Question / Help Stream viewers complain of lag

[Grimmybear]

I have been streaming for a decent period of time and almost daily I have at least one or two viewers complain that the stream is buffering for them. I run the stream settings much lower than my PC can run it specifically to try and reduce lag for viewers, however, the complaints still seem to come in about the buffering.

These are my current OBS settings:
14:42:00: Video Encoding: x264
14:42:00: fps: 30
14:42:00: width: 1280, height: 720
14:42:00: preset: fast
14:42:00: profile: main
14:42:00: keyint: 60
14:42:00: CBR: yes
14:42:00: CFR: yes
14:42:00: max bitrate: 1700
14:42:00: buffer size: 1700

also quality balance is set to 7 but I think with CBR enabled it doesn't matter.

14:42:00: Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
14:42:00: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 4095934464
14:42:00: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 4265646080
14:42:00: Video Adapter Output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
14:42:00: =====Stream Start: 2014-12-30, 14:42:00===============================================
14:42:00: Multithreaded optimizations: On
14:42:00: Base resolution: 1920x1080
14:42:00: Output resolution: 1280x720

Pics of OBS for clarity:
http://i.imgur.com/s8jdQ0u.png -- Encoding Settings
http://i.imgur.com/dprZ2sY.png -- Video Settings
http://i.imgur.com/Tld0BWl.png -- Advanced Settings

My net speeds:

The server I connect to twitch through is the Los Angeles, CA server.

I have an I7 4770K processor and an NVIDIA GTX 970 graphics card


I am wondering what settings I can stream at to ensure maximum quality while not being laggy for those who view my channel.

I would ideally love to stream at 3k bitrate with 60 FPS, but I am unsure if this is possible while maintaining a viewer friendly stream.

Thank you :)

 

[Grimmybear]

Any ideas on why viewers would lag? or what I can do to increase quality of stream and remain viewer friendly?

 

[Osiris]

https://obsproject.com/forum/thread...oads-constantly-for-my-viewers-but-why.18465/

 

[Grimmybear]

https://obsproject.com/forum/thread...oads-constantly-for-my-viewers-but-why.18465/

I have already dropped my bit rate lower than most. 1700 is extremely low for my internet connection.

What I am wondering that this guide did not say anything about is what settings in OBS can I use to maintain good quality while being viewer friendly for most.

 

[Grimmybear]

Bump

 

[R1CH]

If you aren't dropping frames nothing more can be done on your end.