**PLEASE READ** I made a few mistakes or wasn't clear in this video, so I want to clarify and clear up some things! 1. You can stream 1080p 60fps and use a bitrate lower than 6000, but you will have lower quality than other 1080p60fps streams. 2. You can stream with a higher bitrate than Twitch's soft cap 6000, going up to 8000 as the hard cap but I didn't want to confuse people by explaining the tiny quality difference between 6000 and 8000. I still recommend for your own internet speeds to do 6000 if you are only wanting to do 1080p60, plus it gives room for your bitrate to fluctuate up above 6000 but not hit the hard cap. 3. I jumbled my words and called 6000 bitrate the equivalent to 6megabytes, I meant to say megabits but I think most people understood this. I also wasn't clear about Twitch quality options, I called them "encoding options" but the actual process is called Transcoding, but the information works the same! The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme 🕘Timestamps: 0:00 Video Start 00:30 Introduction 01:50 How Does Bitrate Work For Streaming? 02:20 What Bitrate Should I Use For Streaming? 03:35 How To Get Access To Twitch Quality Options 04:20 Why You SHOULDN'T Stream At 1080P 05:05 What Is The Best Encoder For Streaming? 06:00 FREE Animated Twitch Overlays For Download 06:25 How To Tell If You Have Dropped Frames, Skipped Frames, Or Lagged Frames In Streamlabs OBS 07:05 How To Tell If You Have Dropped Frames, Skipped Frames, Or Lagged Frames In OBS Studio 08:00 How To Fix Lagged Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS! 09:25 How To Fix Skipped Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS! 10:50 How To Fix Dropped Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS!
hi i have been have a lot of problems with my my fps droping and and my bitrate droping i have tried a lot of ways to fix it do you think you can help me,plz
So i tried to stream dying light 2 using my 3060ti, my game was running at about 55fps, my render lag during the stream was over 30% and my fps was 30fps'ish and very unwatchable. The stream i was at 1080/60, i had it at 6k bitrate and even went up to 12k and didnt help. I also tried cpu as encoder and render lag didnt go down but fps wen up about 20% to about 40ish.
Watching this as a VTuber and this really helps to see my options because there is almost always a chance that a single game, on top of whatever tracking software I use and the streaming software, is gonna tank the stream, so I've been trying to find the balance and be sure of what I can do to fix it. I've hit a bit of a run around though by just messing with my tracking software or the game, so knowing there are stream options that can possibly alleviate this is wonderful to know about. Thank You so much!
every time I have an issue related to my stream whether that be creating ideas or technical issues I can always count on Eljay's content to help me solve it. just recently I had an issue related to frames dropping on stream and as soon as I went trhough with the recommendations made the stream cleared up in an instant. thank you so much for putting out this content.
THANK YOU so much!! I've been having trouble with lagged frames for months and couldn't figure it out. This video made everything so simple and combined several ideas I'd tried separately without success. I'm so happy I can start streaming more games!!
I've been trying to figure out for weeks why my stream is so laggy. I kept trying to stream 1080p60fps. My pc could handle it. Had good internet. Still laggy all the time in stream. Of all the things Id read or watched, none talked about twitch forcing me down to 720p and causing lag when trying to stream 1080 as a new streamer. Dropped to 720p30 and 720p60 and no lag. Its all good. Thank you brother. That fixed my issue, and the rest of the video gave some great tips for setting up to get it even better. Much love, may the gods bless you.
Your channel is the most helpful tutorial channel from all I've perused. I'm a beginner...you explain things so a beginner can understand. So many content creators forget what they didn't know...you seem to remember.
This is legit perfect timing. This week's the first time ever I've been dropping frames, so bad that I've had to cut my streams short. Get out of my mind Eljay 😶
Seriously how did you know I needed this? Literally this past weekend I noticed my stream has been blurry even know I have a beast of a pc. Hopefully this one helps!
@@StreamScheme I haven't gone through changes yet I will later after work but yes I do use streamlabs and if thats that's option that says "dynamically change bitrate when dropping frames while streaming" then yes I do have that unchecked. To gives context I have a 3900x and 5700xt I use medium and I currently use 1080p by 60 fps at 6,000 for bitrate. Again I still have to watch your video. So I won't ask anymore questions until I do but thanks for the response!
@@StreamScheme okay I actually got time to watch and it seems like I have the right setup. Is there anything that I'm missing that would help the clarity? I don't have any issues lagging, should I use a higher bitrate like 8,000? I do want to note that I like 1080p just because I like to use the stream footage for youtube so I don't want to use 720p (if that makes sense). Thanks in advance! Could also be a great video idea if you haven't done it already. Edit: Just heard you said Twitch caps it at 6,000 so nevermind for that. Also I'm running about 11 up and 91 down speeds
@@StreamScheme should I use the "optimized encoder settings" or uncheck that before streaming? Does this just negate all of my changes to the stream and set them automatically?
