Question / Help Game looks choppy in OBS, but is running fine for me.

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Robert MacKinnon

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Hello,

For some reason the game I am streaming will look choppy in OBS and output like that to the channel and afgter a few seconds it will go back to normal and look smoothe again. However, I have no dropped frames. I only encode at 2k. My internet speed is 30 up and 5 down. My system is solid as well. However, this happens whether I stream a PC game OR xbox game through a capture card so it is deff OBS as I am nont using alot of power when playing xbox. I have a I7 running at 3.5ghz, I beleive it is 4th gen too so it is a newer processor.

Below is a log file:

http://pastebin.com/jDrf3cHD

I can pull a highlight if needed to show you what I mean, it basically looks like it drops to like 10 frames, but OBS says it is outputting 30 with no dropped frames so I am so confused. Even when I watch recording of my stream I can see it so it is deff being seen by all my viewers when it does stutter. Very ugly looking when it happens.

Thanks!

-RobbyMac20
 
That is a great suggestion. I believe I changed the res back when i made an overlay so that could be the issue. I will stream with 800x448 since that will fit my overlay border and is a lower resolution and let you know how it goes.

Should I keep it ob 30 fps for the camera or put it on 60?

When I stream console I usually put it on 60 fps since my cpu can handle it since I am not PC gaming as well. I also bump encoding from 2k to 3k since 60 fps the encoding should be higher. I am not a partner so I am unsure if this quality would be to much for a viewer and if you recomend me using my PC settings for Xbox as well (720p 30 fps 2k bitrate). I get excellent quality rating from twitch, no dropped frames, and a great twitch analyzer report, but still am second guessing if I should just leave it on the lower settings so that all viewers will be able to watch as I am not a partner and will not have that quality button, what do you think I should do? I just feel like since I have the CPU power I should run it at 60 fps when I can and since console is not utilizing CPU as a computer game does, I figure I may as well stream at 60....

Thanks for your responses on all this.

-Robbymac20
 
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The higher bitrate will cause more viewers to buffer. It's strongly recommended that non-partnered casters not exceed 2000kbps by much.

It would probably be better to go back to 30fps, and move the x264 encoder to a slower preset by one or two notches. Uses more CPU, but better compression so your bitrate is used more efficiently and delivers a better image.

Also, ENABLE Aero. The only reason to turn it off is if you are going to be using Monitor Capture under Win7, which is terribad and slow (you can GameCap the DWM process instead, which is a MUCH better way to do this if you need whole-monitor capturing for some reason).
Aero actually speeds many aspects of OBS up, and makes it run more smoothly.
 
will do ferret. So, I presume the x264 preset option in advanced has no impact on viewers but can increase the quality at the expense of my cpu correct? Sounds like a plan. I will try now.
 
Yep, the preset trades CPU load for compression quality. The slower it's set, the better it looks at a given bitrate. It's not a magic bullet, but it can be noticeable when running at a limited bitrate. Do be warned, it's a good idea to only drop it by one step at a time and test each for 10-15 minutes under gaming conditions (we've had people tune it with nothing happening on-screen, and not understand why it took a dump when they actually got in-game afterward).

Also, be sure to watch your per-core load, core throttling, and especially temperatures. It can REALLY load your CPU heavily, and push it quite a lot further than it would ever get during average usage.
 
When I PC game I will put it back to very fast since then a pc game and the stream will be running on the CPUS, when I console I should be fine on medium. I have it on fast now and CPU usage never gets above 50 and heat never gets above 69 in all cores.So next stream I will go for medium. Thanks for the advice. I will post a new log after this stream as i still get the choppiness but not nearly as often. Thanks again.
 
The choppiness is still occurring when I use all suggestions above. Any other suggestions as to why this could be happening? Do you need another log file? I have streamed a few times since the recommended changes and can pull a new log.
 
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