In such an instance, you will need to remove the third-party add-ons from the OBS client or uninstall the SE.Live plugin from your PC to resolve the crashes with OBS Studio. In this article, we will be taking you through a number of fixes that should help isolate the problem in your system.
1. Run OBS Studio as Administrator
The first thing that you should start off with when facing crashes with OBS Studio is to run the program as an admin. In some cases, OBS Studio can crash when the client does not have sufficient permissions to run in the environment, or a third-party security program is interfering with the app. Running the program with administrative privileges will ensure it is able to access system resources with the required permissions and prevent alteration from a background process. To run OBS Studio as an admin, follow the instructions below:
2. Install Windows Updates
If you are running an older version of Windows on your machine, this can cause the OBS Studio app to crash as well. You will often encounter this after a recent update which requires a newer version of the Windows build on your system. Installing Windows updates can be important as they include feature updates and are often required by the various programs you use on your PC. To update your Windows, follow the instructions below:
3. Update Graphics Drivers
Another potential cause for the crashes with OBS Studio can be the graphics drivers installed on your computer. The video drivers are important for OBS since they are often used for encoding your stream before it is sent over the network to the destination. In some instances, an inconsistency with the display drivers can cause an issue while you are live and result in the program crashing. As such, you will need to reinstall the drivers on your system. This will also update your graphics drivers since you will be performing a fresh install. Follow the instructions below to do so:
4. Delete Third-Party Plugins
You can install plugins in OBS Studio that allow you to add additional functionality to the application. This can be used to tweak specific settings or how your sources interact on the app. These plugins are loaded as modules when the program starts. If you are using a problematic plugin in your OBS installation, it can cause the app to crash constantly. In such an instance, you will need to delete the DLL file of the plugin. OBS plugins use DLL files to interact with the program. As such, removing the DLL file will get rid of the plugin as well. To see a list of the plugins used by OBS, you will have to bring up the logs. Follow the instructions below to locate and delete plugins:
5. Uninstall SE.Live
SE.Live is a plugin for OBS Studio that allows you to add all of the StreamElements features directly to your OBS Studio. This essentially adds additional functionality to the streaming application so you are able to manage your streams in a better manner. However, in some instances, the version of SE.Live that you are using can cause compatibility issues with the OBS Studio version and cause the program to crash. In such a situation, you will need to uninstall the SE.Live plugin from your computer to resolve the issue. To do this, follow the instructions below:
6. Reinstall OBS Studio
In some instances, the installation of OBS Studio can also result in the app crashing constantly on your computer. This happens when there is an inconsistency in the program, it can be damaged, corrupted or malfunctioning altogether. There are various reasons which can cause such inconsistencies, incorrect recent updates, and more. In such a situation, you will need to reinstall the application on your computer to resolve the problem. To do this, follow the instructions below:
7. Perform Clean Boot
Finally, if none of the above methods resolves the problem for you, the crashes are likely the outcome of an app running in the background interfering with the OBS Studio process. In such a situation, you will have to do a clean boot. Clean booting Windows means starting the operating system with only the essential services running on startup. This will disable all of the third-party apps on startup, and thus, they will not be able to intervene with OBS Studio. If the problem goes away once you perform a clean boot, you will need to locate the culprit on your system by enabling the services one by one. Follow the instructions below to perform a clean boot: That is it, you should be able to stop the OBS Studio crashes with the solutions provided above. In most cases, the crashes with OBS Studio are associated with the plugins that you are using. Therefore, ensure there are no problematic apps being loaded to OBS Studio to prevent the issue from occurring in the future. In case OBS Studio is still crashing, you will need to reach out to the official support team for OBS Studio. To do this, you will need to create a post on the OBS Forums. The support team will be able to locate the root cause of the issue by viewing the crash logs generated by the program. This should help you in isolating the problem once and for all.
