Hi everyone,
I've been streaming games for a few days now and ever since, I've tried to choose the right settings to do so, changing my ingame resolution, changing my streaming fps and so on so forth. I've settled on 10 quality, 3800 bitrate and 60 fps, with a 1680x1050 resolution, for I would like to stream at the best possible quality (200/10 mbits internet speed, core i7 3.4ghz overclocked to 3.9, 8gb ram, ati radeon 6950 2go plus an ssd hard drive).
Despite having good streaming conditions, my stream seems somehow a bit blurry compared to other streamers and I have no idea how to fix it (I've tried several resolutions, however they seemed blurrier than with my 1680x1050 res). A little help would be much appreciated.
Cheers from Paris.
I've been streaming games for a few days now and ever since, I've tried to choose the right settings to do so, changing my ingame resolution, changing my streaming fps and so on so forth. I've settled on 10 quality, 3800 bitrate and 60 fps, with a 1680x1050 resolution, for I would like to stream at the best possible quality (200/10 mbits internet speed, core i7 3.4ghz overclocked to 3.9, 8gb ram, ati radeon 6950 2go plus an ssd hard drive).
Despite having good streaming conditions, my stream seems somehow a bit blurry compared to other streamers and I have no idea how to fix it (I've tried several resolutions, however they seemed blurrier than with my 1680x1050 res). A little help would be much appreciated.
Code:
Open Broadcaster Software v0.472b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU Speed: 3502MHz
Physical Memory: 4095MB Total, 3588MB Free
stepping id: 7, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1680, 1050}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Disabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2129182720
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2165719040
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1680x1050
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 4.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1680, height: 1050
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 4000
buffer size: 4000
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 12000, number of frames that lagged: 40 (0.33%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:75 Avg QP:34.43 size: 95668
x264: frame P:6492 Avg QP:34.80 size: 10410
x264: frame B:5373 Avg QP:36.73 size: 1583
x264: consecutive B-frames: 25.9% 41.5% 2.4% 30.3%
x264: mb I I16..4: 38.2% 42.1% 19.8%
x264: mb P I16..4: 8.1% 5.7% 0.2% P16..4: 16.9% 4.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% skip:63.6%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% B16..8: 5.2% 1.1% 0.1% direct: 0.7% skip:92.1% L0:40.8% L1:54.2% BI: 5.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:40.4% inter:34.9%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 32.3% 15.8% 5.2% inter: 2.7% 1.5% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 36% 32% 25% 7%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 19% 53% 2% 3% 2% 3% 2% 4%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 23% 22% 5% 6% 5% 7% 4% 6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 83% 10% 6% 0%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:2.4% UV:0.3%
x264: kb/s:3322.38
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1120x700
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1120, height: 700
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 5142, number of frames that lagged: 6 (0.12%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:22 Avg QP:21.26 size:140229
x264: frame P:1390 Avg QP:27.68 size: 1035
x264: frame B:3670 Avg QP:32.84 size: 67
x264: consecutive B-frames: 3.5% 0.7% 0.2% 95.6%
x264: mb I I16..4: 16.1% 15.8% 68.1%
x264: mb P I16..4: 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% P16..4: 2.8% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% skip:95.4%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% direct: 0.0% skip:99.7% L0:32.8% L1:45.1% BI:22.1%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:26.7% inter:30.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 70.5% 56.1% 36.0% inter: 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 42% 29% 17% 11%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 13% 35% 28% 2% 4% 2% 6% 3% 8%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 22% 14% 8% 6% 6% 9% 6% 11%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 55% 24% 16% 5%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.3% UV:0.1%
x264: kb/s:447.23
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1120x700
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1120, height: 700
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
bufferTime: 2425, outputRateWindowTime: 1000, dropThreshold: 2925
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 19179, number of frames that lagged: 8 (0.04%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:91 Avg QP:27.80 size: 70255
x264: frame P:9793 Avg QP:30.21 size: 9352
x264: frame B:9235 Avg QP:34.38 size: 2258
x264: consecutive B-frames: 14.4% 62.6% 3.2% 19.8%
x264: mb I I16..4: 21.0% 38.2% 40.8%
x264: mb P I16..4: 8.4% 6.8% 0.4% P16..4: 24.6% 9.5% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% skip:46.6%
x264: mb B I16..4: 1.7% 0.8% 0.0% B16..8: 12.1% 3.3% 0.2% direct: 2.1% skip:79.8% L0:38.5% L1:51.5% BI:10.0%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:41.5% inter:30.1%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 53.7% 11.9% 4.3% inter: 6.5% 2.5% 0.5%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 23% 27% 39% 10%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 8% 19% 49% 3% 5% 3% 4% 3% 5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 23% 26% 19% 5% 5% 5% 6% 4% 6%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 82% 11% 6% 1%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.5% UV:0.1%
x264: kb/s:2971.17
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1120x720
Output resolution: 744x480
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 744, height: 480
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 6249, number of frames that lagged: 12 (0.19%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:34 Avg QP:21.07 size: 32096
x264: frame P:2116 Avg QP:25.49 size: 2352
x264: frame B:4039 Avg QP:29.27 size: 157
x264: consecutive B-frames: 10.0% 8.3% 2.2% 79.5%
x264: mb I I16..4: 23.1% 23.9% 53.0%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.7% 1.7% 0.5% P16..4: 12.8% 6.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip:74.5%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 2.2% 0.7% 0.1% direct: 0.2% skip:96.8% L0:36.2% L1:48.2% BI:15.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:37.9% inter:28.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 51.7% 38.4% 16.8% inter: 2.3% 2.0% 0.5%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 42% 36% 15% 7%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 33% 25% 2% 5% 3% 4% 4% 6%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 30% 14% 5% 6% 5% 9% 4% 8%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 59% 23% 15% 3%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.0% UV:0.4%