Technically if you want to get techy, 8000 is the hard cap but 6000 is the soft cap and all you need to get good quality 1080p. Plus with your upload speed it’s better to add some headroom, so 6000 is fine :) And no I believe that just adds a few caps and checks in place, I don’t believe it batters too much at your settings.
Eljay you should know you are helpen people on a devine level. it motivates me so much everytime I see one of these video's and it is helpen me trough these rough times with what all is going on in the world. Respect to all you are doing for the community of streamers
Eljay! I just wanted to thank you for all the great content and advice. I started streaming April 3rd. I hit affiliate 6 days later on April 9th. I am not even kidding. I was very lucky with raids and supported by one of the greatest communities ever in my opinion, the geoguessr community, but I still thought hitting affiliate in less than a week was just absolutely insane. I still watch a ton of these videos and check back to see if I can implement any more pearls of wisdom you have to offer. Next step, Partner!!
@@StreamScheme yes!! Haha thanks for the reminder. I have to set smart goals. You’re the best! Appreciate your channel, it is very nice of you to help out everyone getting started on their twitch journey
YOU FIXED MY PROBLEMS!!! Some games would work just fine while others were awful. I always wondered why but switching it to 720 was the trick. You glorious bastard you. THANK YOU!
This made me open my eyes so much to certain things I didn't realize or know about. I'm an average of 3 viewers away from affiliate and CONSTANTLY get 1-3 people to join other Tham my friends watching and then within 60 seconds they're gone. And I figured it was because I'm not good enough or something, and it really could be, but I have my settings way to high for my internet. Though it works for my friends and myself. A lot of people may not be able to watch it. There's more you said too but thanks so much for this video
Hey man wanted to thank you for the information regarding resolution for affiliates. Been looking for that for months now and couldn’t find an answer to my questions. Quality video brudda. Keep up the great content.
Just went through all my settings and I really really hope it helps! I’ve been streaming for a little over a month and I wasn’t dealing with lag or dropped frames much until very recently. I hope everything I’ve done helps!
One time you talked about keeping a positive attitude during your stream and I was wondering if you could do a video on how to maintain a positive community/vibe because even that one little clip was really inspiring for me and actually helped the quality of my stream a lot :D
I’ve always wanted to stream and I finally figured out how to set everything up and recently I noticed that my stream was dropping frames here and there nothing that makes it unwatchable just enough for me to notice so hopefully this video helps me fix it
I honestly can't find a better youtuber that helps as much as you do. Your videos are so easy to understand and are very useful and worth watching. Will always drop a like on them too! Thank you 😎❤
Yo Eljay, have absolutely binged all your videos recently and I just hit affiliate after a week of streaming and got raided for 50 viewers last night so I heavily appreciate all your help. Was hoping you could make a comprehensive guide on how to keep growing past affiliate (emotes, badges, sub/tip/follow goals). Keep it up, and thanks again.
How do you keep making such incredibly USEFUL content??? Are you reading my mind ...or my search history? How did you know this is what im struggling with??
4:43 so that explains why I, as a South African streamer, have a terrible connection to the Oceania servers even though they are geographically closest to me than the Euro and US.
once again your videos may have helped me. I have been fighting this issue since I got my new graphics card which is nvidia, I always ran amd till now. couldn't figure it out and caused so much stress. I will test out the settings on that twitch page and see if things work correctly. Love your channel.
You’re trully the best stream helper out there. Everybody acts like we all know what those terms means but I had no idea about most of them. Thank you so much! Now I can make my own settings for my own build! 💜
This is the exact stuff I need to know!!! I I finally have decent (ish) Internet - for Australia anyway... but still it’s not great and my current laptop isn’t that great but I wanna start somewhere and just give some entertainment to people and have a crack at it! So knowing more about all this and the why and how is amazing I’ve been watching so much of your stuff recently u are a legend and I will definitely be shouting you out in my twitch and TH-cam descriptions all the time
It’s so FUCKING scary how the algorithm KNOWS what I need and when I need it. I didn’t even search for this tutorial. I opened my phone and it popped up 3rd video. I love you’re content man!
I was having big time stream relay issues with the video getting uber choppy early on. I configured A LOT of settings and watched a ton of videos on what settings are optimal based on your internet speed and the resolution of your video output. I haven't had many issues since, been pretty darn good actually. I decreased my scaled video output resolution, but kept my native resolution at 1080p. I also started using CBR for streaming (not recording).........that made a HUGE difference!
yeah thats a fix too, less load on the GPU to resize the stream, so changing resoloution eg to 1080 than stream 1080 is better for the gpu rather than 1440 > 1080, that can depend on the types of games your playing too, eg battle royal games will need all resources compared to a basic single player or low gfx games like fall guys
@@mynuggets_oz779 Man I haven't streamed in a minute lol.....doing it on this HP laptop has been killing me. So painful I just stopped for a while, looking to build my desktop soon!
