Question / Help Stream lag (Stream stops / restars for certain people + quality drop)

Gergo4961

New Member
Hey guys!

Sometimes I start streaming randomly for friends and some of them experience stream lags / quality problems.

The stream sometimes stops for them, loads and continues, same happens on my laptop when I am trying to watch my own stream, it stops, loads and continues but this happens a lot, however some of my other friends can see it clearly without the stream stopping but the stream quality sometimes drops and the screen looks ,,uglier" for some time when I move the screen too fast. For example when I quickly look around in CS:GO the quality drops. They say it's because of my bitrate, it was on 3500 (buffer size too), they told me to increase it but I don't know what to do with it since the streamers need better internet if I have higher rates(that's what I was told..). I set the fps on 30, here are my specs:

Resolution: 1920*1080

CPU: AMD FX-6100

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 (Non TI)

RAM: 8 GB

What settings should I use with these specs? I can give you my skype too if you can help me! It is Gergo4961

I have a good internet connection (2nd best package in the country) so that is not the problem, I use ShadowPlay to stream.

Speedtest result: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3508283548

Quality-drop example(it gets worse): http://www.imagerz.com/QBZOXktvAwMDUg5IFQVQ
When it gets worse(still not the worst): http://imagerz.com/QBZOXktvAwMDUg5IRQVQ

Thanks for your help, I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out.
~ Gergő
 
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Krazy

Town drunk
Please post a log file: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/problem-make-sure-to-post-a-log-and-or-crash-dump-howto.97/

This thread covers all network related troubleshooting: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/dropped-frames-disconnecting-lag-read-this-first.8870/

But, if you aren't dropping frames and the stream is buffering for your viewers, it's an issue with their connection to the Twitch video delivery server. The only thing you can do in that case is to lower bitrate until it stops happening.
 

Helixia

Member
Hello Krazy,
I have the same as descibed above, but increasing my buffer time it seems to be a little better.
I went from 700ms to 1500ms or is this a 'bad' thing to do?
I know the delay will increase, but my stream has more time to buffer it to twitch.tv right?
 
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