Question / Help What are the best settings for Facebook live?

[Eran4383]

Hey guys,
I'm broadcasting on Facebook Live but it just doesn't seem to be a real live and have a delay of 15-60 seconds.

My internet connection upload is 60 Mega and downloading about 3 Mega.

I'm using Lenovo Y-50 leptop with 16 ram memory and SSD Hard drive.

I'm streaming on resolution of 1280x720.

Any ideas for how i can improve the stream so it will be live as possible?

* I need also to know which properties will increase the FPS and which reduce it.

 

[c3r1c3]

That delay is normal for live streaming. Even live TV broadcasts can have a delay have several seconds, so it's nothing to worry about.

 

[Eran4383]

yes, I know but the thing is that not always with the same delay (Even if what i'm broadcasting is the same - I'm testing it with broadcasting our site) so I just want to know if there are anything I can do to minimize this delay as possible :)

 

[c3r1c3]

Part of the delay comes from Facebook, and part of it comes from OBS. Studio at some point will get a 'minimize latency' option, so that will help (assuming your internet connection can keep up).

The rest comes from Facebook and streaming in general. For Facebook, they need to implement code to turn around a user's stream faster... but that comes at the cost of increased infrastructure for Facebook, and more 'stress' on the their and the viewer's internet connection, so who knows if/when that will come.

As to the same delay amount... it varies because of technical reasons. Here's an article about streaming delays in general: https://www.boxcast.com/blog/this-is-why-your-live-stream-lags

 

[Eran4383]

Yea, i'm aware of that it won't be a real real live (Even though the mobile app is live as it can be) but the thing is - for example - that in 1 computer the delay is 12 seconds and in another is 2 minutes or sometimes there are jumping lags (I mean, i added a time counter and it skiped a second everytime).

The thing is that I think there are few adjustments in the settings that I can do to improve that. don't you think?

 

[c3r1c3]

The thing is that I think there are few adjustments in the settings that I can do to improve that. don't you think?

Not unless you can control the viewer's computer, their internet connection, Facebook, their streaming infrastructure, and the internet in general.

All you can control is your computer, and adjust it's output to your internet connection's current ability to stream to Facebook at the time of streaming.