Question / Help Live streaming to YouTube, always "Bad" status - What am I doing wrong?

[Vinterbird]

This is what I am seeing when streaming most of the time out of our office for work webinars.

Our internet is around 90/90mb/s, so connection speed is not an issue and I've cleared with IT that the streaming computer is not behind any kind of firewall or other blocks. Yet YouTube keeps saying we aren't feeding it enough information.

I've set OBS to send 6000kbp/s and YouTube to recieve the same amount, and I've tried everything I could Google myself too, and yet I am getting a "Bad" status from YouTube.

Does anyone have any experience dealing with this kind of issue?



Log from OBS is attached (also here - https://gist.github.com/anonymous/0e25d0f1e9f1e7fa3b4496b830d0f4d0) , please note that I changed the settings for streaming so actual streaming settings are found at line 300 and forward.

 

[Harold]

Bitrate in the bottom bar of OBS?

 

[Vinterbird]

Bitrate in the bottom bar of OBS?

It moved between 5500 and the highest I saw was 7000 at one point. But generally it hovers at around 6000-6200 when streaming.

 

[Vinterbird]

If anyone else has any kind of idea how to fix this issue, it would be greatly appriciated.

 

[Simes]

Output 'simple_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 3213 (2.1%)

Could be that your system isn't quite up to the job you're asking it to do. What if you test at a lower bitrate, or at 720p instead of 1080p?

 

[Vinterbird]

Output 'simple_stream': Number of skipped frames due to encoding lag: 3213 (2.1%)

Could be that your system isn't quite up to the job you're asking it to do. What if you test at a lower bitrate, or at 720p instead of 1080p?

I've not had issues at 720p with the recommended YouTube bitrate (I think they recommend 4000 at 720). But I really want to push toward a 1080p image. Do I need to upgrade the hardware in order to get there without issue?

 

[sam686]

for 1080p, you may set preset to SuperFast to reduce encoder lag.

Try speed testing your internet using a website like speedtest.net, and show us your upload speed.

 

[Vinterbird]

for 1080p, you may set preset to SuperFast to reduce encoder lag.

Try speed testing your internet using a website like speedtest.net, and show us your upload speed.

Will try out with Superfast.

Internet speed:

Also:

Should I set the encoder to be x264 or the Nvidia hardware encoder? What is generally seen as the better option?

 

[sam686]

You may try hardware encoders like intel QuickSync or NVENC.

QuickSync may have quality then NVENC, except for old intel Sandy Bridge CPU.
At least one user that have tested this, comparing both with x264 at VeryFast and UltraFast, but not SuperFast. https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-benchmarking-1080p-60fps-cpu-vs-nvenc-vs-quick-sync.15963/