Question / Help Stream is Choppy when streaming Dark Souls 2

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TheCombatWombat

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DryRoastedLemon said:
No, if it's just the chat, there really shouldn't be any problems. Flash tends to be very power-hungry, but if you don't have any Flash players open (that is, you're not previewing your own stream in a browser) that can't be the source of your problems.

In that case, I don't know. Actually, now that I think about it, are you using GeDoSaTo to render DS2 at a higher resolution? On my system that is particularly taxing.
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No I downloaded it and didnt really think it made a difference. So I uninstalled it.
 
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DryRoastedLemon

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When you're streaming, check your task manager in Windows. How much of your CPU is being used? Are there any other processes taking a lot of CPU other than OBS and DS2?
 
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DryRoastedLemon

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Performance might increase slightly when you're using the 64 bits version, but running the 32 bits executable shouldn't have that big of an influence on your performance. You can always try, though.
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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The log looks fine, so OBS is running fine. Is the hit to your FPS really that big? The only way you're going to have no performance impact is to get a 2-PC streaming setup.
 
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DryRoastedLemon

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It's kind of odd. Have you installed the latest version of your graphics driver? Because if you're getting 40 FPS in-game while streaming, your computer is performing subpar. I have an i5 750 and a AMD HD 7850, and I'm getting 60 FPS in Dark Souls 2, even when streaming.
 
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TheCombatWombat

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DryRoastedLemon said:
It's kind of odd. Have you installed the latest version of your graphics driver? Because if you're getting 40 FPS in-game while streaming, your computer is performing subpar. I have an i5 750 and a AMD HD 7850, and I'm getting 60 FPS in Dark Souls 2, even when streaming.
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Yes, I am. I capped it at 40 FPS using OBS. But I get WAY more than 60 without streaming and with it I can cap at 60 and it will stay there. The problem I am having is choppiness when streaming.
 
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TheCombatWombat

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DryRoastedLemon said:
It's kind of odd. Have you installed the latest version of your graphics driver? Because if you're getting 40 FPS in-game while streaming, your computer is performing subpar. I have an i5 750 and a AMD HD 7850, and I'm getting 60 FPS in Dark Souls 2, even when streaming.
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Maybe something is wrong with my graphics card. I also got choppiness in League of Legends for a long time. Maybe I should think of getting a 780 or something
 
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DryRoastedLemon

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Maybe I should think of getting a 780 or something
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Please, save your money. The 770 is a high-end graphics card. Tom's Hardware places your graphics card three tiers higher than mine. Upgrading from a 770 to a 780 will be an absolute waste of money (upgrading to something that is one tier higher is mostly a waste of money). Especially if you're considering buying it for a game such as LoL, which your card already is massively overpowered for to begin with.

So, let me get this straight. When you're streaming, the in-game framerate gets capped to whatever framerate you set up in OBS? That is very strange, as OBS shouldn't be capping framerates at all (I stream at 30FPS, but play at 60). Can you comment on this, Dodgepong?
 
dodgepong

dodgepong

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OBS does not cap frame rate like a program like FRAPS does. I don't think the GPU is the problem.

I see you're only streaming at 1300kbps. Is that an internet issue? Because that is much too low for 720p to look any good.

You can probably increase your quality and lower your system impact by downscaling to 480p or 540p and lowering your frame rate to 30fps, which is more appropriate for 1300kbps.
 
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TheCombatWombat

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dodgepong said:
OBS does not cap frame rate like a program like FRAPS does. I don't think the GPU is the problem.

I see you're only streaming at 1300kbps. Is that an internet issue? Because that is much too low for 720p to look any good.

You can probably increase your quality and lower your system impact by downscaling to 480p or 540p and lowering your frame rate to 30fps, which is more appropriate for 1300kbps.
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Judging by my internet, what do you think I should have the bitrate and FPS at?
 
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DryRoastedLemon

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According to your first post, you have about 3.2Mbit/s upstream. You could potentially stream at 2000-2500 kbits, if your internet is stable enough. You could try and fiddle around with lower quality settings as Dodgepong suggested, though. It's a good way to find out if anything changes.

I'm just a bit puzzled by this. Something is causing a framecap in your situation, and I'm not sure what it is.

This is just an odd idea, but could you perhaps go into Start > Run, and run dxdiag? Then click on Save all information. It will save a lot of info about your computer into a text file. Copy and paste the contents of that textfile on Pastebin.com and post a link of it here. I have no idea it'll be helpful, but I can at least take a look.
 
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TheCombatWombat

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DryRoastedLemon said:
According to your first post, you have about 3.2Mbit/s upstream. You could potentially stream at 2000-2500 kbits, if your internet is stable enough. You could try and fiddle around with lower quality settings as Dodgepong suggested, though. It's a good way to find out if anything changes.

I'm just a bit puzzled by this. Something is causing a framecap in your situation, and I'm not sure what it is.

This is just an odd idea, but could you perhaps go into Start > Run, and run dxdiag? Then click on Save all information. It will save a lot of info about your computer into a text file. Copy and paste the contents of that textfile on Pastebin.com and post a link of it here. I have no idea it'll be helpful, but I can at least take a look.
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http://pastebin.com/2H0NMS3b
 
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