r/streaming - 🔧│tech-support-archive

Yes, please

3:55 AM

3:56 AM

i have a shitty upload speed @3mbs

Have you run a test stream and looked at the inspector report?

ive just been having streamlab open along with my game

3:58 AM

ill try it

any idea on how to remove delay on streamlabs obs?

4:15 AM

tried setting it to 0 but i think i did it wrong

4:15 AM

still getting like 8-15 secs of delay

@TenderSausage i got the mixer and stuff setup today btw

4:23 AM

mic finally arrived

@Deleted User How's it working out?

nearly caused myself an aneurysm realizing i had been plugging the cables in wrong for like 30 minutes

4:23 AM

since that, great tho

Nice

ty again, that cable was perfect but my brain took a while to figure out which slots on my pc worked best, for anyone wondering - LINE IN can be several diff colors. mine was light blue

4:25 AM

tried like 2 other "mic" slots that didnt work, then the rest was finding which parts i needed to use on the mixer, which was MAIN output and it took me a sad amount of time to figure that out

I'm glad it's working out for you

Anyone have recommendations for a good ring light for the Logitech StreamCam?

8:46 PM

It doesn't have the normal camera mount hole on it, unless I've completely missed it being super hidden somewhere

@Takentrash: Sadly I won't be able to stream (Mortal Shell) unless I figure out the horrible lag issue I can run it on high without stream but even on low while streaming it lags really bad

Anyone have advice for them? They're going to mess around in streamlabs to see if they can fix the issue there. (edited)

@JigglesExMachina(DonumExMachina) Three is a seperate tripod mount that should have come in the box

1:20 AM

I think you need to take off the monitor mount and replace it with the tripod mount

1:20 AM

@michalightning (she/her) We can take a shot at it. Send @Takentrash on over and we can see what's up.

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Oh right, the tripod mount. I use the tripod quite often but didn't even think about removing the top, duh.

hi question, do streaming cards exist for android/ios? are they scene as camera by camera apps?

8:15 PM

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8:15 PM

i guess they do, but i cant find more info on this, preferable hdmi in

What’re some of the factors I should consider other than price when deciding if I should go with an AMD 5 series vs AMD 7? Basically I’m trying to get the most bang for my buck and am having a hard time figuring it out

9:45 PM

For example is the $100 increase in price worth choosing the Ryzen 7 3700 X over the Ryzen 5 3600

9:46 PM

I know you broke it down a little for me @TenderSausage but if I have a little bit bigger of a budget I wanna know where I should put it

@TBreezyy19 it depends on how much more budget.

11:48 PM

I think I’d prioritize any amount of additional budget on GPU in your case, not CPU.

11:49 PM

The biggest motivator on the 3600 vs. 3700x is bang for buck.

11:52 PM

The 3700x is approx. 15% better across the board, but only marginally better in single-threaded applications than the 3600. With that said, at current prices, the 3700x is 50% more than the 3600.

11:55 PM

To me, it makes sense to spend the extra $100 on a better GPU or more RAM.

11:56 PM

32gb of RAM is what I run, and I think it makes a huge difference.

@quake What are you trying to do?

So do the gpu and cpu act independently of each other in that I can spend the extra $ on a better gpu and be able to capitalize on those extra benefits even if I’m keeping the original cpu?

@TBreezyy19 Yes, essentially.

1:46 AM

Our original goal was to get you the best bang for your buck at the budget you gave us.

1:47 AM

If the budget is higher, there become new options

@TenderSausage hi. I'm trying to output from hdmi to android/ios, preferably as camera, to use Google translate live

1:57 AM

Because on windows i was unsuccessful using screen capture and virtual camera as android emulator limits resolution severely

1:58 AM

And I wanted a more elegant solution than pointing phone camera on a screen

So are you trying to capture a PC and incorporate live translation? I’m unclear why you’re using a phone to re-capture the output on the PC. @quake (edited)

Gotcha that makes sense

I cannot get multiple audio tracks enabled with my obs recordings

5:02 AM

Using obs studio and davinci resolve

5:02 AM

I feel like I am dumb somehow

5:03 AM

Am I missing something obvious?

omg I am dumb

‍♂️

5:16 AM

Have to go to "edit" tab in resolve

5:16 AM

‍♂️

5:17 AM

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So are you trying to capture a PC and incorporate live translation? I’m unclear why you’re using a phone to re-capture the output on the PC. @quake

@TenderSausage the input will be hdmi, which could be PC or console. phone hardware is needed to use google translate natively, output could be through scrcpy or also hdmi or other tools

@quake I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand still. You have a source that you want to translate, such as a PC input or a console? Or are you trying to live translate chat audio? What do you do with it once it's in the phone?

ideally it would be seen as a camera

5:33 PM

so google translate app could see it

5:34 PM

so the android device would be a trnaslator of input picture

5:35 PM

right now its console>screen>phones camera>google translate>scrcpy(capture/stream to pc)

5:35 PM

i want to eliminate the screen/camera part by using a capture cart on android, if possible

5:36 PM

why not just use a virtual android emualtor on PC ? the "camera" is restricted by google afaik to a very low resolution

5:36 PM

in the vm itself

What does the output look like?

5:37 PM

What are you envisioning the output looking like, rather?

5:37 PM

Is it just a subtitle?

no, it OCRs the whole screen, translating a foreign language game as i play it on a secondary screen

Oh, interesting...

