• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 19:30
CET 01:30
KST 09:30
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Finals Preview: Sweet Victory!12[ASL22] Ro4 Preview: Mirror Mirror6[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach5[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 26 - Nov 1): MaxPax, herO, Solar win0Weekly Cups (October 19-25): Clem triples first in 5.0.175Evil Geniuses - shutting down23ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier7Weekly Cups (October 12-18): 5.0.17 era begins1
StarCraft 2
General
[D] Hacker peak in sc2 ? No more SC2 streamers on team liquid? Liquibets sc2 season 30 Evil Geniuses - shutting down Weekly Cups (Oct 26 - Nov 1): MaxPax, herO, Solar win
Tourneys
SC4ALL: II Venue Change Announcement! Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament WardiTV Mondays ISSL (IntoTheTV x SOOP SC2 League): Premier Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20)
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[G] How to playtest arcade maps Starcraft 2 Advance [D] the control group Simple Questions/Answers
External Content
Mutation # 550 Graveyard Shift The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 549 Endless Sparkles Mutation # 548 Shining Bright
Brood War
General
[Megathread] Daily Funny Videos List of top players active on ShieldBattery BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Rollback Netcode in Brood War
Tourneys
[$1250] International ShieldBattery League [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
Strategy
50,000-Word Terran Builds Memo 2026-10-22 Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Path of Exile Stratus: Battle for the sky now on steam Early acc Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Deus Ex 3!?
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25!
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Trading/Investing Thread Dating: How's your luck? Artificial Intelligence Thread
Fan Clubs
Fan Club Resource Thread Reynor Fan Club The Flash Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Why I built Repalyzer (1.1.…
BlueStar
Innovate or Game Over?
TrAiDoS
ShieldBattery on Mac
Kraekkling
[ASL22] Ro4 Day1 Ticket Giv…
bITt.mAN
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 8253 users

Streaming 101 - By TheGunrun - Page 6

Forum Index > Tech Support
Post a Reply
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 15 Next All
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
February 07 2012 06:30 GMT
#101
GunRun is just so cool...


You're like the Super Man of streaming!
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
ABagOfFritos
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada454 Posts
February 07 2012 06:37 GMT
#102
I feel like I'm out of the loop on one factor. xsplit is currently free but constantly advertises that it won't be for long, asking people to pay for it ahead of time for "cheap". What's the deal here? I've been seeing it for about a year now since my first time playing with streaming.
Chylith
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada167 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-07 07:05:40
February 07 2012 07:05 GMT
#103
You're amazing Gunrun, really helpful thread! <3 and just a note about the overclocking part of this Kyo, some older games are allergic to overclocked components(and crossfire gpu) ;p just a thought for people before they do try overclocking.+ Show Spoiler +
[QUOTE]On February 07 2012 04:38 l_Kyo_l wrote:
edit: Gunrun is too helpful too the community. Everytime I see him pop up somewhere I only wish I could be as helpful haha. This is really great for people who are completely new to streaming, would have helped me about a year ago so much T_T :D

To give people some "specific" help I've taken screenshots of MY personal settings to help give some benchmarks of what you can do with your stuff.
I have a Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 95W exactly as noted above - however mine is OC'ed to 4.6ghz. For this CPU and streaming I HIGHLY recommend OC'ing if you'd like above high quality - of course BE SAFE when doing this! >.> For whatever reason, the CPU can record any local recording without OC regardless of the game or quality, but needs to be OC'ed greatly to get good streaming results - from my experience, again.
I have a GTX 560 OC
and for less important information I have
8gigs of ram
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus for i5 and i7s
and a MSI P67A-G45 motherboard
A pretty cheap setup now and days... runs about ~800$/1000 but look below for my results

For my xsplit settings I have them set to this(I'm only using this because my upload at schools is incredibly high, see last screenshot for luls.) Prior to increasing all of xsplits settings I used 7 quality/2900 bitrate and the quality was still incredibly high. As noted above you don't really need the quality turned all the way up, prior to my current setup xsplit would not work properly if it was above 8 quality. >.>
+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading]
1920x1080 Resolution
[image loading]
Goddamnit this is the most retarded thing I will read all week and it's only fucking tuesday. ~Hawk
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
February 07 2012 07:57 GMT
#104
This is an awesome guide. Well done.
Force staff is the best item in the game.
Gropah
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands58 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-07 08:26:28
February 07 2012 08:25 GMT
#105
Please also include all the AMD Phenom II X6 and FX-8XXX processors in the CPU list. I have an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (@2.8GHz) and I can stream 720P flawlessly in SC2 and BF3.

