Question / Help What streaming settings should I be using?

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flashplays1927

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Hey guys, thanks in advance.

During the lockdown I've been getting into streaming, initially via my console but now I'm trying out OBS via my macbook.

So the mac I have is:
Macbook Pro 13' early 2015
2.7 ghz dual-core intel core i5
8gb 1867 mhz ddr3
intel iris graphics 6100 1536mb

And my internet speed is 50mb download and 20mb upload.

I've gone through all my files and deleting everything not essential so I've got 45gb free in storage and I've currently got only chrome open and my ram is showing 5gb being used.

I was trying to stream from remote play via OBS last night and even in 540p it was terrible, it got rid of the lag but because I'd turned all the settings down so low it looked like the picture was jumping by the time it got to switch.

The picture on the remote play is perfect but awful by the time it hits OBS using window capture.

I know the mac is far from perfect for this kind of thing but realistically what type of settings should I be using?

Thank you for any help
 
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Poxicator

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I'm also having problems. I've opened a thread but as yet no reply, I guess I'll wait.
My advice would be to get yourself some more RAM, it will definitely improve all sorts of stuff on your Mac, 8GB is what I'd consider the OS requires, that's over its requirements but the extra RAM will be money well spent. I'd also suggest you connect via ethernet rather than wifi. And you might see some improvement by buffering your stream.
Unfortunately, I'm not getting audio recorded, only visuals when I record a stream, and my streams aren't appearing in Facebook or Periscope despite showing in OBS.
Sorry this isnt a complete answer but hopefully someone will provide a remedy soon.
 
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flashplays1927

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Poxicator said:
I'm also having problems. I've opened a thread but as yet no reply, I guess I'll wait.
My advice would be to get yourself some more RAM, it will definitely improve all sorts of stuff on your Mac, 8GB is what I'd consider the OS requires, that's over its requirements but the extra RAM will be money well spent. I'd also suggest you connect via ethernet rather than wifi. And you might see some improvement by buffering your stream.
Unfortunately, I'm not getting audio recorded, only visuals when I record a stream, and my streams aren't appearing in Facebook or Periscope despite showing in OBS.
Sorry this isnt a complete answer but hopefully someone will provide a remedy soon.
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Thanks for the reply pal, I've been doing some reading and the RAM is definitely going to cause problems. I think the best thing going ahead might just be to get myself a decent PC and just keep the mac for all the fun bits. Best of luck pal
 
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codetastik

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flashplays1927 said:
Thanks for the reply pal, I've been doing some reading and the RAM is definitely going to cause problems. I think the best thing going ahead might just be to get myself a decent PC and just keep the mac for all the fun bits. Best of luck pal
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One thing to consider is hard lining instead of going over wifi. I switched to ethernet when streaming and it helped quite a bit as I completely cut out all the wifi created latency.
 
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