5:38 PM

So you want to OCR the whole game

i started with just a "well placed tablet" pointed at the tv

5:38 PM

but then created a box w phone and second screen solution

5:38 PM

yeah, i want to run google translate

5:39 PM

it has OCR for many langauges, translating any text it sees in real time

5:39 PM

i just wanted a more elegant way to do it

I mean... There are a ton of AI-powered visual APIs out there

5:40 PM

I can take a look around and see what i can find

5:40 PM

Do you have a screenshot of what it looks like now with your current solution? I'm curious of how it looks.

5:41 PM

Or a VOD?

no, but imagine google translte pointed at a screen basically

5:41 PM

yea i saw this last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yij_ydE9vd4&feature=emb_title

LibRetro

RetroArch 1.7.8 - What's New - AI Service Allows For Machine Transl...

5:45 PM

but using google trnslate app would bypass the api calls limits too

Looks like LibRetro hit some issues the other day with their GitHub... I'll search around and see if there are any other options.

5:52 PM

I work with a guy who does AI-powered stuff at a company called Applitools, I'll check in with him and see what he knows.

5:52 PM

Not exactly the same stuff, but he's pretty plugged in.

Awesome. thanks!

@quake I found this tool for PC, but haven't played with it yet: https://github.com/OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator

OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator

Screen capture, OCR and translation tool. Contribute to OneMoreGres/ScreenTranslator development by creating an account on GitHub.

9:09 PM

There's also this one: https://www.codedojo.com/?p=2426

Seth

Universal Game Translator – Using Google’s Cloud Vision API to live...

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What headset would you recommend for streaming? I'll specifically be playing super smash bros ultimate so I won't neccesarily be near my 2020 macbook pro, so I'd prefer it be bluetooth, fairly portable, and good sound quality.

I have a weird question. So my old headphones had a bluetooth tab that I would just plug into the front of my pc when I wanted them on and when I streamed it would put my voice audio as well as my friends audio when they were in party with me. I recently bought a new set of headphones and now my party audio doesnt come through on stream anymore. How can I bring back my party audio?

@⛧༺ 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔱𝔬𝔫 ♱ 𝔏𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔰 ༻⛧ What kind of budget are you trying to stay in?

6:36 PM

@Hotdog713🌭 Can you show me a screenshot of your sources in OBS?

@TenderSausage played around with settings all afternoon and I think I got it straightened out, thanks though. Also, nice name

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@⛧༺ 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔱𝔬𝔫 ♱ 𝔏𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔰 ༻⛧ What kind of budget are you trying to stay in?

@TenderSausage My budget is $60 or so

@⛧༺ 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔱𝔬𝔫 ♱ 𝔏𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔰 ༻⛧ How far away is your Mac?

I have it connected to my tv via an hdmi cable... so its not that far away... maybe a couple of feet...?

If you can go $80, I hear the Corsair HS70 is pretty good.

Any other good ones you know about?

10:59 PM

also the Corsair HS70 is $90 on amazon...

10:59 PM

tbh $80 is kinda pushing it...

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-hs70-pro-wireless-stereo-gaming-headset-cream/6394001.p?skuId=6394001

CORSAIR HS70 PRO Wireless Stereo Gaming Headset Cream CA-9011210-NA...

Shop CORSAIR HS70 PRO Wireless Stereo Gaming Headset Cream at Best Buy. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Price Match Guarantee.

11:00 PM

A little cheaper at Best Buy

the closest best buy to me is like 2 hours away so that's a no

How close is the nearest Amazon?

11:02 PM

Ship it

11:02 PM

In a wireless headset, I don't have a better recommendation

11:02 PM

They only go up from there

Well amazon can ship directly to my dorm, whereas best buy can not...

That's odd...

11:03 PM

But I believe you

11:03 PM

Weirder stuff has happened with the Post Office and UPS

At least it seemed like I couldn't have best buy directly ship the headset to my dorm (edited)

Since the COVID thing, a lot of vendors put a lot more focus on e-commerce and fulfillment... Could be different if you haven't tried in a while.

I could be wrong though..... im probably actually wrong so imma look around the best buy website

Hey all, hope you’re well. I’ve just got round to finishing my panels for my channel. I can view this via the twitch app on my phone, but they do not show on the desktop site. Does anyone know why this is the case?

@cwnnor I want to make sure I'm understanding the issue. You're experiencing an issue where custom panels in the About section of your channel profile are visible on the mobile app but not on the desktop site, correct? (edited)

1:42 AM

Desktop Panels

1:43 AM

Mobile panels

1:43 AM

They both look fine to me. @cwnnor (edited)

Does anyone know how to do chat overlay in game for single monitor gamers?

@TenderSausage thanks so much for your help. When I’m logged in on my twitch account, I can see the panels via the twitch app and by going online. However, if I just got to twitch and search CM96 the panels then do not come up.

11:22 AM

@TenderSausage so, I just wondered, if I were to point someone to my channel, that they wouldn’t be able to view anything. However, if you can see them, I’m not sure why I cannot.

11:23 AM

@TenderSausage thank you so much for your help though!

@cwnnor No problem, my pleasure.

5:11 PM

@slimeisgood Which stream client are you using? OBS, SLOBS, Twitch Studio?

5:11 PM

X-Split?

