WestsideWax
New Member
Hi, all.
I was hoping a recently upgraded internet connection (now have an ample 50 mbps up) would solve an issue that I experience when I live stream my DJ sets. I'm running my streams at 1920x1080 at 30 fps, 4500 Kbps bitrate with 320 kbps audio. Using a dedicated workstation (i7-2860QM, 16 GB RAM, 2 GB dedicated graphics running nothing but core processes and OBS), a wired connection and Restream to broadcast to Mixcloud, Facebook and Twitch, I can now play straight through with zero dropped frames, with OBS nowhere near maxing out the CPU (typically in the mid 40% range).
Yet I'm still experiencing intermittent audio buffering throughout the recording - random, momentary points where the sound cuts or becomes garbled. If you have a moment to listen what I'm referring to, you can hear it in first minute of audio from a set I played yesterday. The log file is showing errors throughout, presumably in these places.
Before I go to the obvious solution of reducing the bitrate, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to other potential contributing factors that I can examine. I'll reduce video quality before sacrificing audio, but I'd like to see if I can have my cake and eat it, too.
I was hoping a recently upgraded internet connection (now have an ample 50 mbps up) would solve an issue that I experience when I live stream my DJ sets. I'm running my streams at 1920x1080 at 30 fps, 4500 Kbps bitrate with 320 kbps audio. Using a dedicated workstation (i7-2860QM, 16 GB RAM, 2 GB dedicated graphics running nothing but core processes and OBS), a wired connection and Restream to broadcast to Mixcloud, Facebook and Twitch, I can now play straight through with zero dropped frames, with OBS nowhere near maxing out the CPU (typically in the mid 40% range).
Yet I'm still experiencing intermittent audio buffering throughout the recording - random, momentary points where the sound cuts or becomes garbled. If you have a moment to listen what I'm referring to, you can hear it in first minute of audio from a set I played yesterday. The log file is showing errors throughout, presumably in these places.
Before I go to the obvious solution of reducing the bitrate, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to other potential contributing factors that I can examine. I'll reduce video quality before sacrificing audio, but I'd like to see if I can have my cake and eat it, too.