r/streaming - 🔧│tech-support-archive

I can get it to work on streamlabs just fine with game capture but normal OBS doesn't detect game capture, only window capture

7:18 PM

Fullscreen and borderless windowed have no issues on streamlabs both in and out of admin

Are you doing auto on game capture?

No I always specify window

7:22 PM

Doesn't work

7:23 PM

I tried it in full screen too and it didn't work then. Maybe my laptop just can't for some reason.

I've been going through a bunch of forums, but there is no definitive answer i have found yet

7:32 PM

One of the recommendations to try for laptops specifically is to go in advanced and uncheck "force gpu as render device"

7:32 PM

You can try that and see if there is any changes

Advanced settings on the laptop itself or Streamlabs?

streamlabs

7:34 PM

You would also have to close it and reopen it sorry

No problem!!

7:37 PM

This is how it looks in window capture. Game capture does not seem to work.

Is that with your game capture source visible?

7:38 PM

it says it's not showing rn

This is with the game capture source invisible, the preview shows the window capture source. (edited)

So when the game capture source visible does it show anything else?

Nope, but now my display capture works!

7:41 PM

Or sorry, I guess the game capture source shows "looking for game to capture", but I believe it's set on auto.

Well looks like that small check box did something

Ye, it absolutely did! Apparently that is required for display source on laptop. Thank you so much!!

Not a problem, I will try to look into it a little more for game capture for the smoother frame rate

7:43 PM

But you are currently operational

I am indeed! Invaluable help, truly!

Happy to help, happy streaming

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@clawdeeyar I am done streaming now, so if you need a little more assistance with troubleshooting feel free to ask

@GrimmmReapa not yet sorry

Alright can you screencap the properties of the media source

Hello

12:54 PM

is it possible to grab camera video?

hey guys, I think this topic already popped up some time, but I couldn‘t find any clear help in other forums. I have an Auna-920b usb mic, which of course i can‘t connect with a mixing desk. But I think it‘s acceptable for streaming and discord on pc. I want to get the sound of my pc and of my ps4 on the same headset. Therefor a mixing desk like the Yamaha MG06 would be alright, wouldn‘t it? Now is my second question do I also need to have a microphone that I can connect with the mixing desk or would it be useless to buy a new one? Thank you in advance

I've enabled some BTTV emotes for my chat but for some reason my StreamElements bot !emotes command isn't detecting them, anyone have any idea why? The bots other commands are working, and the emotes themselves are working. (edited)

@paxstations Do you mean cameras like a DSLR or camcorder?

6:35 PM

@g0ld_dustx By mixing desk do you mean a mixer? Or can you link what you mean so I can help out?

6:36 PM

@typeclint When you enabled BTTV emotes on the streamlabs website, did you copy the new URL and place it into the browser source on OBS?

it's StreamElements, and idk where that URL would be on the BTTV website. I just connected my twitch and added emotes to my list.

6:47 PM

I'm not talking about anything for an overlay though

6:47 PM

so idk why I would need a browser source

Misunderstood, apologies

no problem

So the emotes you enabled for your chat you want to show up when you type a command for people to use?

7:02 PM

Apologies ahead of time, I don't use streamelements so I'm learning all of this to help

Yeah so StreamElements actually comes with a built in command for it's bots called !emotes, it's not even custom it comes with the bots, and it's supposed to give you a list of BTTV emotes.

7:17 PM

alias and keywords are optional, they are just alternate commands that will do the same thing

7:18 PM

this is from the StreamElements UI, all the other commands I have enabled in here work it's weird as heck just this one isn't working

Well from a bit of googling around, I found that you can just create a custom command to show your enabled emotes, it might be the way to go. I got it working and showing emotes from bttv

7:19 PM

the !emotes command itself isn't even working in my stream tbh so that's weird on its own lol

I'll look into it see if I can do that, as long as I can get it to show them when chat requests it

It works, I already tested it myself

7:20 PM

Just create the command and input the emote commands into the response field

figured it out lol

Well look at that lol

you have to do !emotes update and then you have to specify bttv since it supports multiple emotes

7:22 PM

Imagine

7:23 PM

Well, at least it's all good now

@GrimmmReapa yeah I mean a mixer.. sorry I am not a native english speaker

No worries!

7:26 PM

As far as a mixer goes, you should be able to get both your ps4 audio and your pc audio pulled through it, the only hold up is finding a way to get your PS4 audio into the mixer. The PS4 can use hdmi and optical digital output for audio for sure.

7:27 PM

And you shouldn't have to get a new microphone, it can stay plugged into your PC. A new microphone would be completely optional, and at that point could be a studio microphone that plugs into an XLR plugin

okay yeah that should not be a problem then. thank you very much. can you recommend a mixer for max. 100€? I‘ve seen some for round about 50€ but don‘t know if the quality is good enough

I'll look into it with your currency in mind

7:35 PM

Well first do you have a way to convert the audio from your ps4 to the mixer?

i think over aux should be fine?

