Question / Help New streamer, just couple of questions :D

[Mztickle]

Hey guys,

My brother streams and helped me set it up for my PC. But his PC is pretty beast and although mine isn't bad, I just have a couple of questions....

I'm playing World of Warcraft, in windowed mode and on High graphics settings. My sound seems to have an echo, it's only really noticeable on the louder noises/voices. Obviously something is wrong with my sound settings, I just have no clue what though.

Secondly, I did change the settings after this, to 1920x1080 without any resolution downscale. I wanted better quality but haven't tested it in a stressed in-game environment yet. I also dropped the FPS back to 25 - maybe I could increase this too?

Here's a log:

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12:04:39: Open Broadcaster Software v0.571b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
12:04:39: -------------------------------
12:04:39: CPU Name: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
12:04:39: CPU Speed: 4018MHz
12:04:39: Physical Memory: 4095MB Total, 4095MB Free
12:04:39: stepping id: 0, model 2, family 15, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 3, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
12:04:39: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
12:04:39: Windows Version: 6.2 Build 9200
12:04:39: Aero is Enabled
12:04:39: -------------------------------
12:04:39: OBS Modules:
12:04:39: Base Address Module
12:04:39: 003D0000 OBS.exe
12:04:39: 67B20000 OBSApi.dll
12:04:39: 6A980000 DShowPlugin.dll
12:04:39: 70410000 GraphicsCapture.dll
12:04:39: 6A140000 NoiseGate.dll
12:04:39: 6A120000 PSVPlugin.dll
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Adapter 1
12:04:39: Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
12:04:39: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2128814080
12:04:39: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 2166087680
12:04:39: =====Stream Start: 2013-10-09, 12:04:39===============================================
12:04:39: Multithreaded optimizations: On
12:04:39: Base resolution: 1920x1080
12:04:39: Output resolution: 1280x720
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Loading up D3D10 on AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series...
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Audio Format: 48000hz
12:04:39: Playback device Default
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (VIA High Definition Audio)
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Audio Encoding: AAC
12:04:39: bitrate: 128
12:04:39: Using graphics capture
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: Video Encoding: x264
12:04:39: fps: 40
12:04:39: width: 1280, height: 720
12:04:39: preset: veryfast
12:04:39: profile: high
12:04:39: keyint: 80
12:04:39: CBR: yes
12:04:39: CFR: no
12:04:39: max bitrate: 3500
12:04:39: buffer size: 3500
12:04:39: ------------------------------------------
12:04:39: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Speakers (VIA High Definition Audio)' is 384000, samples per sec is 48000
12:04:39: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Microphone (VIA High Definition Audio)' is 384000, samples per sec is 48000
12:04:39: SharedTexCapture hooked
12:04:41: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
12:04:41: Server selection: rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app
12:04:41: Interface: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (ethernet, 1000 mbps)
12:04:42: Completed handshake with rtmp://live-fra.justin.tv/app in 655 ms.
12:04:43: SO_SNDBUF was at 65536
12:04:43: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
12:04:44: RTMPPublisher::Socketloop: Increasing send buffer to ISB 131072 (buffer: 45003 / 463872)
12:04:45: RTMPPublisher::Socketloop: Increasing send buffer to ISB 262144 (buffer: 14479 / 463872)
12:04:47: RTMPPublisher::Socketloop: Increasing send buffer to ISB 524288 (buffer: 0 / 463872)
12:05:02: GraphicsCaptureSource::NewCapture: eliminating old capture
12:05:02: SharedTexCapture hooked
12:06:43: GraphicsCaptureSource::NewCapture: eliminating old capture
12:06:43: SharedTexCapture hooked
12:23:02: Total frames encoded: 44094, total frames duplicated: 0 (0.00%)
12:23:02: Total frames rendered: 44099, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
12:23:02: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Graceful loop exit
12:23:03: Average send payload: 6720 bytes, average send interval: 14 ms
12:23:03: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
12:23:03: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
12:23:03: Number of bytes sent: 499771324
12:23:03:
12:23:03: Profiler time results:
12:23:03:
12:23:03: ==============================================================
12:23:03: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 0.826 ms] [children: 0.484%] [unaccounted: 99.5%]
12:23:03: | scene->Preprocess - [0.484%] [avg time: 0.004 ms]
12:23:03: GPU download and conversion - [100%] [avg time: 0.37 ms] [children: 92.2%] [unaccounted: 7.84%]
12:23:03: | flush - [84.3%] [avg time: 0.312 ms]
12:23:03: | CopyResource - [5.41%] [avg time: 0.02 ms]
12:23:03: | conversion to 4:2:0 - [2.43%] [avg time: 0.009 ms]
12:23:03: Convert444Threads - [100%] [avg time: 1.51 ms] [children: 99.1%] [unaccounted: 0.861%]
12:23:03: | Convert444toNV12 - [99.1%] [avg time: 1.497 ms]
12:23:03: encoder thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.522 ms]
12:23:03: ==============================================================
12:23:03:
12:23:03:
12:23:03: Profiler CPU results:
12:23:03:
12:23:03: ==============================================================
12:23:03: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 0.252 ms, total 11122.9 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 15.6 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0.113 ms, total 5007.63 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: | flush - [cpu time: avg 0.076 ms, total 3385.22 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: | CopyResource - [cpu time: avg 0.013 ms, total 577.205 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: | conversion to 4:2:0 - [cpu time: avg 0.005 ms, total 234.002 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: Convert444Threads - [cpu time: avg 1.451 ms, total 127952 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
12:23:03: | Convert444toNV12 - [cpu time: avg 1.442 ms, total 127110 ms] [avg calls per frame: 2]
12:23:03: encoder thread frame - [cpu time: avg 1.966 ms, total 86643 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
12:23:03: ==============================================================
12:23:03:
12:23:03: =====Stream End: 2013-10-09, 12:23:03=================================================


