Question / Help Need help with my stream!

[UndeadCreepshow]

I'm having a few issues when i am streaming to twitch. I like to play/stream games such as CS: GO and other shooting games. I was streaming CS: GO last night and my colored network bar on OBS kept going all crazy from green to yellow and to red and was never really constantly one color also my stream kept dropping every few minutes. I used the settings it recommended to me in the OBS Estimator and it doesn't seem to be working too well.

I have an AMD Athlon 2 635 Quad Core @ 3Ghz, 4 Gigs of Ram, Radeon HD 5870 and also running on Windows 7 64bit. I ran a speed test on testmy.net and my upload speed was 4 Mbps. This is the settings that OBS recommended to me:


CPU Advice

Set FPS to 25


Game Advice

Try to aim for the highest bitrate possible for high motion games
Use game capture if possible for maximum performance.
Use window capture with Aero enabled if game capture is unavailable.


Network Advice

Your upload speed is sufficient for 720p / 1080p
Enable CFR for compatibility with streaming services
Enable CBR for improved stream stability
Recommended max bitrate: 3000
Recommended buffer size: 3000


I see my bitrate on OBS going between 2800 and 3500 while the colored network bar is going all crazy if that helps any. Also should i be using a custom buffer size over not using one? Any help is appreciated, thanks :)

 

[Sapiens]

Posting your actual log file here would help - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7144

The color indicator is showing your connection to the ingest server. If it's constantly changing colors and OBS is reporting dropped frames, see this thread for suggestions - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8870

 

[UndeadCreepshow]

Yeah i have already read all that lol I always try to do as much stuff as i can myself before posting anywhere

 

[dodgepong]

You read the posts, but could you actually post the log file? That would really help.

 

[UndeadCreepshow]

Sure. Here is my log from the day i was streaming and didn't seem to have good network stability. http://pastebin.com/pAFK14uu

 

[Sapiens]

You appear to be using the Twitch.tv default/load balancing server in San Francisco, which is typically the worst one. Like the dropped frames thread suggested, please try other ingest servers. You can use a program like JTVPing http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmes ... _id=326034 to get an idea which ones you have a good connection to.

 

[UndeadCreepshow]

weird i checked the server in OBS itself and it shows the Ashburn, VA was selected which is the one i always use cause it has the best ms. Also where in the log do you see San Francisco server?

 

[UndeadCreepshow]

What do you think dodgepong? Do my settings seem okay to you?

 

[dodgepong]

23:50:39: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
23:50:39: Server selection: rtmp://live.justin.tv/app

That's where it says you're using the default service. Maybe you didn't post a recent log?

Your settings seem mostly fine. Don't use a custom buffer size, and don't worry about the bit rate in the corner fluctuating. As long as you aren't dropping frames, you're fine.