Thanks Gunrun!!

What is the scoop on delaying the stream? I used to do it with the "rebroadcast" function but since they updated it I haven't gotten it to work.

Ner0

United States131 Posts

February 07 2012 01:01 GMT

#82

Is it possible to elaborate on things like DXtory and tweaking the VBV buffer in regards to macro blocking and streams freezing? I think those are pretty important unless you cover them in Streaming 102.
Cheers.

Khenra

Netherlands885 Posts

February 07 2012 01:58 GMT

#83

Hooray! Thanks TheGunrun!

TheRealFluid

United States501 Posts

February 07 2012 02:05 GMT

#84

Nice Guy GunRun.

Blind Fremen

United States37 Posts

February 07 2012 02:19 GMT

#85

I had previously set my VBV max bitrate to 1500, with VBV buffer at 375 (I read on the xsplit forums that buffer should be 1/4 of max bitrate???). Anyway, my stream actually turned out okay, with some choppiness every now and then. But when I got a bunch of viewers at once, some of them said there was a lot of lag (could have had to do with Ultra SC2 settings, which I reduced to High).

Anyway, I followed thegunrun's advice and did Test Bandwidth, but I got a RED for every max bitrate above 300. I have watched my VODs on Twitch, and didn't notice too much lag.

I have audio encoding at 22.050 KHz 16 bit stereo with 48000 bitrate.

My upload is around 3.00Mbps.

I have the Intel Core i5-2500K, and high end mobo/graphics card/RAM/power supply, etc.

My main question: Why do I keep getting REDs for bandwidth, even though I am setting bitrate well below 2000kbps???

CaptainHaz

United States240 Posts

February 07 2012 02:26 GMT

#86

Awesome, thanks!

Was considering writing something like this but this is way better than anything my lazy ass could have come up with.

Rayons

Dominican Republic19 Posts

February 07 2012 02:34 GMT

#87

This is a great guide, thanks a lot TehFunrun.

mrRoflpwn

United States2618 Posts

February 07 2012 02:44 GMT

#88

I hope some pro-gamers read this to fix there stream problems! Really in depth guide- makes me wish I had a powerful enoguh computer to stream =[

RoieTRS

United States2569 Posts

February 07 2012 02:58 GMT

#89

What is with this hdmi crap? I have never used it in my life and I don't know anyone who has. What is wrong with capture cards capturing the good old yellow/red/white cables?

deathserv

United States228 Posts

February 07 2012 03:01 GMT

#90

Thank you so much GunRun - got my stream up and running for the first time today after being inspired by your advice. I first streamed Diablo 3 but I hope to get some SC2 up here soon. ^^

Egghead

United States141 Posts

February 07 2012 03:35 GMT

#91

GunRun (or anyone for that matter) -

I've streamed consistently for the past year or more...but just recently I've noticed that when I change my audio output (Playback Device) it will only use my motherboard built-in audio. Even if its disabled. It only changed just this week. I used to be able to change audio devices, restart Xsplit, and it would use the new audio device...but no longer.

Any ideas??? I've gone as far as reinstalling my sound card drivers, but with no luck

TheFlock

United States389 Posts

February 07 2012 03:46 GMT

#92

This is a great guide thanks!! I just made a new PC with hardware like you mentioned and am interested in Streaming. My internet might be a bit of a roadblock tho... But thanks to Kyo I will also look into OCing my 2500K to get better results.

The Gunrun always comes through!!

BluemoonSC

SoCal8933 Posts

February 07 2012 04:56 GMT

#93

i will absolutely be tweaking my settings as per your guidelines. thank you very much for the reddit AMA and the guide!! you are the man!!!!!!

FluffyBinLaden

United States527 Posts

February 07 2012 04:58 GMT

#94

Gunrun, I'd like to thank you so much for the hard work you put into helping the community and major events stream well. If we didn't have people like you who knew how to handle our broadcasting medium intricately, who knows where we'd be.

Thank you! You deserve more recognition than you get!

-Kaiser-

Canada932 Posts

February 07 2012 04:59 GMT

#95

I had having a 500kb/s upload

Ohhhhhh Canadaa...

Freckya

Canada4 Posts

February 07 2012 05:18 GMT

#96

Rogers and Bell max is 2mb upload, I can't get past it and Fiber Optic isn't available to my area. Oh how I wish I could stream in good quality

(

Thanks for the post Gunrun! Helped me understand some stuff!

thewoodinater

United States1 Post

February 07 2012 05:19 GMT

#97

This is awesome totally helped me fix some dropped frame issues I was having. Thanks TheGunRun!!!!!!

DanCaek

Lebanon71 Posts

February 07 2012 05:53 GMT

#98

Is a macbook pro good for streaming?? an i7 quad core 2.4 ghz

Also this is my speed test. I guess I cant stream even if my laptop could right ? [image loading]

brotosterone

United States260 Posts

February 07 2012 06:13 GMT

#99

Hi thegunrun! I have a tech question.

Periodically, it seems that my stream goes offline on twitch.tv. However on XSplit it says it's still streaming/live/encoding frames/etc. I have to restart the stream to fix this problem. It usually happens during my first few minutes of streaming.

I'd really appreciate your time looking into and answering this question. Thanks so much!

Boblhead

United States2577 Posts

February 07 2012 06:29 GMT

#100

On February 07 2012 14:53 DanCaek wrote:
Is a macbook pro good for streaming?? an i7 quad core 2.4 ghz

Also this is my speed test. I guess I cant stream even if my laptop could right ? [image loading]

your laptop can stream, your internet is terrible.