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mnck
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1518 Posts
November 03 2013 10:35 GMT
#41
Oh wow, this extension so wow.

Actually, this fixes everything for me. Well done. TeamLiquid's tech magician R1CH does it again.
@Munck
Nourek
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany188 Posts
November 03 2013 11:12 GMT
#42
On November 03 2013 11:41 Maniak_ wrote:
I've been VPNing to San Francisco (from France) all of summer because of the abysmal Twitch performance from here

I also use a VPN these days, connect to Chicago though. My own connection? Maybe High works. With VPN? Two Source streams no problem.
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
November 03 2013 11:12 GMT
#43
On November 03 2013 08:51 R1CH wrote:
In my quest to reduce the amount of lag I experience on Twitch streams in Europe, I discovered that the European Twitch servers seem to perform worse than the US servers for me. So I developed a Chrome extension that uses some proxy trickery to try to redirect your connection to a US Twitch server.

Used in conjunction with my "Experimental Twitch Proxy", this has resulted in a massive improvement in my ability to watch Twitch lag-free. Maybe it will for you too! Give it a try!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitchtv-europe-lag-fix/hkoehmlkhjgaboegkondkciclminpjof?hl=en

Some downsides: non-partnered streams seem to be region-locked, so the US server won't allow you to connect. This will result in a 5-10 second delay when loading - the extension will detect that the server didn't let you connect, and send a redirect request so that you connect as normal. It is incompatible with any other PAC extensions (usually country bypass extensions). Also, this may not help at all for you, it's very likely ISP dependent.

That is very interesting because for me it is the other way around. I block the NA servers with a firewall to get a lagfree experience on EU ones. Kind of puzzles me, that it is the other way around for so many people.
Nourek
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany188 Posts
November 03 2013 11:18 GMT
#44
On November 03 2013 20:12 grs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2013 08:51 R1CH wrote:
In my quest to reduce the amount of lag I experience on Twitch streams in Europe, I discovered that the European Twitch servers seem to perform worse than the US servers for me. So I developed a Chrome extension that uses some proxy trickery to try to redirect your connection to a US Twitch server.

Used in conjunction with my "Experimental Twitch Proxy", this has resulted in a massive improvement in my ability to watch Twitch lag-free. Maybe it will for you too! Give it a try!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitchtv-europe-lag-fix/hkoehmlkhjgaboegkondkciclminpjof?hl=en

Some downsides: non-partnered streams seem to be region-locked, so the US server won't allow you to connect. This will result in a 5-10 second delay when loading - the extension will detect that the server didn't let you connect, and send a redirect request so that you connect as normal. It is incompatible with any other PAC extensions (usually country bypass extensions). Also, this may not help at all for you, it's very likely ISP dependent.

That is very interesting because for me it is the other way around. I block the NA servers with a firewall to get a lagfree experience on EU ones. Kind of puzzles me, that it is the other way around for so many people.

As far as I know, when the EU ones are "filled" twitch redirects you to east coast NA servers, that's probably why. Your ISP probably has decent routes to EU twitch datacenters.
Stuv
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Netherlands942 Posts
November 03 2013 11:22 GMT
#45
Amazing plug-in. Thank u very much, finally with a 150mb connection I can watch Twitch as I am supposed to watch it. I wonder why 1 single man do it when a whole Twitch team cant fix the issues. Or maybe they just dont bother and focus on thinking of monetizing their website.
grs
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Germany2339 Posts
November 03 2013 11:25 GMT
#46
On November 03 2013 20:18 Nourek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 03 2013 20:12 grs wrote:
On November 03 2013 08:51 R1CH wrote:
In my quest to reduce the amount of lag I experience on Twitch streams in Europe, I discovered that the European Twitch servers seem to perform worse than the US servers for me. So I developed a Chrome extension that uses some proxy trickery to try to redirect your connection to a US Twitch server.