Theres so much help for those who xan afford a nice pc! What if im streaming from my console app and im losing video or audio? Theres little to no help when it comes to console streaming or streaming without a oc or streamlabs or obs....
Thank you so much for this video!! It helped me out so much. When I went in to change my bitrate it was automatically set to 1000... Far less then what my computer and internet would allow. If it weren't for this video I would have been struggling to figure it out!
Your videos have been so damn helpful man. Word for word. Decided to start streaming on PS5. And all the el gato settings and OBS settings were confusing as heck. You made it easy for me to understand. Thank you sir 🙌🏽
I was having issues with laggy stream outputs, but my game was running fine. Specifically, this was in games like Hunt Showdown and Elden Ring. These are the steps I took to fix the issues. 1) Ensure that your monitor refresh rate was at the level of which your game's frames could be run. In my case, my monitors are all 144hz, and I can run Hunt Showdown at 144 fps. Streamlabs however caps at 120 fps. 2) Because streamlabs caps at 120 fps, set your monitor refresh rate to 120 hz. 3) Set your game max frame rate to your refresh rate. (You can also use V-Sync) 4) Done. No more laggy outputs, and I can stream at 1440p @ 120 FPS. TLDR: Don't play games at a higher rate than 120 fps or have your monitor higher than 120hz. Idk how people are able to ignore these and STILL have good quality streams, but this is the solution Obviously this isn't 100% guaranteed to fix all your problems; as an electrical engineer myself there will always be scenarios that aren't resolved by this: but it will help. A lot of these guides will go on about bitrate and down / up speeds of your internet, but if you're like me with a solid PC build and quality network and STILL having frame issues even when you're not streaming, the above steps should help you. I've tested this method with so many games that stutter and lag in the streamlabs output simply because my game and monitor rate was too high for streamlabs to capture. Hope this helps you!
Hey eljay ive been planning on becoming a streamer for some time now and ive been watching your videos for a few days now and thanks to you i think im ready! I know itll be a lot of work but hopefully it works out 💪🏻 thanks alot :)
Loved the video as usual Eljay. Quick question have you done a video or even a section within a video about playing a new game on stream? I am streaming Terraria atm but want to start playing stardew valley in a few weeks so was just wondering the best way to go about that?
Great video as always, haven't had too much issues with majority of games I stream. Would love to take a look around the discord to see more tips and tricks!
This helped so much thanks Eljay! Also do you have any tips on how to be more loud i seem kinda monotone in my streams and dont know what to do #earlygang
I did a Q&A video where I talked about motivation and confidence, I recommend giving that a watch and following the recording tricks in it! I think its called "How to stay motivated" and the thumbnail is "biggest blunder"
Has your OBS ever disconnected and re-connected during a stream? If it did, how did you solve it? Mine it does, I don't know what could be the most common issue.
@@JustAlgato I thought about that, but no device loses internet when it happens, not even my streaming laptop which is connected through the ethernet, only OBS does. I wait 45 long seconds, then it reconnects again and I'm fine.
old alien ware gaming laptop, had the ... hardware thingy option so clicked it and i can now stream OSRS in 480p with youtube playing music in the backround :D thanks :D
This video has helped me so so much, I can't begin to express. I could not work out why certain games of mine were dropping frames but you made it so easy to understand. Thank you!!
Really enjoying these tips, thank you Eljay! Hope to see ya in stream! Also, can you make a vid on how to blur the background of a c922? I love the way that looks on streams and want it for my streams... but can’t find out how to do it.
I have this problem when I stream: My game is running very smooth, but if i have fps above my HZ so 144, the stream starts lagging, my game isn't, only the stream. I then need to cap my game to 144fps to stop the stream from lagging. Does anyone have some what of an idea, on how to fix? I have a GTX 1660S and a I7-10700k.
Bro I was gonna say about the 6MB thing XD I fully researched it a couple weeks prior to this video and I'd been doing it the way you said FOR SO LONG, like I set my bitrate to 2200 etc, thinking I can't go any higher because I only have 2.5MB Upload, turns out I can go much higher and my streams are looking clearer than ever, I'm just giving this video another once over because for some reason I'm getting dropped frames constantly when I know I shouldn't be. It could be due to lag in game, but I'm still not too sure, thanks for the help and great video ElJay :)
Are we all having this issue all at the same time? wth xd My streamlabs was shutting down today non-stop... I've never had any trouble until the latest Apex Legends update maybe?... so I still followed your tips and tweaked with some things anyway, hopefully it's fixed. Thanks for the detailed video :)
Not sure I had no issues today but I wasn't doing anything too intensive :) Good luck, hope you solved it! Don't forget to test stream to a new account before your next stream to make sure it is working!
I had this issue and it simply came down to putting OBS or stream labs into administrator mode which a lot of people talking about this issue never mention. You do have to make sure you run it all the time though by going to properties > compatibility > run this program as administrator.
