Xsplit video guide for with justintv - Page 22

On December 22 2011 01:28 Nikentic wrote:
I'm probably buying a new computer soon, how would these specs do?

i5 2500k
560Ti
Vengeance 8gb 1666Mhz

On December 22 2011 03:20 Nikentic wrote:
Streaming games like SC2 and terraria would be the major usage of it. 720pwith good bitrate is to prefer. I will have 100/100

On December 23 2011 16:31 starheroz2 wrote:
Having FPS problems with xsplit. I'm able to play sc2 and WoW on the best settings at over 100 fps but when turning on xsplit(not the stream)my fps drops to below 30. Here is a example
http://www.twitch.tv/starheroz/b/303389566
My system specs.
i7 920/ati 5870/6 gig ram/SSD

xsplit settings
preset&ex:crf:23
quality: not set
bitrate/buffer: 4500/4500

On December 24 2011 02:21 HellGreen wrote:

The FPS drop is a common thing with Xsplit (it happens for almost everyone). My best advice is to use DXtory for screen capturing in stead of what Xsplit comes with. See this guide (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=272764).

However from watching the VOD I'm pretty sure that you're CPU-capped as well. The kind of lag the VOD shows, indicates either that or your upload is not able to keep up. Are you OC'ing your cpu? Judging from my own hardware you're really pushing it to stream 1080p and keeping FPS at 30+.

I'm almost sure it's a typo, but your custom settings string is incomplete. Even for using the default preset.
Finally what FPS are you streaming at?

On December 24 2011 09:25 starheroz2 wrote:
I fixed the issue.
now I'm able to stream at 30 fps and maintain my 100+ fps ingame.

On December 24 2011 05:46 r.Evo wrote:

I simply cannot get Microphone+Windows sound to work together at the same time.

In my sound properties I can select "HD Audio rear output" for playback and "HD Audio rear input" for recording. Nothing else. In the VAC Audio repeater I can select between "Microsoft Soundmapper" and "HD Audio rear input". In XSplit however, I only have the option "HD Audio rear input" and "None" for the Microphone.
TL halp! =S

On December 28 2011 04:34 some1aprotoss wrote:
So i downloaded xsplit before, but then i got a virus and had to do a system restore to before i had xsplit. Whenever I try to download xsplit now It gives me an error and it wont let me download it. I think that when i system restored it left some files of xsplit on the computer but i cant find them to delete them and i have ran multiple junk files locators. Here's a picture of the message if it helps any: http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g476/iWiSHiWASGUD/errormessageyea.png
Any suggestions whatsoever would be appreciated

On December 28 2011 20:59 Cyro wrote:
^iSop

Phenom is a weak CPU by today's standards, you wont be able to run smoothly on default settings at 1280x720 20fps i think. The issue isn't really with clock speed (a 2600k at 2.5ghz would do far far better) but more with it being an older CPU generation that is less powerful at the same frequency, as well as being lower frequency. Move to a faster preset in xsplit channel settings (not "faster" specifically, but one less slow than the default) and keep trying, monitor CPU usage etc. Running with a faster preset will greatly decrease CPU usage at the cost of compression, and require you to stream at a higher bitrate for the same quality, but you don't really have a choice, if you hit 100% CPU on a core xsplit or sc2 is using during streaming you will drop frames in game or on the stream which is far worse than streaming at slightly worse quality. Note that the task manager "CPU Usage" bar doesn't really matter, if you hit 100% on any individual core during a high stress period (200/200 battle with ff's, storms etc) or worse, during general play, you will have those issues. Also keep in mind that framerate will increase CPU usage almost linearly, so get the FPS you want (24 is a good target) before you start messing around with presets and CPU.

I set core affinity in task manager for streaming and i would recommend it in this case (2 cores sc2, 2 xsplit), as it means that you can balance out xsplit settings without having SC2 use CPU resources that were available to xsplit when you was tuning settings etc, it makes for a more consistent testing environment.

Drop your screen resolution to 1920x1080, not 1200, because it allows you to see more in starcraft because of the way camera scaling works, but more importantly, is the same aspect ratio as 1280x720. You will get quality degradation or a weird crushed/stretched image if you try to scale across aspect ratios.

You might want to use 960x540 (1:2 downscale of 1920x1080) as your resolution in xsplit, as it will be scaled into slightly better than 1280x720 and use a notable amount less CPU if you are struggling to run, but it doesnt really matter that much. I just use it because i have less upload.

You can probably increase bitrate to like 3.5k with 5mbits up, too, that will help a ton. I can stream and play while on skype with less than 100kbits upload not allocated to xsplit and i very rarely drop frames with that (like 10 every 100k) but leaving a bigger margin is better if you actuly have decent upload bandwidth (i have like 750kbits, but a good CPU setup)

On December 29 2011 05:24 Boblhead wrote:he has xsplit set to 2 cores, and its still 85-90% usage