L/R audio cables?

with an aux to L/R audio cable it would work i think. aux ist the normal audio output of the ps4

Yeah that should be able to work fine

7:40 PM

you would probably at max need a 4 channel mixer

yeah i won‘t need more. I think 3 would be the max I will use

Just look for something with that criteria, you don't need it to be expensive

okay thank you very much for helping out

Not a problem, hope you find one that is decently priced and the set up works

@Krzy_Gaming🌈 Hey man, did you buy a theme off the streamlabs website?

8:00 PM

For the overlay I mean

its actually on this website called OWN3D.COM @GrimmmReapa (edited)

Got it, I'll go there now

OKAY

The files you download from the website, are they PNGs by chance? Or something else?

png and psd

alright so the PNGs you are going to want to add in by adding an Image Source

8:10 PM

Once it's in you can adjust the size and scale of it and place it where you want

so everything that choose has to always be in the png @GrimmmReapa (edited)

For streamlabs yes, the PSD files are photoshop documents, they can only really be edited in photo editing software

8:16 PM

let me double check something

ok

Yeah use the PNGs

okay i have another question for you

shoot

is t best to have everything and then plug everything together

8:20 PM

cause like im just waiting on getting a mic and webcam and green screen

8:20 PM

but i have evrything else

8:20 PM

smh lol

You can set up most of the overlay right now, I would wait on setting up the camera's because you might want to have the image there to see where you really want it

ohhhhhhhhhh and what about the description on my mixer page how do i plug them in

8:21 PM

i have panels they gave me and i dont know how to put them in

gimme like two secs to figure that out

see i have some much to do and im confused as ever smh

8:22 PM

but imma get it right so im not going to worry

thanks so much for helping me man @GrimmmReapa

no prob man

8:32 PM

I'm just trying to sort out mixer's layout and get you correct info rq

okay thanks

So this image has your info on it or is it being used as a link for something?

wait maybe ican show you there are panels that i have to use as far as About Me Donantion Panel they have a Contact panel etc etc

8:35 PM

and i dont know if they have like a link but ven if they did i wouldnt know where to put it

If it's just an image, don't sweat it

yeah its just a image

These pictures that you have are they uploaded somewhere or is it downloaded on your pc?

let me see hold on

8:37 PM

well i mean they came with the folder but when i click on them im able to like edit them and like crop them and stuff like that

8:38 PM

but i dont think they are download to my computer no

If you're able to edit them they're on your pc

8:38 PM

I'm trying to see if this panel i am editing is the right one, just to be sure

ok

are so here's what it is

8:43 PM

The Panels you want to put on your mixer need to be uploaded to imgur or something, it requires a URL to access the image

8:44 PM

Just set up a private album and it will only be accessed by you

8:44 PM

Step 2 is going into customize your channel, at the very bottom in channel description is where you want to be

8:45 PM

You can choose the image icon there and copy and paste the link from imgur to there. you can type a message below the pictures if you need to

how do i load it to a imgur

you got an account?

with imgur?

yes

oh snap i didnt know that well hold on let me make one right quick

aight

okay i made it now whats next

So you are gonna want to upload those pictures, there should be a button to do that

im having trouble

8:59 PM

i just upload the pix

so they're uploaded?

i just uploaded one of then

9:01 PM

them*

alright so what you do is you right click the image, click copy link address and then you paste that in the image box for channel description

ohhhhhhhh okay i seee

9:03 PM

lol so pretty much ill just do this with everyone

yep

9:03 PM

And if you want to put text beneath the pictures, you can just add it under them

okay now is this going to mess up because i know all of them are animated

9:04 PM

so even tho i copy the image address they still going to be animated

Personally, I am only doing this to help you out, I'm not sure if GIFs are supported or not

9:05 PM

You gotta experiment there

ohhh okay

Yeah GIFs work

hey if your not busy i want you to stick around okay cause i know imma nedd to you again

No worries, I don't stream until later

oh your stream whats your link so i can follow you

https://www.twitch.tv/grimmmreapa

9:17 PM

Just @ me if you want to get ahold of me, I'm working on a few things atm

okay im about to follow you right now

Appreciate it man!

okay i sub as well

Hey man, thank you very much that's hype

no problem

9:21 PM

you helping me out is a big thanks

9:21 PM

soooo yeah no problem

always happy to help

hello guys, sorry if this is not the place, I just found this discord trying to troubleshoot some problem I've got

12:25 AM

I'm trying to start streaming, not a videogame, but sort of a small educational channel to stream some of my classes to my students when needed

12:26 AM

I got a SONY HDR-PJ50 with HDMI and USB cables, I thought I could connect the camera as a video source to my computer but it seems I need a dedicated HDMI input in it

12:28 AM

The solutions I've got from internet say, as I understand, that I could connect other Sony cameras through Sony Remote and then through OBS Studio