Last game capture log:
2013-10-09, 12:04:39: we're booting up:
12:04:39: D3D9 Present
12:04:39: DXGI Present
12:04:39: (half life scientist) everything.. seems to be in order
12:04:39: DXGI: Found D3D 11
12:04:39: setting up d3d11 data
12:04:39: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------
12:04:39: found dxgi format (dx11) of: 28, size: {1776, 999}, multisampled: true
12:04:39: DoD3D11Hook: success
12:04:39: successfully capturing d3d11 frames via GPU
12:05:02: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------
12:05:02: DXGI: Found D3D 11
12:05:02: setting up d3d11 data
12:05:02: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------
12:05:02: found dxgi format (dx11) of: 28, size: {1920, 1017}, multisampled: true
12:05:02: DoD3D11Hook: success
12:05:02: successfully capturing d3d11 frames via GPU
12:06:42: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------
12:06:43: DXGI: Found D3D 11
12:06:43: setting up d3d11 data
12:06:43: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------
12:06:43: DoD3D11Hook: success
12:06:43: successfully capturing d3d11 frames via GPU
12:23:02: stop requested, terminating d3d11 capture
12:23:02: ---------------------- Cleared D3D11 Capture ----------------------

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :D

 

[dodgepong]

Can you post a video example of the echo? You're not watching your stream unmuted while streaming, are you?

As for the higher resolution, I think viewers would prefer a better framerate than a higher resolution. If you can't stream at 1080p30, then I would drop to 720p30 rather than 1080p25.

 

[Mztickle]

Hey and thanks for the quick reply.

Here's one video highlight http://www.twitch.tv/mztickle/c/3057371. However my brother listened and couldn't hear the echo's! I can though, specifically at 3.36 where a voice says something - it repeats again at 3.38 and 3.46. And yep! I did have the stream window open while recording, so my bad. However, would that cause it to echo 3/4 times? I will try stream again later and test it.

Will also try streaming 1080/30 fps see how that works for me.

Thanks again :D

 

[dodgepong]

If your stream is open and not muted, then your computer will pick it up and play it back again over and over until it disappears.

 

[Mztickle]

Ahh I see! I won't do that again then :p

Thanks again. I'll try streaming over the weekend and am hoping my PC can handle 1080/30 :D