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GamingCurios
Profile Joined January 2013
2 Posts
January 03 2013 19:37 GMT
#781
cool thanks everyone for the help :D
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-03 20:48:14
January 03 2013 20:46 GMT
#782
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34507 Posts
January 03 2013 20:49 GMT
#783
On January 04 2013 05:46 Joedaddy wrote:
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3

Use Window Capture -> select the SC2 window.
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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-03 21:09:30
January 03 2013 21:09 GMT
#784
On January 04 2013 05:46 Joedaddy wrote:
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3


What upload needs to be? like 0.1mbit.

What upload needs to be to look awesome? ~3-4 ceiling
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
January 03 2013 21:47 GMT
#785
On January 04 2013 05:49 Firebolt145 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2013 05:46 Joedaddy wrote:
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3

Use Window Capture -> select the SC2 window.


I set it to window capture, selected SC2, but it still switches back and forth on stream when I alt-tab. Any other ideas?
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
HomeWorld
Profile Joined December 2011
Romania903 Posts
January 03 2013 22:15 GMT
#786
On January 04 2013 05:46 Joedaddy wrote:
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3



Use game capture source -> select sc2 (sc2 must be running when you do that)
Tip: have sc2 windowed (fullscreen) , activate "play in background" in sc2 sound options too (if you want), that way if you alt-tab out sc2 will keep on rendering and not look like it frozen.
GrayFox-
Profile Joined January 2013
50 Posts
January 04 2013 05:55 GMT
#787
I just updated my OBS to the latest version (Alpha, could be what is causing the problem) and I'm getting this error when I preview or start my stream:
http://imgur.com/HH4Lv
How can I fix it?
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
January 04 2013 05:55 GMT
#788
On January 04 2013 07:15 HomeWorld wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 04 2013 05:46 Joedaddy wrote:
Quick question~

How do I lock my source to be only SC2 so that when I alt tab the stream will stay on the game and not switch?

Edit: any any ball park on what my upload needs to be to stream 1080p would be nice to know~ thanks <3



Use game capture source -> select sc2 (sc2 must be running when you do that)
Tip: have sc2 windowed (fullscreen) , activate "play in background" in sc2 sound options too (if you want), that way if you alt-tab out sc2 will keep on rendering and not look like it frozen.


That fixed it. Thanks so much <3
I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
LukasG
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany95 Posts
January 04 2013 08:56 GMT
#789
Hey guys,

im new to streaming, what settings should i use?

Here are my Speedtest results (downspeed is usually higher) [image loading]

Here my Computer Specs: AMD (FX)-6100 Six Core Processor @ 3,30 GHz
8 GiG of Ram

i guess Graphic Card und SSD are not important for streaming

Thanks in Advanve

Greetings
Joedaddy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1948 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-04 09:37:59
January 04 2013 09:35 GMT
#790
I'm running similar specs as you, ~same speeds too.

Max bitrate/buffer both at 1100
Quality balance = 5
Base Resolution= 1920x1080
Resolution Downscale= 2:1 (960x540)
FPS=60
x264 CPU Preset= Fast

You can see the quality (or lack thereof) that I get out of it here (can skip ahead to get to the gameplay and bigger fights):

I'm a pretty ignorant about tech stuff. So, I'm sure I'm probably doing it wrong. This just seems to be the best balance that I can find given my specs and upload speeds. Hope it helps~

Edit: my speed test
[image loading]

P.S. Gratz to Cyro for the blue text!! I'm pretty sure you didn't have that when I first posted in this thread and you were EXTREMELY helpful with fantastic advice <3




I might be the minority on TL, but TL is the minority everywhere else.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
January 04 2013 15:11 GMT
#791
On January 04 2013 17:56 LukasG wrote:
Hey guys,

im new to streaming, what settings should i use?

Here are my Speedtest results (downspeed is usually higher) [image loading]

Here my Computer Specs: AMD (FX)-6100 Six Core Processor @ 3,30 GHz
8 GiG of Ram

i guess Graphic Card und SSD are not important for streaming

Thanks in Advanve

Greetings


On January 04 2013 18:35 Joedaddy wrote:
I'm running similar specs as you, ~same speeds too.