You also might consider a bit about DXtory as it requires less from the computer and you can stream all games with it. Screen region can't. It will only stream (borderless) windowed mode.

Link to channel for proof.
snowbird
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Germany2044 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-07 08:29:41
February 07 2012 08:27 GMT
#106
Thanks for this guide, will try it out when I'm at home, always wanted to try streaming some random stuff just for fun.

Wonder if my Phenom II X4 3.5Ghz will be able to handle a 720p stream?
(Rest of specs 8GB 1333Mhz RAM, GTX460, 100/100Mbit line)
@riotsnowbird
Kmonx
Profile Joined October 2011
United States102 Posts
February 07 2012 08:44 GMT
#107
Thanks for sharing this awesome guide gunrun.
"Megapigs can fly, with Void Rays in the sky." - Day[9]
WTFZerg
Profile Joined February 2011
United States704 Posts
February 07 2012 09:00 GMT
#108
On February 07 2012 17:27 snowbird wrote:
Thanks for this guide, will try it out when I'm at home, always wanted to try streaming some random stuff just for fun.

Wonder if my Phenom II X4 3.5Ghz will be able to handle a 720p stream?
(Rest of specs 8GB 1333Mhz RAM, GTX460, 100/100Mbit line)


Yes.
Might makes right.
Noop
Profile Joined April 2011
United States7 Posts
February 07 2012 09:05 GMT
#109
Stream for friends occasionally but have low upload speed, very helpful in finding the problem. Much appreciated.
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
February 07 2012 09:08 GMT
#110
On February 07 2012 18:05 Noop wrote:
Stream for friends occasionally but have low upload speed, very helpful in finding the problem. Much appreciated.

upgrade your internet.
Gropah
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands58 Posts
February 07 2012 09:10 GMT
#111
On February 07 2012 18:00 WTFZerg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2012 17:27 snowbird wrote:
Thanks for this guide, will try it out when I'm at home, always wanted to try streaming some random stuff just for fun.

Wonder if my Phenom II X4 3.5Ghz will be able to handle a 720p stream?
(Rest of specs 8GB 1333Mhz RAM, GTX460, 100/100Mbit line)


Yes.


I do not concur.

I had a friend who had a X4. but was not able to stream at 720P. This is due to the amount of threats I guess. The overclock will help the get you above 480P, but I dont think he'll be able to stream at 720P
Ash
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Malaysia1978 Posts
February 07 2012 09:46 GMT
#112
stream 1080p on my first generation i7 920 and have absolute no problems at all so i think all generations of i7 are more than enough to handle this
Arkanthiel
Profile Joined March 2011
Philippines100 Posts
February 07 2012 10:11 GMT
#113
Thank you gunrun! I really needed this post.
Los! Los Cabadrin!
skyride
Profile Joined January 2011
Scotland103 Posts
February 07 2012 10:19 GMT
#114
You've skipped out mentioning DXtory. It's a bit complicated, but it's a sick piece of software and does everything XSplit's Game Source feature does but better. Any chance you could add that? It's like $40 to buy, well worth it if you want to stream well. LIke 95% as good as a capture card.
Avean
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway449 Posts
February 07 2012 10:30 GMT
#115
VBV buffer should be double of what youre bitrate is, not 1:1 as said in this guide. (reference: XSplit dev team)
zvolim
Profile Joined January 2011
22 Posts
February 07 2012 11:26 GMT
#116
It would have helped more people if you had explained how the different settings (preset, bitrate, fps, resolution, quality, buffer) impact on the CPU, upload rate and quality of the stream. I only have 1mb upload and a 3ghz quadcore and by chooosing a good combination of preset, quality and resolution I drastically improved the quality of my stream.
You gave random value for each setting and information on devices that nobody uses (almost nobody probably). This helps a small percentage of streamers in my opinion.
iAmiAnC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom317 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-07 11:57:10
February 07 2012 11:47 GMT
#117
Great post thanks! What's your opinion on going below 30 fps (for SC2 streaming)? Personally I have 900kbp/s upload and I've found going down to 19 or 20 fps allows me to get a decent picture quality with limited bandwidth. The low fps becomes much more noticable at 15 though.