12:29 AM

But I can't seem to find the correct USB configuration in my camera to connect to Sony Remote

12:29 AM

I can make it "find" the camera

Give me a bit

12:29 AM

I'll look into it

It recognizes it

Does it pick it up as a video capture device in OBS?

and sends this message

12:33 AM

nope

12:33 AM

only my stock laptop webcam, which is not suitable to stream a whiteboard

It says press the Menu button on your camera and search for USB Streaming to select on, if you haven't done that yet

I think this camera doesn't have that USB option

The guide I looked up just generalized for Handycams, similar to your camera, I'll look into it further

USB connections : MTP or Mass Storage

12:35 AM

USB LUN Setting: Multi or Single

12:35 AM

those are the only 2 USB settings I can find

Some of the options for handycams that I find may be for some of the newer models possibly. I'm still going to be looking, but a capture card may be one of the better ways for you to actually put your video through to OBS

Yes, I think that might be the easiest way to do it

12:48 AM

wanted to know if anyone had a similar experience with this

12:49 AM

or if I was missing something very obvious, only cause I'm very beginner with this

Most people default to connecting a camera/camcorder directly to a capture card. Some Sony cameras do allow for USB Streaming I just think the model you have doesn't have the feature

12:50 AM

Apologies for not finding a more cost effective solution

thank you a lot for your time, it seems that way, I wanted to see if I could use this same camera since I got it burrowed during the pandemic for my clases, I already invested in a good microphone (didn't know I needed a Phantom Voltage Source, gotta buy it now) a whiteboard for my house and some accesories to make it all work

1:09 AM

Now I am sure of what I need exactly

Happy to help. At least you are pointed in the right direction!

what would you choose on rtx 2070 super and ryzen 3700x - cpu or gpu stream?

Probably use NVENC, it's supposed to be better if you have the resources for it afaik

forgot to mention, want to do 1080p 60fps

You should still be fine. What you'll want to watch is your GPU load while playing whatever game(s) you're streaming. If you find your GPU maxing out and it's causing stream issues that's the only reason to consider not using NVENC. I don't think you'll have that issue with your setup though.

9:31 PM

Also are you doing twitch? And are you partner? If twitch and not partner you might want to do 720p60 because you won't have quality options for viewers (edited)

9:31 PM

And some viewers won't be able to watch at 1080p60 with their connection

i will do youtube i guess

Streaming in 1080p would look fine, but you aren't losing that much quality by going for 720p. Available for a lot more viewers and less intensive on your system as well js

Need some help my PC friends. Since yesterday I've been dropping frames (10-20%) while streaming. I see no issue while playing the game but chat has been experiencing freezing, tearing and bad frame rate. Not sure what to do. I've tried SLOBS and StreamElements. I've done a couple of things already but the issue persists. Ill list my specs and what I've done so far. I'm not the most computer savvy person so bare with me. Specs: -16gb Ram -Intel i7-7700 cpu @ 4.20ghz -GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Things I've done: -Double checked internet connection (I have 450 upload and 18 download) -Changed bitrate form 5000 to 4000 in streamelements obs. -Changed FPS from 60 to 30 in streamelements obs. -Updated the RTX driver. (windows just did an update a couple of days ago and after is when I'm having the cpu issues so not sure if its that) -Disconnected my elgato (I stream switch games and pc games and issue occurs on both) I've had the issue when using the elgato for my switch and ps4 and when playing PC games like Overwatch and Destiny 2.

So aside from checking your internet speeds have you restarted your modem and router as well?

10:29 PM

I'll look into more options for you as well, but I'm also at work so please be patient

10:30 PM

Is your CPU throttling usage as well?

Internet speeds are good. I ran a ping test and didn’t time out or anything. I’ve yet to reset router but I have to wait till my wife is done working to try that.

10:39 PM

Random question, are you running slobs as an administrator, or just normally? Running it as an admin fixed a lot of the issues I was having

This is whole stream is active and when stream is off.

10:40 PM

I ran streamelemenrs and slobs as admin and not as admin and same issue. @ThickestHippo

10:41 PM

@GrimmmReapa and no worries. Take your time. I appreciate the help.

Actually Maruu, I have a question you may be able to help with since you stream switch games. Which capture card do you use? I've been getting a bunch of frame skipping on stream with my capture card. The game itself is fine, but on stream the stream will freeze and restart a second later skipped forward. Any idea what could be going on?

The CPU usage is pretty average, I would try the modem afterwards. That can honestly help a lot because your problem sounds a little more internet based. Otherwise it may lie in you cpu settings in obs

Yea I even re setup obs just incase but that didnt help. Ill attempt to reset the router tonight and fill you guys back in afterwards to see what happened. Also ordered some aircans to see if cleaning out the PC will help. It looks clean. Just a tiny bit of dust. Weird thing is I have no issues on my PC at all literally just people who watch the stream,

Yeah sounds like it's either the CPU decoding or your internet

So if the internet is good whats the whole cpu decoding issue? whats the fix? Sorry still learning all this.

