I am new to streaming and I am also not very familiar with computer language overall.
I have read a few guides and I was able to get my stream working but it was in a crazy (4:3 I think) ratio.
I came up with a way to fix it by messing around with my resolution.
The game I am trying to stream is Guild Wars 2.
I used the Stream Settings Estimator but I'm not sure if my choice for graphics card is correct or not because what mine is was not listed as an option. My graphics card is: ATI Radeon HD 5570. I think... Once again I'm not sure that I am doing any of this correctly.
Now that my screen appears as I would like it to on my stream, I attempted to use a "lock to front" program that would place the pop-out chat from Twitch.tv over my screen.
After doing this, everything broke. Almost every time I try to stream now, my OBS client crashes.
I also don't understand how to change bitrate... or if I can. I googled what it was and how to change it and I'm still lost because when I used the log analyzer,
I got the error:
Bad resolution / FPS / bitrate combination
The combination of settings you are using will likely lead to a low quality stream with artifacting and other problems. Consider either raising your bitrate or lowering your resolution / FPS (qval: 0.017)
I don't know how to do anything that it is telling me to do and I haven't been able to figure it out via my usual internet searching.
If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
Log:
Edit: I figured out why it was blank and took out that part of my message.
Edit: I am also having trouble now because online I read the recommended resolution would be 1280 x 720. I set my scene for that resolution, but when I go into game and start streaming, it is barely showing any of the game. Does my game also need to be running at that resolution? If so, that stops me from being able to use window mode. The resolution I usually use is 1920 x 1080, but I also can't get that to show up properly.
I have read a few guides and I was able to get my stream working but it was in a crazy (4:3 I think) ratio.
I came up with a way to fix it by messing around with my resolution.
The game I am trying to stream is Guild Wars 2.
I used the Stream Settings Estimator but I'm not sure if my choice for graphics card is correct or not because what mine is was not listed as an option. My graphics card is: ATI Radeon HD 5570. I think... Once again I'm not sure that I am doing any of this correctly.
Now that my screen appears as I would like it to on my stream, I attempted to use a "lock to front" program that would place the pop-out chat from Twitch.tv over my screen.
After doing this, everything broke. Almost every time I try to stream now, my OBS client crashes.
I also don't understand how to change bitrate... or if I can. I googled what it was and how to change it and I'm still lost because when I used the log analyzer,
I got the error:
Bad resolution / FPS / bitrate combination
The combination of settings you are using will likely lead to a low quality stream with artifacting and other problems. Consider either raising your bitrate or lowering your resolution / FPS (qval: 0.017)
I don't know how to do anything that it is telling me to do and I haven't been able to figure it out via my usual internet searching.
If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it.
Log:
11:09:12: Open Broadcaster Software v0.583b - 64bit ( ^ω^)
11:09:12: -------------------------------
11:09:12: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz
11:09:12: CPU Speed: 2793MHz
11:09:12: Physical Memory: 4055MB Total, 1275MB Free
11:09:12: stepping id: 5, model 30, family 6, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
11:09:12: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
11:09:12: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
11:09:12: Aero is Enabled
11:09:12: -------------------------------
11:09:12: OBS Modules:
11:09:12: Base Address Module
11:09:12: 000000003F350000 OBS.exe
11:09:12: 00000000E4750000 OBSApi.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F3DB0000 DShowPlugin.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F5730000 GraphicsCapture.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F5BB0000 NoiseGate.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F3D70000 PSVPlugin.dll
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Adapter 1
11:09:12: Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5570
11:09:12: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1067286528
11:09:12: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 1857593344
11:09:12: Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
11:09:12: =====Stream Start: 2013-11-04, 11:09:12===============================================
11:09:12: Multithreaded optimizations: On
11:09:12: Base resolution: 1910x1010
11:09:12: Output resolution: 1908x1010
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Loading up D3D10 on ATI Radeon HD 5570...
