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Ner0
Profile Joined July 2008
United States131 Posts
May 10 2011 08:05 GMT
#101
Recorded 3 test videos with the following settings. Hope this will help out many other cable users.
i5 2500K (Stock)
8GB RAM
1920x1080 -> 720@25 stream
15mbps down / ~1.5mbps up
Image comparisons: http://min.us/mbtSyonCe2J5eX#1

TEST 1:

VIDEO ENCODING:
XSplit default x.264
Quality 7
kbps 950
buffer 1850
Res: Default

AUDIO:
44.1
96000 MP3
Mic 100%

FPS: 40 START, ~30
CPU: 50-60% ALL CORES

-========-

TEST 2:
-=(Note: Bit of stream lag)
VIDEO ENCODING:
fast x.264
Quality 10
kbps 1200
buffer 2800
Res: Default

AUDIO:
44.1
96000 MP3
Mic 100%

FPS: same
CPU: 55-65%

-======-

TEST 3:
-=(Note: Earlier Stream lag gone!)
VIDEO ENCODING:
fast x.264 (Replaced libx264-112.dll to your C:\Program Files\SplitMediaLabs\XSplit)
Quality 10
kbps 1200
buffer 2800
Res: Default

AUDIO:
44.1
96000 MP3

FPS: same
CPU: 60-85%
link0
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1071 Posts
May 10 2011 08:07 GMT
#102
I am using a duo core i3 oc'ed to 3.5ghz. I've noticed a significant fps improvement using this update. Thanks!
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Ner0
Profile Joined July 2008
United States131 Posts
May 10 2011 09:31 GMT
#103
I've tried the same settings with TF2 and it works awful. Granted, it worked awful before on my dual core, but I was wondering if there was any reason for this too?
It feels like 12 fps in game although I get 120.

I even reduced quality to 7 and kbps to 800 out of 1500 max.
Amalaxi
Profile Joined December 2010
United States180 Posts
May 10 2011 10:22 GMT
#104
incredible, I used to not be able to stream L4D2 or Portal 2, it would be incredibly choppy and un-enjoyable, even with my 1090t x6 at 3.8 and everything, replaced that file and ran MW2 (much more graphically intense) and it ran silky smooth

Good find, thanks for posting.
justin.tv/amalaxinaoum
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
May 10 2011 11:04 GMT
#105
Well, for what its worth Xvid is the second best video encoder quality wise, and is also EXTREMELY efficient in cpu use, so possible alternative to the megahog of x264
Aah thats the stuff..
DeepBlu2
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States975 Posts
May 10 2011 11:18 GMT
#106
Dam. Thanks again, I will be testing to see how much it gets better later today on my stream.
u gotta sk8
Elzar
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany204 Posts
May 10 2011 12:02 GMT
#107
On May 10 2011 20:04 xarthaz wrote:
Well, for what its worth Xvid is the second best video encoder quality wise, and is also EXTREMELY efficient in cpu use, so possible alternative to the megahog of x264


How do i get xsplit to use the Xvid encoder?
Is this even possible?
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
May 10 2011 12:07 GMT
#108
The ffdshow codec pack has it, not sure if it works with xsplit but camtasia and hypercam detected it
Aah thats the stuff..
Leavzou
Profile Joined January 2011
France156 Posts
May 10 2011 12:45 GMT
#109
Does it works only on 4 core + ? What about 2 cores ?
ThatBronyGuy
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States169 Posts
May 10 2011 13:51 GMT
#110
Thank you very much for this guide Rich. I'm an xsplit user myself, so anything that can increase the quality of video using resources that should be available in the first place is greatly appreciated. I'm at work at the moment, but I'm very excited to get home and try this out.
quaffle
Profile Joined December 2010
United States249 Posts
May 10 2011 15:19 GMT
#111
R1CH... I love you, thanks much!
Your success is only measured by the strength of your competitors.
Adeeler
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom764 Posts
May 10 2011 15:58 GMT
#112
I've tried using DXTory to do the capturing and it seems to be significantly slower then just using Xsplit by itself.

Xsplit was capturing at 30-40fps and DXtory would be 20-30fps.

Maybe i'm doing something wrong but I doubt it.

