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HamachiGO
Profile Joined February 2008
Spain14 Posts
February 13 2013 11:29 GMT
#141
i prefer Xsplit need more performance in my cpu
^^;
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
February 13 2013 13:04 GMT
#142
I tried using OBS but it lagged a lot more for me than using Xsplit with comparable settings. My upload speed is about 800-850kbps, so I set both streaming programs to use 650 and tried to stream 1280x960 at 25 fps. Xsplit handles this quite smoothly, only dropping some frames when I move the screen quickly while there's a lot of action. OBS just lags all the time, even when very little is happening on the screen, and I can see its bitrate counter thing spike up above 650 a lot of times. Any idea why OBS's performance is worse than Xsplit and whether I can fix this?
Insoleet
Profile Joined May 2012
France1806 Posts
February 14 2013 09:01 GMT
#143
Wasnt able to stream with xsplit on my dualcore and my poor 850kbps upload.

But with obs, i can stream in 480p (640*400) without any problem !

vrok
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden2541 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-14 13:15:35
February 14 2013 13:15 GMT
#144
Tried it seriously for the first time last night, and I'm extremely impressed. This is so so much better than Xsplit. 64-bit, C++, multithreading, offloads to GPU, game source, etc. Has all features I can think of and is still extremely simple and fast.

Major kudos to anyone involved in this project. Open source FTW.
"Starcraft 2 very easy game" - White-Ra
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1923 Posts
February 14 2013 17:24 GMT
#145
thx and very nice for bringing this to my attention!!! have been looking for a decent software lately since xsplit has limitations now (haven't been into streaming for over 1.5 years or so and it was deep in beta back then) and I really wanted to do some streaming again

Also cool forums on that website, will try out a few thing when I finally arrive at home later
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
February 16 2013 02:00 GMT
#146
Is it possible:
  • Binding different resolutions to different scenes (no scaling or partial capture, 1:1 output)
  • Dynamically update a text source's properties (text color, font size, position, etc.)
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
February 16 2013 15:37 GMT
#147
On February 13 2013 22:04 Sayle wrote:
I tried using OBS but it lagged a lot more for me than using Xsplit with comparable settings. My upload speed is about 800-850kbps, so I set both streaming programs to use 650 and tried to stream 1280x960 at 25 fps. Xsplit handles this quite smoothly, only dropping some frames when I move the screen quickly while there's a lot of action. OBS just lags all the time, even when very little is happening on the screen, and I can see its bitrate counter thing spike up above 650 a lot of times. Any idea why OBS's performance is worse than Xsplit and whether I can fix this?


You can try to turn on "Use CBR" aka use constant bit rate in the advanced settings, but this is not ideal. Seems like OBS has higher bitrate spikes, I've noticed this as well.

Second, try to find out your real upload here: http://testmy.net/
Go to "Upload Test" in the menu, "Select Test Size" button, 33 MB and wait.
This test is imo better than other tests because it tests upload on a bigger chunk of data, ie. continuous data stream, which has a big effect on the upload speed. Keep in mind that audio uses some bitrate too, imo you can set the microphone to mono, unless you have a really good one.

I found OBS lags less for comparable qualities for me maybe it's some of the other settings you have, try putting it on veryfast x264 CPU preset speed (I've read in the forum that it's more optimized for that speed). Also maybe you should keep the Process Priority Class to Normal, that can cause problems as well. Windows Areo also affects it.


I have:
10 quality, 25 FPS, 640x480, 340 bitrate & buffer, 96 bitrate mono sound, disabled Areo, priority normal, x264 CPU preset on veryfast, using software window capture, my upload is around 450, using 32 bit OBS

Comp specs:
AMD Athlon X2 dual core 4200+ on 2.2 GHz (crappy)
6 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 7900 GS (really crappy)
I've got an SSD tho

Max spikes I get are to like 500, and that's very rare, with no dropped frames, I think I can even increase the bitrate without dropping frames, but I don't need it.
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masternook
Profile Joined May 2010
United States66 Posts
February 17 2013 07:39 GMT
#148
It needs to show how many viewers are watching from the obs program, like xsplit
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
February 17 2013 15:57 GMT
#149
On February 17 2013 16:39 masternook wrote:
It needs to show how many viewers are watching from the obs program, like xsplit


That's going to be added soon.
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Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
February 17 2013 16:16 GMT
#150
More importantly for me, it needs a video plugin. Even if I solve the lag issues, I can't use it if there's no easy way for me to play intro videos.
GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
February 17 2013 19:53 GMT
#151
Exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks R1CH!
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quirinus
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Croatia2489 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-21 03:23:42
February 21 2013 03:22 GMT
#152
On February 18 2013 01:16 Sayle wrote:
More importantly for me, it needs a video plugin. Even if I solve the lag issues, I can't use it if there's no easy way for me to play intro videos.


