How To FIX Your Laggy Twitch Stream (Best Encoder, Bitrate Settings, And More)

[@StreamScheme]

Hope everyone is having a lovely month! Sorry for the gap in uploads, becoming a Dad has meant making sure I focus on family a lot more! Trying to learn balance, and we will get there!

[@jasminecaulden1089]

Congratulations on becoming a Daddy lol, I became a grandmother again in Dec. I was wondering if you could do some video's about setups when you're not gaming. I use twitch as a learning tool. I stream blender, friends and others come in and help me learn my way around it. It's easier then just watching video's or reading websites as they can see what I'm doing in real time and give help in real time. I already know my computer is not top of the line. It's similar to an i5 with 32 gigs of ram and an nvidia 650 (really old lol) graphics card, which only has 1 gig of vram. I can't even use the latest OBS cause of my card, I have to use the 27.2.4 cause of something that was changed in the newer versions of OBS.

[@EagleEyeHunts]

Streamer here who is becoming a dad in 3 months! I feel you bro, we appreciate any content you put out there! Much love and peace to your family! :)

[@AdaptableFox]

Father of a 2&4 year old girls. It is a balancing act for sure. Most of my streams are confined to nap times or in the evening. With how self reflective you are with your work, I'm sure you'll knock parenting out of the park!

[@UnbotheredBanana]

Congrats bro I love your content it’s amazingly helpful for anybody

[@billybilliams]

This video was right on time... no need for apologies! You're a legend Eljay!

[@JD_DevilnoobF1]

4:05 this is probably the main reason I will ALWAYS pick your videos over anyone else 💙

[@RobSoRandom]

I’m a new streamer, I went out and spent a boat load on my set up, I have Omen 16 64gb I9 12900hx 4tb ssd and I was still getting blurry streams. This video helped a ton

[@luvcarzo]

got the same one. thx for the hope💚

[@nobel7x777]

I quit streaming for 6 months because every time I streamed I was dropping over 60% of my frames. Thanks to you it’s fixed and I plan on starting back streaming soon. Thank you so much for making this video!

[@AdaptableFox]

I just wanted to say thank you for your content Eljay. I have been subscribed for a couple years, but never really applied the lessons. At the beginning of this year I decided to apply myself. I have begun making youtube shorts and long form and it really helped to make my streams have purpose when I go live even if there are no viewers. I also added follower goals on screen using your guide and I have had followers each time I've gone live when I had none for a couple months even if i had a few people watching at a time. 🍻

[@jesusofbullets]

Holy hell, you've saved my streams. Take my like!

[@GoodThumbsss]

This guy is the goat, i hate when people show what settings to use but dont explain exactly what they do or why thats their preference. becuz it makes it so i cant make an educated decision myself.

[@AmishZed]

This video explaining what all this crap means is so key. Being able to fix things yourself on the fly if you're having issues while live is ESSENTIAL. Thanks so much!

[@hummisman]

This video helped so much. I appreciate it a lot since I have a low end PC that absolutely REQUIRES these settings to be changed if I want to stream, espeically on my KZbin chanel, so thank you SO MUCH.

[@LordHydra0]

Never had a problem until today. Buuuut this fixed it and I didn't know I could run a test stream, so that was choice! Thanks man!

[@ewee4735]

Great video! That was more info than I was expecting 😁 super helpful!

[@Adr_Voids]

Very nice video, especially the server thingy, the dynamic bitrate and the test stream, i did not know about these Thank you for making these videos it helps a lot

[@imaginaryjuli]

I know you posted this 4 months ago, but I want to thank you! I didn't know you can test your stream without actually going live, it's a life saver, thanks to these settings and finding what's right for my streams, it looks pretty good, even my camera isn't lagging, which is great because while it's in obs and on twitch, you can see that my voice is faster than my camera, idk why, maybe that's a different issue, but it seems to be better! So thank you, I appreciate this so much

[@IntrospectiveScholar]

Love your streaming educational videos! You explain this stuff thoroughly yet simple enough for a newcomer to understand what things are and why they do what they do! I plan on getting into CC in the future and your videos are my go-to for learning about all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into producing smoother results. Thank you for doing what you do and hope more people visit your page!

[@lewis19r]

Somewhere through this video you fixed my issue. Tested a live stream and it all went smoothly no skips, frame drops. Hopefully it goes good with the boys.

[@xunboundsz-_-7777]

you using SIMPLE output or ADVANCED?

[@tangopapadelta6058]

Thank you! Finally a comprehensive, yet concise, explanation and solution to my streaming quality issues! You have no idea how hard this was to find.

[@YozoraKuroboshi]

Wow this was just what I needed

[@WalmartThor]

Thank you so much. I just bought a beefy PC so I could stop using my laptop and I was still running into issues. I think this video will be a great help.

