Help streaming/gaming

[Callisto]

Yeah I checked around the XSplit FAQs, 1.0 is the lowest bandwidth they even have settings recommendations for

[Aylee]

Well looked at my service provider and the 50 gb down 2 up has a 300 gb cap. How much will streaming push it if I stream like 3 hours a day? And will 2 up be enough? Ill post settings in a bit we have used 152gb in 24 days

[Alderaan]

I currently have 10 down and 1 up and streaming any online game at any decent quality is impossible. I'd say 3 up would be the minimum for 720p just to have the extra bandwidth.

50 down and 2 up sounds like a terrible plan as well but i guess it varies based on providers. I'd want at least 5 up if I'm paying for 50 down. Or we could all move to Kansas City.

[Ratatapa]

Well looked at my service provider and the 50 gb down 2 up has a 300 gb cap. How much will streaming push it if I stream like 3 hours a day? And will 2 up be enough? Ill post settings in a bit we have used 152gb in 24 days

If it can help you

I have 60down 10 up with 250gig limit per month

here is a chart of what i used




It's a french but sill easy to understand

First Column is the date Juillet means July

2nd Column is Download (Aval)
3rd is Upload (Amont)
the last one is the combined

I stream PS2 and psp emulator at around 1080P


Starting the 20th i streamed about 6h (So check my Upload (Amont column) to see how much it did

[Aylee]

I currently have 10 down and 1 up and streaming any online game at any decent quality is impossible. I'd say 3 up would be the minimum for 720p just to have the extra bandwidth.

50 down and 2 up sounds like a terrible plan as well but i guess it varies based on providers. I'd want at least 5 up if I'm paying for 50 down. Or we could all move to Kansas City.

Sadly 2 up is the fastest they have and yhe 50 down 2 up is the same price as what im paying now. Onky other ones tjey offer is 60 down 2 up for 75 and 70 down 2 up for 100

[Callisto]

Yeah 720 is really, really unlikely to fly on 2, you'd want at least 4-5(to wit I have similar bandwidth to Rata, slightly less down/up but no cap).

[Aylee]

Yeah 720 is really, really unlikely to fly on 2, you'd want at least 4-5(to wit I have similar bandwidth to Rata, slightly less down/up but no cap).

Well that sucks. Guess ill keep trying to tweek my settings and get the best quality I can and see if im satisfied witg it. Ill post the settings tonight and see if you guys can help me tweek them

[Aylee]

alright my current settings, Finally managed to get a green light on the bandwidth test, about to try streaming a bit and seeing how it goes. Also only residential data plans that my isp offer are:

50 down 2 up (300gb cap) for 50/month
60 down 2 up for (400gb cap) 75/month
70 down 2 up for (500gb cap) 100/month

I asked if they had anything residential with more than 2 up and they said no, the tech guy asked if they had any sort of build your own package or some bs to see if I could get anything higher and came back a no as well

Spoiler: show

[Gryffes]

2 up is enough for 720p. ( if you get > ~1600kbs ).
You need to go to channel settings and change the encoder preset to slow or medium. ( this means more compression is done, so you get the same image quality @lower bitrates - but requires more cpu ).

Also, stay free USA, paying $35/month for 80down/20up.

[Alderaan]

Also, stay free USA, paying $35/month for 80down/20up.

It's no secret that our speeds are terrible. The max i can get is 50down/5up for $65/month.

[Aylee]

Ok i have the stream going at a decent quality with no lag but what settings do i slowly tweek up/down to increase quality and see where i start to lag? also when I go full screen on the stream i have huge black bars at the top/bottom how do i fix that?

[Gryffes]

Ok i have the stream going at a decent quality with no lag but what settings do i slowly tweek up/down to increase quality and see where i start to lag? also when I go full screen on the stream i have huge black bars at the top/bottom how do i fix that?

The slower the encoding preset you use, the more cpu you use to get better quality at the same bandwidth, so thats the first thing.

Re:Black bars.

Twitch and youtube and most other places use a 16:9 video format.
If you have a 16:10 res monitor, you need to change to a 16:9 format - in which case you will have black bars while playing but the stream will be free of them.

tldr 1920x1200 monitor=blackbars, 1920x1080=noblackbars.

[Aylee]

so upping the quality from say 4-7 wont help? I was thinking changing the encoding from veryfast to fast would lag again but i'll give it a shot

[Gryffes]

Upping the quality will help, but will increase the bandwidth you need.

[Aylee]

alright on

Faster / quality 6 atm gonna try at fast/ 6 and see how that does

if possible please check and see how the quality is i cant really tell on this pc

www.twitch.tv/davinci515

it seems like the game is jumpy on the stream (but not in game play) what would i adjust to fix that?

[Ratatapa]

I'm gonna steal this thread instead of making a new one but this is really something that scares me and I know I already asked


I have a 250gig download +upload limit per month

I would like to know if there is a way to calculate how much it's gonna take me per hour to stream eithe at 720 or 1080p because I don't want to break that 250gig limit

I normally consume between 40-100gig per month just downloading and iggles on the internet

But with streaming I'm scared to actually break it (FFXIV)