x264: kb/s:509.00
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1120x720
Output resolution: 744x480
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.1
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 744, height: 480
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
bufferTime: 1931, outputRateWindowTime: 1000, dropThreshold: 2431
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 2551, number of frames that lagged: 5 (0.20%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:15 Avg QP:23.08 size: 35325
x264: frame P:1167 Avg QP:26.71 size: 8723
x264: frame B:1309 Avg QP:29.01 size: 1718
x264: consecutive B-frames: 6.9% 67.0% 5.5% 20.5%
x264: mb I I16..4: 21.9% 31.3% 46.8%
x264: mb P I16..4: 4.1% 5.7% 0.8% P16..4: 35.9% 17.7% 7.9% 0.0% 0.0% skip:27.8%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% B16..8: 16.0% 5.7% 0.4% direct: 3.0% skip:73.7% L0:32.3% L1:48.1% BI:19.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:51.3% inter:30.0%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 75.9% 26.3% 10.8% inter: 14.0% 5.0% 1.0%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 16% 33% 40% 11%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 8% 26% 38% 3% 6% 3% 5% 3% 7%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 30% 18% 5% 5% 5% 7% 5% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 66% 22% 10% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:1.5% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:2438.63
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1120x700
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1120, height: 700
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 2675, number of frames that lagged: 7 (0.26%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:13 Avg QP:18.58 size: 38695
x264: frame P:806 Avg QP:23.69 size: 9491
x264: frame B:1796 Avg QP:28.78 size: 2357
x264: consecutive B-frames: 3.0% 4.2% 36.2% 56.6%
x264: mb I I16..4: 65.0% 12.9% 22.1%
x264: mb P I16..4: 5.0% 3.9% 0.4% P16..4: 13.3% 7.1% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:66.3%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% B16..8: 8.1% 2.8% 0.2% direct: 2.1% skip:85.3% L0:32.3% L1:48.8% BI:18.9%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:40.0% inter:28.5%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 60.4% 15.4% 6.6% inter: 5.1% 2.1% 0.6%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 49% 13% 29% 8%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 8% 16% 46% 4% 7% 4% 5% 4% 7%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 22% 28% 17% 5% 5% 5% 7% 5% 7%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 76% 15% 8% 1%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:2241.19
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1120x700
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1120, height: 700
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 1307, number of frames that lagged: 4 (0.31%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
x264: frame I:6 Avg QP:16.03 size: 44942
x264: frame P:321 Avg QP:20.60 size: 789
x264: frame B:920 Avg QP:28.84 size: 117
x264: consecutive B-frames: 1.4% 0.3% 0.2% 98.0%
x264: mb I I16..4: 62.9% 9.0% 28.1%
x264: mb P I16..4: 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% P16..4: 2.7% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% skip:95.3%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% direct: 0.1% skip:99.0% L0:34.7% L1:46.6% BI:18.6%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:8.6% inter:30.2%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 29.9% 24.5% 15.3% inter: 0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 88% 8% 3% 1%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 16% 27% 24% 3% 6% 3% 4% 5% 12%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 24% 25% 11% 7% 6% 6% 7% 6% 8%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 77% 12% 9% 2%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:235.55
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1680x1050
Output resolution: 1120x700
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Haut-parleurs (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (2- C-Media USB Headphone Set )
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Audio Encoding: AAC
bitrate: 128
Using Monitor Capture
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 60
width: 1120, height: 700
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 3800
buffer size: 3800
quality: 10
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SharedTexCapture hooked
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
bufferTime: 2136, outputRateWindowTime: 1000, dropThreshold: 2636
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 2699, number of frames that lagged: 3 (0.11%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:12 Avg QP:26.02 size: 61938
x264: frame P:1290 Avg QP:28.84 size: 10838
x264: frame B:1337 Avg QP:31.48 size: 1818
x264: consecutive B-frames: 13.4% 53.8% 10.0% 22.9%
x264: mb I I16..4: 26.2% 36.4% 37.4%
x264: mb P I16..4: 6.2% 5.3% 0.8% P16..4: 28.8% 11.8% 4.6% 0.0% 0.0% skip:42.5%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% B16..8: 11.6% 3.4% 0.2% direct: 1.6% skip:82.2% L0:36.3% L1:53.3% BI:10.3%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:41.5% inter:30.8%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 53.1% 23.5% 9.7% inter: 7.3% 3.6% 0.8%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 33% 30% 29% 8%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 15% 26% 38% 2% 4% 2% 4% 3% 5%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 31% 25% 18% 4% 4% 4% 5% 4% 5%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 67% 17% 15% 1%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:3081.19
=====Stream End=======================================================================
Profiler results:
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frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.979 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 84.8%] [unaccounted: 15.2%]
| scene->Preprocess - [0.101%] [avg time: 0.003 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [84.7%] [avg time: 2.523 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 42.6%] [unaccounted: 42.1%]
| | CopyResource - [1.28%] [avg time: 0.038 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.134%] [avg time: 0.004 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [41%] [avg time: 1.221 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | sending stuff out - [0.168%] [avg time: 0.005 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
==============================================================Cheers from Paris.