This one is also high on the official priority list, so it should be added soon.
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xxjcdentonxx
Profile Joined November 2012
Canada163 Posts
February 23 2013 00:04 GMT
#153
I'm still on XP because I read games have about 10% higher FPS than with 7. I'm not sure if that's still true, but I'm on old hardware, single core for example. I need all the efficiency I can get, so I'm still sticking to XP. Unfortunately, OBS isn't compatible with XP, and I confirmed with it's developer that it never will be as it uses things which are exclusive to 7. Could someone recommend the least resources intensive broadcasting software for XP? XSplit is unusable.
"Expand or die." —Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #45
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
February 23 2013 00:20 GMT
#154
Win7 is definitely no slower than XP, not sure where you got that information from. You should really upgrade, there aren't really many reasons to stay on XP, it's an old and outdated OS lacking many features.
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TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-23 09:48:05
February 23 2013 09:46 GMT
#155
I really want to start using OBS because I despise XSplit, but my overlays require that I am able to crop my 1080p webcam to a square (i.e. cropping left and right on the webcam capture so that it fits behind the overlay without sticking out the sides) and I cannot do this in OBS. OBS only allows resolution changes that are supported by my webcam. I got that far when trying to set up my stream and gave up, since I consider this to be a necessity.

It's very unfortunate since I hate XSplit and all of its glitches and I looked forward to taxing my CPU less and streaming at an even higher quality. :-/
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Oldgrain
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland165 Posts
February 23 2013 12:09 GMT
#156
On February 23 2013 09:04 xxjcdentonxx wrote:
I'm still on XP because I read games have about 10% higher FPS than with 7. I'm not sure if that's still true, but I'm on old hardware, single core for example. I need all the efficiency I can get, so I'm still sticking to XP. Unfortunately, OBS isn't compatible with XP, and I confirmed with it's developer that it never will be as it uses things which are exclusive to 7. Could someone recommend the least resources intensive broadcasting software for XP? XSplit is unusable.


I doubt you will be able to stream with a single core cpu. Streaming takes quite a lot of cpu power and a quad core processor is highly suggested. Even a really fast dual core will have trouble streaming and playing the game at the same time.
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1923 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-24 08:08:01
February 24 2013 08:07 GMT
#157
So, after downloading OBS and setting up a new stream on twitch I started to run some tests (unfortunately I just have around 960 kbps upload right now), but as far as I can tell this software really is BALLER! Compared to xSplit this thing doesn't affect ingame performance for me at all (using a first gen i5 I had trouble with xSplit when playing the game on ultra/extreme settings). Also there are LOTS of good tutorials to implement other stuff like track text for your music player.

In short, I'm really loving it, it is easy to use. Thank you a lot for providing this awesome piece of software!!! Really appreciate it!
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Gtoad
Profile Joined October 2011
United States90 Posts
April 19 2013 13:57 GMT
#158
At work now...gonna dl this when I get home. Question though, can I use it to record my game play in a similar manner to fraps, then upload it to YouTube? Sorry for sounding so noobsauce.U_U
To succeed you must fail, many many times.
Oldgrain
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland165 Posts
April 20 2013 14:33 GMT
#159
On April 19 2013 22:57 Gtoad wrote:
At work now...gonna dl this when I get home. Question though, can I use it to record my game play in a similar manner to fraps, then upload it to YouTube? Sorry for sounding so noobsauce.U_U

There's an option to record to your local hdd so yes.
SlowBullets
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States839 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-25 05:53:29
April 25 2013 05:52 GMT
#160
I am trying to stream brood war.

Everything works except colors when the game starts (black screen, barely can see)...toggling off and on doesn't work.
1:1 go sc2 LAN? Oh wait...
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