Question / Help Constant buffering

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Totte

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Hi, does anyone happen to know why I'm getting constant buffering and sometimes freezes at Twitch when watching my own stream while it's running?

I'm running at 3k Bitrate & Buffersize at 720p. Using AMD Video Coding Engine H.264 Encoder.

My specs are Intel i7 3820, 16Gb DDR3, Radeon R9 380.
My internet is 500Mb/s down and 50Mb/s up.

If I'm running the exact same settings at Youtube gaming, I'm lag free. No buffering what so ever.
 
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alpinlol

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for twitch this bitrate is too high if you are not partnered and with an i7 3820 you can use x264 for encoding without a problem
 
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Totte

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alpinlol said:
for twitch this bitrate is too high if you are not partnered and with an i7 3820 you can use x264 for encoding without a problem
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Thanks for the reply. God I hate Twitch's partnership program :P That I like about Youtube Gaming, pretty much no restrictions. Too bad Youtube Gaming is only in beta so far. The chat needs work and a place for "panels" like Twitch got would be nice.

Edit: What would be the highest recommended for Twitch?
 
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alpinlol

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Totte said:
Thanks for the reply. God I hate Twitch's partnership program :P That I like about Youtube Gaming, pretty much no restrictions. Too bad Youtube Gaming is only in beta so far. The chat needs work and a place for "panels" like Twitch got would be nice.

Edit: What would be the highest recommended for Twitch?
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usually its recommended to stay somewhere around 1500-2500 for some lucky streamers even up to 3500 can be working out, but since you already have issues you are not a part of the lucky guys :(
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

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720p@30fps, 2000kbps on x264 Veryfast is the recommended point.

The Partner program only determines if you have transcoding options from the moment you start your stream; partners still have people buffer, just those that do can go to a lower quality option and still watch. Non-partners don't (reliably) have that, so most people will just leave for a non-buffering stream.

Twitch doesn't have the infrastructure or resources that YouTube does, so they can't give everyone transcoding, or deal with the massive (and growing) throughput.
 
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