How to reduce CPU usage of Webcam in OBS Studio - OBS Studio Optimization Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2018
- In this OBS Studio optimization guide, I show you how to reduce CPU usages of your webcam in OBS Studio using a few different tricks.
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i first checked out your channel around 2 years ago now to learn how to use obs and I would come back periodically to check you out because I'm a budding audio nerd who's not that tech savvy. Appreciate your vids man, and thanks for these tips :D
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Helpful as always dude!
Thank you for the great video buddy, Really great tips, Helped me out with few issues, Thanks again man.
Legend thank you, I've just switched from using a cam software to just running it from my cam!! Very helpful!
HUGE TIP MAN, thank you.
actually usefull 👍 i was having fps drops because of cam resolution. Thank you
I have a Logitech C920, I went to check and found out that I was using MJPEG for Video Format. I couldn't find the Low CPU Usage ones of this video. But I found that I420 and XRGB are pretty Low CPU Usage. Personally, I went with I420. Thanks for sharing these tips!
darkmew64 and thank you for sharing this
thanks
OMG thank you so much for pointing this out. I was using MJPEG as well because it worked smoothly with my C920. But my CPU was like at 30-50% usage on OBS at times because of this setting. It meant the difference between running other applications smoothly or not. Then I saw this comment and re-checked the settings and changed it to H264 and it automatically changed my CPU usage to just 10-20% in OBS! I was shocked!! What a unbelievable difference one little setting takes.
damn i used to have these options now i don''t
lol was reading your comment like 😑who freaking cares what particular settings you put for your personal camera 🙄 but I realized I just wrote a whole (even longer “no one cares@ story” about what happened to me before I got here! 🤭😖 ha ha noted
Tons of thanks
I'll have to try some of these. I'm trying to stream on a six year old laptop with an I7 3610QM using a Canon camera through a usb connection and live view with the page view through OBS. Trying to figure out how to stream while working in the art studio.
4:03 Thx you so much. I was searching the solution for days ❤
could you please break-down what each codec does? and when to use them.
Can you save CPU resourses by going asio and using a preamp processor for your audio filters?
Your videos always leave me staring into the abyss of my mind.
Not sure if that’s a good or bad thjng
@@EposVox It's a good thing. You make great videos. A lot of the time it takes me a while to process all the terminology and applying the concepts but eventually, I understand what I need to do to fix some problems I have been having.
So what do you recommend for webcam resolution size if im steaming at 720p60fps? I'm having issues with my webcam being pixelated/blurry in my past brodcasts and im trying to fix this any suggestions?
Thanks man, i getting into streaming and only just noticed now that my webcam took lots of my CPU usage, I just noticed that I had a background removal plugin that took way too much CPU usage. i have now disable it and now CPU is only running at 3% whereas it was running at 15% before. so if anyone reading this, maybe turn it off and see if it improves your settings.
Lol have you a thumbs up before I started the video bc I knew u would be helpful somehow. Thank you. Good vocal fry sir.✌🏻😘
Yay this will help
I'm having issues recording and playing fortnite at the same time. Is there a way I can tell obs to chill on the usage and let Fortnite run smoothly ( already have much graphics on low)
Edit: it runs around 300fps without recording but it stays more like 100 when recording and dips hard every now And again into the 30s
How do you add live audio processing to a mic?
can you make a video on the best settings for handbrake??
First off, can't thank you enough for the video! I've been using the logitech c922 for awhile now. (my current webcam streaming set up is 1280x720 on 30fps) My webcam looks great when im not streaming any Movement intensive games but when i do (fortnite or PUBG) my webcam starts to get very blurry or very pixiated . i understand this might be because of all the cpu usage but i currently streaming on NVENC preset on OBS. I've tried getting more light and messing around with settings but nothing seems to work. i even considered using a 2nd computer with an capture card but i want to try other options if its possible. My current cpu is i7 6700k with a EVGA GTX 1080 gpu.
Try to stream on internal graphics if you have one, or buy a vey cheap gpu for encoding the stream
Which codec format has the best audio quality? Thanks in advance.
Thankssss
I am still in love with your voice!.
thx
I am from Brazil and I realize that you have a lot of knowledge, so I will try to explain it through the google translator: First of all my congratulations on the videos and how you explain, very nice your videos, congratulations, next I have a question; when I make a layout for lives, with images, videos in the background with animated logos, crhoma keys, my cpu goes to 100%, and my pc "bug", there is a way to ease all this "weight" in the obs and still keep the quality of the layout?
the problem is when u want to broadcast your stream with chromacam. its not stack !