[@TechyCatz]

did it help?

[@WalmartThor]

@@TechyCatz it did

[@DarthPlagu3is]

thanks man. your video fixed all of my lag issues 💪🏼

[@Xanderthefurry]

What do you do if you don't have a graphics card? Difficult to follow but great results!

[@StreamScheme]

Probably work on getting one

[@Montoby]

This actually worked , thought I waisted money on a new stream setup , but this helped out fam

[@AuroraButterflyx]

Some helpful tips. Planning to get back into streaming once I get fibre internet. Fairly excited ❤

[@Dude3ro]

Awesome video bro, you break it down so well... I actually understood everything you had discussed by the end of each topic. this was a game changer. Sub'n for sure

[@gdubhz]

very helpful thank you so much sir!

[@rotg3274]

You save my life everytime I update my obs ❤️❤️

[@imdalyn]

I am putting this out here in hopes it helps someone. I randomly updated my gpu drivers and all of a sudden I could stream to youtube but not twitch. I kept getting dropped network frames. I went int obs settings> advanced>enable network optimization and it fixed everything. No Idea how this happened but this was my fix thank you for the video!

[@AmandaSplatts]

This truly helped me out

[@AnUnlikelyHero]

Once again, your videos are a godsend because sometimes (most times) I don't know what the hell I'm doing with this stuff 🤠

[@7etoffVODs]

a video I didn't know I wanted, but ended up being a video I needed to clean things up

[@StreamScheme]

Im glad :)

[@kinda5510]

You are trurly amazing because you explain everything and what it does, honestly my number one source for streaming tech.

[@stonersparky]

Very indepth and informative. Been having issues with my vods looking very pixelated and i have a powerful streaming pc (4070/i7 13 gen) so i hope i can get my stream looking crispy! Thanks for the tips man!

[@sheepdog_81]

Thank you for telling me "stats" ... .solved all my issues! :)

[@dcorn3225]

4:26 , this blew my mind, I thought the base canvase was whatever my monitor was for my game, I have been using 1440p this entire time.. gonna change this for tomorrows stream hope this removes the pixelation that occurs randomly. Thank you so much!

[@PettyVoltage0414]

Recently some games I play on PC that have voice chat stops working through my headphones and recording.. do you know how to fix?

[@Dixie612Normous]

These videos are the best.

[@RitchL99]

You Are The Hero I Just Found I Needed

[@MrKelJar]

Mate. This was good.

[@AdaptableFox]

I was going to do research on this today cause my Camo app running iPad camera keeps falling behind. GG!

[@OniLuCamTV]

For anyone who needs this? the noise cancelation filter on OBS might cause some lag for the stream so set it from RNNoise to Speex to better the stream so it isnt as chippy

[@Recklessplayergaming]

I was just hearing about twitch vod from streamers because they were playing music that would normally get Copied and you mentioned it doesn’t stop you from copyright stuff.. now I need to know more

[@alisonxra]

I know someone with like 350 followers who always uses copyright music for the past 3 years. I’m so scared 😨 I use own3rd pro music. I’m surprised they haven’t gotten in trouble.

[@StreamScheme]

Last weeks video

[@XiTrOnE_SBT]

Hey thanks for the video. My biggest issue was, that i used a bunch of overlays like animated camera frames that i run directly on my pc, surprisingly all the overlays were the biggest issue, Whenever i turned all overlays off my CPU usage went from 30% down to like only 3% which fixed all my issues.

[@masresta]

Hello mister i have a question my pc is ryzen 5 3600 and my gpu is gtx 1660 super what best setting for my obs and can i have a smaller size of the output file ?? Btw iam sorry if my english is so bad

[@Snorpix]

What if I don't have graphics card in my laptop?😂😂

[@UltRookie]

Everyone does urs could either be from a 4070 to a fucking 560

[@MsG_executor]

Either you have a gpu or it's integrated graphics that in your cpu

[@HandsumVR]

No i have a igpu ​@@UltRookie

[@gremlen]

Thank you for that bit about turning off dynamic bitrate! That might be why my OBS would occasionally just tank to 0 bitrate and freeze up. I always thought it was the game I was playing or something like that.

[@donaldbott8331]

i dont have the option to enable bandwidth test mode. I have had to use the ?bandwidth test that you add to the stream key. I use obs version 30.0.2

[@ssmokiee1827]

I’ve tried for so long to fix it. I honestly might give up on streaming, no matter what I do I can’t put my bitrate any higher than 3k. If I do my stream lags so hard, even on 3k it’s at like 15fps. Idk what to do atp

[@KekoDeLoco]

The link for the bitrate graph doesn't work :(

[@marrgzzz]

This man saved my streams

[@yourfavs303]

what do i do if on the twitch stream bandwith test thing it doesnt have my country?

