OBS diagnostic issues
Full troubleshooting articles with symptoms, fixes, verification, and rollback.
Congested ingest server causing drops
Network drops appear on one platform server even when local upload tests look healthy.
Crackling from audio buffering problems
Crackles and pops from buffering, USB issues, or CPU spikes.
Crash loop on launch
OBS crash-loops during startup before you can change settings.
Crash when starting stream or recording
OBS crashes at Go Live / Start Recording during encoder or output init.
Display Capture is black or blank
Display Capture is entirely black even though the monitor shows a normal desktop.
DNS failures reaching ingest hosts
OBS cannot resolve or intermittently fails DNS for ingest hostnames.
Duplicate OBS hotkey rows fighting each other
The same action is bound twice or two actions share one combo, so hotkeys feel random.
Duplicate or doubled audio on stream
Viewers hear doubled game or mic audio.
Encoder queue spikes after transitions
Encoding lag spikes when stingers, scene switches, or sudden overlays hit.
Encoding lag from thermal throttling
Encode keeps up until temperatures climb, then skipped frames appear mid-stream.
Encoding overloaded warning in OBS
OBS reports Encoding overloaded! while the stream stutters or looks damaged.
Firewall or security suite blocking RTMP
Outbound RTMP/RTMPS blocked by firewall, antivirus network shield, or corporate policy.
Game Capture fails to hook the process
Game Capture never attaches, or logs a hook failure for the target process.
Game Capture shows a black screen
Game Capture preview and output stay black while the game is visible on the desktop.
High CPU from scene processing plus encode
CPU is high from filters, browser sources, and software encode combined.
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