Curious on your thoughts about TH-cam's new/larger video player. The larger size exposes some of the artifacting we see from lower quality record/streams. Even if you're recording and rendering settings are on point, it seems like the only way to help this now is to render in 1440p, even if you've recorded in 1080p. This will give you the extra bitrate that 1080p only videos won't allow on YT.
It's not really larger, just adapts to the aspect ratio of the video. The original player change started in 2016 when they were first rolling out the new material design layout, made a video on it last year - th-cam.com/video/H851a7hEjDQ/w-d-xo.html
Then they updated the default player view to also adapt to aspect ratios and I made an updated video about it last week - th-cam.com/video/5TEPRid0pUw/w-d-xo.html
Ok, cool. I actually missed that video. That being said, it still exposes the negatives that the low bitrate YT offers for 1080p videos. It still looks great on phones and tablets. Desktop viewing, however, that leaves something to be desired.
Eh, depends on your screen resolution, too. But yeah, TH-cam's 1080p codec is quite harsh. I always recommend recording in very high bitrates and upscaling for TH-cam.
Must be something I'm missing, as I have a Logitech C922 and when I go into the properties for the camera in OBS it only gives me the option for MJPEG, can't see or choose any of these other supposedly lower CPU options.
same here, did you ever find a fix?
@@puppygrenade371 same here but did u find a fix ?
LiquidCandy no I have to use shadow play which isn’t awful but could definitely be way better.
my cpu always get to 100 when i open OBS and try to stream, sometimes depending on the game all 3 get to 1000, cpu, gpu and internal memory, i have no idea why
change settings
Everytime I run Zoom and OBS on same computer my CPU goes crazy. any tips?
I have a serious question: Do these tips also apply when I use my GPU for encoding. I use a quite slow PC for streaming Xbox One gameplay via a capture card. While streaming my Celeron G4950 goes crazy although I use my GTX 760 for encoding. Will these tips reduce the CPU load or not?
Yeah these aren’t encoder-specific
im streaming at 720p 30 fps and still get pixelated blocky facecam i can seem to find a solution to this problem and have wasted countless hours trying to solve it
How to stop OBS (audio glitches) even when listening to you video?
I cant even find the menu you are using to modify settings...
Already broken two Antlion ModMics just with daily use (no dropping, no travel, no constant re-attaching/removing). Decent(ish) mic for the price, but man do they break easily.
my problem is this one ---> when im playing a game i open OBS and then im starting to lose (100fps at firsth) then -50 fps cuz of OBS
thank u for sharing this tips :)
Great video Epos, but for me I'm starting to think that it's some other issue for my Logitech C920.
Granted my computer isn't new, but my CPU usage doesn't get too high and the jittery problem keeps occurring even when nothing is being recorded.
I've tried turning off all of the auto settings, have 2 LED lamps lighting my face to make it lit somewhat ok, tried every video format at a resolution of 320x240, even tried a lower FPS, but I still get the jitters. I'm a bit at a loss at the moment because it can even happens when the only active source is the webcam, and I know for a fact that my computer isn't THIS bad :-\
hi did u find the solution to this issue? i am using a c920 too and have the same problem
@@djresqvideomix I believe it was that my USB ports were bad on my motherboard, especially the USB 3.0 ports. Either that or it doesn't like USB 3.0 ports.
Hello! My pc was able to stream 1080 p 60fps and cpu usage to no more than 10%, but after OBS decided to stop working now the cpu usage is at 65% plus and all the settings are the same . Also my game capture just shows a black screen any ideas how to fix this.
I recorded some videos by using OBS but I forgot to put them in right place and unfortunately they automatically got deleted.Can u tell me how and where to find them as these were very imp videos for me and I am using windows 10
Well OBS doesn't auto-delete anything.
You can find them by going to File - Show Recordings or navigating to the folder set for recordings to go to in Output settings
@@EposVox I have done this but there is no videos and really OBS delete them automatically
OBS has no functionality within it to delete videos. There's no delete option, no automatic cleanup, nothing. Either something else is deleting them, they're not actually being recorded due to an encoder error, or you just haven't found them.
