Question / Help Hey Guys! Anyone see a problem?

[valleybeast559]

I am kinda at my wits end and finally turned to OBS to see if you guys can figure out why my stream doesnt seem to be a fluid 60 FPS using a 2 PC setup. I am a partnered streamer on twitch and recently went to the 2 PC setup. I have been racking my brain trying tro figure this out as its really bothering me. I wiould be willing to pay someone through paypal if they can fix this once and all for me. Posting some stuff below, if anyone needs anything else, please let me know! My twitch is twitch.tv/valleybeast559 If you wanna see some past brodcasts to see what I am talking about.


Game PC
I7-4790K
16 GB RAM
SLI 980's

Stream PC
I7-4790K
16 GB RAM
Avermedia C985 Cap Card

Internet 180 DL and 15ish UL

https://gist.github.com/eb207579d8db6060708b Copy of my last log file

 

[Harold]

You can probably try turning up the speed of your preset. "Faster" may be using too much cpu to allow for the smooth encoding of 60fps.

Also, you might try turning down the resolution of your webcam from the 1080p that it's currently set to. It's not likely to be the focus of your stream, and even if it is, you're streaming at 720p, so having it feed at 1080p is kind of pointless.

 

[valleybeast559]

Thanks for the response Harold on Faster, my stream CPU uses about 55%, is that too high? I am sorry I am just a nub when it com es to this kind of stuff

 

[Harold]

It's not too bad, but there may be other things limiting your ability to keep up that may or may not be related to the preset. For most streaming, I wouldn't adjust past the default preset.

 

[FerretBomb]

Probably want to set your base resolution to 720p while you're at it, and do away with the downscale entirely.

Looks like your C985 might be having some issues keeping up as well. You're duplicating a *bunch* of frames (almost 5% overall), and the cap card could be a source of that; the audio timestamps for the C985 falling behind point to the AverMedia struggling too. Though to be fair, running the c920 at 1080p could potentially be causing that as well, if it's flooding the bus.

55% shouldn't be too high, but bumping it to Veryfast again for testing purposes could help to rule it out as a root cause.

 

[valleybeast559]

FerretBomb, thats is what I am starting to think. Something may be wrong with the cap card itself. I stream at 720p/60 and will attempt to turn down the base to 720. thanks!

 

[valleybeast559]

Hey Ferret, been reading some more stuff of yours and decided to purchase the micomsoft sc-512n1-l/dvi. I really ferel after running some tests that the avermedia cap card is messed up

 

[FerretBomb]

The SC512 is probably the best card on the market at the moment for livestreamers.

Be aware that you can get the Yuan SC512 from SabrePC for $200 (instead of $330 for the Micomsoft). Literally THE same exact card.
All you lose is the passthrough daughtercard (I took mine off after a month to make room in my case for a new card; if I want to run a straight signal, I'll use splitters before the card) and the DVI->HDMI adapter (which are about $7 if you don't have one lying around from an older video card). You can buy a lot of splitters and adapters for that $130 saved.

 

[valleybeast559]

Thanks, I rather spend the extra money as I am not that great with all the technical apsects. If I still dont get a nice smooth buttery 60FPS now, then I dont know what to do. It already shipped after I placed the order an hour ago