System:

i7-2600K not-OC'd
4GB 1333-ram
Geforce 8800 GTX

All game settings on Low.

Not sure what i'm doing wrong with DXtory I set its video settings for the outputs to 1920x1080 60fps.

I output at 720p 15fps, vid 850 kbps sound 64kbps, preset Slow.

I'll try to do some more indepth testing somehow with vod'ing or something later on. I feel my G-card and inet upload(1mb) is my bottle necks.
AsBan
Profile Joined March 2011
Norway94 Posts
May 10 2011 15:59 GMT
#113
when i try to do this i get this message:
[image loading]

use google translate from Norwegian to your language to translate it.
I would love to get some help on this, because i am supposed to stream some clan stuff.
DeMusliM | MaNa | ThorZain | Naniwa
MyNameIsAlex
Profile Joined March 2011
Greece827 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-10 17:51:47
May 10 2011 17:51 GMT
#114
On May 11 2011 00:58 Adeeler wrote:
I've tried using DXTory to do the capturing and it seems to be significantly slower then just using Xsplit by itself.

Xsplit was capturing at 30-40fps and DXtory would be 20-30fps.

Maybe i'm doing something wrong but I doubt it.

System:

i7-2600K not-OC'd
4GB 1333-ram
Geforce 8800 GTX

All game settings on Low.

Not sure what i'm doing wrong with DXtory I set its video settings for the outputs to 1920x1080 60fps.

I output at 720p 15fps, vid 850 kbps sound 64kbps, preset Slow.

I'll try to do some more indepth testing somehow with vod'ing or something later on. I feel my G-card and inet upload(1mb) is my bottle necks.


change preset from slow to standard/faster and try again (this lowers quality but is less heavy on your cpu).

i have an oced i7 920 @ 3.6 ghz and using the modded x264 that r1ch posted with the slow option pushes my cpu @ 60%
Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
May 10 2011 18:18 GMT
#115
I'm running my preset on veryfast and there's no noticeable quality change and the framerate runs fine. Just experiment with it, I have veryfast with a quality of 10 and it looks just fine.
1Lamb1Rice
Profile Joined August 2010
United States435 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-16 17:45:28
May 10 2011 18:37 GMT
#116
OH boy, i gotta test this - thanks!

edit: yes this certainly has helped my computer's performance when streaming. thanks r1ch
twitch.tv/lambnrice @LambNRice
r1val
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden4 Posts
May 10 2011 18:57 GMT
#117
I'm having some fps issues while streaming but they're not constant, every now and then i notice a drop in fps and then it goes back to normal which is smooth. I've tried changing settings within xsplit and nothing seems to help. :/

Specs:

i7 920 @ 2.6 (yeh stock cooling ;p)
12GB DDR3 RAM
Dual 260GTX SLI'd
wat
ZnyX
Profile Joined December 2010
Denmark44 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-10 19:06:12
May 10 2011 19:05 GMT
#118
On May 11 2011 03:57 r1val wrote:
I'm having some fps issues while streaming but they're not constant, every now and then i notice a drop in fps and then it goes back to normal which is smooth. I've tried changing settings within xsplit and nothing seems to help. :/

Specs:

i7 920 @ 2.6 (yeh stock cooling ;p)
12GB DDR3 RAM
Dual 260GTX SLI'd


Sure its not a CPU issue? I have the same CPU as you do, and i remember having some performance issues when i ran at stock.

I was able to OC my 920 to 3.2 with the stock cooler, running at 65-70c at full load.
Nesquik
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom600 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-11 11:06:12
May 11 2011 11:00 GMT
#119
On May 11 2011 00:59 AsBan wrote:
when i try to do this i get this message:
[image loading]

use google translate from Norwegian to your language to translate it.
I would love to get some help on this, because i am supposed to stream some clan stuff.


yeah i got that just extract into My Documents and than manually take the file into C:\Program Files\SplitMediaLabs\XSplit and it should work fine
Oh IMMvp won agian but EGHuK getting Ro8 is a way bigger deal - Gootecks
The.Doctor
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada333 Posts
May 12 2011 00:11 GMT
#120
Thanks R1CH!
The Boss.
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