Streaming help

rs3ghost

Hi everyone, 

I'm a new streamer and I need some insight into what settings I should be using. I am using xsplit and have been testing what settings to stream at but still cannot get them right. I am trying to stream WoW at 720p using dxtory and i have a intel i5-2500 cpu @3.3Ghz with 8 GB of RAM. I just went to speedtest.net and got a DL of 43.74 Mbps and UL of 34.55 Mbps. The issue I'm having is more with the bitrate than anything else I think but I could be wrong. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

biotest

have you ran the built in xsplit speed test and get a green light?

if you get a slow connection to the twitch server you can change the server and try the test again

rs3ghost

I've run the xsplit test many times as well but continually get a red light. Idk what I'm doing wrong but it always gives me the red light...

biotest

that could mean you need to turn down your bitrate.

my connection to the london server is average 2010kbps so i would set it to about 80% of that.

rs3ghost

I turned to bitrate down to 1000 for both and am still getting red results

biotest

have you tried changing the server location?

rs3ghost

My server location is US East New York because I'm in New Jersey. So I figured that would be the closest location to where I am. These are the results I'm getting if I switch back to the 2500, 2500 settings I was using first.

Initializing connection to server....

Trying to stream maximum data rate of 2628 kbps...

Initializing transmission to server... (100%)

Average data rate during 1001 ms: 891 kbps...

Average data rate during 1045 ms: 817 kbps...

Average data rate during 2115 ms: 443 kbps...

Average data rate during 2110 ms: 440 kbps...

Average data rate during 2137 ms: 422 kbps...

Average data rate during 2092 ms: 427 kbps...

Average data rate during 2021 ms: 696 kbps...

Average data rate during 2119 ms: 672 kbps...

Average data rate during 2100 ms: 572 kbps...

Average data rate during 2059 ms: 708 kbps...

Average data rate during 2079 ms: 654 kbps...

Average data rate during 2225 ms: 938 kbps...

Average data rate during 2070 ms: 587 kbps...

Average data rate during 2095 ms: 737 kbps...

Average data rate during 2100 ms: 539 kbps...

Done.

Average data rate: 636 kbps.

Dropped frames: 696

Your bandwidth to server is probably not sufficient.

You can redo the test, but if the test consistently gives you a RED signal, you may consider lowering your combined audio bitrate and max video bitrate to below 2628 kbps.

biotest

ive seen a few people have issues with the new york server, maybe cus its a busy server. try changing it to the next closest and run the test again

rs3ghost

US East VA worked a little bit better. This is with the same settings.

Initializing connection to server....

Trying to stream maximum data rate of 2628 kbps...

Initializing transmission to server... (100%)

Average data rate during 1095 ms: 2381 kbps...

Average data rate during 2100 ms: 2615 kbps...

Average data rate during 2018 ms: 2692 kbps...

Average data rate during 2100 ms: 2617 kbps...

Average data rate during 2082 ms: 2490 kbps...

Average data rate during 2023 ms: 2692 kbps...

Average data rate during 2095 ms: 2618 kbps...

Average data rate during 2086 ms: 2617 kbps...

Average data rate during 1014 ms: 2564 kbps...

Average data rate during 2092 ms: 2321 kbps...

Average data rate during 2089 ms: 2769 kbps...

Average data rate during 2038 ms: 2692 kbps...

Average data rate during 2064 ms: 2551 kbps...

Average data rate during 2071 ms: 2610 kbps...

Average data rate during 2045 ms: 2673 kbps...

Done.

Average data rate: 2593 kbps.

Dropped frames: 0

Your bandwidth to server is probably sufficient but it is recommended that you redo the test.

If the test consistently gives you a YELLOW signal, you may consider lowering your combined audio bitrate and max video bitrate to slightly below 2628 kbps.

rs3ghost

I think that may have been the issue. I couldn't get yellow or green for the life of me in New York but somehow Virginia and Miami both give me green results.

Fire

Yeah for most of the east coast, Virginia (it's secondary server specifically) is the strongest.

biotest

so set your bitrate to about 80% of your average 2593kbps to leave a bit of head room and you should be good to go :)

Fire

so set your bitrate to about 80% of your average 2593kbps to leave a bit of head room and you should be good to go :)

That may not always be the best idea ( it is in this case though ), your average will vary depending on how much you're trying to push out. You can test at 3k, get an average of 2.9k, drop it down to 2.5 and get an average of 2.3k. If you get a yellow or green test and there is very little variation in the results, you should be fine. However if there is a large discrepancy, you can do that and it should help.