@TenderSausage dropped you a follow for your troubles, look forward to when you’re next live!

@cwnnor I haven't been live for years, but I'm putting my whole setup back together and plan to start back up in September. I appreciate the follow!

5:13 PM

Helping this group with tech support has kind of rekindled the flame, as it were

@TenderSausage I’m in the middle of building my PC. Maybe we will be going live around the same time? Could, even play some games/stream together!

@cwnnor For sure, I'm coming up with a calendar now.

What headset would you recommend for streaming? I'll specifically be playing super smash bros ultimate so I won't neccesarily be near my 2020 macbook pro, so I'd prefer it be bluetooth, fairly portable, and good sound quality.

@⛧༺ 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔱𝔬𝔫 ♱ 𝔏𝔢𝔴𝔦𝔰 ༻⛧ audeze penrose

@quake Aren't those like $250?

Got another question! Anyone know of a good source for the internal capture cards for the New 3DS XL? >.>

Anyone got recommendation for a good usb microphone on the cheaper side

Hey is there anyone that might be able to help me out with audio settings in Streamlabs?

3:21 AM

Essentially I want to be able to talk to folks on Discord without broadcasting their audio on my stream but I don't know how to set that up

So I had a headset which had an Aux and a USB and I was able to route discord to one, and my desktop to the other

anyone know the ms delay of the elgato game capture hd

@Blahue I think it's 650ms.

4:22 AM

@JigglesExMachina(DonumExMachina) I'm not sure I understand what you're looking for. Is it a card you install in the 3DS XL? (edited)

4:22 AM

@hey Are you looking for just a microphone?

4:23 AM

Also @hey What's you're top end price?

4:23 AM

@Cookiecutter_ I use VoiceMeeter Banana to do that. Have you looked into that at all?

@TenderSausage Yes. I know there's a software method of doing it, but the quality is garbage. There were some hardware 'cards' that you could install onto the mainboard of the 3DS that would provide a USB port to connect it to PC. I seem to be having trouble finding said 'cards' anymore

@JigglesExMachina(DonumExMachina) That sounds interesting, but likely not an "off-the-shelf" item. I hope someone else can help you with that!

Definitely not an off-the-shelf item, haha. Thanks!

Anyone know how to use 1 USB mic on 2 pc

There's a couple of ways to do it @Blahue (edited)

5:58 AM

Virtual Cables are a pretty good way

@hey Are you looking for just a microphone?

@TenderSausage it depends if i could get that specific one with a boom arm and pop filter that would be nice but if it doesnt thats fine

@hey Have you looked at Jlab? https://www.jlabaudio.com/collections/talk-series-usb-microphones/products/talk-go-usb-microphone

Talk GO USB Microphone

TALK GO features a studio-quality resolution of 96kHz/24BIT to ensure the recording is clear, detailed, and offers a great dynamic sound range for everyday use. With its compact fit, and lightweight/ portable build, you can bring it anywhere, anytime.

Ill look at that srry it took so long to respond i had practice

@TenderSausage Is it possible to atach a boom arm and pop filter to this (edited)

@hey Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can

4:17 AM

There is a little piece that comes with it that I think screws on to most boom mounts

4:17 AM

it adapts to 1/4"-20, I think

4:18 AM

The Talk Go is a better mic than the Blue Snowball at $15-20 less.

hi, anyone has any idea how to fix capture card picking up 480i as 240p? Can't seem to deinterlace such capture

Hey everyone, quick question regarding dropped frames on my stream. So I just started playing New World and I am having an issue where once I start moving in game, frames on my stream drop significantly. My question for everybody is.... how do I test to find out what the problem is (hardware, settings, internet)? Any help is welcomed! THANK YOU!!

@whadupnick Do you have two monitors?

3:05 AM

@Phyreksia What capture device are you using?

yes

@whadupnick Run a test stream using Twitch Inspector: https://inspector.twitch.tv/

5:08 PM

Keep the Inspector window open while the test stream is up and observe the network traffic. (edited)

5:09 PM

At the same time, bring up Windows Resource Monitor and keep an eye on CPU, GPU and Memory loads.

5:10 PM

Once you start to see frame loss, take a look at your monitors and see what's maxed out

@TenderSausage is there anyway i could get that miv in red and black

@hey I don’t think so. The bottom ring is a light that changes colors, but I believe their color scheme is black and blue.

ok

1:30 AM

and also i looked at the reveiws and stuff and the quality isnt as good as i was hoping. it may be the peoples output tho

It’s an inexpensive mic-only option

1:31 AM

There are a number of them, but this was a starting point

1:31 AM

The Blue Snowball is decent

ook

1:32 AM

ok*

1:34 AM

@TenderSausage do you think the fifne t669 would be a good choice https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Adjustable-Instruments-Streaming-T669/dp/B07Y1C6GDS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=coa_us_g-20&linkId=d7eb3f7406b7f21ceee84021efe37f59&language=en_US (edited)

what do you think

Anyone else having trouble getting their Kinect to work with the stream on twitch?

@goddessofwar54 I'm not sure i understand what you mean. Does the Kinect not function while you're streaming to Twitch?

So the Kinect works, my Xbox works, I’ve gone into my settings and the camera itself works. Twitch on the Xbox one no longer supports Kinect as a streaming device I don’t think?

Oh, I'm not exactly sure.

