20 SEC Delay - Twitch Streaming normal ?

jasonsony735 · 9 May 2017 at 15:33

Hey guys just started to Stream my games with NVidia broadcasting and noticed when I watch my stream back on my iPhone its delayed by 20sec ? is this normal ?

I feel a little stupid when people chat too me and I end up replying 30sec later ha.

dirtybeatfreak · 9 May 2017 at 16:13

It's normal but I do think it can be adjusted.

FARGO · 9 May 2017 at 16:42

I think it's to stop 'stream-sniping.'

Glanza · 9 May 2017 at 16:45

Are you streaming on Twitch? check your settings if you are as they should be a toggle for the delay iirc.

maxilive · 9 May 2017 at 17:09

It's fairly normal to have a delay. 30secs seems to be a bit much but that might be party due to the Nvidia streaming adding a few seconds to the delay but you'd tend to expect 10-20 seconds delay especially for smaller streams as the they are run on Twitch's b-grade servers

If you want instant response try using Beam.

FloppyPoppy · 9 May 2017 at 17:28

FARGO said:
I think it's to stop 'stream-sniping.'

It is, a lot of streamers on " online survival " games actually tend to set a longer delay up to a few minutes even.

Vtec9k · 9 May 2017 at 18:13

It should only be a few seconds (simply due to processing time) by default, unless the Nvidia broadcasting is adding something. You can also set a tickbox in twitch to help

https://blog.twitch.tv/reduced-stream-delay-for-all-broadcasters-6aff06268b7d

Disco_P · 9 May 2017 at 22:28

Suprised you got nvidia streaming to work. Mine was always a stuttery mess no matter the settings.

Boycey0211 · 9 May 2017 at 22:31

Disco_P said:
Suprised you got nvidia streaming to work. Mine was always a stuttery mess no matter the settings.

Mine works perfectly, not had an issue with it at all. Upload speed maybe?

Disco_P · 9 May 2017 at 22:33

I have 10mbits upload. It's fine for recording and streaming 6mbits x264 via OBS works fine as well.

Boycey0211 · 9 May 2017 at 22:36

Weird thats the same upload as me and I've had no issues

MooMoo444 · 10 May 2017 at 08:04

There will always be a little delay, but 20 sec seems unusually high.

Disco_P · 10 May 2017 at 13:44

Boycey0211 said:
Weird thats the same upload as me and I've had no issues

I have no idea what it is.
This is recorded using shadowplay and is noticeably stuttery. Check video stats to see the dropped frames are insane.

This is using software x264 in OBS. 60fps without any drops.

Disco_P · 10 May 2017 at 15:21

And to not ruin this thread, I get about 13s of delay between the gameplay and the stream using x264 OBS

Rroff · 10 May 2017 at 15:27

harry5522 said:
It is, a lot of streamers on " online survival " games actually tend to set a longer delay up to a few minutes even.

For coverage of competitive matches its usual to have a ~2 minute delay, etc. there will usually be atleast a few seconds delay to minimise buffering issues, etc.