This no longer effects anything interestingly, it was important over a year ago, but updates made admin mode not help performance at all. Unless, you had programs actively working against the tool, but that seems unlikely.
@@StreamScheme yes I believe OBS was competing with the game for for CPU performance so using admin mode allows my stream to work perfectly whilst also having good game performance
I started collecting OBS warning notifs on my stream, telling me I was losing frames, lagging, or my stream had gone down. I think the number got pretty high. xD Hopefully I won't be having that problem anymore. Also, side note, when considering FPS and quality it's good to think about viewers that might experience motion sickness. Personally, since getting a higher res monitor I can't watch streamers on high quality anymore without getting sick. Maybe not as big a deal as some other things, but something to consider.
so I have had a similar situation most of my 3D games have a bit rate issue. I also found out some have not been given updates like Crash N.Sane trilogy which I'm currently streaming I had to reduce the window size. After some talks with some friends that the producers never did an update for the game once it became multiplatform.
5:33 I have an RTX 3060 and I just assumed NVENC would help my stream, but I just found out that it doesn't have the necessary chip for that encoder. Gonna try seeing if that helps my laggy stream, thank you for this good information :))
i use "advanced nvenc h.264 via FFmpeg" for my render output, it really lowers the usage of my pc resources. The only thing bad about it - it's hard to understand all of the settings, so set up them blindly lol
4:44 Me in Australia: It's meme status now. I tend to use my phone's data and use my phone to monitor the stream instead of using my home internet to monitor the stream to free up bandwidth.
**PLEASE READ**
I made a few mistakes or wasn't clear in this video, so I want to clarify and clear up some things!
1. You can stream 1080p 60fps and use a bitrate lower than 6000, but you will have lower quality than other 1080p60fps streams.
2. You can stream with a higher bitrate than Twitch's soft cap 6000, going up to 8000 as the hard cap but I didn't want to confuse people by explaining the tiny quality difference between 6000 and 8000. I still recommend for your own internet speeds to do 6000 if you are only wanting to do 1080p60, plus it gives room for your bitrate to fluctuate up above 6000 but not hit the hard cap.
3. I jumbled my words and called 6000 bitrate the equivalent to 6megabytes, I meant to say megabits but I think most people understood this. I also wasn't clear about Twitch quality options, I called them "encoding options" but the actual process is called Transcoding, but the information works the same!
The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme
🕘Timestamps:
0:00 Video Start
00:30 Introduction
01:50 How Does Bitrate Work For Streaming?
02:20 What Bitrate Should I Use For Streaming?
03:35 How To Get Access To Twitch Quality Options
04:20 Why You SHOULDN'T Stream At 1080P
05:05 What Is The Best Encoder For Streaming?
06:00 FREE Animated Twitch Overlays For Download
06:25 How To Tell If You Have Dropped Frames, Skipped Frames, Or Lagged Frames In Streamlabs OBS
07:05 How To Tell If You Have Dropped Frames, Skipped Frames, Or Lagged Frames In OBS Studio
08:00 How To Fix Lagged Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS!
09:25 How To Fix Skipped Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS!
10:50 How To Fix Dropped Frames In OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS!
what settings do we use if we use something in between 720 and 1080
which social media should i dm you on for i can send you a clip of how my stream lags hopefully you can help me identify the problem please help.
hi i have been have a lot of problems with my my fps droping and and my bitrate droping i have tried a lot of ways to fix it do you think you can help me,plz
So i tried to stream dying light 2 using my 3060ti, my game was running at about 55fps, my render lag during the stream was over 30% and my fps was 30fps'ish and very unwatchable. The stream i was at 1080/60, i had it at 6k bitrate and even went up to 12k and didnt help. I also tried cpu as encoder and render lag didnt go down but fps wen up about 20% to about 40ish.
I swear Eljay keeps tabs on my streams and posts videos about what I'm going to need!!
...No.... Stop asking questions you don't need the answers to! #earlygang!
My airforce sergeant once said big brother is always watching
Ikr
EXACTLY
Watching this as a VTuber and this really helps to see my options because there is almost always a chance that a single game, on top of whatever tracking software I use and the streaming software, is gonna tank the stream, so I've been trying to find the balance and be sure of what I can do to fix it. I've hit a bit of a run around though by just messing with my tracking software or the game, so knowing there are stream options that can possibly alleviate this is wonderful to know about. Thank You so much!
This has been one of my biggest problems I've been having with streaming, it makes so much more sense now. Thank you so much!
So glad!
every time I have an issue related to my stream whether that be creating ideas or technical issues I can always count on Eljay's content to help me solve it. just recently I had an issue related to frames dropping on stream and as soon as I went trhough with the recommendations made the stream cleared up in an instant. thank you so much for putting out this content.
my framerate is smooth but as soon as there is rapid motion compression kicks in and it gets visually choppier, any fix? its not bitrate
THANK YOU so much!! I've been having trouble with lagged frames for months and couldn't figure it out. This video made everything so simple and combined several ideas I'd tried separately without success. I'm so happy I can start streaming more games!!