3:18 AM

I hope there's someone more well versed in consoles that can help you with that, @goddessofwar54

I have a pretty old computer and tried streaming the other day so some people could follow along, and my fps came to a crawl, loading screens took 3x as long, and the stream itself was low fps too. I used Twitch's own broadcasting software. Is there anything I can try to make things better without changing the stream resolution to 480p?

@maloik Can you send over some specs for that machine?

sure

4:55 PM

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (3.1GHz) 8MB - 4C 4T - AM4 Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OC 4GB GDDR5 ASUS PRIME A320M-K (sAM4-AMD A320-μATX-DDR4) Crucial 8GB 2400MHz DDR4

4:56 PM

I also have an M.2 ssd

4:57 PM

Come to think of it, I may have either replaced that ram or just bought an extra stick cause I have 16gb

4:58 PM

I was streaming at 720p60 @ 4500 kbps at first, but then lowered that to 3500 which frankly barely helped at all

@maloik Do the issues only happen while streaming in Twitch Studio?

not sure, it's the only thing i tried

5:53 PM

i dont usually stream

5:54 PM

based on the hardware, you think i should be fine?

@maloik Can you take a screenshot of this screen, please? (edited)

7:27 PM

sorry I'm slow, doing a bunch of stuff at once

@maloik which game are you streaming?

@TenderSausage idk why but my streams have been severely losing frames. (edited)

@hey What are your PC Specs?

@TenderSausage PC Case:NZXT H500i Cpu:Intel i7 9700k Gpu:Radeon RX580 Ram:16 GB 2x 8 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro Cpu cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Mother Board:ROG z390e gaming Mother Board Setup. Monitor:AOC CQ27G1 27" Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor Qhd /2K Desk:VIT 55 Inch Ergomonic Gaming Desk, T-Shaped Office Pc Computer Desk Speakers:Insignia -2.O Bluetooth Lighted Speaker System Headset:HyperX Cloud II - Gaming Headset Keyboard:Akko X Ducky One 2 - Mini RGB Cherry MX Switch PBT Keycap 60% mechanical gaming keyboard Mouse:Razer Mamba Elite Wired gaming Mouse:16,000 DPI Optical Sensor Chroma RGB LIghting (edited)

12:07 AM

it has everything bc i got it from my twitch panel

12:08 AM

it has recently started happening

@hey Has anything changed in the last month or so? New hardware? Windows Update to 1909/2004?

yes i think i did have a windows update to 1909/ 2004 (edited)

12:20 AM

also i have some new drivers that i needed to install for my graphics card@TenderSausage

@hey Which streaming software are you using?

do you mean like streamlabs or obs

Yes

@TenderSausage i use streamlabs (edited)

12:26 AM

i got this when i tried to open radeon software. but i just installed them from amd (edited)

I don't know that that is the cause of the issue you're having, but it should probably be fixed

ok

12:27 AM

i fixed that

So, to be clear, you're dropping frames on stream, or are you having skipping frames?

12:28 AM

Like, SLOBS reports dropped frames?

How long has it been since you rebooted your modem?

12:32 AM

Or router?

im not sure

What I would do to start is run a test stream

12:33 AM

I'm pretty sure in SLOBS there's just a box you tick and it will do a test stream.

12:34 AM

Then go live and do your thing like usual for a while. You want to run a test stream as if it were a real one.

Ok i just finished installing those drivers for my gpu so my computer is restarting i will when it is done

Then you can go to https://inspector.twitch.tv and you should be able to look at the charts for your last test stream and see if that gives you any clues.

Also on that screenshot i started up a stream and didnt even have a game open and it was dropping that many frames

You may even have some data from your last streams that we can look at

12:35 AM

hmmm

12:35 AM

That's a lot of dropped frames

Yeah

What's your internet speed situation?

I will check that out right now

k

@TenderSausage 101.3 mbps.download 0.83 mbps upload

(edited)

1:31 AM

@TenderSausage

hello

@hey 0.83MBPS ain't gonna cut it.

2:28 AM

I'd reset your router and modem devices.

ok

@TenderSausage ok i did it (edited)

@TenderSausage but its only 0.87

(edited)

I need some help with audio on streamlabs

wdym

How can you mute your computer speakers but have sound in streamlabs, I had it set up before but got a new computer and forgot how

?

@hey That won't support streaming. You should contact your ISP for recommendations.

I need help setting up audio for streamlabs so I'm not listening to earrape audio when trying to stream

Anyone?

@TenderSausage sorry I'd gone to bed

8:47 AM

the site you linked shows nothing out of the ordinary, fps between 30 and 60 pretty much all the time, bitrate didn't seem out of the ordinary either

8:47 AM

perhaps it's really just the game that starts to lag when i stream, and the stream shows that lag rather than lagging itself?

8:47 AM

I was streaming Path of Exile, it's not exactly the most performant game

8:59 AM

my connection is something like 225 down / 20 up when tested on speedtest.net

8:59 AM

ingame settings are all on low for the most part, yet the loading screens are out of control and i get real bad fps drops

@maloik In my opinion, I think you’re hitting the top of what your hardware can do. I’d recommend the following: In Twitch Studio, go to your stream settings, hit the Advanced button, and turn off psycho tuning, and change your encoder your software and see if that helps.

6:52 PM

I’d leave the bitrate at 3500. (edited)

6:53 PM

You might want to consider streaming at 30fps as well.

