Question / Help Cannot get smooth stream for seemingly no reason.

[anonymoose]

A while back I had a buddy help me pick out some hardware that would allow me to stream. While the things I picked out should in theory work completely fine, they just... don't. from the moment i start streaming, my gameplay gets super spotty and appears to be dropping frames. but the kicker is, it never reports that i am actually dropping frames. in game it continually says im getting 120+ frames and the stream says im dropping no frames and mainting 60 fps. so.. why then?

at this point my goal is to just get a 720p stream at 60 fps. if i could go higher, that would be cool, but i know i should at least be able to do that..

it may be worth mentioning that even though stream maintains 60 fps, the stream gets the same spotty look on the gameplay that i get.

I have tried almost every single combination of OBS settings and NOTHING works, its driving my a bit crazy, i must admit.

The issue I'm having is not a network issue, i maintain around 70 download and 10-12 upload.


System Information
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Time of this report: 8/11/2015, 11:01:36
Machine name: ANONYMOOSE-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.150202-1526)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
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System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/13/15 15:20:24 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7882MB RAM
Page File: 4978MB used, 12369MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

 

[DEDRICK]

Lower your webcam resolution, there is no reason for it to be 1920x1080 when you are just going to scale it smaller. I have seen reports of high facecam resolutions causing massive FPS issues

Have you used x264? Your CPU is more than capable

 

[anonymoose]

Oops, my bad on that one, must have been making a video and forgot to change it back, thanks for noticing!

Okay, so with my webcam at 480p and using x264 it made almost no difference. If anything, it was worse. On my end, the gameplay was actually a bit more smooth, but definitely not seemless, and on the stream's end it was MUCH worse. the preview was around 19 fps, and sometimes would be stuck on a single frame for upwards of 5 seconds.