Question / Help OBS + AVermedia Extreme U3

[aJRedi_Ajxlucky13x]

Im having a sort of a weird issue. im wanting to do a Duel pc set up to start here are my specs:

Spoiler: Specs

Gaming PC:

ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 06G-P4-4995-KR 6GB SC+ GAMING w/ACX 2.0+

Corsair Hydro Series™ H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75930K

2 x Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000)

G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000)

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW

Rosewill THOR V2 Black SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Streaming PC:

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W BX80637I53570K

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

Cooler Master i700 - 700W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Bronze Certification

2 x MSI Radeon R9 270X DirectX 11.2 R9 270X GAMING 2G 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support

Now on the way i have this setup is i want the gaming pc to show up on my streaming pc of course by using the OBS video capture card to pick it up. When i do this it comes up at a Red Screen. ive looked at other posts but i havent found anything usefull or helpful to me. BUT this is the weird part when i Switch the Capture card around to where the streaming pc is poping up on my gaming pc (Reversed) and it works. i cant figure out the issue that i have, ive literally step by step done everything mirriors on both pcs. i just can crack why i cant get the setup to work on the streaming pc. Any tips?

 

[FerretBomb]

Post a logfile from the system that is having a problem.

You've left off your motherboard for the streaming PC; most commonly, this happens either with mis-installed drivers, or improper USB 3.0 support. Despite 'universal' being in the name, 3.0 is anything but, and there are a LOT of glitchy problems with it depending on the chipset in use.

More importantly, why the heck are you using an i5 as your streaming PC? The 5930k will stomp it into the ground performance-wise, while both gaming and streaming on the same machine.
A 2PC setup is only worthwhile if your encoding/streaming machine is equally or MORE powerful CPUwise than your gaming system. This is like having a race car, but insisting on towing it around with a broken down Honda Civic. Even worse, you get all the hassles of a 2PC setup, but WORSE performance in the end.
Then again, you're also running mismatched RAM on the 5930 so can't even run it in quad-channel mode. Ouch.

Immediate recommendation would be to swap the GPUs, use the i5 as the gaming rig, and stream from the 5930k. At that point you could probably go to an extremely slow preset, and get great image quality for the bitrate... most current-day gaming isn't going to be CPU-bound enough to overrun the i5 anyway. Also, to either get another 2x4 or 2x8GB DIMM set, preferably the same brand/model, and get that thing into quad-channel mode.

 

[aJRedi_Ajxlucky13x]

See my problem with switching cards is the Gaming pc is Intel and my Streaming PC is AMD i thought i had my MB on there

Spoiler: Mother Board

Asus z77-a LGA 1155 Intel z77 HDMI SATA 6gb/s USB 3.0 ATX intel motherboard

But if you reccomend this so strongly it may just be time to put up my old comp for good. This stream pc wasnt newly built it was my old Build. and my gaming pc is my new build. i was just assuming this would give my old pc a purpose. also the RAM is running in Quad-channel mode. Least thats what the BIOS is telling me.

Maybe ill try to see if my chipset driver needs to be updated. ty for the advice ill Prolly be up and streaming shortly either with or without the duel setup. was just trying to save some years on the new comp since i wont always have a decent budget to build a pc like that.

 

[FerretBomb]

It can't run in quadchannel if you don't have four matched sticks, unless it's doing something weird like not accessing all of the memory on the larger sticks somehow.

You have it listed as the gaming PC as an i7-5930k, and the streaming as an i5-3570k. Both of those are Intel.
Yes, the R9 is AMD, but that doesn't matter as long as it supports the DX10 spec fully, and it does, so it would work fine in the streaming PC with OBS.

It honestly is almost not worth the headache even to use a matched PC as a second encoding machine, much less a significantly weaker and outdated one. Either you want to swap GPUs and game on the i5+980Ti combo, while using the i7-5930k+R9 as your encoding machine, or just dump the i5. Keep it as a spare or sell it off and recoup some of the new-build costs.

I was in the same boat with my old i7-920 and new 5820k build. It's very much a 'wouldn't it be neat if I used this old hardware for something'. I'm using mine as a backup streaming machine in case my new build dies, and for living room casts. But the older machine would just encode worse than doing everything on the new machine. Not to mention taking up more power, making more noise, complicating the setup unnecessarily, and being an additional potential point of failure... especially as aging hardware.

 

[aJRedi_Ajxlucky13x]

ill have to look into it i know 8 is like on reserve or something, didnt think anything of it.
and thx for the advice. its just a shame i have this capture card for almost no reason now. Rip. at the Least if i wanna stream a console game ill have it :3

 

[FerretBomb]

Indeed. I'd actually recommend thinking about returning it if possible; the Extremecap U3 is well known for being buggy and glitchy in the long run; par for the course with all Avermedia junk though, but if you just need it for light duty, should work. Cheers!