

Once any congestion disappears, it will automatically raise your bitrate back to its original value. This feature detects when your internet connection is limited, and will automatically reduce your bitrate to compensate rather than dropping frames. OBS Studio 24 introduced a new feature called Dynamic Bitrate. Try enabling Dynamic Bitrate (OBS Studio 24+, RTMP only) This guide covers the most common solutions to these issues. If you want a more detailed, technical explanation on what dropped frames are, please check this post written by Jim here. You may also have connection problems such as random disconnections due to firewall / anti-virus / security software, routers, etc. Again, dropped frames are nearly impossible to be caused by OBS itself. If you drop too many frames, you may be disconnected from the streaming server.

Because of this, the program was forced to drop some of the video frames in order to compensate. "Dropped frames" means that your connection to the server isn't stable, or you can't keep up with your set bitrate. This means if you just updated and you're seeing dropped frames, they are not related, even if you think they are. Also, please note that dropped frames are near impossible to be caused by OBS itself. In this case, there will not be anything you can do to resolve the issue as an end user, and it is recommended that you contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you really truly honestly super duper actually 100% tried everything in this guide (including replacing hardware), and you still have issues then the problem is somewhere along the route between you and whichever server you are trying to stream to. This guide contains every piece of dropped frames / disconnect / network related advice we can give.
