Question / Help Can someone help me?

Kanon746

Kanon746

New Member
So, basically I just want to stream my art process, using Paint Tool SAI
Not gaming, I think I have a decent computer but whenever I try to use OBS to stream it just doesn't look good at all and the green tile gets red.
I've tried changing some settings but I just can't seem to find what is the problem, maybe my internet connection?
I did this test and this was my result:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5074379780

Should I resign that I can't stream my art or maybe there's a way to fix this? I'm sorry, I'm new with these things, thank you so much in advance.

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FerretBomb

FerretBomb

Active Member
Post a logfile from your last streaming session. It will contain all of your current settings as well as back-end information, so we can offer advice. It's in the Help menu, just Upload and paste the link it gives you.

If the buffer is going red, you are using too high a bitrate for your connection.
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

Active Member
Ouch. That bitrate is low even for 240p; 1080@30 generally needs around 3500kbps, and you have about 600 in total, best-case (speedtest throws out your lowest 30% of returns, so it's not that useful for livestreamers). I can understand why it'd go red. Plus you should only use 1/2-2/3 of your available bandwidth... and audio bitrate isn't factored into the video, so you're actually going at 528kbps with the contents of that log.

Since you're just doing art, I'd recommend trying to drop to around 720p and 5fps, though you may have to go lower, maybe to 480p@5fps. You'll also want to NOT use NVENC, as it's incredibly bad-quality compression that requires even more bitrate to look passable. Use x264, and try on the Faster preset, watching your CPU load and temperatures.

Really, you NEED a better upstream connection; preferably 3-5mbps. What you have now frankly isn't going to work. The hardware is there; my original streaming rig was an i7-920. But without any bandwidth, it's moot.
 
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