Question / Help FPS drops when viewers watch my stream?

[StylinNProfilin]

Hi All,

I'm using OBS to stream to my twitch channel.

I noticed when my friend logged in to watch my stream, the FPS in my game dropped drastically (my actual game, not the stream)..

For Video Encoding I have Use CBR On, Quality Balance 8, Max Bitrate 2200..My audio codec the bitrate is 128

I have the resolution downscale set to 1280x720 at 60fps and aero disabled..

Just wondering if anyone has ideas..thank you!

 

[Jentle]

By how much fps does it drop? And what game is it you are trying to stream? I don't see how upload bitrate has anything to do with computer performance :S

 

[StylinNProfilin]

Yeah its pretty strange..I haven't checked the numbers but it looks like it drops by 30 FPS. I'm trying to stream COD World at War..

 

[Sapiens]

Post a log - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97

 

[17carlos17]

i can send you link where the problem is recorded if its gonna help you! there it is http://www.twitch.tv/17carlos17/b/496797885

and spend hours on changing OBS settings and nothing worked
and even stream is fucked... its loading so long time when i want to watch it back

 

[Sapiens]

Post a log - https://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=97

 

[FerretBomb]

Your friend logging in and watching will have zero impact on your encoding/gaming performance; he isn't downloading anything from you directly, you're sending the same amount of data to the Twitch ingests regardless of if you have zero viewers, or a thousand. This is most likely a coincidental drop, unless he also joined your (locally-hosted) game/started messaging you via Skype/other bandwidth and-or CPU intensive task started occurring.

And again, post a logfile.

 

[Boildown]

Are your friends on the same internet connection as you? Cause that's the only way not mentioned I can think of that could cause this.