terrible FPS and Sound Cracking when Streaming with OBS

[reptilex]

Hello!

I wanna stream Cry of Fear on Twitch and the Game is normally working very well.
But when I start streaming or even click on PREVIEW Streaming in Open Broadcaster, it becomes unplayable.
I lowered the Settings Quality in OBS but no difference.

My System:

AMD FX4130 4x 3,80Ghz
RADEON HD6670
8GB DDR3
WINDOWS 7 64 BIT


I even tried the 64 Bit Patch but still the same...
Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks in Advice!!!

[Craven]

Heya!

I've stumbled upon this topic out of curiosity of looking around on the forum and couldn't resist posting a possible fix for you.
Just a small question, have you experienced this issue with other games as well?
I too used to have crackling sound paired with horrible FPS and it often occurred during downloading or uploading of any sort. (Pretty much all the time as you may have figured)

Either way, what fixed it for me was the creation of two (2) .bat files that'll execute a set amount of commands in order to clean out your internet connection (and firewall) completely.

Here's what to do:

• Open up notepad.
• Insert the following code in the open notepad window:

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net stop "Base Filtering Engine" /Yes
net start "Base Filtering Engine"

• Go to File > Save As...
• Change 'Save as type' to All Files
• As for the File Name, insert: 1 BFE Reset.bat
• Save the file to your desktop (or anywhere else) for easy access.

As for the file used in the second phase:

• Open up another notepad.
• Insert the following code in the open notepad window:

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ipconfig /release
     pause
     ipconfig /renew
     pause
     netsh winsock reset catalog
     pause
     netsh int ip reset reset.log
     pause

• Go to File > Save As...
• Change 'Save as type' to All Files
• As for the File Name, insert: 2 Audio Popping Fix.bat
• Save the file to your desktop (or anywhere else) for easy access.

When you've created the files, first run '1 BFE Reset.bat' and then run '2 Audio Popping Fix.bat', make sure to run them in administrator mode by right clicking on the files and pressing 'Run as administrator' to prevent any issues.
After you've ran both files, restart your computer and try the stream once more to see if it has been fixed.

What these two .bat files do is 1) refresh your firewall and internet security protocols and 2) refresh/renew your IP configuration.

Hopefully this'll help you as much as it did me.

[reptilex]

Heya!
...

Thanks for the Answer!

I did all you wrote to me, started the 2 Files as Admin, restartet and tried again to Stream it, but it's still the same.
The game Works flawless. But When I start Stream or even Stream PREVIEW, the framerate is like 5fps...

My OBS is streaming it via "Game Recording" Window... I wanted to try with "Window Recording" but Cry of Fear isn't in the list then.

EDIT: I don't have these Problems with other games.

EDIT2: If I only Stream me with Webcam without Streaming the Game and playing Cry of Fear, the Framerate is FINE.

EDIT3: DISABLE THE STEAM OVERLAY FIXED THE PROBLEM, HOW COULD THAT BE?