Question / Help Like so many others: my stream has buffer issues.

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Tomzor

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After watching a billion guides on "how to fix this" I figured maybe there's an ACTUAL SOLUTION around.
My setup:
Nvidia GTX 960 2GB
Intel® Core™ i5 4790 3.50 GHz
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600
SSD Crucial BX100 120GB

Just bought this to stream CS:GO. I know it's an FPS game but it doesn't matter WHAT I STREAM it will always buffer after a few secs for the viewer. I've tried changing my bitrate from 1600 to 3500 and inbetween, nothing changes the buffer issue.
(Even when streaming my desktop with nothing else on it will make it buffer for the viewer) I know there's an easy solution for this but I can't think of any and I've played with my settings allot. It's not a resolution/graphic/quality issue, it's clearly some internet-ish I guess.

Make my day please, thanks in advance.

Love,

twitch.tv/tomzorwins
 
noo.. :( I've tried the bitrate thing, and I have streamed flawlessly in the past where at first I had the same problem. I just can't remember or find the guide on how to solve it.
  • Try different servers of the same Provider (will probably not help) X
  • Try a different Provider (might have a better balancing) X
  • Accept that some viewers can encounter problems X
  • Lower your bitrate (and if necessary resolution/framerate) X
^no. As much as I appreciate this guide there's something missing which causes my issue.

* Feel free to get on my teamviewer
 
It is. But like I said the issue is between your isp and twitch. It has nothing going to do with your hardware. The raw speed of your Internet is not the only thing that determines the performance of your stream. It mostlying depends on the route that your Internet traffic takes to get to twitch's servers.
 
I refuse to believe this is the reason since I have streamed before without this issue, + changing servers doesn't change anything which doesn't make sense.
 
Unless you drop frames (as described in the guide linked by rich) it IS a problem with the service you are using, as you are succesfully sending out your stream without errors.
 
AndehX said:
It is. But like I said the issue is between your isp and twitch. It has nothing going to do with your hardware. The raw speed of your Internet is not the only thing that determines the performance of your stream. It mostlying depends on the route that your Internet traffic takes to get to twitch's servers.
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You mean it's a problem between the viewer's isp and twitch.
 
I had the same problem till yesterday. I told myself that I will decrease bitrate until I found a good value. At the beggining I was streaming with 2100 bitrate and 720p, 35fps. Right now I'm using 1650 bitrate, 960x600 (downscaled lanczos) and 35fps. I also stream cs:go as you. I saw that you have tried 1600 bitrate but maybe you should try 1500 and 480p+ or others lowers value?

In my opinion Twitch works very individually for non partners. There is no rules that if you are non partner you can easy use 2000 bitrate for almost all of your viewers... Of course when I was using 2100 some of my viewers could watch my stream without any problems. Unfortunately most of them couldn't that's why I decreased my bitrate so much. As I said I also decreased resolution of my stream to keep as much as it is possible pretty good quality.
 
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It's probably better if you keep to a uniform standard fps like 30 or 60. Random numbers 35 40 and 45 fps seem weird to me. I don't know of any streamers that use odd values like that
 
Actually they do. 45fps feels exactly like 60fps stream/video on youtube but it does use less cpu resource. It's good solution ;)
 
Kepasa said:
I had the same problem till yesterday. I told myself that I will decrease bitrate until I found a good value. At the beggining I was streaming with 2100 bitrate and 720p, 35fps. Right now I'm using 1650 bitrate, 960x600 (downscaled lanczos) and 35fps. I also stream cs:go as you. I saw that you have tried 1600 bitrate but maybe you should try 1500 and 480p+ or others lowers value?

In my opinion Twitch works very individually for non partners. There is no rules that if you are non partner you can easy use 2000 bitrate for almost all of your viewers... Of course when I was using 2100 some of my viewers could watch my stream without any problems. Unfortunately most of them couldn't that's why I decreased my bitrate so much. As I said I also decreased resolution of my stream to keep as much as it is possible pretty good quality.
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Thanks man ! I'll test it, all tho my downscaled resolution was already at 1280x720 ? But I'll try to play with the fps thing.
EDIT: nvm :( had everything on lowest already. 1400 bitrate, downscale 960x540, fps 30.
 
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okay heres the solution ... get lucky with your ingest server and the way twitch is routing everything on days with events and top streamers online you stand no chance other than watch the circle spin its rounds on other days its working perfectly fine

this has been an issue for over 1 year and it only happens on twitch and not any other streaming service so yes IT IS TWITCH and all you can do is make it as easy as possible for twitch meaning literally 500bitrate 360p even then you can have buffer issues. your only way to solve your probelm is either getting partnered, lucky or changing the streaming site
 
@Tomzor Sorry man that I couldn't help. If it makes you a little hapier. Yesterday "one" literally "one" of my viewers had a "cricle loading". There is something more. He had never had "cricle loading" till yestarday :) #twitch <3
 
@Kepasa Thanks tho! It made a lot of sense what you suggested. All we can do is blame Twitch from here on.

Btw, do Turbo-users have more streaming-broadband by any chance? Or is it only for watching streams ... my last tiny attempt.
 
Streaming with 1000 bitrate and no buffers. Obv the quality isn't worth watching but, it's something. Twitch.tv/Tomzorwins.
Thanks guys!
 
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