Xsplit video guide for with justintv - Page 18

On October 30 2011 09:06 UberBaller wrote:
Can someone give me a quick approximation of settings I should be streaming at? Thanks.

Q9300 @ 3.0
GTX260
4G DDR2-800
3 Mbit up

On October 30 2011 21:24 HellGreen wrote:


Your upload is nice, but your CPU is severely limiting you, but I guess you can try doing a 720p. These numbers are not set in stone, but here you go:
720p: Set your bitrate to 2000 (buffer 2000), 25-30FPS, Preset='Default' or 'ultrafast', Quality=6.

Monitor your CPU usage, and if it is maxed, you need to drop to a 480p/540p:
480p/540p: Set your bitrate to 750-1000 (buffer 750-1000), 25-30FPS, Preset='Default' or 'ultrafast', Quality=6.

You might have success in lowering your desktop resolution to the same or close to what you're streaming in.

To help me understand your CPU better (for future reference), it would be interesting to know what kind of FPS you have ingame (average, not at the start of a game)?

On October 31 2011 03:54 UberBaller wrote:
I tried your settings, 720p is unplayable, 480p is playable, but the stream is really laggy. Like 10-12 fps or so.

On October 31 2011 06:40 Steel wrote:
Hey I have this small problem and I guess this should be the best place to post

Using Xsplit (latest version) to stream, I the music I play using VLC or Winamp is not picked up by xsplit for some reason. Couldn't find a solution online, maybe I'm overlooking an option or something. Music coming out of Windows Media Player does play, and that's what I used before by my WMP broke and I can't reinstall it without reinstalling windows (retarded if you ask me..)

Anyone know how to make it so that the sound coming out of VLC or Winamp makes it to your stream?

On November 02 2011 02:45 Sprite_ wrote:
Hi, I've tried streaming but my stream is very choppy when trying to go at 720p and 25fps. Here are my specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 Black 3.2ghz
Gigabyte GTX560ti OC
12gb DDR3
D: 5M/ U:800k

with such a low upload, what would be the recommended settings for a smooth stream?

On November 04 2011 16:12 flipstorm wrote:
Hey so I've been trying to set up a stream using xsplit but I still haven't found the optimal settings to use. Here are my specs:
i5 2500k 4.2 ghz
EVGA GTX 560 ti
4GB DDR3 RAM
Upload: 2.87 Mbps
Also I play in 1920x1080

Here are the settings I've used:
Preset: Xsplit default
Quality: 10
Bitrate: 2000 kbps and buffer: 2000 kbit
Audio: 11.025 khz 16 bit stereo with a 16000 bitrate
Resolution: 1280 x 720
FPS: 25

I've had to set my graphics to medium and ingame I get like 50-60 fps which is good but I'm wondering if I could run higher? Whenever I tried to stream on high or ultra the ingame fps was too low. Right now the current stream is at 720p but the stream itself is kinda choppy and laggy. Anyway I could fix this with better settings?

Here is a link to an example vod (note the gameplay is pretty bad I'm playing a computer just to test stream lol)

http://www.twitch.tv/yorick24/b/299112577

On November 05 2011 03:47 HellGreen wrote:


First, you could check out the Dxtory thread to get better ingame FPS (dxtory is a capture driver, that works better than what XSplit comes with).
Second, I'm really baffled by your FPS drops on high/ultra - it really shouldn't matter that much with your kind of hardware. I able to stream on high with a much less powerful CPU. What kind of CPU usage do you have during streaming+gaming?
Third, your audio settings are terrible - go for 44.1KHz and 128.000 bit/s or more.

To fix the lag, I would suggest lowering your bitrate from 2000 to 1000 - does that help? If so, your connection to the stream server you use is not good - try a different "location" in stream settings. Scroll back in the thread to learn more about location servers: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=11577196.
If it doesn't help, post again with the additional information

Sometime in the soon future, the next version of XSplit will feature a "bandwidth test" button which should make finding the appropriate video bitrate a lot easier!

On November 05 2011 08:24 flipstorm wrote:
Ya I dunno whats up with the FPS drops. I just now tried streaming on 29.97 FPS instead of 25 while still on medium settings and it dropped me to like 25 fps in game. When I try to play on high I get like 25 fps too and on ultra its like 9 fps so its unplayable. While streaming/gaming I had 86% CPU usage.

On November 05 2011 16:16 zZygote wrote:
Well I gave up with DXTory after it wouldn't even record after doing so many things to make the hotkey change. Anyways, I tried running just xsplit with SC2. My main problem is that the FPS in game is at a pitiful 25fps~

Taking a look at the VOD I have below, the quality is actually quite nice, I was wondering what other alternatives (no DXTory) that I could possibly change to get my FPS in SC2 higher.

Comp specs:

i7 720QM 1.6GHz
8GB Ram DDR3
1920x1080 resolution
CPU usage: 20-40%
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On November 07 2011 19:15 eNjiin wrote:
Hey guys, im trying to fix my problems with xsplit. If I just start xsplit i got ingame laggs - NOT FPS DROPS. Its not that fluent like if i close it.

On November 08 2011 01:19 starheroz2 wrote:
What kinda sc2/xsplit settings should I be looking at with...

PC spec
CPU Type:
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
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I haven't seen anybody post about streaming 60 fps or even above 30.