Question / Help Hey guys can you please help me with my stream?

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nobosy

New Member
Hey guys!

So my hardware specs are:

Intel I5-3570
8gb ddr3 ram
nvidia geforce gtx 660

my up/dlrate tested with speedtest.net is:

DL23,63 mbps
UL 3,34 mbps


i tried a lot of settings but i cant quite get the stream to have a watchable quality and no lags on twitch.tv . everything is green in OBS but somehow the stream is lagging... could that problem be twitchrelated? or is it my setup?

thx in advance guys!
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Please post a log file. Instructions on how to do so are stickied at the top of every forum section.
 
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nobosy

New Member
Open Broadcaster Software v0.473b (magnificant test build 11) - 64bit (　^ω^)
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CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU Speed: 3400MHz
Physical Memory: 8076MB Total, 5383MB Free
stepping id: 9, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
Aero is Disabled
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Adapter 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2091319296
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2147479552
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Adapter 2
Video Adapter: Intel(R) HD Graphics
Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 67108864
Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 1711276032
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Lautsprecher (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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Using auxilary audio input: Mikrofon (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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Audio Encoding: MP3
bitrate: 128
Using bitmap image
Using Monitor Capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 35
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 2900
buffer size: 2900
quality: 7
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Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
New Scene
Using bitmap image
Using graphics capture
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 7457, number of frames that lagged: 297 (3.98%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated frames: 115 (1.54%)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:32 Avg QP:20.99 size: 93900
x264: frame P:2124 Avg QP:24.95 size: 4099
x264: frame B:5349 Avg QP:30.44 size: 552
x264: consecutive B-frames: 4.6% 0.9% 1.0% 93.5%
x264: mb I I16..4: 27.4% 21.9% 50.6%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.3% 0.8% 0.5% P16..4: 7.5% 1.9% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% skip:86.9%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 1.2% 0.3% 0.1% direct: 0.3% skip:98.1% L0:33.2% L1:54.3% BI:12.5%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:27.7% inter:26.4%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 62.4% 58.2% 33.9% inter: 1.3% 1.1% 0.3%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 35% 31% 27% 7%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 16% 34% 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 8%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 23% 17% 8% 7% 7% 7% 6% 8%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 54% 26% 15% 5%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:547.06
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
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Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
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Using desktop audio input: Lautsprecher (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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Using auxilary audio input: Mikrofon (Realtek High Definition Audio)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: MP3
bitrate: 96
Using bitmap image
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
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Video Encoding: x264
fps: 35
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: veryfast
CBR: no
CFR: no
max bitrate: 2000
buffer size: 2000
quality: 7
------------------------------------------
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
Total frames rendered: 2453, number of frames that lagged: 4 (0.16%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated frames: 32 (1.30%)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:11 Avg QP:21.10 size:101463
x264: frame P:672 Avg QP:25.56 size: 7442
x264: frame B:1763 Avg QP:32.20 size: 1095
x264: consecutive B-frames: 3.7% 0.2% 1.0% 95.1%
x264: mb I I16..4: 19.3% 25.3% 55.4%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.1% 1.2% 0.7% P16..4: 11.2% 3.0% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% skip:80.6%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 2.2% 0.6% 0.2% direct: 0.5% skip:96.4% L0:42.9% L1:45.9% BI:11.1%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:33.3% inter:29.8%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 76.1% 73.5% 46.1% inter: 2.4% 2.2% 0.7%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 33% 24% 33% 10%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 15% 30% 8% 6% 6% 7% 6% 11%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 14% 21% 19% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 53% 24% 14% 9%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.0% UV:0.0%
x264: kb/s:921.30
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Lautsprecher (Realtek High Definition Audio)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Mikrofon (Realtek High Definition Audio)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: MP3
bitrate: 96
Using bitmap image
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
fps: 35
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: superfast
CBR: yes
CFR: no
max bitrate: 2000
------------------------------------------
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
New Scene
Using bitmap image
Using Monitor Capture
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
New Scene
Using bitmap image
Using graphics capture
SharedTexCapture hooked
Total frames rendered: 4438, number of frames that lagged: 157 (3.54%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated frames: 60 (1.35%)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:19 Avg QP:18.14 size:107761
x264: frame P:1283 Avg QP:16.41 size: 13390
x264: frame B:3160 Avg QP:15.74 size: 3995
x264: consecutive B-frames: 5.2% 0.7% 1.2% 92.9%
x264: mb I I16..4: 24.1% 30.6% 45.2%
x264: mb P I16..4: 1.2% 1.4% 0.5% P16..4: 33.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:63.1%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 6.9% skip:86.6% L0:32.7% L1:64.0% BI: 3.3%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:39.9% inter:29.6%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 63.0% 60.9% 40.3% inter: 5.5% 6.4% 1.8%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 46% 33% 16% 5%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 15% 26% 8% 8% 7% 8% 6% 10%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 18% 24% 13% 9% 7% 7% 7% 6% 9%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 47% 27% 18% 8%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.6% UV:0.5%
x264: kb/s:1998.79
=====Stream End=======================================================================
=====Stream Start=====================================================================
Multithreaded optimizations: On
Base resolution: 1920x1080
Output resolution: 1280x720
------------------------------------------
Loading up D3D10...
Playback device Default
------------------------------------------
Using desktop audio input: Lautsprecher (Realtek High Definition Audio)
------------------------------------------
Using auxilary audio input: Mikrofon (Realtek High Definition Audio)
------------------------------------------
Audio Encoding: MP3
bitrate: 96
Using bitmap image
Using graphics capture
x264: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX
x264: profile High, level 3.2
------------------------------------------
Video Encoding: x264
fps: 40
width: 1280, height: 720
preset: superfast
CBR: yes
CFR: no
max bitrate: 2000
------------------------------------------
Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
SharedTexCapture hooked
SharedTexCapture hooked
SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
SharedTexCapture hooked
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
New Scene
Using bitmap image
Using Monitor Capture
Total frames rendered: 8267, number of frames that lagged: 13 (0.16%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
Total duplicated frames: 81 (0.98%)
RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
x264: frame I:35 Avg QP:20.14 size:101069
x264: frame P:2204 Avg QP:18.99 size: 12354
x264: frame B:6065 Avg QP:20.40 size: 3490
x264: consecutive B-frames: 2.5% 0.2% 0.5% 96.8%
x264: mb I I16..4: 16.9% 37.8% 45.3%
x264: mb P I16..4: 0.7% 1.2% 0.6% P16..4: 25.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% skip:72.4%
x264: mb B I16..4: 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% B16..8: 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% direct: 3.6% skip:91.2% L0:24.8% L1:66.5% BI: 8.7%
x264: 8x8 transform intra:43.0% inter:30.0%
x264: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 75.9% 65.0% 46.1% inter: 4.3% 4.2% 1.4%
x264: i16 v,h,dc,p: 40% 30% 23% 8%
x264: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 10% 14% 26% 9% 7% 7% 8% 7% 12%
x264: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 15% 24% 14% 9% 8% 7% 8% 6% 10%
x264: i8c dc,h,v,p: 50% 26% 15% 9%
x264: Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.3% UV:0.3%
x264: kb/s:2001.19
=====Stream End=======================================================================

