Question / Help High ping while streaming

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ModzMethod

New Member
Hello

I'd very like to stream, but when I do my ping increases to around 200-300 ms, with that ping I won't be able to stream LoL.
Here's my connection:

I've setted max bitrate to 300, but nothing, still lagging as hell. If I decrease it the stream will get pixelated.

Any help won't hurt anyone.

Regards,

ModzMethod
 
Wolfbane

Wolfbane

Member
U prob should not stream if you have an upload of 0.52 MB, and Speedtest.net is not the best way to test your upload speed.

Go here
http://testmy.net/upload and press "SELECT TEST SIZE" set it to 33MB, and then do the test to find out your actually upload speed.

Then it matters a lot what kind of Hardware you have, some lagg can be because you are trying to stream a game that takes a lot of your CPU/GPU and your computer cant handle playing the game AND streaming it.

So, best is prob to give your hardware info, what game your trying to stream and your settings in OBS.

But still in the end, streaming a game with 0.5 MB... is not really the best idea.
 
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godlesas

New Member
I think the lack of upload speed brings these problems. There's just no enough upload speed. Try turning CBR on so your bitrate stays at 300kbps. It shouldn't spike that much but it may get blurry sometimes.
 
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WayZHC

Member
Run this test at 6-33MB like Wolfbane mentioned before http://testmy.net/upload It gives the real speed of your connection. Speedtest tests the upload speed with a 256KB file... which really lightweight and gives you only the max speed/bandwidth. Not the real CONSTANT speed/bandwidth. That 0.52M is your max but it doesn't tell your min which can be like half of that. And always when talking about streaming, the settings should be set while looking at the min speed of your connection.

300Kbps video + 128Kbps audio will eat up even all the max bandwidth already since game also needs 100-150Kbps. You run out of bandwidth which causes the huge ping.

Upgrade your connection or forget about streaming. :/
 
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Kharay

Member
No, there is a certain minimum amount of upload required to stream. Your upload simply is insufficient to play an online game while simultaneously streaming that said. Even at very low resolutions and bitrates, streaming still does cost bandwidth and unfortunately, so does LoL.

Just to see what it would be like, roughly... I took a stab at maintaining ~300kbps in DOTA2.

And here is the result -- http://www.twitch.tv/kharay1977/b/429097245

It is completely unwatchable but it does roughly maintain 300 kbps. And it is about the best you could expect, quality wise.
 
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