Max bitrate/buffer both at 1100
Quality balance = 5
Base Resolution= 1920x1080
Resolution Downscale= 2:1 (960x540)
FPS=60
x264 CPU Preset= Fast

You can see the quality (or lack thereof) that I get out of it here (can skip ahead to get to the gameplay and bigger fights):

I'm a pretty ignorant about tech stuff. So, I'm sure I'm probably doing it wrong. This just seems to be the best balance that I can find given my specs and upload speeds. Hope it helps~

Edit: my speed test
[image loading]

P.S. Gratz to Cyro for the blue text!! I'm pretty sure you didn't have that when I first posted in this thread and you were EXTREMELY helpful with fantastic advice <3



You will always want bitrate pretty much maxed out at this point, so ~1300-1400 video for first poster, 1100 for second, and 128k audio

For basic settings just try 2:1, 1.5, 1:1 resolutions at 60fps, 60fps, 30fps

960x540, 60fps, fast

1280x720, 60fps, veryfast - might need to cut FPS just a little but probably not

1920x1080, 30fps, veryfast - might need to cut FPS a little, and some people dont like using higher resolutions with limited bitrate - it will look quite bad at times in some areas, but usually quite sharp, and the UI looks much much better in my opinion at such resolutions even with that limited bitrate

I would also use Quality 10 unless there are noticably better results without it or there's more info on the OBS implementation of it that i can read somewhere, i just know that the xsplit implementation was a reverse slider of crf (35 on quality 0, 25 on quality 10) which i think wasnt sharp enough (needed to be moved 5crf lower) and often gave worse results than just setting to max IMO

Thanks, just got it (: maybe a mod misclicked on my name though
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Glitchboy
Profile Joined January 2013
United States2 Posts
January 04 2013 18:10 GMT
#792
I just recently started using OBS. What I want to do with it is pretty simple but I'm having issues.

I am using the game capture and my webcam as sources. Each work fine separately and technically even together but whenever I have they overlaying each other the game always lays on top. Even when I specifically set the webcam to "move to top" or "move up" the game will always remain on top. I tried with two separate games just to make sure. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
Perfektion
Profile Joined December 2012
Sweden7 Posts
January 04 2013 20:21 GMT
#793
Im using OBS for my stream. Sometimes I get huge FPS drops even if I got the settings on very low quality.

My PC:

8G RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
INTEL CORE i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz

My Internet: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2396991789.png

If someone could give me some examples of what by "Bitrate" and "Buffer Size" should be on it would be awsome! Im currently using "5" on Quality and 2500/2500 on the others. Also Anything that could explain why one could get FPS drops ? Thanks !
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
January 04 2013 20:25 GMT
#794
On January 05 2013 05:21 Perfektion wrote:
Im using OBS for my stream. Sometimes I get huge FPS drops even if I got the settings on very low quality.

My PC:

8G RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
INTEL CORE i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz

My Internet: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2396991789.png

If someone could give me some examples of what by "Bitrate" and "Buffer Size" should be on it would be awsome! Im currently using "5" on Quality and 2500/2500 on the others. Also Anything that could explain why one could get FPS drops ? Thanks !


10 quality 3k/3k

What do you mean by FPS drops? It is expected for framerate to be consistently lower throughout the game with any form of streaming (from screen/game capturing, otherwise you dont have any information to stream)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Wormie
Profile Joined October 2011
Denmark38 Posts
January 04 2013 20:50 GMT
#795
Anyone know how to stream Quake live With OBS, works fine in other programs like Dota2 and sc2, but it just blackout my screen when trying to stream from Quake live.
ItzShakti
Profile Joined May 2011
Brazil43 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-04 21:37:58
January 04 2013 21:30 GMT
#796
I have a friend that's trying to stream with OBS, but it gets very laggy at late game(he gets about 5 FPS).
His PC:
HDHD7770 GHz edition
Core 2 Quad Q8400
4GB RAM(his windows is 32 bits)

[image loading]
I really like apollo
HelloSon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
January 04 2013 22:17 GMT
#797
whoa, when did Cyro get blue post here? And when did blue posters start showing outside of Strategy?
yo
Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34507 Posts
January 04 2013 22:41 GMT
#798
Relatively new in the last couple weeks. They first implemented it around mid December but Cyro etc were blue'd in the last 48 hours.
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Mariosatr
Profile Joined September 2012
294 Posts
January 04 2013 23:09 GMT
#799
Hey, I like OBS but it lags a lot for me. I've tried bitrates ranging from 800 to 3000, yet I still get lag spikes often (there's usually a second of smooth movement inbetween). I use the server with the lowest ping, but still it lags. My program is fine, just the stream itself is lagging. I've never noticed OBS lag on the stream preview, but I can't really see much.

[image loading]
A mind sharper than any blade.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20345 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-04 23:54:14
January 04 2013 23:53 GMT
#800
^CPU and settings?
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
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