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Audio Format: 48000hz
11:09:12: Playback device Default
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Audio Encoding: AAC
11:09:12: bitrate: 128
11:09:12: Using Window Capture
11:09:12: Scene buffering time set to 700
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Video Encoding: x264
11:09:12: fps: 30
11:09:12: width: 1908, height: 1010
11:09:12: preset: veryfast
11:09:12: profile: high
11:09:12: keyint: 60
11:09:12: CBR: yes
11:09:12: CFR: yes
11:09:12: max bitrate: 1000
11:09:12: buffer size: 1000
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 384000, samples per sec is 48000
11:09:12: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
11:09:15: Total frames encoded: 0, total frames duplicated: 0 (-1.#J%)
11:09:19: Total frames rendered: 1, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
11:09:19:
11:09:19: Profiler time results:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 6528.01 ms] [children: 99.8%] [unaccounted: 0.25%]
11:09:19: | scene->Preprocess - [99.7%] [avg time: 6511.47 ms]
11:09:19: | GPU download and conversion - [0.0036%] [avg time: 0.235 ms] [children: 0.00357%] [unaccounted: 3.06e-005%]
11:09:19: | | flush - [0.00357%] [avg time: 0.233 ms]
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: Profiler CPU results:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 31.2 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 31.2 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19:
11:09:19: =====Stream End: 2013-11-04, 11:09:19=================================================
11:09:12: -------------------------------
11:09:12: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz
11:09:12: CPU Speed: 2793MHz
11:09:12: Physical Memory: 4055MB Total, 1275MB Free
11:09:12: stepping id: 5, model 30, family 6, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
11:09:12: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
11:09:12: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
11:09:12: Aero is Enabled
11:09:12: -------------------------------
11:09:12: OBS Modules:
11:09:12: Base Address Module
11:09:12: 000000003F350000 OBS.exe
11:09:12: 00000000E4750000 OBSApi.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F3DB0000 DShowPlugin.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F5730000 GraphicsCapture.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F5BB0000 NoiseGate.dll
11:09:12: 00000000F3D70000 PSVPlugin.dll
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Adapter 1
11:09:12: Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5570
11:09:12: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1067286528
11:09:12: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 1857593344
11:09:12: Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
11:09:12: =====Stream Start: 2013-11-04, 11:09:12===============================================
11:09:12: Multithreaded optimizations: On
11:09:12: Base resolution: 1910x1010
11:09:12: Output resolution: 1908x1010
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Loading up D3D10 on ATI Radeon HD 5570...
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Audio Format: 48000hz
11:09:12: Playback device Default
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Audio Encoding: AAC
11:09:12: bitrate: 128
11:09:12: Using Window Capture
11:09:12: Scene buffering time set to 700
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: Video Encoding: x264
11:09:12: fps: 30
11:09:12: width: 1908, height: 1010
11:09:12: preset: veryfast
11:09:12: profile: high
11:09:12: keyint: 60
11:09:12: CBR: yes
11:09:12: CFR: yes
11:09:12: max bitrate: 1000
11:09:12: buffer size: 1000
11:09:12: ------------------------------------------
11:09:12: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 384000, samples per sec is 48000
11:09:12: MMDeviceAudioSource: Frequency for device 'Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)' is 352800, samples per sec is 44100
11:09:15: Total frames encoded: 0, total frames duplicated: 0 (-1.#J%)
11:09:19: Total frames rendered: 1, number of late frames: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to be late)
11:09:19:
11:09:19: Profiler time results:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19: video thread frame - [100%] [avg time: 6528.01 ms] [children: 99.8%] [unaccounted: 0.25%]
11:09:19: | scene->Preprocess - [99.7%] [avg time: 6511.47 ms]
11:09:19: | GPU download and conversion - [0.0036%] [avg time: 0.235 ms] [children: 0.00357%] [unaccounted: 3.06e-005%]
11:09:19: | | flush - [0.00357%] [avg time: 0.233 ms]
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: Profiler CPU results:
11:09:19:
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19: video thread frame - [cpu time: avg 31.2 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | scene->Preprocess - [cpu time: avg 31.2 ms, total 31.2 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | GPU download and conversion - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: | | flush - [cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
11:09:19: ==============================================================
11:09:19:
11:09:19: =====Stream End: 2013-11-04, 11:09:19=================================================
Edit: I figured out why it was blank and took out that part of my message.
Edit: I am also having trouble now because online I read the recommended resolution would be 1280 x 720. I set my scene for that resolution, but when I go into game and start streaming, it is barely showing any of the game. Does my game also need to be running at that resolution? If so, that stops me from being able to use window mode. The resolution I usually use is 1920 x 1080, but I also can't get that to show up properly.