I've been trying to figure out for weeks why my stream is so laggy. I kept trying to stream 1080p60fps. My pc could handle it. Had good internet. Still laggy all the time in stream.
Of all the things Id read or watched, none talked about twitch forcing me down to 720p and causing lag when trying to stream 1080 as a new streamer. Dropped to 720p30 and 720p60 and no lag. Its all good. Thank you brother. That fixed my issue, and the rest of the video gave some great tips for setting up to get it even better. Much love, may the gods bless you.
Your channel is the most helpful tutorial channel from all I've perused. I'm a beginner...you explain things so a beginner can understand. So many content creators forget what they didn't know...you seem to remember.
I'm with everyone else, I've just started having these issues. Your videos are a life saver. Thanks man!
Glad to hear it! Hope it helps even if the guide is a bit basic! :)
This is legit perfect timing. This week's the first time ever I've been dropping frames, so bad that I've had to cut my streams short.
Get out of my mind Eljay 😶
Hahahaha I'm not in your mind... I .... anyway, #earlygang
😳😳😳
Also also, nutty is awesome! Def some great tutes he's put out there
Seriously how did you know I needed this? Literally this past weekend I noticed my stream has been blurry even know I have a beast of a pc. Hopefully this one helps!
If none of this helps then follow-up question, are you on Streamlabs OBS? Check your advanced settings > Turn off dynamic bitrate.
@@StreamScheme I haven't gone through changes yet I will later after work but yes I do use streamlabs and if thats that's option that says "dynamically change bitrate when dropping frames while streaming" then yes I do have that unchecked. To gives context I have a 3900x and 5700xt I use medium and I currently use 1080p by 60 fps at 6,000 for bitrate. Again I still have to watch your video. So I won't ask anymore questions until I do but thanks for the response!
@@StreamScheme okay I actually got time to watch and it seems like I have the right setup. Is there anything that I'm missing that would help the clarity? I don't have any issues lagging, should I use a higher bitrate like 8,000? I do want to note that I like 1080p just because I like to use the stream footage for youtube so I don't want to use 720p (if that makes sense). Thanks in advance! Could also be a great video idea if you haven't done it already.
Edit: Just heard you said Twitch caps it at 6,000 so nevermind for that. Also I'm running about 11 up and 91 down speeds
@@StreamScheme should I use the "optimized encoder settings" or uncheck that before streaming? Does this just negate all of my changes to the stream and set them automatically?
Technically if you want to get techy, 8000 is the hard cap but 6000 is the soft cap and all you need to get good quality 1080p.
Plus with your upload speed it’s better to add some headroom, so 6000 is fine :)
And no I believe that just adds a few caps and checks in place, I don’t believe it batters too much at your settings.
THANK YOU! now I know what I’m doing when I go into my obs settings. My pc isn’t good rn but when I get a new one I won’t screw something up :D
Remember it is about testing and learning the settings, it all comes down to your hardware! :) #earlygang!
Eljay you huge beauty, as always coming in clutch with another video that I desperately needed
Hope it helps! Just doing my best! #earlygang
@@StreamScheme Your content is always relevant and valuable. Keep up the great work!
Eljay you should know you are helpen people on a devine level.
it motivates me so much everytime I see one of these video's and it is helpen me trough these rough times with what all is going on in the world.
Respect to all you are doing for the community of streamers
I appreciate that mate, nothing special here though, just doing my best :)
Eljay! I just wanted to thank you for all the great content and advice. I started streaming April 3rd. I hit affiliate 6 days later on April 9th. I am not even kidding. I was very lucky with raids and supported by one of the greatest communities ever in my opinion, the geoguessr community, but I still thought hitting affiliate in less than a week was just absolutely insane. I still watch a ton of these videos and check back to see if I can implement any more pearls of wisdom you have to offer. Next step, Partner!!
Smashing it mate! Remember, don't aim straight for Partner, aim for stepping stones so you can check goals off and see progress on your way! :)
@@StreamScheme yes!! Haha thanks for the reminder. I have to set smart goals. You’re the best! Appreciate your channel, it is very nice of you to help out everyone getting started on their twitch journey
YOU FIXED MY PROBLEMS!!! Some games would work just fine while others were awful. I always wondered why but switching it to 720 was the trick. You glorious bastard you. THANK YOU!
Oh I am so glad!
This made me open my eyes so much to certain things I didn't realize or know about. I'm an average of 3 viewers away from affiliate and CONSTANTLY get 1-3 people to join other Tham my friends watching and then within 60 seconds they're gone. And I figured it was because I'm not good enough or something, and it really could be, but I have my settings way to high for my internet. Though it works for my friends and myself. A lot of people may not be able to watch it. There's more you said too but thanks so much for this video
Thank you for such in depth info! Fixed all my issues streaming my switch!