Profiler results:

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frame - [100%] [avg time: 6.818 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 95.6%] [unaccounted: 4.37%]
| scene->Preprocess - [27.1%] [avg time: 1.849 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| video encoding and uploading - [68.5%] [avg time: 4.671 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 15%] [unaccounted: 53.5%]
| | CopyResource - [0.235%] [avg time: 0.016 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.616%] [avg time: 0.042 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
| | call to encoder - [14.1%] [avg time: 0.958 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
| | sending stuff out - [0.132%] [avg time: 0.009 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
==============================================================
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Unfortunately, nothing in the log file indicates any issues with dropped frames, so I'm not sure where the stream lag is coming from.

Couple things I can suggest:

1) Don't watch your stream from the same computer you are streaming from, this will cause performance issues.
2) Try other twitch servers. Amsterdam and London (primary and secondary) are usually pretty good for EU.
3) Try playing in borderless window mode (if possible) and using Window Capture.
4) Lower in game settings a bit

You don't need to mess with the Preset here as that isn't your issue. I definitely do recommend continuing to use CBR, however, and sticking to 720p30fps.
 
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nobosy

New Member
So! First of all thx for your answer.

1) i only watched my stream from another pc.
2) i tried other twitch servers, but it didnt change anything.. i tried like every server for EU
3&4) im playing in borderless with lower graphics settings right now (league of legends, getting about 300fps without vsync)

so the stream is working fine for about 5secs then u have a 2sec lag where the screen freezes... and my ingame latency goes up to 300-500....

do you know what could be wrong? as i believe my hardware should be ok, the internet connection might be the only problem here?

cheers

EDIT: OK i guess it was the server... sorry i didnt try out london secondary, now the stream runs smoothly! only problem is my high ping ingame.. im using the low latency mode, doesnt help though :/ is there any other way to improve that? thx
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Don't use the Automatic Low Latency mode in Advanced settings, use Minimize Network Impact instead under Broadcast Settings.

Automatic Low Latency mode should only be used if you are specifically instructed to, as it can actually make things worse depending on your situation.
 
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