[@HomeGrownWesley]

Thank you very much😅

[@TKM12]

the first one has changed the size of my streams what can i do

[@TKM12]

what bitratte should i do for reacting and roblox

[@SQUID-girl27]

I'm just going to say... thanks, really thank you so much.

[@R0yalBunny]

Hi Eljay! Big fan! Watching your stuff has helped me in the way i think about streaming and hope to start my youtube journey soon!

[@WalmartThor]

Dynamic bitrate kidnapped my dog for ransom during my last stream. Thanks for the heads up to turn it off.

[@StreamScheme]

Hes the worst, dynamic bitrate tried to object at my wedding

[@jacoblopez9625]

Best fucking video!! Saved me so much time after hours researching and watching other videos. Explains everything well simple enough for you to figure it out. Absolutely recommend.

[@Zachruggs]

hey it says the discord link has expired. How do I join without that happening

[@StreamScheme]

It’s not expired so no clue, what’s your username?

[@mayeesahplays]

This helped me fix my gameplay footage! You are a lifesaver! I have been binge watching your content and I am learning so much! Thank you for making amazing, entertaining, and concise content! I just had a quick question--I know you've gone over webcam settings, but I was wondering what the best OBS settings for A DSLR camera are? I'm shooting on my Sony A7SIII at XAVC S HD, 60fps, and I still experience some lag between my audio and video (most notable when I'm editing my recorded streams later). How do I fix this?

[@StreamScheme]

My audio comes in faster than my camera, its pretty normal due to video requiring more encoding. I set my mic to its own solo track for recording, and then delay the track by 130ms and that syncs it back up. You could lower the camera resolution to 720p and it might help, or potentially try a different capture card if yours is offbrand. Loads of options.

[@mayeesahplays]

@@StreamScheme Thank you so much! I'll try delaying my XLR mic in the advanced audio properties in OBS by 130 ms and play around with it until it syncs back up! I'm using the Elgato HD60 S right now, but I'm looking into investing in the Bridge Cast X! The idea of controlling all of my audio inputs in one piece of gear seems like a dream (I'm using a behringer mixer right now and It's been a nightmare to navigate)! As well as having my camera and capture card also feeding in through a single piece of gear instead of 3+ peices of equipment. Are there any major notable differences in capture card quality between the two?

[@1NatioNetwork]

Thanks man!

[@BraderBorr]

deserves more subs

[@lordhezzy9132]

my stream is dropping major frames after working fine for months, its too the point where i cant stream, im testing the settings to see if anything work but im startin to think its twitch’s fault

[@theimmoralcookie]

Bruh, the Discord ping when you drop the bomb made me look through my Discord messages.

[@n0tzade]

Hey i was wondering if i could use a laptop to setup my stream setup. I stream on xbox but im currently using my phone to try setup alerts and stuff but it just doesnt work.

[@geraldsalas3213]

is rtx 3070 8gb a good gpu for competative 1440p gaming like warzone. apex, valo, cs2? not sure if 8gb while streaming and gaming is enough

[@I_am_Jesus_of_Nazareth]

Simple answer, no

[@stevestop]

whats more important on the bandwidth test, Quality or RTT? for me, Option has 39ms RTT and 99 Quality, but option 2 has 23ms RTT and 90 Quality

[@eljayem]

It’s a balance, likely you won’t have issues with either server though

[@onlyhalfhuman4815]

i dont have the enable test mode or whatever in stream,.....

[@OneLitJabroni]

Thank you good sir!

[@GamesxDonexRight]

So if I subscribe to owned for a bit and then don't resub a couple of months down the line, do I lose access to those graphics and what not

[@RicoSantino]

I still cant figure out to stream fornite off my pc and i have a ryzen 9 4070 super and 48 ram

[@estherweedon6560]

what is a good alternative for twitch test if you're on mac?

[@estherweedon6560]

I used the bandwidth test setting so i didn't go live, I even had the notification pop up on obs saying "this isn't going to go live if you want to go live unselect the setting" and one of my followers still got notified and joined ;-;

[@espada9000]

I don't get it why did he save the dynamic bit rate settings for last?

[@StreamScheme]

Because it’s in its own section off to the side, everything is structured so someone learns perfectly step by step by step.

[@espada9000]

@@StreamScheme Well at the end of the day mines was already toggled off so I'm all good.

[@Mr_Mos__]

Twitch could just follow KZbin and accept a higher bitrate on their end. Btw one tip: you might have problems with your microphone sounding „muffled” (from time to time). It took me a long time to figure out that it’s caused by RNNoise, so if you have the same problem, that might be a fix.

[@StunnaYT-]

I WAS LOSING MY MIND MY MICROPHONE sounds good but in obs it kept sounding like 💩 i was getting frustrated took off all my filters but rnnoise. And it still sounds bad every now and then.. speex sounds bad though. What should i do?