6:54 PM

@aidan You’re trying to have desktop audio go through your stream, but not out your speakers? (edited)

6:58 PM

@maloik Honestly, after really looking at the graph, just streaming at 30fps is going to make a huge difference.

Hey, i have the capture card elgato hd60s. Almost everytime when I stream, after a while, the capture card stops picking up ingame sounds. Usually when I plug it out and back in again it starts to work again. But it is tiresome putting on the brb screen and leaving the viewers to fix this. What could be wrong with it? The capture card is brand new

@urshi It could be defective. That doesn't sound like normal behavior.

11:54 PM

Is it a consistent amount of time before it stops working? (edited)

11:54 PM

Also, what is your source device in to the Elgato?

I did capture gameplay before in the elgato software and there were no problems. Now I am streaming in streanlabs obs. As in consistent amount you mean what? Usually it stops pickung up sound after about half an hour of streaming and after that is it ok usually. Yesterday it stopped again almost at the end of the stream. One of my viewers suggested that the hdmi cable could be defective cuz pluging them in and out usuallt helps. One time it didn’t even pick up the streaning signal it only said “looking for signal” then I changed the hdmi and it was ok. So i really hope it is not the elgatos fault. But even after i changed the cable it still does the same thing with the sound. I stream from my switch. And use a macbook.

9:09 AM

@TenderSausage

@urshi I just like to ask a few questions to see if we can get to root cause.

4:55 PM

So the issue is that after switching from Elgato's streaming software to SLOBS, your game capture stops after a certain amount of time, requiring you to unplug and reconnect your input source. Correct?

correct @TenderSausage

@urshi Cool. Let me think about that for a little bit.

okay

@urshi Which MacBook do you have again?

Hey everyone! Currently, I was running my stream using StreamLabs OBS and did not have any issues for about 3 hours. When I switched over to VALORANT my stream started to hit massive frame skips and my viewers reported massive frame drops out of nowhere. The interesting this for me is that my actual computer seem to be running fine. I was recording and streaming at the same time using nvenc (new) with a 2060 Zotac AMP) and I have a 3900X cpu. I was also running my stream at 4500 bitrate as it says to do on the https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/ website for the 720p 60fps. Am I doing something wrong? Could it be my bitrate is set too high? I dont want to have to low of a quality stream and am worried about going to an even smaller resolution. Please help me out I would really appreciate it!

@BioBigDaddy What does your stream report say at https://inspector.twitch.tv?

9:46 PM

Look at a stream where you were playing VALORANT and send a screenshot of the graph

9:56 PM

@TenderSausage hows that?

@BioBigDaddy That's perfect

9:58 PM

It actually looks okay (edited)

9:59 PM

Do you have a VOD or something I could look at? EDIT: I see it was from today. (edited)

I have the recording of the playthrough up to when I stopped it

10:16 PM

I didnt have the vod system set up till afterwards D:

10:16 PM

WOuld it be because Im trying to have it record in 1080p while recording at 720p?

10:16 PM

streaming at 720p *

10:17 PM

sorry

Also when I checked my comp I noticed it was running pretty hot, I wonder if maybe my gpu was just getting toasty

@TenderSausage I think I found out what the issue was, did some digging and it seems that most gpus even with the new encoder cannot run two encoder tasks at the same time efficiently. Thats why the drop of performance was happening and the frames were being missed. The encoder couldnt handle it.

11:09 PM

I really appreciate your help with this and I couldnt have found it without you!

@BioBigDaddy So what did you do to solve the issue? Did you switch to the software encoder?

@TenderSausage I did! I changed the stream encoder to the x264

11:42 PM

x264 medium, and my cpu barely hits like 20%

@BioBigDaddy That's great! Glad you got it figured out!

With your CPU, you could probably go x264 Higher

Would you suggest i keep the nvenc on video recording? or should I switch them around?

It will make it look a little better

11:43 PM

I think you could run higher for both

11:43 PM

but give it a test

11:44 PM

You just have a lot of extra overhead available with a 3900x

Its true haha

11:44 PM

I havent pushed it far enough

11:44 PM

UNTIL NOW

lmao

11:44 PM

I really appreciate it

No problem, let me know how it goes

Whenever I try to use Window Capture on Streamlabs OBS it freezes. (edited)

@aidan are you just trying to record your stream?

12:04 AM

I found this video that may help you out with that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DsNkBOkBHk

CreoVox

How To Use Window Capture In Streamlabs OBS

@aidan Is this in addition to the audio issue you were experieincing earlier?

@TenderSausage I got the audio issue fixed

2:57 AM

And @BioBigDaddy I dont have an elgato because how my setup is so i use ps4 broadcasting and stream to my throwaway YT channel then use window capture

2:59 AM

My issue is as soon as i go back to streamlabs the window capture freezes

Anyone have a way to fix it?

Hey @TenderSausage sorry for late reply

12:39 PM

I have the macbook pro 2017.

So I've got everything else working fine and need some good mic recs preferably under 30$ (mic is not going to be the focus of stream so don't care much about it). I have some Iphone headphones but they were picking up too much background noise. I do have a fish tank behind me so idk how well a mic will even work

Primary stream to Twitch, but looking to add Facebook Live as well using the Output > Recording tab in OBS Studio using server URL and stream key, but I cannot get it to work.

