Question / Help stream is laggy for slow isp people

[darkfire3814]

Ok so the people i know that have big high stream ISP have no issues with the broadcast on twitch but some that have shitty slow say they the video keeps buffering for them. How do i make it so people with crap isp can still watch?

Video settings 1920 1080 with resolution downscale of 1.5 1280 720 fps 60

i think that im missing out on a lot of viewers because of there own isp speeds. I cant get partner on twitch untill i get a bigger flowing. If im not mistaken once i do then twitch will scale it auto depending on the viewers speeds and what not.

http://pastebin.com/6Gq9yQ6R

 

[FerretBomb]

Yeah, the max recommended bitrate for non-partnered streamers is 2000kbps for this exact reason. 1500 is better, will open your stream up to a lot more viewers.

That's enough for 720p@30fps. You're going to need to scale it back a bit and work within the scope of technical limitations available to you.

I'd advise dropping to 2000kbps, 720p, 30fps. Delivers decently good quality. 60fps is out of the question; it'll look craptastic.


Also, Twitch doesn't auto-scale, but when you have the transcodes available, people can swap to a lower rate if they can't watch on Source.

 

[darkfire3814]

so under video should i change the base resolution or is using the down scaling to 1.50 what i need? If base whats the first numbers? ie 1920 1080 **** 720

 

[FerretBomb]

Set the base resolution to your monitor resolution, then use the downscaling dropdown. It'll result in better image quality.

 

[Krazy]

Just an FYI, there's never been any official recommendations for a 2000 bitrate max. The only hard number Twitch has ever mentioned is that they don't really like people going above 3500.

Having said that, the lower your bitrate, the more people will be able to watch. It's just a matter of how much quality you are willing to sacrifice to account for people with less than ideal connections to the Twitch servers.

 

[dodgepong]

There was an offhand Twitter "recommendation", in the vein of "Quick tip: 720p30 at 2000kbps is pretty good for most people". I don't have the link handy, though. It's much more of an informal "tip" than a formal recommendation.

 

[Floatingthru]

Here is the tweet for future reference btw. https://twitter.com/TwitchTVSupport/sta ... 5414377472