[@rangry1386]

So in frames missed due to rendering lag I have 8 out of like 20000 something is that really an issue

[@StreamScheme]

Likely not :)

[@mattc487]

Could you PLEASE make a video of how to set up TriggerFyre in OBS then?!? I only went to SLOBS so I could have TF rewards available as they wouldnt come up in OBS!

[@killersnake0024]

After seeing the comments I got hype thinking this would fix my issue but I guess not. My speed test says I have 15 upload and I followed all of your suggestions and adjustments, but by the time I’ve streamed for 7-8 minutes it says over 75% of my frames are dropping, with a huge delay as well

[@StreamScheme]

As I mention, upload speed isn’t the only factor of dropped frames, stability is huge. What did TwitchTest say?

[@TKleinschmidt]

Thanks for the video! For future occasions: The image at 6:04 is wrong. 6000 bits is not 6 megabit. its 6 kilobit. i guess you meant to say that 6000 kps is 6 mbps.

[@TimmayTotz]

Hello I am following along to this video, when I get to the part to test the stream on OBS there is no "Enable Bandwidth Test Mode" button. everything else in the video was exactly as it should be but maybe the button was removed? Or renamed? Google searches all say to click the same button, but I have nothing there... any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated

[@estherweedon6560]

could you explain why separate vod track doesn't protect from copyright. everywhere i'm looking it says it does. am i missing something? Great video btw :)

[@StreamScheme]

Because you're still using copyright material, its still being tracked that you used it live. The people who are telling you it does protect you are just ignorant of copyright, and think that "getting away with it" is the same as being protected. People thought they were protected from DMCA on Twitch, until hundreds got banned over night, and every few months more bans go out even with VoD track split. Its really hard to clear up the misinformation.

[@estherweedon6560]

@@StreamScheme thank you that explains it really well I really appreciate it!

[@AbitantedelVault]

I never had problems while streaming, everytime it went smoothly with 1920x1080 ratio and 30 fps. Now, out of nowhere my streaming start lagging and freezing. I'm loosing fps even if OBS says it's fine (twitch inspector tells I had unstable events). I followed all the suggestion in the video but I don't know what to do, any suggestion?

[@eightbo]

Is quality more important than RTT for twitch test tool? e.g. in the video you had 96 quality with a slightly worse RTT, wouldn't that be best?

[@Jwebbplayz]

On a dual pc setup would we copy these verbatim? Meaning, leave encoder “for me” cause I play on AMD GPU but stream with strix 2070 oc in stream pc. I’m assuming just match the systems so to speak, I’m only casting over display capture from game pc “thru capture card” to stream pc.

[@Nyc_llynx]

does this also apply to recording

[@Brownboii999x]

i have around 34 frames that lag is that anything to worry about

[@F4kee]

what software is this? i need to know

[@shatoriarenee1406]

I’m soo confused lol it will not let me change the output simple mode for twitch. It’s laggy when I click start stream. But on my PC it’s not laggy it’s weird.

[@ChildishDicaprio]

What about mobile twitch app lags when viewing streams?

[@Flakintosh]

Don't suppose you have settings for an AMD?

[@Vellody]

Would this work using xbox too?

[@ryllland]

If I have a amd Radeon rx7700 xt should I use the hardware video encoder?

[@akadain]

Wait, 6k is a soft cap, and I can go higher? I have around 900 on upload. So I can go higher?

[@StreamScheme]

Yep, as I say in the video 6000 is soft, 8000 is hard, but you need wiggle room so don't set 8000.

[@SpookieZer]

What I’m trying to figure out is the delay that happens when I’m streaming. Like someone joins and says high but it’s so delayed they don’t hear me for till 30seconds later

[@Smooch_XO]

All of a sudden ABR is all I can choose for Rate Control

[@JayoRed_]

im having an issue since the last obs update. my frames drop due to network i can barely stream in 2-3k bitrate when i have 50+ upload speed any idea what this could be? i ran 6k bitrate for years before the last obs update btw.

[@garymattocks2872]

Usually about a hour into my stream I always get this static noise that I don’t hear through my headset and nobody else will hear it in game but if your watching my stream you can hear it how do I fix that?

[@ReKasla]

Am I able to stream with 3840x2160 cause my stream is literally pictures with no frames

[@enderrexstreaming]

please help i have no frame or upload issues but my streams are always being pixelated. idk what to do

[@mauinui5397]

can i change my output settings to 936p still?

[@KayoMonei]

My brio 501 is causing my issue everytime I put my face cam on it start spiking immediately I’ve tried down scaling to 720 but still nothing had no issues until today

[@CamiiHD]

ok so not sure if im reading it wrong but it says my upload speed is about 100mbps but was confused because that seems like ALOT compared to other people so what should my bitrate be?