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[GUIDE] The Definitive XSplit Guide (With Video) - Page 3

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[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
April 26 2012 11:07 GMT
#41
Bitrate settings seems to be avaiable only when I record my broadcasting channel, not when I configure local recordings.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
Avean
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Norway449 Posts
April 26 2012 11:16 GMT
#42
Hmm i can configure the btirate for it, you have updated to newest client ? Or maybe cause you are a free user ? dunno
Nancial
Profile Joined July 2011
197 Posts
April 26 2012 12:22 GMT
#43
I really-really recommend NOT using game source. Use dxtory!

It's a weird thing and it's one of the reasons I actually tried cracked premium vers of xsplit before bying it (I deleted it after, let's assume I did ).

I tried to stream SC2 using game source and dxtory and dxtory taxed my PC a bit less for all I know : my game ran at 100+ fps and I streamed/played without any flaws. With game source instead of dxtory my game ran at ~90 fps (means its a bit less optimized), the videoq quality was the same, same resolution e.t.c ,but I felt that latency increased and I experienced SPIKES in game , like it kept micro-freezing for 0,01 sec every 2-3 seconds for no reason - my connection has a plenty of room ( 10 mbit upload, i use less than 2 mbit to stream ) and the fps was well over 80. but the game was just stuttering as hell.
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
April 26 2012 18:42 GMT
#44
On April 26 2012 20:16 Avean wrote:
Hmm i can configure the btirate for it, you have updated to newest client ? Or maybe cause you are a free user ? dunno

I now found it ... it is at another position compared to live stream config.

(And I am an Xsplit premium user.)
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
April 27 2012 00:00 GMT
#45
How do you set a higher quality than 10? I can't stream at 1080p but I stream at 720p and I'd like to go higher than 10. It says that's covered in the advanced guide but I can't find it.

Great guide.
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.Mystic
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada486 Posts
April 27 2012 01:46 GMT
#46
shouldn't buffer be twice as much as bitrate?
Robonord
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States311 Posts
April 27 2012 01:56 GMT
#47
Disable Aero if you are running Windows Vista/7!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was screwing up my stream for the longest time and I just now turned it off and my stream is running so much better.
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apoct
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States83 Posts
April 27 2012 11:33 GMT
#48
On April 26 2012 17:46 [F_]aths wrote:
How can I limit the video bandwidth when I do a local recording?


In XSplit, menu Broadcast -> Edit Channels. You will want to adjust your settings for "Local Recording". One of these will be max bitrate, which is exactly what you are inquiring about. Then, you just need to go to menu Broadcast -> Local Recording to start recording to your hard drive.

NOTE: If you are streaming live as well, make sure you start both profiles. For example, I want to stream to Twitch.tv and I also want to make a local recording. When I'm ready to start streaming and recording, I would go to menu Broadcast and then click "Twitch.tv - apoctv" to start streaming. Then I would again go to menu Broadcast, but this time click "Local Recording". That would result in me both live streaming to my channel on Twitch.tv and recording locally. (Don't forget you need to stop them both when you are done, haha)

On April 26 2012 17:57 Avean wrote:
Its not adviced to put max upload speed on Max Bitrate. This should only be done if you are partnered with Twitch.tv (Automatic Transcoding). If you put 5 Mbit on bitrate you are basicly saying "Sorry! You need atleast 5 Mbit inbound to view my stream". Also the VBV Buffer should be 1 to 2x the bitrate. I am using 2x bitrate for best results.


I think you misunderstood what I was talking about at that part in the guide. Putting your max upload speed as the bitrate is *only* for speed testing ingestion servers.

Yes, for VBV buffer the guideline is 1:1 to 1:2. But in almost all cases, 1:1 will be perfect for users, which is what we stated in the guide. Less than 1:1 can result in video artifacting. But, we will discuss this and a ton of other topics further in depth in the advanced guide -- which is coming soon.
apoct
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States83 Posts
April 27 2012 11:37 GMT
#49
On April 27 2012 09:00 HazMat wrote:
How do you set a higher quality than 10? I can't stream at 1080p but I stream at 720p and I'd like to go higher than 10. It says that's covered in the advanced guide but I can't find it.

Great guide.


In the video guide this was covered. But to answer your question, for live streaming you can set quality from 0 to 10. For local recording, you can set it from 0 to 20.

So, to get higher than quality 10, you need to use the "Local Recording" profile.
apoct
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States83 Posts
April 27 2012 11:38 GMT
#50
On April 26 2012 19:48 [F_]aths wrote:
I need to record some things locally because I have a usable upload speed of about 500 kBit (video and audio combined) which is too low for HD video. When I use local recording however, I get really big files which take ages to upload on Own3D or Youtube. I would like to limit the bandwidth.


You will want to set the max bitrate in the "Local Recording" profile in XSplit. It can be found at menu Broadcast -> Edit Channels. If it's not in the list, click "Add" and add it.
Krosta
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway437 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-29 03:40:52
April 29 2012 01:55 GMT
#51
Thanks for a great guide apoct. I've followed the instructions and everything seems to work out fine. But I get a black screen on both side of my stream picture. I have tried both screen capture and add game. I'm using my native resolution for my screen.

My settings are:
1920 x 1200
720p
60fps
VBV Max bitrate = 5000

Any ideas on what i am doing wrong?

