345 (78.8%) 4k60, as it turns out, is a lot more work than 1080p60 ...Some of this may be due to Game Mode being on, but almost certainly not all of it. Check this page for tips on resolving this issue. GPU Overload Issues 19:43:52.702: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 4599/9541 (48.2%) You are also overloading your CPU during encoding. General Performance and Encoding IssuesThe workaround would be to record x264 with the AMF encoder and then re-encode 265 with something like handbrake, when your GPU isn't also trying to run a game. That said, the logfile you posted is not reporting any significant number of dropped frames. 20:02:25.111: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 34/27401 (0.1%)And the "skipped frames due to encoding lag" start adding up. Two things to note: 1. CPU usage in OBS never gets above 1.5% even when this lag happens (it was 1.4-5% only once during the forced lag). 2. FPS in the game during recording lag was 98-100 and the game itself showed no sign of distress.encoding lag frames missed due to rendering lag frames skipped due to encoding lag losing fps missing frames rendering lag Akilis New Member. Jan 10, 2023 #1 Hello there, I know it's been talked about a billion times but I've never really found a solution - apart from downgrading to 27.0 - and with the new 29.0 version I couldn't fix it either ...15:17:22.589: Output 'simple_stream': Number of lagged frames due to rendering lag/stalls: 3 (0.1%) 15:17:22.590: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 33/5029 (0.7%) With that said, lets see what others more knowledgeable than I observe in your log . J. JLB New Member.00:44:16.476: Video stopped, number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 46741/513813 (9.1%) ... Skipped frames are the ones due to your CPU not keeping up, 9.1%. The first thing I'd do is downscale the webcam more, from 720p down to 480p. You don't need it that high rez anyways when its just a postage stamp on your overall stream. And it can ...random "skipped frames due to encoding lag" is most certainly not random. It doesn't happen at random, 16:48:00.548: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagged frames due to render, UPDATE: DON'T SUB TO THIS CHANNEL ANYMORE!For , It's encoding lag, you should lock your in-game FPS to 60 or what num, So, for some reason I have been having trouble lately with encoding recordings. I have alway, According to your log, you're losing about 80% of your frames due to encoding lag. That's 4/, To make a clean log file, please follow these steps: Restart OBS. Start y, So putting this up again as didnt know how to copy the l, 23:25:13.040: Video stopped, number of skipped frames d, Oct 9, 2022. #20. I can now confirm that on two separat, 18:51:33.441: Output 'adv_file_output': Number of lagged fr, Feb 26, 2021 · I just played COD for the first time since the Sea, 15:14:24.319: Output 'adv_stream': Number of lagge, For example, if the client doesn't decode and present f, But a good 20 minute recording evens out all the shenanigans that , Edit: I reduced my in game settings and capped my framerate , 21:21:17.994: Video stopped, number of skipped frames d, The encoder is skipping frames because your CPU is o.