4:38 PM

Anyone familiar with multistreaming to Twitch and Facebook?

@aidan I'm not totally sure I understand your configuration. Are you running it this way to get PS4 chat on stream?

6:54 PM

@urshi I'm still looking into your issue. I have some ideas but I want to find something more concrete.

6:58 PM

@LadyChimeraCat If you can afford $46, you can use the FIFINE 669B: https://www.amazon.com/Micr%C3%B3fono-condensador-computadoras-port%C3%A1tiles-transmisi%C3%B3n/dp/B06XCKGLTP/

6:58 PM

At $30, it's kind of hard to recommend a "good" option. They all kind of sound like talking into a tin can.

6:59 PM

In either case, using something like VoiceMeeter to add some compression and gating for your fish tank might be a good idea.

6:59 PM

Or using filters in OBS/SLOBS

7:00 PM

@Deleted User I've only used services for multistreaming like restream.io

7:00 PM

I'm sure it's possible, though

7:00 PM

I'll have a look around.

I am able to do YT and Twitch using the record option. Just cant get Facebook to work

I don't know if this is the place to ask but I am trying to stream AAA games (i.e witcher 3, borderlands 3) but they seem to be decently laggy in the stream - while my fps while playing doesnt drop and is at ~130 all time i tried downscaling(1080p -> 720p), lowering the bitrate, trying obs studio (i use streamlabs), lowering the ingame gpu settings, going to only 30fps instaed of 60, using x264 instead of nvenc - windows game mode is turned off already i am using a 2080super, ryzen 5 3600, 16 gb ram does anyone maybe know why?

2 part question I've thought about setting up a song request thing to play stuff off Spotify or Amazon Music. Should I set that as a separate audio track? My goal is something easy for the VOD so it's not completely muted.

7:56 AM

And has anyone been streaming the Tony Hawk remake or any games with licensed music? Curious if there's any issues there.

@TenderSausage some extra info: on yesterdays stream I connected my capture card to streamlabs 45mins before starting or so. It did stopped picking up sound after a while but before I started streaming. So after that I unplugged and plugged it back in and it worked and did not stoped working until I finished

Good Morning, Where do I start. I started streaming using the PS4 Share button about a month or so ago and really enjoyed it. So I decided to buy all the other things to make myself more profession. Webcam, Mic, Elgato etc. etc. Upon buying all this and downloading the applications (Streamlabs, Elgato). I got myself sorted. I started playing my games and the FPS was sooooooo bad. I'm certain this was because I have a MacBook Air and it wouldn't be able to handle it. So I've been looking into investing in a gaming laptop. However, I'm not sure if my internet is the case as well. I've got a low 40's download and about a 7-10 upload. (I'm UK based). Just after a bit of guidance on whether my internet would be able to handle the streaming?

Does anyone happen to use the program called iVCam?

Nevermind, got it!

@HJM Not sure if this helps but I've had better luck running an ethernet connection vs just wireless.

@Ratsch Can you post a recent stream graph from https://inspector.twitch.tv please? (edited)

3:46 PM

@RefereeClark I'm sure there are many plugins for OBS/SLOBS that will do that. The licensing thing though... I don't know much about that. I think a lot of that is still being decided. Have you looked into what has happened for streamers that play games like Guitar Hero?

3:47 PM

I think there was a big push recently targeting people doing like karaoke games, too.

3:48 PM

@Friendly I've used VCam before. Let me know if you need help with it

@TenderSausage I'll take a look! I noticed at least live some folx with decent views were doing THPS. More concerned on getting a strike vs muted.

@Ratsch Yeah, but I can't see that as I'm not a mod/admin on your account

@Ratsch Thanks. Can you also post a screenshot of your stream configuration in your streaming app?

any specific?

@RefereeClark I think you'll just be muted

3:54 PM

@Ratsch

3:55 PM

the graph was with OBS Studio, but I have the same settings on both

@Ratsch Can I ask why you're using 4997kbps?

accidently pressed the down arrow

- so it's 5000 atm i used to run the stream at 6000kbps, and tried 3500 at some time

I see

3:58 PM

@Ratsch And the issue you're seeing is only on stream? You're not noticing it while playing?

3:59 PM

@urshi Interesting information. Thanks!

4:00 PM

@HJM Do you have other users on your internet connection?

4:00 PM

7-10Mbps is cutting it close for 1080p60 streaming

@TenderSausage no not at all. it makes no difference if i play the game in ultra or lowest settings - the stream will loog laggy/choppy (edited)

@Ratsch I noticed on Inspector that your keyframes are set at 4, but you have it set to auto. Try setting it to 2 and testing that out.

4:03 PM

It's going to consume more bandwidth, but it should help a bit with choppiness

I tried that once I think I tried using OBS Studio because of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHYnL5CTJ0 where I set that to 2 - no difference - but I will change that nonetheless

Hammer Dance

Best OBS Streaming Settings 2020

️ Setup Guide (1080p 60FPS)

@Ratsch What happens if you set Voreinstellung to (none)?

4:18 PM

@Ratsch Also, which version of SLOBS are you using? I'm on 0.23.2 and it looks like I have different options than you.

4:19 PM

@Ratsch

@TenderSausage that's because you are having another encoder, i am using the NVENC, because of the rtx 2080super that I have i am using 0.23.2 aswell

4:21 PM

if i use x264 encoder, the stream lags even more

@Ratsch Ah, I forgot about that

4:23 PM

@Ratsch Try these settings

i'll try that - but it is gonna take a while I think - i'll message you when I have tested it

thanks so far!

