Question / Help Lagging stream - need help :(

[Ninsew]

Hi there guys,

I've been streaming a bit for a while, chillin' at 10 or w/e viewers, HOWEVER
last week I've been at 80-100, topping at 120 viewers, so I'm planning on streaming a bit more seriously.

Graphic Card - AMD Radeon HD 6870
RAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1666MHz
CPU - i5 3770k @ 4.2GHz

People are complaining about some freezelag, so I'd like to tweak my settings a bit. I tried but looks like only made it worse.

Here's a log of my recent broadcast, to show settings: http://pastebin.com/4cj2G8A5

So, I'd like any tips or tricks to help reducing the lag, but keeping the quality. I'm fine with 720p IF it's really clear and totally lagfree, but I'd love to make a 1080p stream (worked before for me, though installed a new Windows copy so I lost the settings).

Mostly I'm streaming WoW with Skype, Mumble and some websites up.

ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED

 

[dodgepong]

Don't stream at such a high bit rate. Twitch doesn't like it when you stream at higher than 3500, and high bit rates like that make it even harder for people to watch because they can't download fast enough to watch.

 

[Ninsew]

Don't stream at such a high bit rate. Twitch doesn't like it when you stream at higher than 3500, and high bit rates like that make it even harder for people to watch because they can't download fast enough to watch.

So basically lowering bitrate is the only thing I should do? Then how much should I lower it to? :)

 

[Krazy]

3000 bitrate CBR should be sufficient on Fast preset for 720p30fps. You still might have people complain about lag, but it will be much less than with 5000 bitrate.