Question / Help is 5mbps upload good enough for streaming 720p?

[keagan]

currently have 5mbps upload but still am loosing quite a bit of frames, im pretty sure nothing is wrong with my pc and im just wondering if my upload is good enough or should i upgrade?
https://gist.github.com/ef73932f54d1a445b5458cdcdfa6baab

 

[Boildown]

5Mbps should be more than enough, especially when you're only streaming at 1700kbps. But your log says:

10:30:42.358: Output 'simple_stream': Number of dropped frames due to insufficient bandwidth/connection stalls: 129 (10.7%)

10% dropped frames is bad. Although, you streamed for less than 41 seconds, which isn't a good sample size.

It looks like your connection isn't stable enough for streaming, although the small sample size may have skewed the results.

Make sure no other people/devices are sharing your connection. Read this thread and try what it suggests: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/dropped-frames-disconnecting-lag-read-this-first.8870 . Once you've done that, try a five minute or longer stream of high action gameplay, and post that log file.

 

[keagan]

5Mbps should be more than enough, especially when you're only streaming at 1700kbps. But your log says:


10% dropped frames is bad. Although, you streamed for less than 41 seconds, which isn't a good sample size.

It looks like your connection isn't stable enough for streaming, although the small sample size may have skewed the results.

Make sure no other people/devices are sharing your connection. Read this thread and try what it suggests: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/dropped-frames-disconnecting-lag-read-this-first.8870 . Once you've done that, try a five minute or longer stream of high action gameplay, and post that log file.

appriciate the reply but ive tried everything on that link and no success ive been pretty stumped on why its dropping frames but here is the 5min log https://gist.github.com/646a6e30d8340d352b6ddc0911b8b6f0

 

[Boildown]

Post the results from this part:

Twitch Users: Use this tool to find the server that you have the best bandwidth to, and the max bit rate you can stream to that server at.

 

[keagan]

Post the results from this part:

http://i.imgur.com/ONqOuQa.png

 

[Boildown]

But the instructions say:

Quality: This is a metric which tries to measure the overall stability / quality of the connection based on the rate at which data was sent and the number of re-transmitted packets. It's measured out of 100, and a quality rating of 80 or higher is recommended for a stable stream.

Your internet connection's highest score is only 50ish. That's why you're having problems. You need to solve your internet connection's packet loss / congestion problems and get that score into the 80s before OBS streaming is going to work well.

 

[keagan]

But the instructions say:


Your internet connection's highest score is only 50ish. That's why you're having problems. You need to solve your internet connection's packet loss / congestion problems and get that score into the 80s before OBS streaming is going to work well.

pretty new to this sorry but how could i go about doing that? any help again would be amazing

 

[Boildown]

pretty new to this sorry but how could i go about doing that? any help again would be amazing

First I'd make sure no one else in your household is using the internet, and no other devices either. Basically I'd turn off wireless and make sure only your PC is plugged into your router/firewall. Then test again.

If its still a problem, then you have to take it up with your ISP, tell them you want to stream video out (you're uploading, not viewing Netflix) but the connection you have has too much packet loss. It isn't bandwidth or latency as those numbers in the test look good, so its probably packet loss.