It's just the rate and quality at how your CPU decodes the video to be able to stream it. I don't think that's the case with your CPU though

Got it. Once I get a chance Ill reset the router and let you guys know. Thanks for the help.

No problem friend

Hey everyone. I am looking for help regarding Streamlabs OBS, Restream.io and Steam broadcasting. If you have some knowledge feel free to help or share advice! https://www.reddit.com/r/streaming/comments/gebrc6/streamlabs_obs_restreamio_steam/

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I believe for your steam chat if you go into the settings and broadcast settings, you can make chat show up on a corner of the game you are playing, so you cant at least have that

6:20 AM

as far as the Restream issue, I'll try to look into it a bit, but I don't have a lot of experience with that

Hey @GrimmmReapa I really appreciate you trying to help me! The steam broadcast chat thing, are you telling me you can make it appear ABOVE the game while you play?

Yes

6:30 AM

It's not all in the same restream app, but you should be able to make text appear above the game. I'm not certain how transparent it is though

Hmm I see. I will look into it right now. I wonder if it means it would appear in the stream/streamlabs obs

If you are doing window capture, yes. If it's game capture, I believe it will not

Indeed! since it is game capture i guess it is ok

If you are going for a behind the scenes chat and not having it seen on stream, then game capture is the way to go

hey guys.. new to the DC server and new to streaming. I really had no intention of streaming until very recently where my friends found it very entertaining to play Marbles together. I have a pretty outdated setup (AMD FX-8350, GTX 1070) and it definitely struggles when I try to play any games more demanding than Marbles or TFT where FPS actually matters (LoL, Apex, Valorant, etc.) even when streaming at 720p/30fps. Does anyone have any suggestions for a modestly-cheap upgrade for my CPU/mobo/cooler so that I can stream these games? I also have a 144hz monitor so being able to maintain 144 fps in game would be a cherry on top.

8:47 AM

One thing I was looking into was the NDI tool in OBS to offload the stream encoding to a 2nd rig (I have a pretty powerful laptop) but my current CPU seems to not support that and I don't have physical access to my router anyways, which if I am understanding correctly, is necessary to setup a LAN/subnetwork.

As a general thing, if you are upgrading your cpu and mobo, you would have enough power at that point to just use OBS without any issues all on one computer.

8:52 AM

It all depends what you are going for in terms of budget as well

if possible i'd like to keep the total of all the upgrades below $500 since i'm not exactly committed to streaming or anything.

9:01 AM

and my current set up is actually just fine for the type of gaming that I do anyways so it's not necessarily a necessary upgrade except for the purpose of streaming.

The only thing I can't account for too well would be RAM due to differences in prices between brands and such. Motherboards having a similar circumstance as well, but a MOBO and say a ryzen 7 3700x would probably get you around that price point.

9:06 AM

Newegg has this one for example https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/p/N82E16819113567

9:07 AM

However, the motherboard and RAM would be more personalized in terms of your wants and needs. 8gb, 16gb and what you want as far as mobo brand, wifi enabled, stuff like that

Ahh yikes. I forgot I'd probably have to upgrade to DDR4 RAM. At that point I might as well just give my machine to my gf and build a new one from scratch.

10:25 AM

But streaming is mostly cpu intensive right? Like a 1070 shouldn't bottleneck any performance for these types of games?

While that is true, games don't run solely off of a GPU. RAM and CPU will factor in to how the games run as well, just not the degree of the graphics card. And if your obs is producing 720p/30fps and causing your games to crap out, it may be the CPU under too much of a workload to perform both tasks side by side

10:54 AM

And yes, you would need to get ddr4 to rock a new mobo and CPU these days, so it's a whole package at that point

10:56 AM

I'll look more into your CPU and current set up a bit more to see but I can't imagine things bottlenecking to a point where games are struggling

@GrimmmReapa I was surprised out how much impact RAM speed had on performance, especially on Ryzen, I forgot to set dual channel on a new build I did for a short time and the difference was night and day

Oh most definitely, a lot of people just go for cheaper ram because the speeds aren't up there, but when you're rocking something with good MHz you'll see it

10:58 AM

@kor_chocobo If it's not too much of a bother for you, I can answer more questions later and we can brainstorm a bit. Of course there are a lot more people to help as well, but I have to get some sleep, I have duty at 1400 and it's 6am.

@GrimmmReapa of course. I really appreciate the advice you've given already.

Appreciate it. Any changes after restarting your modem and router?

hey guys, this may be pretty dumb but could i get some help on how to change the alert box gif

2:07 AM

i'm using streamlabs obs

Hey @GrimmmReapa Looks like you were right about the router reset. Stream not dropping frames anymore. So thanks on that. One new thing that did come up tho is that during cutscenes it seems I can a message that says the encoder is overloading. I lowered the bitrate from 5000 to 4000 and it happens only once in awhile. My CPU was hitting 95% at times with only the game and obs running.