Hey man wanted to thank you for the information regarding resolution for affiliates. Been looking for that for months now and couldn’t find an answer to my questions. Quality video brudda. Keep up the great content.
Hey Eljay I just started on twitch last week and I’m at 22 followers. Thanks for all of your help so far.
Nothing to do with me, just your own hard work! #earlygang
Want to say Thank you so much for the video, this fixed the problem I was having with a couple games skipping frames!
Just went through all my settings and I really really hope it helps! I’ve been streaming for a little over a month and I wasn’t dealing with lag or dropped frames much until very recently. I hope everything I’ve done helps!
One time you talked about keeping a positive attitude during your stream and I was wondering if you could do a video on how to maintain a positive community/vibe because even that one little clip was really inspiring for me and actually helped the quality of my stream a lot :D
I’ve always wanted to stream and I finally figured out how to set everything up and recently I noticed that my stream was dropping frames here and there nothing that makes it unwatchable just enough for me to notice so hopefully this video helps me fix it
Thank you so much! My viewers would complain and end up leaving because they could never get a steady stream from me! Hope this fixes it.
Good luck! Hope the video solved the issues! :)
Really important topic, took me a lot of time to figure out how to stream properly (about 6-7 streams) and that answers most of it!
Hopefully it helps some beginners and anyone in need! :)
imma try this tonight for skipped frames. i thought it was all my bitrate but i was wrong!! I appreciate the video cuz i rly needed it.
I honestly can't find a better youtuber that helps as much as you do. Your videos are so easy to understand and are very useful and worth watching. Will always drop a like on them too! Thank you 😎❤
Ran into this exact problem and was bugging out on what to do for my stream tonight. Fantastic timing, ty!
Thanks so much for all your videos. Such a friendly approach, information is always clear and helpful.
Yo Eljay, have absolutely binged all your videos recently and I just hit affiliate after a week of streaming and got raided for 50 viewers last night so I heavily appreciate all your help. Was hoping you could make a comprehensive guide on how to keep growing past affiliate (emotes, badges, sub/tip/follow goals). Keep it up, and thanks again.
How do you keep making such incredibly USEFUL content??? Are you reading my mind ...or my search history? How did you know this is what im struggling with??
4:43 so that explains why I, as a South African streamer, have a terrible connection to the Oceania servers even though they are geographically closest to me than the Euro and US.
Thanks for the twitch bitrate guide I had no idea and I can tell it will be a life saver
Been here for a while subbed bro, just got my first pc thank you for the tips my boy I appreciate it!
once again your videos may have helped me. I have been fighting this issue since I got my new graphics card which is nvidia, I always ran amd till now. couldn't figure it out and caused so much stress. I will test out the settings on that twitch page and see if things work correctly. Love your channel.
You’re trully the best stream helper out there. Everybody acts like we all know what those terms means but I had no idea about most of them. Thank you so much! Now I can make my own settings for my own build! 💜
Thank you man one of the best informative channels I’ve seen in a while
This is the exact stuff I need to know!!! I I finally have decent (ish) Internet - for Australia anyway... but still it’s not great and my current laptop isn’t that great but I wanna start somewhere and just give some entertainment to people and have a crack at it! So knowing more about all this and the why and how is amazing I’ve been watching so much of your stuff recently u are a legend and I will definitely be shouting you out in my twitch and TH-cam descriptions all the time
thank you so much!! this fixed all my problems. very informative video!! thank you thank you 😭😭
It’s so FUCKING scary how the algorithm KNOWS what I need and when I need it. I didn’t even search for this tutorial. I opened my phone and it popped up 3rd video. I love you’re content man!
I was having big time stream relay issues with the video getting uber choppy early on. I configured A LOT of settings and watched a ton of videos on what settings are optimal based on your internet speed and the resolution of your video output. I haven't had many issues since, been pretty darn good actually. I decreased my scaled video output resolution, but kept my native resolution at 1080p. I also started using CBR for streaming (not recording).........that made a HUGE difference!
yeah thats a fix too, less load on the GPU to resize the stream, so changing resoloution eg to 1080 than stream 1080 is better for the gpu rather than 1440 > 1080, that can depend on the types of games your playing too, eg battle royal games will need all resources compared to a basic single player or low gfx games like fall guys
@@mynuggets_oz779 Man I haven't streamed in a minute lol.....doing it on this HP laptop has been killing me. So painful I just stopped for a while, looking to build my desktop soon!
Theres so much help for those who xan afford a nice pc! What if im streaming from my console app and im losing video or audio? Theres little to no help when it comes to console streaming or streaming without a oc or streamlabs or obs....
