Question / Help I could stream 1080p/60FPS just fin earlier this year.

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SquareMonocle

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As the title states, earlier this year I could stream 1080p 3500 @ 60FPS but ever since around April-June whenever I try to stream in 1080p/60FPS my ping goes crazy, jumping into the 140s and higher sometimes, before April-June this never happened and my ping stayed at it's normal 70-80. Now I can only stream in 720p 60FPS and even then my ping jumps up into the 100s-110s which actually is fine to me I can control that but my question still stands, why is this happening?
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

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Speedtest sites are next to worthless for livestreamers. They test multi-link TCP (or UDP) transfers of 'dead files'. Livestreaming uses a single-link TCP connection that can only be run at your minimum reliable bitrate.

Network fluctuation is absolutely a thing. It sounds like yours can no longer sustain 3500kbps on a single-link connection at this time. You'll have to dial it back to cope with what your ISP and the intermediate route between you and your streaming ingest can provide. This is not something you can fix by changing the OBS settings, this is an alteration in what your network transport can provide, even if you didn't change anything on your end. You just have to deal with what you can get.

Also, 3500kbps is RIDICULOUSLY too low for 1080@60 without it being an utterly unwatchable, pixellated hot mess, unless you're streaming something ultra low motion like Hearthstone or Roller Coaster Tycoon.
 
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SquareMonocle

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FerretBomb said:
Speedtest sites are next to worthless for livestreamers. They test multi-link TCP (or UDP) transfers of 'dead files'. Livestreaming uses a single-link TCP connection that can only be run at your minimum reliable bitrate.

Network fluctuation is absolutely a thing. It sounds like yours can no longer sustain 3500kbps on a single-link connection at this time. You'll have to dial it back to cope with what your ISP and the intermediate route between you and your streaming ingest can provide. This is not something you can fix by changing the OBS settings, this is an alteration in what your network transport can provide, even if you didn't change anything on your end. You just have to deal with what you can get.

Also, 3500kbps is RIDICULOUSLY too low for 1080@60 without it being an utterly unwatchable, pixellated hot mess, unless you're streaming something ultra low motion like Hearthstone or Roller Coaster Tycoon.
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I've streamed at 1750/3500 1080p@45/48/60 since like.... 2012 and it has always looked fine in League, which is what I primarily stream. Destiny streams SC2 at 1080p/1440p 60 FPS @ 4000 and it looks fine, as long as your CPU/GPU and or OBS settings are actually garbage your stream will look fine at 3500~
 
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