Question / Help Bitrate, Recording/Streaming at the same time

[jeoattack]

Hey,

I have a few questions:

1) If I stream and record at the same time does that eat up more bandwidth (or require a higher bitrate) than if I was only streaming? Is there a bigger performance hit? I only ask because I tried last night and it seemed to cause problems with my stream - but I wasn't dropping any frames.

2) The results from my speedtest were 30 Mbps Down and 5-6 Mbps Up; am I okay to use a 3000 Kbps bitrate streaming @ 720p 60 fps? I currently have it set to 3500 and I haven't had any trouble streaming (quality looks nice too), but I know there's such a thing as too high of a bitrate...and I'm wondering

3) In the bottom right corner when streaming, you see the bitrate indicator. Most of the time I'll be getting 3000 (green) and it's no problem, but occasionally it'll turn red despite still being around the 3000 Kbps bitrate. What do the colors actually indicate?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Osiris]

1. If you are recording you are not sending any data to the internet, so no that doesn't eat up more bandwidth.
2. For unpartnered streamers it is recommended to use 2000-2500 kbps
3. If it turns red, your connection can't sustain 3000 kbps all the time.