Thank you so much for this video!! It helped me out so much. When I went in to change my bitrate it was automatically set to 1000... Far less then what my computer and internet would allow. If it weren't for this video I would have been struggling to figure it out!
Thanks bro I really needed this video 🙏🏾‼️‼️
Glad I could help!
The final tip on this video thread the hole in the needle for me. Thanks man.
Bro, you are a legend, your other video got my whack ass mic sounding like pro studio thing haha
Oh mate just happy to hear the videos helped!
@@StreamSchemeGods work bro haha! Tysm
Your videos have been so damn helpful man. Word for word. Decided to start streaming on PS5. And all the el gato settings and OBS settings were confusing as heck. You made it easy for me to understand. Thank you sir 🙌🏽
I was having issues with laggy stream outputs, but my game was running fine. Specifically, this was in games like Hunt Showdown and Elden Ring. These are the steps I took to fix the issues.
1) Ensure that your monitor refresh rate was at the level of which your game's frames could be run. In my case, my monitors are all 144hz, and I can run Hunt Showdown at 144 fps.
Streamlabs however caps at 120 fps.
2) Because streamlabs caps at 120 fps, set your monitor refresh rate to 120 hz.
3) Set your game max frame rate to your refresh rate. (You can also use V-Sync)
4) Done. No more laggy outputs, and I can stream at 1440p @ 120 FPS.
TLDR: Don't play games at a higher rate than 120 fps or have your monitor higher than 120hz. Idk how people are able to ignore these and STILL have good quality streams, but this is the solution
Obviously this isn't 100% guaranteed to fix all your problems; as an electrical engineer myself there will always be scenarios that aren't resolved by this: but it will help. A lot of these guides will go on about bitrate and down / up speeds of your internet, but if you're like me with a solid PC build and quality network and STILL having frame issues even when you're not streaming, the above steps should help you. I've tested this method with so many games that stutter and lag in the streamlabs output simply because my game and monitor rate was too high for streamlabs to capture.
Hope this helps you!
Thanks man i will definetley try this later hopefully it works cause i always streamed my games in 165 fps
This helped me out so much thank you
No frames dropped
No frames skipped
No frames missed
Always helpful, thanks again :)
Thank you so much for this!! Huge help!!
You are so helpful in so many ways , truly appreciate it .
This is so useful, thank you so much, you deserve so much more attention
This video is one to bookmark for when issues pop up. Awesome work Eljay 👍 #earlygang
I am sure you'll be fine knowing you! #earlygang
@@StreamScheme I'll admit I have been so far, but you never know what can pop up 😅
Oh my god! Just dropping from 1080p to 720p increased my follower gain per stream by 300% (from 1 average to 3 average :^)). Thanks so much!
I know you're probably joking but it can actually help to drop it down :)
@@StreamScheme Well not entirely joking, but I did round the numbers a bit :')
Very helpful, very understandable, and great presentation!
I needed that video the streams just made a massive upgrade!!
thank you for your help i hope this works for my streams wish me good luck
Thank you so much sir. The videos look great
STOP READING MY MIND. A viewer of mine was talking about the quality of the stream on Saturday, and you just made this video. Nice video btw
fixed my problem instantly thank u brotha
Hey eljay ive been planning on becoming a streamer for some time now and ive been watching your videos for a few days now and thanks to you i think im ready! I know itll be a lot of work but hopefully it works out 💪🏻 thanks alot :)
This was a very helpful video thank and way better than the other videos 😅
This was absolutely perfect thank you so so much!
Glad it helped! :)
Hey Elijah, love your videos defiantly making my life easier in the streaming world! Quick question will yo ever do a video for console streamers?
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO BEYOND HELPFUL
Glad you like them! Hope they can help! :)
Loved the video as usual Eljay. Quick question have you done a video or even a section within a video about playing a new game on stream? I am streaming Terraria atm but want to start playing stardew valley in a few weeks so was just wondering the best way to go about that?
Great video as always, haven't had too much issues with majority of games I stream. Would love to take a look around the discord to see more tips and tricks!
This helped so much thanks Eljay! Also do you have any tips on how to be more loud i seem kinda monotone in my streams and dont know what to do #earlygang
I did a Q&A video where I talked about motivation and confidence, I recommend giving that a watch and following the recording tricks in it! I think its called "How to stay motivated" and the thumbnail is "biggest blunder"
thank you so so much my wallpaper engine was using 65% of gpu just ending that fixed everything then i did everything else your awesome
this video has been so helpful holy cow
Just what I needed, when I needed it, tysm 🥺🥺💗
Good luck, hope it helps!
@@StreamScheme working on it rn, tysm! your content is easily my favorite to watch when i need help or just when i need something to watch ;P
Has your OBS ever disconnected and re-connected during a stream? If it did, how did you solve it? Mine it does, I don't know what could be the most common issue.
