exodrifter
New Member
About a week or two ago, I encountered a problem while streaming on Twitch where my video bitrate suddenly and immediately dropped from 6000kbps to 200-300kbps in the middle of my stream, sometimes more than an hour into the stream. I'm pretty sure it's not an internet-related issue; if i stop the stream and then restart it, the bitrate immediately returns to normal, until the same sudden drop in bitrate occurs. Twitch doesn't recognize this as a technical issue, so it doesn't combine the VODs, and other tools which integrate with Twitch will send out a live notification again, which is quite annoying since it can easily happen multiple times over the course of a few hours. The lowered bitrate also affects the recording, but I haven't gotten around to testing if this happens when I only record and don't stream yet since there it doesn't seem like there is a bitrate indicator when you aren't streaming and I'm not sure how to trigger this behaviour. When this drop in video bitrate happens, audio appears to be unaffected. You can see what it looks like in my Twitch VOD here.
Additionally, a friend of mine who lives in a different part of the world than me is also experiencing this issue. Here's what we have in common:
* We both use arch linux
* We both use an AMD graphics card
Things that are different:
* I am using
* I am using FFMPEG VAAPI H.264, they are using GStreamer Encoder H.264
I tried looking through the log, but I didn't notice any obvious error messages. After some discussion with my friend, we're suspicious that this might be the graphics card driver but we're not sure. Any help troubleshooting this problem would be greatly appreciated! Here's some detailed information about what I have installed, in case it matters:
Additionally, a friend of mine who lives in a different part of the world than me is also experiencing this issue. Here's what we have in common:
* We both use arch linux
* We both use an AMD graphics card
Things that are different:
* I am using
obs-studio-tytan652, they are using obs-studio-git* I am using FFMPEG VAAPI H.264, they are using GStreamer Encoder H.264
I tried looking through the log, but I didn't notice any obvious error messages. After some discussion with my friend, we're suspicious that this might be the graphics card driver but we're not sure. Any help troubleshooting this problem would be greatly appreciated! Here's some detailed information about what I have installed, in case it matters:
Code:
$ pacman -Qs 'obs|mesa'
local/cef-minimal-obs-bin 103.0.0_5060_shared_textures_143.2591+g4204d54+chromium_103.0.5060.134_1-3
Chromium Embedded Framework minimal release needed by OBS Studio release in /opt/cef-obs
local/ffmpeg-obs 5.1.2-1
Complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video with fixes for OBS Studio. And various
options in the PKGBUILD
local/glu 9.0.2-3
Mesa OpenGL utility library
local/lib32-glu 9.0.2-3
Mesa OpenGL utility library (32 bits)
local/lib32-mesa 22.3.1-1
An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification (32-bit)
local/lib32-vulkan-intel 22.3.1-1
Intel's Vulkan mesa driver (32-bit)
local/lib32-vulkan-radeon 22.3.1-1
Radeon's Vulkan mesa driver (32-bit)
local/libva-mesa-driver 22.3.1-1
VA-API implementation for gallium
local/mesa 22.3.1-1
An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/mesa-utils 8.5.0-2
Essential Mesa utilities
local/mesa-vdpau 22.3.1-1
Mesa VDPAU drivers
local/obs-gstreamer 0.3.5-1
An OBS Studio source plugin to feed GStreamer launch pipelines into OBS Studio.
local/obs-studio-tytan652 28.1.2-1
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. With everything except service
integrations. Plus V4L2 devices by paths, my bind interface PR, and sometimes backported fixes
local/opencl-mesa 22.3.1-1
OpenCL support with clover and rusticl for mesa drivers
local/vlc-luajit 3.0.18-2
Multi-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player built with luajit for OBS Studio compatibility
local/vulkan-intel 22.3.1-1
Intel's Vulkan mesa driver
local/vulkan-radeon 22.3.1-1
Radeon's Vulkan mesa driver