@Ratsch My pleasure, I hope we can find a solution to your issue

4:25 PM

@Ratsch One more thing: Can you send me a screenshot of yout Video tab in SLOBS/Settings?

@TenderSausage

@Ratsch Have you tried just running 1080? (edited)

yes. that was my previous setting. this is just my current setup after trying out alot ^^ @TenderSausage

@Ratsch Ah, I see.

4:37 PM

@HJM Revisiting your issue, the MacBook Air is likely a big part of your current issue. Pretty much any Elgato capture requires discrete graphics, which I don't think the MBAs have (unless you have a thunderbolt eGPU, then maybe?)

@TenderSausage Yeahh i think the Mac was definitely the main issue here. As I don't really have much space for a whole PC setup I was thinking of buying this. Seems like a good little piece of kit. Do you think it would work with Elgato and Streamlabshttps://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-home-nuc-intel-core-i3-10110u-8gb-ddr4-intel-uhd-graphics-120gb-ssd-win-10

Intel NUC PC perfect for home office usage such as emails and produ...

I have a NUC

@TenderSausage Also, appreciate your help

It won't do much.

4:40 PM

I use mine as a stand-alone PC for my Twitch stats.

4:41 PM

I velcroed it to a TV and mounted it on the wall

Damn, i was chatting to someone on reddit who recommended it

There are a variety of NUCs

4:42 PM

let me check your link

4:43 PM

That, actually... Is pretty decent

4:43 PM

I'd throw another 8GB of RAM in there and it would work fine

4:44 PM

@HJM Yeah, for sure, do that

4:45 PM

I'd recommend the extra RAM since you're going to be sharing RAM with the GPU

4:45 PM

Give your system 12GB, dedicate 4GB to the GPU.

An issue i had with my Elgato HD60 S+ (I was trying various laptops dotted around the house) When i plugged it in to an older laptop, it said i need to use a USB3.0. I'm assuming the NUC normally has that feature and it was just the old shitty laptop that didnt?

@HJM Yes, the NUC you linked has USB3.0

4:47 PM

It's actually the Gen2 USB3.1

Okay cool, i was so confused as to why i was getting that error the other day tbh

Could have been, depending on how old it was

Okay cool and final stupid question. Normal USB Connectors work with the 3.1?

Yep, they're Type A

4:50 PM

The NUC also has a Type C

4:51 PM

"Normal" USB is Type A

Really appreciate all the help!

@HJM My pleasure

are anti static wristbands actually worth the investment

what's an ant static wristband lol

6:12 PM

anti*

Supposed to be something that grounds your body and eliminates static buildup when handling fragile electronics like mobo and ram

6:15 PM

Seen some pc builders use it and some not

@TBreezyy19 I generally don't use one, but I probably should

6:36 PM

Touching the metal case prior to touching any components should ground you.

6:37 PM

If possible, do your work on a wood surface, on either a wood or concrete floor.

6:37 PM

Avoid carpet

Okay cool thank you

any recommendations on where i can get windows activation key at a discounted price lol

ebay

do they like email you the product code or have to ship you something?

https://www.g2a.com/en-us/category/windows-10-c3383

9:13 PM

G2A works too

I need help streaming to multiple platforms simultaneously. I want to avoid the use of third party websites and preferably use just OBS

2:21 AM

Can anyone help me accomplish this?

@NickiAtNight This is one of the best guides I've found on the subject: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-stream-to-multiple-platforms-or-channels-at-once.932/

OBS Studio: Stream to multiple platforms or channels at once

Before you read, please note that this is only useful if a third party service like https://restream.io doesn't suit your needs. Also, some of the more complicated setups might require a good understanding of command-line FFmpeg. If you need help...

@TenderSausage I was going to do that but one of the softwares required is shutting down!

Which is that? FFmpeg?

3:38 AM

Ah, bummer...

yeah

any other way?

@NickiAtNight I'll dig around and see what I can come up with

ty! I appreciate it. I 890r

8:27 PM

I dont understand enough about it yet

It's kind of a complex thing

question e'rbody...I'm trying to run 240hz to my monitor, and 60 hz to my elgato hd60s+ and have been thus far unsuccessful. The best I've been able to do is run 60 hz through the capture card.

12:30 AM

I even tried buying a secondary (albeit dinky) gpu to run exclusively to the capture card and I'm unable to adjust the settings in windows specifically for that GPU, sol needless to say it stutters and struggles to run at all using the same settings as my 2070super

12:30 AM

I'm really at the end of my scope of knowledge. How does everyone else run high framerates to their monitors while still capturing the extremely limited 60hz for their elgatos?

12:31 AM

This is a dual PC setup by the way ^

@bbqfloss Can you draw a diagram of how your system is configured?

sure gimme a minute

12:52 AM

12:53 AM

right now the HDMI is coming out of an msi gt710, but before tonight I tried running the hdmi out of one of the hdmi ports on the 2070super, the same card the DP is running to the monitor from. different issues, also unsuccessful

@TenderSausage

3:42 AM

The option to change the framerate on my capture card is greyed out with no way to select 60hz? How does everyone else game at 144-240 while capturing at 60hz? Am I missing something?

