Question / Help Stream REAL far behing.

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saniityy

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Have been testing out my stream lately on my computer, with nothing changing but my main drive. I have noticed the stream on Twitch.tv to be about 30 seconds behind what I have on my OBS. I have done a test build or two and nothing has seemed to really change. Some help would be GREAT.
 
UberDragon

UberDragon

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Unfortunately there's nothing you can do except for using a different streaming site. Since December of last year some internal changes in twitch's video distribution have led to a greatly noticeable increase in delay.
 
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kpcenti

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This is not a problem with OBS. Twitch over 2 months ago "upgraded" their Video System. Since this upgrade the latency has been lot more higher than before. :(
 
Sapiens

Sapiens

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saniityy said:
Is this just with OBS or is it the same with all broadcasting softwares?
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As the replies thus far have pointed out, this is a side effect of Twitch's new video system. A 20-30 second delay is normal.
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

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Sapiens said:
saniityy said:
Is this just with OBS or is it the same with all broadcasting softwares?
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As the replies thus far have pointed out, this is a side effect of Twitch's new video system. A 20-30 second delay is normal.
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(aka: All broadcasting software, as this is a Twitch-side caused problem.)
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

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Yep. They tested the new system on Dreamhack (a totally NON-INTERACTIVE stream), declared it a success and immediately rolled it out to everyone. To many torches and pitchforks from everyone who actually freaking talks with their viewers.

Seriously, what GENIUS overlooked that?

Don't expect it to be rolled back though, I'm sure it reduces their bandwidth bill by a shedload, being able to push most of it off to a CDN clearing house collective. 'The needs of the many' indeed.
Best part is, they're estimating that they MIGHT be able to get it down to a 15-second delay. Best-case. So over triple the average delay on RTMP. Most smaller streamers are pretty outraged, and with good reason... they've gutted the entire reason to GO to Twitch, instead of just watching a Let's Play on YouTube.

Seriously man. GENIUS move.
 
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