Changing the preset speed as mentioned to something a bit slower than the default is definitely also worth exploring if you have a decent PC and limited bandwidth.
http://www.twitch.tv/iamianc <- High master EU terran stream /w commentary!
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
February 07 2012 12:00 GMT
#118
On February 07 2012 17:25 Guussieboy wrote:
Please also include all the AMD Phenom II X6 and FX-8XXX processors in the CPU list. I have an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (@2.8GHz) and I can stream 720P flawlessly in SC2 and BF3.

You also might consider a bit about DXtory as it requires less from the computer and you can stream all games with it. Screen region can't. It will only stream (borderless) windowed mode.

Link to channel for proof.

Except there's no reason to recommend a 1055T when a 2500K is at about the same price point or cheaper and wrecks it in performance.
Gropah
Profile Joined April 2011
Netherlands58 Posts
February 07 2012 14:43 GMT
#119
On February 07 2012 21:00 djcube wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 07 2012 17:25 Guussieboy wrote:
Please also include all the AMD Phenom II X6 and FX-8XXX processors in the CPU list. I have an AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (@2.8GHz) and I can stream 720P flawlessly in SC2 and BF3.

You also might consider a bit about DXtory as it requires less from the computer and you can stream all games with it. Screen region can't. It will only stream (borderless) windowed mode.

Link to channel for proof.

Except there's no reason to recommend a 1055T when a 2500K is at about the same price point or cheaper and wrecks it in performance.


The AMD X6 and FX-8XXX series is always cheaper (in the netherlands), but indeed an 2500K is faster and I would recommend a 2500K now, but he should note though that these are also useable to stream, so people wont have to buy a whole new PC when they want to stream...
Nausea
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden807 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-07 15:25:40
February 07 2012 15:23 GMT
#120
Tried this guide, got no problems with the streaming on my part but i asked some friends to try and watch it and they got video lag. Very strange since they got 100mbit download and I got 10mbit upload. I get a green light from the speedtest to the server, so I do not understand why the video stops from time to time while the sound keeps going. I also have no fps drops on my computer or anything of that sort.

i5 2500k, 8gb ram etc etc...

Any ideas? Tried all the way from 1300kbps to 2000kbps and none of them should cause this lag, right?

And this is my test on speedtest.net

[image loading]
Set it ablaze!
Prev 1 4 5 6 7 8 15 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL
05:00
RO24 Group E
JDConan vs Julia
UltrA vs hanniGan
ZZZero.O202
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft: Brood War
ZZZero.O 202
Terrorterran 16
Dota 2
syndereN811
League of Legends
Doublelift4248
JimRising 693
Super Smash Bros
AZ_Axe91
Other Games
summit1g9661
XaKoH 154
NeuroSwarm80
ViBE53
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick743
BasetradeTV181
Counter-Strike
PGL99
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• musti20045 57
• EnkiAlexander 43
• Adnapsc2 25
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• Pr0nogo 7
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Nemesis3522
• Jankos3036
• Scarra1007
Other Games
• imaqtpie698
• Shiphtur138
Upcoming Events
IntoTheTV X SOOP
10h 30m
IPSL
16h 30m
Azhi_Dahaki vs ggnore13
Double vs WIZARD
Replay Cast
22h 30m
Replay Cast
1d 22h
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Invitational
2 days
YoungYakov vs Lambo
SHIN vs TBD
Percival vs Shameless
Solar vs TBD
PiGosaur Cup
3 days
The PondCast
4 days
KCM Race Survival
4 days
WardiTV Invitational
4 days
[ Show More ]
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
IPSL
6 days
TerrOr vs IJ_Terran
rasowy vs Hazorath
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-11-05
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
HCC Season 3

Ongoing

Acropolis #5
KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 4
International ShieldBattery League
BSL Season 23
IPSL Winter 2026-27
Calamity Cup Div. A Season 8
IEM Beijing 2026
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026

Upcoming

Sector 951
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Underdog Cup 2026 Div 2-3
PGL Bucharest 2027
BLAST Bounty Winter 2027
eXTREMESLAND 2026
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.