Used in conjunction with my "Experimental Twitch Proxy", this has resulted in a massive improvement in my ability to watch Twitch lag-free. Maybe it will for you too! Give it a try!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitchtv-europe-lag-fix/hkoehmlkhjgaboegkondkciclminpjof?hl=en

Some downsides: non-partnered streams seem to be region-locked, so the US server won't allow you to connect. This will result in a 5-10 second delay when loading - the extension will detect that the server didn't let you connect, and send a redirect request so that you connect as normal. It is incompatible with any other PAC extensions (usually country bypass extensions). Also, this may not help at all for you, it's very likely ISP dependent.

That is very interesting because for me it is the other way around. I block the NA servers with a firewall to get a lagfree experience on EU ones. Kind of puzzles me, that it is the other way around for so many people.

As far as I know, when the EU ones are "filled" twitch redirects you to east coast NA servers, that's probably why. Your ISP probably has decent routes to EU twitch datacenters.

Well, not really. If you open a stream you initiate a connection to a Twitch server at 192.16.71.174 (in the US; probably their main datacenter). It then gives you (I assume via some sort of loadbalancing) a server to connect to. This can be anywhere depending on the result of the load-balancing. What I do is blocking NA ones, so if I get a NA server from a loadbalancer I can't connect and automatically send a new request for a server. It is basically like refreshing the browser window untill I get a server I want.

But that was not what made me wondering. I am just puzzled that for many people NA servers seem good and EU ones bad, while for me it is exactly the other way around.
JtS
Profile Joined October 2011
Denmark3 Posts
November 03 2013 12:21 GMT
#47
Thank you so much man. I was never able to watch streams on source quality without lag but this seems to have fixed it.
Silan
Profile Joined January 2010
Denmark198 Posts
November 03 2013 12:25 GMT
#48
6 months ago i could watch like 12 "source" streams without issues on my 1gbit connection, but lately anything above high just goes to shit... Not anymore! Source seems to run close to flawless! Thank you so much!
Life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish flanders was dead. - Homer
pebble444
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Italy2503 Posts
November 03 2013 12:33 GMT
#49
i tested it out, doesn' t seem to change that much. The lag usually appears in the first 30 seconds of stream connection for me, after that it stabilizes and goes away; in the end i would prefer waiting 10 seconds and have that go away. Stupid italian internet, i' m going to try this again
"Awaken my Child, and embrace the Glory that is your Birthright"
lunis
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany104 Posts
November 03 2013 12:40 GMT
#50
Works amazingly well. Thanky you very much for this miracle. I couldn't watch anything higher than medium during peak hours ,now I can flawlessly wathc Source.
Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
November 03 2013 12:53 GMT
#51
I very appreciate it!
I noticed that "source" doesn't have a fix value. low is always at 350kbps, medium at 800kbps and high at 1600kbps. source from artosis is 1623 kbps, elfi with 2372 kbps.
Grubby | ToD | Moon | Lyn | Sky
Elasticity
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
3420 Posts
November 03 2013 13:14 GMT
#52
so wow such magic
Skynox75
Profile Joined November 2013
France1 Post
November 03 2013 13:32 GMT
#53
Thanks man this is really great


May we see it on FireFox ?
Misca
Profile Joined September 2002
Netherlands605 Posts
November 03 2013 13:36 GMT
#54
This is amazing, I can watch streams on source now! If I open the same stream in a different browser it just stutters! Amazing! Thanks!
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
November 03 2013 13:38 GMT
#55
i say burn him
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
Whoranzone
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany330 Posts
November 03 2013 13:45 GMT
#56
Went from lagging as fuck on high to perfect on source on the stream I was just watching. Thanks a lot.
Nimix
Profile Joined October 2011
France1809 Posts
November 03 2013 13:46 GMT
#57
Doesn't work for me, my ISP routing is too shitty for anything to help. Awesome work anyway, it seems to work for many others :o
Cyborgmatt
Profile Joined September 2012
United Kingdom50 Posts
November 03 2013 13:50 GMT
#58
Amazing, first time I have been able to watch a 1080p stream in months.
baeric
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany649 Posts
November 03 2013 13:55 GMT
#59
That's just... magic. You are a wizard R1CH!
dfs
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Russian Federation4050 Posts
November 03 2013 13:57 GMT
#60
A wizard indeed.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/Q1jSb9X.jpg (c) Shiro; http://i.imgur.com/lSDLLKb.png (c) drav
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