How to Reduce Your CPU Load
If, according to stream health indicators, your encoder is overloaded and/or your CPU load is close to 100%, you need to decrease your recourse usage to avoid issues with your live stream.
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1. Close unnecessary applications
Live streaming requires a lot of computer resources. Thus, please open your Windows Task Manager to check what other applications are using your CPU recourses and close unnecessary ones.
![](https://docs.streamster.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/task_manager-1.jpg)
2. Make sure that the encoder is set to Hardware/Auto.
Go to the app settings. In the “Encoding” section, find the “Encoder type” setting and switch it to “Auto” or “Hardware“.
![](https://docs.streamster.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/encoder_type.jpg)
3. Switch your "Performance vs. Quality" setting to "Speed".
Go to the app settings. In the “Encoding” section, find the “Performance vs. Quality” setting and switch it to “Speed“.
![](https://docs.streamster.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/perfomance.jpg)
4. Fit your video to the full scene size.
Open the layer setting (e.g. your web camera). Click the “Maximize” button to fit your video source feed to your broadcasting scene.
![](https://docs.streamster.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Maximize-1.jpg)
5. Remove unnecessary layers.
Click on the video preview, check the list of layers that are visible on your video, and delete unnecessary ones.
6. Decrease your Resolution and/or FPS.
Click on the video preview. Select a lower value for your video resolution and/or FPS.