@Karliath, choose whichever feels better, most people lately recommend Justin.tv though.

Thanks a lot for this info post! I've trying to reset my stream to something more fluid, helps to have some precise explanations!

Snake.69

Canada140 Posts

July 08 2011 04:21 GMT

#65

planning on getting : core i5-2500k
16gig ram ddr (possibly) maybe 8gig if deal ends
vid card is gtx 470

Can i stream at ultra settings 1920x1200?

Also if my provider gives me a max bandwith of 120 gig/month will i go over alot??

I think its only for downloading stuff but idk

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

July 08 2011 06:38 GMT

#66

I have a question actually.

With my quad core Intel Q8400 (2.66 ghz). Could I do a good quality stream with this quadcore with 5 mb upload? I imagine I can't do 1080 P but could I do 720P?

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

July 08 2011 08:57 GMT

#67

On July 08 2011 15:38 blade55555 wrote:
I have a question actually.

With my quad core Intel Q8400 (2.66 ghz). Could I do a good quality stream with this quadcore with 5 mb upload? I imagine I can't do 1080 P but could I do 720P?

You will be able to stream 360-480p you won't get anything higher.

On July 08 2011 13:21 Snake.69 wrote:
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planning on getting : core i5-2500k
16gig ram ddr (possibly) maybe 8gig if deal ends
vid card is gtx 470

Can i stream at ultra settings 1920x1200?

Also if my provider gives me a max bandwith of 20 gig/month will i go over alot??

I think its only for downloading stuff but idk

You will be able to stream ultra settings/ if you want to stream 1080p + which is gonna be like 2.5-5mb/s for a super clear and super good quality. You will go over your 20gb cap fairly quick.

since your upload isnt all that great you should probably set it to around 1.2mb/s but the quality will be meh if your gonna stream 1080p+.

Snake.69

Canada140 Posts

July 08 2011 11:38 GMT

#68

It appear i was wrong, my max bandwith is actually 122gig in/out. Monthly.

Assuming i dont download movies or anything, but stream in 1920x1200 at ultra settings a few hours a day, would i go over it or be good?\

But either way, with a max 2.1 mb/s upload, what kinda stream can i get??

JiYan

United States3668 Posts

July 18 2011 23:26 GMT

#69

regardless of computer build quality, can someone tell me the maximum settings you can stream with a 1.5mb upload speed connection?

MacroZerg

Greece40 Posts

July 20 2011 08:25 GMT

#70

Guide says Xsplit will not benefit very well from multi core cpu ... So whats the optimal affinity for program according u have a Quad Core or 6 Core Cpu?

2 Cores to Xsplit and 2 cores to SC2.exe?
1 Core to Xsplit and rest to game? or what combination?

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

July 20 2011 08:27 GMT

#71

On July 20 2011 17:25 MacroZerg wrote:
Guide says Xsplit will not benefit very well from multi core cpu ... So whats the optimal affinity for program according u have a Quad Core or 6 Core Cpu?

2 Cores to Xsplit and 2 cores to SC2.exe?
1 Core to Xsplit and rest to game? or what combination?

xsplit now utilizes multiple cores.

MacroZerg

Greece40 Posts

July 20 2011 08:38 GMT

#72

Ok Thank you !

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

August 04 2011 01:40 GMT

#73

I know this sounds ridiculous but I have 0.37 up and I've been streaming at 360p, Quality 6 and bitrate 300kbps. It's definitely watchable, if you wanna see how the quality is you can ask me for a link, but I want to see if I can somehow make it even more optimized (there is noticeable delay on SC2 when moving units, like .5 - 1.5 seconds, but only sometimes) so I wanted to ask some questions.

How much bandwidth does streaming at this quality use up?
Does streaming audio at a higher quality (bitrate 40000 instead of bitrate 16000) increase my delay?
Would installing a Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card help at all in terms of making the stream better?
Does running Skype/Grooveshark in the background while streaming slow my internet?

I know I should just upgrade my internet but I am off to college soon and my parents don't want to upgrade.

BrainAKAdamage

England54 Posts

August 10 2011 11:31 GMT

#74

amazing guide, keep up the good work.

Also a nice addition would be to include some freeware that allows you to use mic and strero mix input at the same time.

Senx

Sweden5901 Posts

August 30 2011 14:05 GMT

#75

So one of my friends said that a decent HD is important for streaming because it partially saved files to your HD while displaying them to the web, which if slow can lead to low fps and stuttering -- is this true?

R1CH mentions CPU and network speed as main factors for good and smooth streaming, what about the graphic card, how much workload does the GPU eliviate for streaming?

BananaMann

United Kingdom32 Posts

August 31 2011 02:03 GMT

#76

I'm using dxtory and it's working great other than the fact I can't seem to get any sound recorded when streaming atall :S any ideas?

Scila

Canada1849 Posts

September 02 2011 10:43 GMT

#77

Is 4 GB RAM too low for a 720p stream? I'm trying to figure out what's causing my stream to freeze up and lag. I have everything else up to par I think(2.5 mb upload, quadcore phenom 2.5 GHz cpu, good graphics card) and this seems like the only thing that would explain the lag.

If I try and run anything outside of SC2/Xsplit it gets even worse and my computer (not just the stream) start to freeze up every few seconds.

MacroZerg

Greece40 Posts

September 08 2011 05:20 GMT

#78

i think ram is the last you need to worry for a laggy stream.
if your computer freeze up with Xsplit closed then search for another source of problem.
Do a defrag/scan disk and clean some with Malware Antivirus and some Registry Cleaner program... Might fix
Also update gpu/lan etc drivers and do a bios update to motherboard if possible also

R1CH

Netherlands10342 Posts

September 08 2011 08:01 GMT

#79

On August 30 2011 23:05 Senx wrote:
So one of my friends said that a decent HD is important for streaming because it partially saved files to your HD while displaying them to the web, which if slow can lead to low fps and stuttering -- is this true?

This is total BS.