Edit: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Intel® Core i7-2600K Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, Socket-1155

I play sc2.
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-29 11:24:21
April 29 2012 11:01 GMT
#52
I thank anyone who replied to me previous question about local recording max bitrate.

I have a new question:

I often experience an issue right at the beginning: In the first seconds, the image is mostly blanked out. I see the motion blocks but no longer the original background image. After some seconds, it returns to normal video. How can I avoid the first seconds of having image artifacts?
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
Robonord
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States311 Posts
April 29 2012 21:25 GMT
#53
I was having a lot of problems with my stream where my FPS in game would be fine, but any video (local or streamed) ended up being choppy. I lowered my settings far below what my computer was capable of but nothing was working. I finally fixed it by changing one setting.

Highlight your screen region and click settings and uncheck the second box (optimize for still pictures or something). If anyone else was having that problem, that's how you fix it.
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xlnt
Profile Joined February 2010
Sweden106 Posts
April 30 2012 08:35 GMT
#54
I have not tried the latest version of DXTory, but can you capture Full Screen games with it now? As far as I know, before you could only capture some games if you were running them in fullscreen without windowed mode, how does it work nowadays?

Or is there some special trick to get it to work in fullscreen?
roxxor?
Nabutso
Profile Joined April 2011
351 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-30 10:55:11
April 30 2012 10:09 GMT
#55
Settings:
bitrate 500
audio 96

resolution 800x450
quality 8
preset faster

aero disabled

when I add the game sorce to xsplit, before going live, my ingame fps drops from 60 (vsynced) to 40, when I go live, even with core affinities set, game fps drops to about 20-25.

I play on ultra settings at 2560x1440.
my specs are
2600k @4.8ghz
gtx 680
asrock extreme3 gen3
neo eco 520c
8gb ddr3 1333mhz.

my cpu usage isn't causing the problem

civ v has absolutely no fps issues and stays above 60, but i play it at 1600x900 and stream it at 1280x720.

note: the fps drop to 20 occurs even at the start of the game.

is there anything I can do?



edit: I ended up enabling aero and now everything is perfect.
Belial88
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States5217 Posts
April 30 2012 12:08 GMT
#56
Does anyone use DXtory? I checked out that dxtory+split ultimate guide over and over, and every tiem I use dxtory, it just craps out my framerate really bad.

I was playing on .6mb up, but just today I got 4mb upload. I hope to start streaming regularly, just every time I play, although I'd have to make work on athlon ii x4 3.4ghz/2.5gb nb and 4gb of RAM (how much ram is necessary to stream?). I think this hardware might be enough to stream, given my upload speed though... right? I just set my bitrates to 2400/2400 at the moment. I haven't really tested out, but when I was on .6mbs up with 1280/768 (my standard resolution) streaming seemed okay, just barely unplayable input lag when I played during streaming. I hope I can stream now with this new connection... or do I need better cpu first?
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apoct
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States83 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-12 15:17:13
May 12 2012 15:15 GMT
#57
On April 30 2012 21:08 Belial88 wrote:
Does anyone use DXtory? I checked out that dxtory+split ultimate guide over and over, and every tiem I use dxtory, it just craps out my framerate really bad.

I was playing on .6mb up, but just today I got 4mb upload. I hope to start streaming regularly, just every time I play, although I'd have to make work on athlon ii x4 3.4ghz/2.5gb nb and 4gb of RAM (how much ram is necessary to stream?). I think this hardware might be enough to stream, given my upload speed though... right? I just set my bitrates to 2400/2400 at the moment. I haven't really tested out, but when I was on .6mbs up with 1280/768 (my standard resolution) streaming seemed okay, just barely unplayable input lag when I played during streaming. I hope I can stream now with this new connection... or do I need better cpu first?


It depends on what game you are wanting to stream, but *generally* speaking, you will want a stronger CPU to stream. Grats on your 4mbit upload by the way =)

Also, I've only seen that input lag effect from DXTory happen on old CPU's. I've used DXTory extensively on my i7 950 machine and my i7 3930k machine and both of them run beautifully with DXTory and the video input from DXTory on the stream is gorgeous quality.
gobrownscle
Profile Joined June 2012
1 Post
June 12 2012 23:44 GMT
#58
Can any of you guys tell me if the i7 2600k and 16gb of 1600mhz RAM can do the placebo preset @ 720p, 1100 bitrate, 2200 buffer kbit? If not, please post a processor that can. Thanks anyway
n0btozz
Profile Joined January 2011
Iceland115 Posts
July 02 2012 17:43 GMT
#59
I have this setup:

AMD Phenom x4 955 OC to 3,6 ghz
Geforce GTX 560 ti 1GB
5 GB of ram

And I just can't get it to stream properly, almost at any quality. I just get like 12-25 fps for some reason, even when streaming low quality. Anyone who can help me?
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RiSkysc2
Profile Joined September 2011
696 Posts
July 02 2012 18:15 GMT
#60
On June 13 2012 08:44 gobrownscle wrote:
Can any of you guys tell me if the i7 2600k and 16gb of 1600mhz RAM can do the placebo preset @ 720p, 1100 bitrate, 2200 buffer kbit? If not, please post a processor that can. Thanks anyway

Yes, you can probably do 1080p or 720p @ 60fps if you overclock.
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