At most for 720p/60fps I would recommend 4500 kbps, but make sure no additional processes are running that are CPU intensive. But what are your CPU presets and the priority you are at?

3:20 AM

And I am glad that the original issue is resolved

Hi Guys, Why does my alert image is still set to default? Everytime someone like and follow the stream the alert image is the zombie and not the image I set up but if I replay the alert the image I choose is showing?

Try recreating the source and copy and past the link from the website

I just use one of the default options though

So if you use the default what is the issue?

Hey everyone, good morning! I had an issue last night with Twitch, and I was wondering if anyone could offer some assistance. I wanted to stream some Minecraft (windows10 version) but when I went to start the stream, the minecraft tab wasn't an option to choose for broadcasting, just the entire screen. I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix this problem or if there is a different way I should go about streaming this version of minecraft. Steam works just fine on my pc, so maybe it's a settings thing?

@GrimmmReapa lol so what do you mean CPU presets and priority?

4:25 PM

Right now I have this set:

4:25 PM

Video Bitrate - 4000

4:25 PM

Encoder Hardware Nvence

4:25 PM

Base canvas 1920x1080

4:26 PM

Output 1280x720

4:26 PM

Downscale Biucibic (sharpened scaling, 16 samples) 60 fps

4:26 PM

Process Priority is set to High

That is strange, I'll check into it

Hey does anyone on here know how to setup a Behringer 502 for console streaming?

@Oodles_of_Noodles what type of capture are you trying for Minecraft?

@TokageStudies what else aside from the mixer do you have?

8:10 PM

@Duuzou also what is your CPU preset? It's determined by speed

@GrimmmReapa this is what I have: xlr mic cable, dual rca to 3.5mm jack, dual rca to headphone jack and aux cord 3.5mm to 3.5mm jack.

Where can I find the CPU preset? @GrimmmReapa

Still in your broadcast settings

8:27 PM

Also how many sources do you have at any given time?

It would be my mic and game audio. @GrimmmReapa

8:33 PM

@GrimmmReapa

Gimme a sec

8:38 PM

Does your behringer 502 model have a USB plug in?

@GrimmmReapa no it does not.

It would make your set up a little complicated then. The benefit of a mixer with usb is that you can use the mixer as both a sound and recording device. If you ran this mixer with an aux cord from the headphones slot into your computers microphone slot, you would be able to have your microphone and game audio, but you couldn't run the PC audio into it otherwise it would duplicate the sound

8:42 PM

Did you recently buy this?

8:45 PM

Basically to say it without it being a jumbled mess, you can get outside audio into your stream, but you would have to listen listen to your PC audio through 3.5mm and you wouldn't hear your game audio from a set up like that

So there is no way for me to hear my game audio if I do this?

8:58 PM

@GrimmmReapa

@GrimmmReapa Its set to Veryfast

9:12 PM

I was using simple for the output mode tho. Should I change it to advanced?

Advanced is where you are able to adjust a lot of settings it may help, and what about the sources

6 sources

@TokageStudies you can, but it would have to be monitoring the recording device audio in Windows and you would hear your microphone audio as well

5*

So I would hear myself talk the entire time as I was talking and there is nothing I can do about?

9:27 PM

@GrimmmReapa

Nothing so far with that set up, I'll try to look for a loophole, working on a plane rn

Sorry work and all

10:28 PM

So basically you would be able to run the mixer as a microphone itself and have your game audio and microphone audio run through, but since it's a microphone you wouldn't hear it unless you monitor it

10:29 PM

I would personally return the 502 and go for the 502USB it's 20 dollars more expensive, but you can use that mixer as a recording and sound device, otherwise your other set up will be more complicated than it needs to bs

10:29 PM

Be

Also I just saw that Antimalware Service Executable is taking up about 360 mb of memory and is the top on usage. Everything else is less than 80mb

If it's not actively being run I would have it closed jic

Also the reason I asked for how many sources you run is if you have a bunch of capture sources for specific games or anything all of that can be causing your system to slwo

12:57 AM

Sorry for late replies today, a plane got busted up pretty bad today so I'm actually working

Anyone ever get strange problems with the Elgato HD60 Pro (the PCIe one)? I had lag today on my PS4 Dark Souls Remastered stream at the start, restarted stream once to restart PC and then had no video from Elgato at all, then after about 15min troubleshooting I restarted again and it worked perfect for the next 2.5 hours until I stopped streaming.

I haven't had any issues with it

9:44 AM

Were there any possible causes you noticed?

9:44 AM

@Duuzou Any luck yet with OBS?