It happened to me when I had internet issues, I had to call my isp to get my internet speeds fixed and then it stopped happening
@@JustAlgato I thought about that, but no device loses internet when it happens, not even my streaming laptop which is connected through the ethernet, only OBS does. I wait 45 long seconds, then it reconnects again and I'm fine.
@@DJGeorgeDXM try reinstalling obs in that case
Saved a lot of money for me I thought everything was heavily connected with hardware it basically isn't most of the time thank you!
old alien ware gaming laptop, had the ... hardware thingy option so clicked it and i can now stream OSRS in 480p with youtube playing music in the backround :D thanks :D
Didn't expect to see Old Man Metal again hahaha!
He is everywhere...
This video has helped me so so much, I can't begin to express.
I could not work out why certain games of mine were dropping frames but you made it so easy to understand.
Thank you!!
I’m so glad! Heck yeah Shelma!
Thanks this was very helpful great content 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Been streaming for about 4 months... last night had first issue with lag... check youtube today and... BAM
ty sooooo much im starting on twitch and you are the best!!!
Glad I could help!
Really enjoying these tips, thank you Eljay! Hope to see ya in stream!
Also, can you make a vid on how to blur the background of a c922? I love the way that looks on streams and want it for my streams... but can’t find out how to do it.
That intro was 1000% my reaction lol. This was insanely helpful!
I have this problem when I stream: My game is running very smooth, but if i have fps above my HZ so 144, the stream starts lagging, my game isn't, only the stream. I then need to cap my game to 144fps to stop the stream from lagging. Does anyone have some what of an idea, on how to fix? I have a GTX 1660S and a I7-10700k.
Thank you, your videos have helped me tons :D
Bro I was gonna say about the 6MB thing XD I fully researched it a couple weeks prior to this video and I'd been doing it the way you said FOR SO LONG, like I set my bitrate to 2200 etc, thinking I can't go any higher because I only have 2.5MB Upload, turns out I can go much higher and my streams are looking clearer than ever, I'm just giving this video another once over because for some reason I'm getting dropped frames constantly when I know I shouldn't be. It could be due to lag in game, but I'm still not too sure, thanks for the help and great video ElJay :)
Very informative. Thank you
Thanks man, this was really helpful!... I mean, i still need to run tests but thanks anyway!
Testing is the most important part! Hopefully as you test you'll be able to find the section of this that helps you! :) #earlygang
dude, this is gold.. wow. thanks.
Keep up the good work!
Are we all having this issue all at the same time? wth xd My streamlabs was shutting down today non-stop... I've never had any trouble until the latest Apex Legends update maybe?... so I still followed your tips and tweaked with some things anyway, hopefully it's fixed.
Thanks for the detailed video :)
Not sure I had no issues today but I wasn't doing anything too intensive :) Good luck, hope you solved it! Don't forget to test stream to a new account before your next stream to make sure it is working!
I had this issue and it simply came down to putting OBS or stream labs into administrator mode which a lot of people talking about this issue never mention. You do have to make sure you run it all the time though by going to properties > compatibility > run this program as administrator.
This no longer effects anything interestingly, it was important over a year ago, but updates made admin mode not help performance at all.
Unless, you had programs actively working against the tool, but that seems unlikely.
@@StreamScheme yes I believe OBS was competing with the game for for CPU performance so using admin mode allows my stream to work perfectly whilst also having good game performance
thank u I hope this will help, my stream was lagging so hard today I. Also thx for making this content as a small streamer i appreciate it
very informative, it really helped!
I started collecting OBS warning notifs on my stream, telling me I was losing frames, lagging, or my stream had gone down. I think the number got pretty high. xD Hopefully I won't be having that problem anymore.
Also, side note, when considering FPS and quality it's good to think about viewers that might experience motion sickness. Personally, since getting a higher res monitor I can't watch streamers on high quality anymore without getting sick. Maybe not as big a deal as some other things, but something to consider.
so I have had a similar situation most of my 3D games have a bit rate issue. I also found out some have not been given updates like Crash N.Sane trilogy which I'm currently streaming I had to reduce the window size. After some talks with some friends that the producers never did an update for the game once it became multiplatform.
5:33 I have an RTX 3060 and I just assumed NVENC would help my stream, but I just found out that it doesn't have the necessary chip for that encoder. Gonna try seeing if that helps my laggy stream, thank you for this good information :))
The 3060 does have NVENC, mate.
i use "advanced nvenc h.264 via FFmpeg" for my render output, it really lowers the usage of my pc resources. The only thing bad about it - it's hard to understand all of the settings, so set up them blindly lol
And its all working! Nice! Smashing it!
4:44 Me in Australia: It's meme status now.
I tend to use my phone's data and use my phone to monitor the stream instead of using my home internet to monitor the stream to free up bandwidth.
I'm also an Aussie, joking to make the pain hurt less...
I've taken all your advise and ive only been streaming a little over a month and im only 1 avg viewer away from affiliate!!!