

To change the encoder, go to the same settings as in the previous section and change the “Encoder” parameter to “Hardware (NVENC)”. As a rule, such configurations are typical for gamers. For the most part, this applies to computers with a weak CPU, but which have an external and powerful enough graphics accelerator. We are talking about partial unloading of the central processor by shifting part of the data processing load to the video card. Usually this step is enough to broadcast without friezes, but if the error “OBS encoder is overloaded” appears again, you will have to make more radical changes. Trying to increase the speed: if it is “fast”, you can try to set “veryfast”, save the settings and restart the stream. The fact is that at a very high speed, small details are not processed, and the lower it is, the greater the level of detail. But here you need to be careful: the higher the speed, the less load on the central processor. It is she who is responsible for the speed of processing the details of the footage. A few more lines will appear at the bottom, for us the “Preset encoder” is of interest.

Now we put a tick in front of the “Enable advanced encoder settings” option. Here we leave both bitrates as they are and make sure that the “Encoder” column contains the value “Software (x264)”. You can change it in the “Parameters” by clicking on the “Output” tab. Change encoder presetĪnother parameter that has a significant impact on the CPU load when OBS Studio is running is the speed of parts processing. You can decrease the frequency in the same “Video” window (line “General FPS values”, the change is discrete, that is, you need to select from the list of available values).
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Therefore, it makes sense to lower the FPS, for example, to 30 frames / second, and see how the PC will cope with the stream with such output parameters. As a result, instead of improving the clarity of the picture, you will get the opposite effect – the impossibility of its normal perception. If the FPS is too high, the processor may not cope with the load, which will eventually lead to microfreezes or the “Encoder overloaded” error. The second most important parameter affecting the broadcast quality is the frame rate of the output video. If the encoder still fails, you can try other solutions to reset the output resolution to its original value or keep it lowered.