No it was really weird I have no idea. In the future I'm just planning to make sure I analyze my output in OBS and make sure it looks smooth before starting the stream, because I could see the lag in OBS just not on my TV. (edited)

Got it

Hey fam. Just found this channel. So, I would like to start streaming with my 4 year old kid. Problem is, I don't even know where to begin. I have the following computers -2011 iMac: 2.7 i5 / 8GB DDR3 / 1TB / AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB -2011 Macbook Pro 2.3 i5 / 16GB DDR3 / 256 SSD + 2TB Hybrid SSD / Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB -2015 Macbook 1.2 Intel Core M / 8GB DDR3 / Intel HD 5300 1536 MB I was wondering what machine would be best to stream as well as what would I need to start streaming on Twitch. I am ready to learn and invest somewhat into buying the equipment needed to get going but also, I am ready to accept that my gear is out of date and could potentially be buying a new Mac Mini or potentially a PC. What are your thoughts or feedback? Cheers!

Your MacBook pro spec wise would probably be one of the best bets in terms of power and being able to do it, however there are some limitations to something that old. I personally would hear yourself toward investing in a newer computer, probably a PC due to price point being more affordable and still getting the same value. But what games are you hoping to stream? Computer or console or both?

Console would probably be the most recent one seeing as me and the kid are playing animal crossings.

12:47 AM

I supposed I can emulate snes and nes games when the kid gets older but then again a lot of the games are on the switch with the online nes and snes.

12:48 AM

Furthermore I’m not going to be doing anything crazy or stuff, but seeing as I have computers that are running fine I was thinking, either buying an older capture card, or like you mentioned, getting a pc

Look into capture cards that can support up to 1080p 60fps and start from there. Look if it is compatible not only with Mac but with your version of MacOS and hardware.

12:54 AM

If you don't need to spend the money don't, but seeing as you have a budget, worst case scenario you do need to dish out some dosh on it

@GrimmmReapa After using advanced setting everything is working great. No overload on encoder and .5% dropped frames over 8 hour stream. Appreciate all the help.

Awesome that sounds great man. Happy to help and I hope things get even better as far as your streaming goes!

Hi Guys how long will this last?

I guess that would depend on your network speed and what was trying to be synced, there is a howto post here relating to things you can check and do if it's hanging

10:18 AM

https://howto.streamlabs.com/streamlabs-obs-9/cloud-backup-takes-too-long-3026

Cloud Backup takes too long | How to Stream(labs)

As i wan't to start Streamlabs needs to backup the Scenes into some questionable Cloud and it will only Start streaming if it has uploadet it but there is the problem i won't stop backing it up and if i click continue without cloud backup it wont stream either because it's means

Someone please help. Did my first stream today, mostly just getting my settings to work, and the video kept lagging back. Before anyone says it, I have 300 mbps upload speed so thats not a problem. heres the vod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWAmcHm1cjI&feature=youtu.be

Beannoott

FIRST STREAM! ROAD TO 100 AIM TRAINING

Alright my guy, let me watch this and get back to you

Example at like 2:56

What is your bitrate, cpu preset and resolution you are streaming at?

8000 kbps bitrate, performance, 1920x1080

6:01 PM

I use obs

You stream to youtube?

6:01 PM

Yeah

6:01 PM

WEll

6:02 PM

I did for this

You do not want your preset at performance

6:02 PM

What's your CPU?

6:04 PM

I mean more like you don't need that but knowing your cpu would be a little easier

I was finding it sorry

all good

i5-7400

6:04 PM

3.00GHz

sorry i also didn't see you were using nvenc i just woke up lmao, whats your gpu

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

oh and you're doing 1080p at 60fps? correct?

Yeah

I would try to keep performance on, raise your profile to baseline and lower your bitrate to 6000 and see where that gets you

6:09 PM

Did you notice OBS telling you you dropped frames?

It wasnt

cool

6:10 PM

i meant high* for your profile

6:10 PM

it twisted me around since I use x264 apologies

Np

Give the settings change a shot and see if you have the same issue

6:12 PM

I'll try to see if there are any other possible solutions

Thanks

6:18 PM

Idk wtf you did but it works now

Magic

Wait actually the stream quality looks low now

6:22 PM

wait what

6:22 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53PRJ2ECdQw&feature=youtu.be

Beannoott

SECOND STREAM! TESTING TESTING PLEASE JUST WORK

Does it look blocky?

A bit yeah

let's see

Skip to the part thats in the game

6:23 PM

-4:00

yeah i am looking now

6:23 PM

checking stuff rn

6:25 PM

an admin on the obs forums say that most better quality capabilities will be made available through the newer gpus, not so much the old ones

6:25 PM

but i will keep looking

6:25 PM

however, your cpu seems like it would work for encoding as well

6:26 PM

You could try raising your bitrate higher using NVENC and see if there are any changes to quality for you

6:28 PM

So just increase bitrate?

it should allow for an increase in quality

6:28 PM

try it out and see how it is looking

ill try 8000

Normally I recommend x264, but nvenc has benefits too

Really? I've been using NVENC since I started a few weeks back. I don't really know the differences (edited)

nvenc is better in some peoples cases because it uses the gpu to encode rather than the cpu, it also allows for much higher bitrates and all