I recommend seeking support in OBS's support Discord. discord.gg/obsproject
@@EposVox i am also very amaze that obs delete my videos (online class recordings) from my folder. I record 2 to 3 videos and save them in the default video folder then I came back to transfer these videos from that folder to new drive E (My folder) but when I open video folder there were no videos can you help how to get back them. And I am using windows 10.(THESE ARE VERY IMP TO ME). PLEASE HELP
Up until now,some boy in my life has always done this stuff for me....but now I’ve been forced to learn from scratch.
😳🙎🏼♀️🤓
it’s kind of fun, surprisingly! (But Only when I actually get something to work the right way -and it seems like it’s magic!)
I am very grateful for people like you who make these videos on something thats probably really obvious and dumb to you, but a mystery to me!
the videos where I can see what someone is clicking /doing and explain why like yours are th e best. (Some just go through it so fast and then they just say ....”and then you just go and edit it and post it and you’re done”or something like that)
I also don’t mind listening you feel like your voice and background ha ha. Just said just wanted to say thank you and also since I can’t help you because I can’t get online and work😫
...I’m just blaming it on that 😔I was already hurting before my camera down so this is the best I can do -thank you for helping me
Got my stream and recording down... and I even got a split screen with both my Cams last night ( whatever😑 it’s a big deal to meConsidering I was all alone with no stream and no one to help fix it! It was traumatic)☺️
I just need to figure out what I’m gonna do with these recordings.
Don’t waste your time responding to me I just wanted to say thank you I might not see your response if I actually understand this video I will not be back here probably but I will check out your other ones and you have more important things to do
And I have learned a little google.... I’ll be ok just keep doing videos and carry on. 🤤
Just fishing for answers. Need help bad. I have a very high end pc. Definitely op for what I’m doing. I start obs. I’m not streaming or recording yet. I game for 20-40 minutes with it just running on second monitor. Then my game starts dropping frames bad. Sometimes even freezing my cursor. Lowering FPS on game helps a little bit but also just delays the lags(last longer before becoming choppy). Turning off webcam is similar but problem still happens after a while. Again I’m not even recording or streaming yet. Gpu and cpu are usually at 50% and ram at 20-30. Also my internet is definitely more than good enough but again not streaming so don’t think thats the problem
its easyer to just have 2 pcs one that is just a capture pc and then the other is your PC you game on, that way you get max frame rate on you PC and don't need to worry about issues on the stream because another computer is doing it.
Not everyone has the money for that
i don't know if it is just for me but when i use the NV12 and YUY2 video formats i am limited to a max of 30 frames.(BRIO) This doesn't personally bother me because it uses three times less CPU but i'm just putting it out there.
Yeah certainly depends on the camera
so, if I'm streaming 60fps can my webcam fps be 30fps?
Yes
You know how most streamers scale their streaming resolution to 720p 60fps? Probably no point in making your webcam 1080p 30ps over 720p 30fps for streaming? Especially for just a little corner on the stream, doesn't seem necessary I would imagine to do that to your system right?
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Video was incredible
but I am sorry the music was so annoying
When I got my pc, I did not have streaming in mind. So I went with a and cpu .-.
Have to upgrade to an Intel now xD
DJTMGaming u mean amd
AMD is better for streaming and multitasking than intel, Just look at benchmarks
He didn't say which AMD processor. Unless if it's one of the mid-tier Ryzen CPUs or higher, I highly doubt that it's better than Intel's mid-tier or higher CPU regarding streaming and multitasking.
Trash Editing a 150$ AMD chip will outproform a 150$ Intel chip in streaming. AMD focuses on multicore proformance meaning it is better for multitasking and streaming
I do not understand why game streamers put their picture over the game. It usually covers part of the game play or the HUD and I really am watching to see brilliant game plan, not their faces.
its all just an attempt to stand out from the pack
I mean, someone is watching a stream for the person not for the gameplay. You build a connection with the person via a face, etc. Streams w/o facecam are near impossible to grow much
Not me. I'm looking for outstanding game play and cogent comments about the game. I only watch streams after they are recorded so I can skip the boring parts between games. I prefer edited game play that gives me the best parts. So I guess I'm really not in the demographic of streamers with their faces covering a corner of the game. :)
i cant change fps or resolutuion or anything
fucking obs