Question / Help How do I reduce Twitch Stream Delay?

Aidenx

New Member
Hi,

As the title suggests, I've been doing a lot of research on how to reduce my twitch stream delay. I currently have a single PC setup with i7 - 6700k @ 4.2 HZ + GTX 970 Nvidia and for some reason, I get a 15 - 25 seconds delay when I stream a game like Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

When I stream, I typically have my twitch dashboard opened in a separate monitor so I can look at the chat. After several minutes, my live stream on my dashboard would lag and the gameplay would be about 20-30 seconds behind what my real time actions are happening. This also happens with chat interaction where someone could be making a comment or asking a question and my responses are also delayed by a similar amount of time.

I know there will always be a delay, that's done on purpose with Twitch. But I do not have the same delay when I stream other games like World of Warcraft or League of Legends. In fact, I could stream these games at 1080p, 5k bitrate and even faster CPU speed for higher quality, the delay is probably 5-7 seconds (almost near-realtime).

So what I'm trying to figure out is how to reduce the delay when I stream games like Assassin's Creed Syndicate closer to that real-time. I am streaming this more CPU intensive game at 720p only and 3.5k bitrate.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
 

BK-Morpheus

Active Member
It's possible, that the CPU and GPU load will have an negative impact on your stream delay and that this additional delay is only present on your own browser and not for your viewers.

As it's recommended to NOT view your own stream while you are streaming, I suggest you pop out your chat window and close the stream/dashboard or get some thing like "chatty" for these things.
 

Aidenx

New Member
Good recommendations.

Is there a way for me to see who are the viewers that are popping into the channel? Often I'll get a few viewers in but they won't always say anything so I may not necessarily catch them to say a hello, thanks for dropping by sort of deal.
 

BK-Morpheus

Active Member
With Chatty you can see and interact with the chat, ban/kick, update stream title and game, view how many people are in chat and how many viewers are watching (indicated in upper left corner).
So with chatty I have every thing I need.
 

Jesse Halteman

New Member
So what I'm trying to figure out is how to reduce the delay when I stream games like Assassin's Creed Syndicate closer to that real-time. I am streaming this more CPU intensive game at 720p only and 3.5k bitrate.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Did you ever get this figured out? I’m having the same problem. Bitrate at 4K and streaming at 720p and I still get like a 20-25 second delay.
 
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