6:30 PM

Perhaps since you're more accustomed to nvenc you can toss in some ideas for Beannoott here

Not sure my CPU would be good for x264, I have a Ryzen 5 1600 and a GTX 2060

Yeah in that case I would go with NVENC

I run a much lower bitrate than him, I'm on twitch and I do 720p60 at 3500

youtube doesn't have as many limitations for bitrate

can i check out your stream quickly and see if it looks different

sure, I have plenty of VODs

6:32 PM

I'll also be live in an hour and a half if you want to see it live later

6:33 PM

https://www.twitch.tv/thatclint (edited)

weird

6:34 PM

your quality looks perfect

Also just keep in mind your gpus are a generation apart, but I'm sure with tweaks you can get your stream there

yeah

Do you have process priority set to Very High in OBS settings?

i didn't know they had very high

6:36 PM

i gotta check for updates lol

it only goes to high for me, and yes

maybe I'm remembering them wrong, thats prob right, sorry not on my stream PC atm so can't actually look

Well

6:43 PM

I have to go

6:43 PM

Thanks for the help

6:43 PM

Its weird

6:43 PM

It looks like only the top and bottom are low quality

Hey I didn’t read all this yet @Beannoott but don’t set your bitrate above 6k of streaming to twitch unless partner The ingest servers will throttle you. 6k is the max to non partner

He's streaming on youtube

Okay thanks. Sometimes on the phone it doesn’t load super far back for me if not on WiFi

makes cents

Hi!

3:23 PM

Is anyone here able to help with settings for Streamlabs and dropped frames while playing Warzone? Trying to find some assistance

Can you please show us your current broadcast settings

Hey guys, I made a post on r/streaming looking for some help with streaming issues. If anyone has the time and is willing to check it out I’d really appreciate it

12:59 AM

https://www.reddit.com/r/streaming/comments/gin44q/obs_streamrendering_lag_when_previewing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

r/streaming - OBS Stream/Rendering Lag When Previewing

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hey guys, my video bitrate is 2500. I have really good internet and a beastly computer, should i pump those numbers up? are they rookie numbers?

What resolution and frame rate? @maaliktomtom

4:20 AM

@Dpzook What do you mean by screen share lagging?

The preview of my stream

4:40 AM

just mean the came capture

4:40 AM

I think my webcam does it as well @GrimmmReapa

So the preview of the stream, not even with stream runnning?

yeah

4:43 AM

thanks for getting back to me so quick btw

np

4:44 AM

Can you screen shot your broadcast settings for me?

4:45 AM

and video pls

fps of game capped at 68 shown at bootm

4:48 AM

bottom

4:48 AM

do I need to change these perhaps?

4:51 AM

twitch studio doesn't have separate settings like this though (idt) and i have the same issue there

I thought you stream was set for 60fps

4:54 AM

your output scale on video being 720p would be easier than having it broadcast at a lower res

I was mostly trying to use twitch studio before where I set it at 720/60fps

4:55 AM

so I guess with SLOBS I need to do my research as to what the differences are between Video and Output settings and there lies my problem

4:56 AM

yeah setting that common FPS to 60 helped /facepalm.. not sure why I'm having the issue with TwitchStudio since its set to 60 there

@GrimmmReapa 1920x60

4:59 AM

i thnik

5:01 AM

1920x1080 60fps

definitely still have frames dropping still though, with GPU still at ~30-40 fps

did you restart your stream?

5:03 AM

video setings dont apply while you're streaming to my knowledge

oh I'm not even online yet haha, just want to make sure its all running smooth first

switched to this, which I think helped but still missing a lot of frames, doesn't seem to be dependent on which "output (scaled) resolution" I set

it says you're losing frames?

no, just apparent by looking at preview its not 60 fps

does it in the bottom say it's at 60fps?

5:13 AM

as far as game capture goes, it could look smooth but not 60fps smooth on obs ast time

is there a better option rather than game capture?

5:15 AM

also I'm not entirely sure where to view OBS FPS

bottom

5:15 AM

theres a stats thing

ah nvm

5:15 AM

yeah it does say 60 with 0 dropped frames

5:15 AM

so... it's just the preview..?

5:16 AM

sorry for the stupid questions I'm totally new to all of this

preview just be like that sometimes, your stream should look fine

5:16 AM

game cap is usually p good, better in fullscren

1

oh odd, okay thats good haha

5:18 AM

would display capture or window capture be better?

prob display since it tries to capture native framerate

1

5:18 AM

like 144hz

thanks man!

5:20 AM

should be good to go then unless i start streaming and have an issue

5:21 AM

if its just the preview, then that is very encouraging :0

5:21 AM

thats the best time for trial and error

was wondering why i could set my graphics or FPS cap to anything and have nothing change lol

gonna stream now, lmk how things are

thanks again! good luck

Hi guys, so I'm streaming Rocket League and the game sound is not enough to hear it clearly but I don't want to raise the sound of my game because it's too loud for my ears. So I want to increase the sound of my game for my stream but not for myself.

