Stream Quality Guide - Page 5

On October 01 2011 00:27 unkkz wrote:
I have a i5 2500k Radeon HD 5770 and 8gib ram, 20/5 connection and i cannot stream in 1280 x 720 withe verything on low in SC2 using Xsplit, my framerate in SC2 drops to like 30 in non fights. Shouldnt i be able to stream in this quality? Have a bitrate of 2000 and a buffer thingy for 2000. My native res is 1680 x 1050

On October 01 2011 00:51 Wabbit wrote:


You should be able to.
- What's your FPS and "Quality" in Xsplit? (Suggest trying 25 and 8)
- try 1152 x 720 to match your 16:10 aspect ratio. 1280x720 is 16 : 9 and it might take extra resources to resize.

On December 19 2011 17:45 Ellcrys wrote:
So i just started streaming tonight, after getting a new computer, new internet and a new modem to support the higher speeds. After messing with the Xsplit setting for a few hours i finally just played some games and then rewatched the video after i was done. Its not too bad, but when a battle happens it gets pretty laggy, im not really sure how to see the FPS with Xsplit or i would post that here.

There is no ingame lag, or lag on my end, only on the streaming end it seems.

My specs are:
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0ghz(i guess there are two processors?) in device manager it shows i have 2.
4 gb of DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 5700
i have 100/5 internet speed, but im going through a router so speed test only shows like 35/5 which i think should be fine.

This computer was given to me from my brother who moved away, so im not really familiar with it, first time i even used windows 7 tbh. I figured the processor is what would have been causing me so much problem, because it was only a dual core, but if there are 2 of them then it should be fine right? I have no idea how to see what cores are being used/maxed and what not.

Because the lag is only on the streaming side, maybe it is just the settings i have in Xsplit?
The settings i have are:
Preset: Faster
Quality: 9
Bitrate/Buffer: 3000
Resolution 1280x720 (16) hdtv

Im very new at streaming, any help would be greatly appreciated, ive read a lot of things that could be the issue, im just not sure which is my issue, hopefully someone will have a good idea. twitch.tv/ellcrizzle is my stream, i think i left an hour video of me playing right before i got off. It doesnt look terrible, just laggy at intense moments. Thanks again :DD

On December 20 2011 00:51 Ellcrys wrote:
Ok thank you aero. I will give that a shot. and like I said, the lag only happens in battles yet only on the streaming end. I never feel any lag.

On December 20 2011 01:56 Ellcrys wrote:
Ok thanks HellGreen, when i have my bitrate and buffer set to 3000 and run the bandwith test it always hits between 2700-3100. When running a replay it seems my cpu% in task manager will bump up to 68+% with Xsplit taking like 40+% of it. Anyways, i will try moving my bitrate and preset and see if that helps, if not then i will go buy a better processor :D They're really not that expensive for a decent quad core.

On December 22 2011 07:49 ~Maverick~ wrote:
I've tried streaming, but I notice a significant drop in FPS and I get some stuttering when attempting to stream.

My specs:
AMD Phenom X4 965 @3.2Ghz (Quad Core)
Radeon HD5830
3.25Gb DDR2 Ram (Im on a 32-Bit system)
20Mb Down / 5 Mb up

Xsplit Settings are:
Preset: Xsplit Default
Quality: 5
Bitrate/ Buffer: 1350
Audio: 22.05Khz 16 bit stereo @ 48000Bitrate
Resolution: 960x600
Framerate: 20

Basically I want to be able to stream at the best possible quality with my game being 100% smooth and have no impact on my performance. I've tried playing around with settings for a while now, but I just cannot get it to be the way I want, so can anyone give me any pointers?

On December 22 2011 09:02 Boblhead wrote:

You won't be able to stream without any performance impact on the game. The only way to do this is with the 2 computer method using capture cards/audio splitters. Put all the CPU heavy aspects of sc2 to off, turn your graphics to low/med. Whats your native resolution? are you streaming windowed mode or windowed fullscreen?
Lets say If your playing on a 1920*1080 resolution your computer is having to compress that whole thing to a 960*600 thats a lot of strain by itself. If I can say the resolution your streaming in is 16:10 whats the aspect ratio of your monitor? this could potentially be more things your computer has to do. Try these things and come back.

On December 22 2011 09:31 ~Maverick~ wrote:


I do understand that I won't be able to have no performance impact at all, but I would like to make it as smooth as possible. My native resolution is 1680x1050, which is a 16:10 aspect ratio. My game is in Windowed (Fullscreen) mode, and on all lowest settings.

On December 22 2011 10:05 Boblhead wrote:

There are several things you can try. one of them is setting the affinity to sc2 to use 2 cores, and xsplit to use two cores. Both benefit from more than 1 core. Another thing you can try is There are several presets that may cater better for your computer. The lowest 5 presets should give better performance. Try these 2 things to see if you notice better performance while playing.