Question / Help Twitch stream buffers for everyone and delayed stream?

Arariel

Arariel

Member
Hello there,

I'm having two issues.

1) My stream buffers A LOT for everyone, including me. Could this still be a bitrate issue? If it helps, while streaming, I've noticed in the lower right-hand corner, that number (whatever it is) is in the red.

2) So I just got done streaming, and went into my channel to view the video. The video was so delayed, by several minutes. I was on the menu screen in game, but on the stream, I was still at a different part of the game, which was maybe five minute difference or so. I guess this could be a Twitch thing, but I am not seeing any option in Twitch to reduce a delay. Never mind, I got this.

However,now there is another issue. When I try to stream CSGO, I'm getting like 400 ping in game and it's laggy for me. When I streamed another multiplayer game game, my ping was just fine.
 
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Nemanja Kostadinovic

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I too am having yellow to red indications for bitrate while streaming. What's even more ridiculous is that I had been streaming for months with the same settings without a single issue and then this comes up.
 
Harold

Harold

Active Member
1) My stream buffers A LOT for everyone, including me. Could this still be a bitrate issue? If it helps, while streaming, I've noticed in the lower right-hand corner, that number (whatever it is) is in the red.
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Then your bitrate is set too high for the server you've chosen to use.
 
FerretBomb

FerretBomb

Active Member
Also, download the Twitch Bandwidth Tester, and test for your region. Make sure that you run as Administrator so you'll get quality rankings. You want a server with 90+, but 80+ should be usable. Set that server in the Settings dropdown selector.

Also, if you're a non-partnered streamer, use a maximum bitrate of 2000. A lot of new streamers peg it at 3500, not realizing that very, very few people will be able to watch at that rate unless you're Partnered, and you'll be cutting down on potential viewership massively.

2000kbps allows for a 720p@30fps stream with decent quality, which is why it's considered the 'golden point' setting for non-partners.


Beyond that, post a logfile from a live streaming session at least 5 minutes in length from the Help menu, and we'll be able to give better advice on what's going on and how to fix it.
 
Arariel

Arariel

Member
FerretBomb said:
Also, download the Twitch Bandwidth Tester, and test for your region. Make sure that you run as Administrator so you'll get quality rankings. You want a server with 90+, but 80+ should be usable. Set that server in the Settings dropdown selector.

Also, if you're a non-partnered streamer, use a maximum bitrate of 2000. A lot of new streamers peg it at 3500, not realizing that very, very few people will be able to watch at that rate unless you're Partnered, and you'll be cutting down on potential viewership massively.

2000kbps allows for a 720p@30fps stream with decent quality, which is why it's considered the 'golden point' setting for non-partners.


Beyond that, post a logfile from a live streaming session at least 5 minutes in length from the Help menu, and we'll be able to give better advice on what's going on and how to fix it.
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My max bit rate is 1000, so I'm guessing that means I need to lower it.

Here's a log, the first one is from my CSGO stream, in which the game itself lagged so badly when recording. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/50e1c5456760c8423ee36d20b6777554

This one is from my ATS stream, in which I was suffering from buffering issues, but no lag in game or on OBS, only with the stream. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/fc50adac91cdc7f93019bb68ed1bc479
 
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Arariel

Arariel

Member
Bumping yet again.

I just lowered the bitrate to 850, and I was still buffering and having some lag in game. I'm worried if I go too low with the bitrate, there will cease to be any quality at all.
 
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