You should have a slider to raise the volume, if that's not enough add a gain filter, but be careful gain can get away from ya pretty easily

If you are looking to ask some questions that could help your stream, it would be appreciated if you post a few things so that we can skip some introductory questions. If you could share your: Output/Broadcast Settings, Video Settings, Computer Specs and Streaming Equipment If you have posted your problem on the subreddit (r/streaming), please link it as well, as it could help you share your issue with us quicker. we would have a much easier time assisting you in answering your questions and getting you up and running. Keep in mind we do not have specific people to help and it may take some time to answer your questions as we all have busy schedules, but we will try to help you! Thank you for your time and best of luck with your streaming!

GrimmmReapa pinned a message to this channel. 5/14/2020 7:52 AM

Hey everyone, quick question! If I am streaming from Xbox using Xbox Companion on PC and I can only ethernet one item, should I ethernet my Xbox or PC for best quality stream?

@Gin I'm using PS4 remote play connected to my PC. The PS4 on wifi, and the PC hooked up to an Ethernet, 0 frame drops.

Sweet. Thanks

Hello everyone. Looking for some support on microphones. I’ve been through probably 3/4 usb microphones and just not getting the quality I want. I am ready to upgrade to an XLR and really am looking for someone who is very well educated and familiar with xlr mic setups for a dual stream PC setup. If you think you can help let me know via DM! Thanks

So you want to have one microphone work on 2 PC's for a dual stream? @Caluge

Yes that. And also going into the setup, what I need on top of a microphone. Audio interface cords etc. I’m thinking of getting the SM7B as it seems to be the best

1:03 AM

Really just need to talk to someone and go through everything

1:03 AM

Based on my setup

Yeah the SM7B is rated highly, but you shouldn't need something that expensive right out of the gate, you could even go with an AT2020 or higher and still get good quality

1:21 AM

I'll see if there is a good way to make 2 computers interface with the same mixer though

1:25 AM

can you go into some background for the dual stream thing though

Hey everyone. I have a Tonor TC-777 usb mic that sounds like I am in a tunnel when I talk. There is no software for it, so I am trying to add filters to make it sound clear and normal. Any ideas?

is there actually a sound like an echo? or do you just sound far away?

So I think I’m going to get the Elgato HD 60S but I need help trying to determine a cost effective laptop to use with it so I can stream from my P4

8:00 PM

The articles I see have laptops at 1-2K. I gotta image there’s something way way cheaper to get started

8:00 PM

Any insight is appreciated. I’m not a tech person so a decent recommendation is highly valued

...what would be the best way to stream 3ds and Ds games from a 3ds?

they have specific capture cards for ds

10:08 PM

@LifesDuality a laptop with an i5, 8gb of ram for example would be a good start, what are you looking to do

Oh, is there one you could recommend?

@GrimmmReapa stream my ps4 game play to twitch with access to obs and overlays etc. and one laptop

10:23 PM

Im of the understanding I can use my p4, computer, capture card and camera and that’s all I’ll need to be able to use obs and etc but I’m also not trying to push money into the wrong thing

@VasarianEcho Not specifically, but they do tend to be a little pricey because of the technology

10:33 PM

@LifesDuality understandable, it's a pretty easy set up. You don't need to sink in too much money for the laptop

Ok so then just something that’ll work to get started and then I’ll have all the pieces? Man I truly appreciate your assistance

10:35 PM

I’ve been trying to grow my community and it doesn’t hurt to have the full set up

Not at all, professionalism is a good start

Okay so i only found some, Loopy, Katsukiti(i think that's how i spell it), and merki, thing is..they're either US dollars, or pounds

Is your currency different?

Canadian Dollars

All I can say for that is to just use a currency converter, google can do it

Ok

Anyone know why my StreamPreview isn't working in my Discord webhook? Here's the json from IFTTT:

{ "content": "{{ChannelName}} went live on Twitch", "embeds": [ { "title": "{{ChannelUrl}}", "url": "{{ChannelUrl}}", "color": 6570404, "footer": { "text": "{{CreatedAt}}" }, "image": { "url": "{{StreamPreview}}" }, "author": { "name": "{{ChannelName}} is now streaming" }, "fields": [ { "name": "Playing", "value": "{{Game}}", "inline": true }, { "name": "Started at (streamer timezone)", "value": "{{CreatedAt}}", "inline": true } ] } ]}

(edited)

8:38 PM

Here's what it shows up like

8:38 PM

I never get the actual preview image just this icon

is your goal to just get your stream to announce to your server when you are live? Or do you have something else in mind

@typeclint is your stream set to mature content?

Yeah it is, I guess that's probably why then

Yes, it won't preview in that case apparently