Open broadcaster software help

lawrence281

lawrence281

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SO I've set it up and linked my twitch account etc, only problem is my ping is too high and i get delay..so unsure what settings im supposed to change it to!

Im trying to stream Battlefield 4..
my specs, i7 4470k
8gb ram
gtx 760..is that alright?
 
Yes, unfortunately :(

I had around the same upload speed on my old Sky ADSL and I pretty much couldn't stream at an acceptable rate or quality. The settings for bitrate correlate to your upload speed, so when OBS wants you to put in a number for bitrate that's your upload speed in kb/s.

Recommended bitrate for 1080p: 3000-3500
Recommended bitrate for 720p: 1800-2500
Recommended bitrate for 480p: 900-1200
Recommended bitrate for 360p: 600-800
Recommended bitrate for 240p: Up to 500

I upgraded to Sky Fibre and now have 9.5Mbit/s upload, so my max bitrate I set on OBS is about 2800. I game at 1080p but downscale the stream to 720p. You don't want the bitrate number too high otherwise people watching your stream with poor internet connections with experience a lot of buffering and stuttering. So even though above it says 300-3500 as the max you probably want a bit lower than that.

I think you really need to upgrade your connection to be able to stream 'properly'; that's what I had to do.
 
As teh_captain says, you're going to be limited by your upload speed.

However - don't let it stop you streaming - I follow a streamer from New Zealand who also has a poor internet connection, and they stream at about 750kbit/sec in 720x480 - if the stream is enjoyable to watch, then people will watch no matter the bitrate.
 
Confused said:
As teh_captain says, you're going to be limited by your upload speed.

However - don't let it stop you streaming - I follow a streamer from New Zealand who also has a poor internet connection, and they stream at about 750kbit/sec in 720x480 - if the stream is enjoyable to watch, then people will watch no matter the bitrate.
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That's good and all, only way I could stream games, would be games that are offline, or doesnt disrupt gameplay, like LoL or BF4..would have too much delay lag for me to play properly uggh..
 
When you're playing a game, you're not uploading too much data whilst playing - there's no reason why you couldn't play & stream online games? Unless I'm missing something? :)

So long as you set your Twitch bitrate to a maximum of about 75-80% of your upload, then you should still have plenty left over for other things to work efficiently.
 
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