Why are you plugging in the HDMI back into your monitor?

I've tried it with and without, it's the same result either way. A friend suggested it may complete a circuit or something.

3:59 AM

I also use the capture card for my xbox one which works fine. That's the cable for that.

3:59 AM

That's how I know the problem isn't the capture card.

The HDMI cord from the Elgato to your monitor can be removed

5:11 AM

Then, follow these instructions: http://ltroyalshrimp.com/how-to-use-a-144hz-monitor-and-the-elgato-hd60-pro-at-the-same-time/

ltroyalshrimp

How to use a 144Hz monitor and the Elgato HD60 Pro, at the same time

Welcome to the first guide on my website! In this guide, I will show you how you can use a 144Hz, 120Hz or Nvidia G-sync monitor together with an Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro, to play games at the …

@TenderSausage btw my next streams were far better after applying your settings changes... still a bit choppy at times, and I got warnings about dropped frames (esp during loading screens) but it was largely fine

@maloik Glad to hear it's moving in the right direction

I've followed the directions on that page a few times, the problem is that once I click APPLY after adjusting the elgatos framerate on the ADJUST DESKTOP SIZE AND POSITION tab, the framerate field reverts the value to 120hz.

2:54 PM

before

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after

2:55 PM

This is what I'm seeing on the CHANGE RESOLUTION tab

2:56 PM

monitor

2:56 PM

elgato (everything is greyed out)

2:57 PM

I apologize for the screenshot spamming, it's the only way I can get the issue across

I'

3:01 PM

I'm popping into a meeting. I'll be back later

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hey everyone, I just bought a desktop to replace my shitty laptop but I have an issue. I only have 1 ethernet access port in my room and I use one for my Xbox. I'd like for my new desktop to be hardwired, even though it does have Wireless support. I've heard of switches that give access to more than one device, but Idk how safe that is. Need some help here

@Beamzy Any gigabit switch is fine (edited)

8:26 PM

I like these: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Protection-GS105NA/dp/B0000BVYT3

8:28 PM

This is a cheaper "home" version that is good too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S98YLHM

Make sure to get some CAT6 cables to go with it (edited)

So the Nvidia control panel will not allow me to choose 60hz as the refresh rate for the cloned display. Why would that be?

@bbqfloss What version of the driver are you using?

The latest version. I'm not at my machine right now so I don't have the numbers

@TenderSausage the driver is 27.21.14.5206. it's from 8/12/2020. its the driver it shipped with and theres no newer one available

this is probably a loaded question but is it better to just use obs or use streamlabs obs?

I like them both

i looked up some of the differences between them so i probably cant go wrong using either?

Streamlabs is more pretty and pretty well-laid out

6:11 PM

Has some easier intgrations

So I have a question I think I already know the answer to but I figured I’d ask anyway. I’m looking to stream from my Switch to my laptop. I’m going to be moving back into my dorm room soon which doesn’t have a TV and I’d rather not spend money on a TV or monitor if I can avoid it, especially with how expensive capture cards are. From what I’ve seen, if I use a capture card to play games, say, in the OBS preview window, there will be a lag compared to if I play using an HDMI device that’s passed through. Is there any way to get around this (ie: stream on and play on the laptop at the same time, without a second HDMI device)?

just did a stream test and there are no statistics for frame rate. no max min or average. any suggestions?

@TBreezyy19 You need to actually stream something (edited)

11:53 PM

Like a game or something. Did you have anything on oyur scene in OBS?

i was playing a game with display capture rather than game capture. still shouldve shown the game right?

Yeah, Just leave your stream up and go something for a half hour or so

How do I make my OBS not play the audio that is coming out of my stream through my desktop. My desktop audio is my game audio and it just loops the same sound whenever I have OBS open. Muting OBS on volume mixer makes it so my entire desktop audio source just doesnt make sound anymore.

@dyl4n Do you have monitoring turned on?

anyone can voice chat real quick? couple questions about streaming speeds

Has anyone used the canon webcam utility beta for streaming?

Please could someone assist with an issue I've found when watching back some of my videos. I don't notice it when I'm live but maybe I'm too distracted (will check tonight); I have this choppy/robotic audio that happens randomly throughout my stream. The game audio is fine but my mic has the issue, for example on the below, I thought I made quite a funny remark at the time but now you cant hear what I said at all: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/741136744?t=0h6m1s

10:14 AM

I'm using an Avermedia Streaming Mic 133p and Streamblabs OBS if that's any help at all.

10:18 AM

6 minute mark if the link doesn't take you there

hi

7:02 PM

ive been streaming for like 2 months. but my notebook screen isnt working and i wanted to stream from ps4 for a while. i just wanted to know if the bots i set up (streamlabs, cloudbot, nightbot) will be available

Hello there, anybody can help me with a problem? I’m trying to stream through my iPhone

11:26 PM

But it’s a living hell

I'm going to be taking a bit of a break from tech support, probably back tomorrow. If any of the above are unresolved, I'll help you then.

@TenderSausage you’ve been awesome by the way

my stream keeps skipping frames on my new PC.. anyhelp?

@Rusticky try switching the encoder settings to your graphics card

Good steaming webcams?

Hey for all you elgato+streamlabs people, I have a webcam plugged in and I do not want that microphone as my audio input because my room can be echoey and also my desktop is close to the webcam so there is a slight fan sound