Thanks for the video, finally one that answers my technical questions. As Im trying to set up for live streaming, I couldnt figure out where the lag came from. Thanks so much.
Wow. Thank you. Finally some one that explained it that was easy to understand. The only problem I have, is that I am starting to live stream weddings, funerals ect, and I don't have access to wired internet, so I have to use wifi. Do you have any tips for maybe keeping wifi speed up. Cheers for the vid. I will he watching more of your vids tonight.
You'll have to find the bit rate that the wifi can actually sustain through trial and error. Start at the rate you want to stream at and do a test. Then back it down until it's sustained.
Can you help me with demonstration please. I found many videos on UA-cam, but yours stands out for me. If not can you guide me to any relevant practical video you talked about in this video?
I use obs... When I stream or record a video I don't lag in game. I then go to watch the video and it's smooth but then 2 seconds later it starts glitching Everytime I turn in game.. please help me.
You explained better than tens of channels i have been browsing trying to figure things out .. Professional lesson .. thank you master .. really thank you
If you set just the output bitrate, the average bitrate will always be higher. By default it’s +160. Why? Because the bitrate you set under output refers to the video stream. The Extra bandwidth is your audio stream.
Hi Steve - love your videos & have subscribed to your channel. (1) How do these specs sound for a dedicated streaming Windows machine: - Gigabyte motherboard w/ 6 USB 3.0 ports - Intel i7 processor - 32GB of Kingston RAM - 500 GB SSD drive - 750 W power supply - ASUS GeForce 2060 video card In our roadmap, we plan to use an ATEM Mini to bring in a couple of clean HDMI feeds from our current Canon Rebel SL2 DSLR's (for right now) and look at changing out cameras to a PTZ mounted type and operator-controlled camcorder-style camera. (2) What's your opinion on fiber optic HDMI cables vs SDI ones for under 100 foot cable runs? (3) Is there any loss in running a string like this - HDMI-out from camera to a HDMI-to-SDI convertor - to SDI cable run - back through SDI-to-HDMI convertor into ATEM mini - out to USB3 input into computer running OBS? Thanks for any help, Jeff
Computer specs are great for streaming. i7 processor and that graphic card supports NVENC encoding, so you are on the right track. There is no loss doing the signal path you described HDMI > SDI > HDMI, etc. That is what I would recommend. You can get fiber HDMI cables, and they will work fine, usually they cost more then the SDI method, but that is changing, but my main concern would be how sturdy the fiber cable would be.
@@BallastMedia Thanks for the reassurance! We'd be stringing cable up and out of the way at our church, so I don't think in either case it would get much wear & tear on them. I haven't investigated the costing on fiber-HDMI (someone just mentioned them to me yesterday) vs. SDI+convertors, but I wanted to get your opinion on them before I went down that path.
You *should* be able to stream 5Mbps bit rate upload with a 10Mbps upload speed safely. That will make a nice looking 720p stream, or a decent looking 1080p stream.
We stream our worship via WebEx (per church policy we cannot use UA-cam); we project the OBS video output to a 2nd screen while Audio output is captured using the "Monitor Only" function in OBS. We then share the 2nd screen to the WebEx participants. For the most part, our experience with this solution is acceptable on occasions however, we run into issues where audio is not consistent from one meeting to the next. Either the audio is very clear or sometimes become choppy and crackly. Have you ever tried this form of solution for worship streaming? If so, do you have any tips to make the audio levels more consistent? Thanks -D
Hello friend, thanks for the inputs and videos. what about using sim? (when you dont have cables around) do you recommend using cellular hotspot? sim rauter?
I will try this tonight. I have done over 50 streams but the last two seem to have a delay by 6 or 7 minutes. It starts off fine but then seems to drop back
My streaming issue is only with one station, the Fox News channel. Every time it goes to commercial it freezes/ buffers. Then if I can get channel back by pressing ff button on fire stick the sound is gone. Then I force stop program, then reopen channel and repeat above. WTF!
I have an issue,every time i create a youtube live stream and send a link out to family.on the actual day of the funeral ( well three different funerals) ...it said waiting for me to allow streaming.What have I done wrong?
but i have this problem. Someone's livestream on UA-cam is freezing. and i keep having to refresh to see them Not-freeze, but then a few seconds later they freeze again. It's not them! It's me. This freezing in a few seconds keep happening over and over. And when i go to the cam model's live stream. Everyone of them is glitchy and glitchy. So i know there's something with me. This has never happen before. What is causing this. help!
This helped a great deal to explain about buffering, thanks! If we've done all and folk are still complaining, how do we know it's not just their poor service? I've watched at times the same stream as others from beginning to end with no problems yet some will always report it buffered constantly while they watched.????
with i7 7700k rtx 2080ti 16 gb memory ram, 96 Mbps internet lan speed. Can I try 4500 kbps bitrate with encoder nvidia nvenc h264, Key frame 0 , 1920x1080 60 fps ? I often get buffering problems with my stream...the game doesn't lag.
Are you using OBS? Go to the View menu and click Stats. It will show you in there when it lags if it's the encoder (computer can't keep up) or the network (your internet connection).
Awesome thankyou. I have an issue with streaming. When I'm in OBS studio there is no lag but in youtube it happens 30 seconds later so i have a 30 second lag. It's all in sync just all happens 30 seconds later. Is this normal or can i reduce this? Kind regards Simon
Blessings Mr. Ballas. We were streaming with Wifi for a while so I knew that it would buffer a lot! However, we recently got ethernet but still keeps buffering on both youtube and FB the error on youtube says "not enough picture coming to run smooth" (something like that) the speed we have to upload says 41.14Mbps so a have a bitrate of 3000 on OBS. Canvas resolution is at 1920x1980 and output resolution is 1920x720 FPS values at 60. our comp specs are i7 8th gen and 16g memory card. I also did the Latency checker and says that this computer should support it. SO... I have no idea what else I could do to fix it. I thank you in advance for your help and time I pray for you to be very blessed.
Couple things... Drop your frame rate in OBS canvas to 30fps. Not much reason to go to 60fps for a live stream unless your doing sports or something. 2nd, in OBS go to the View menu, then click Stats while you are streaming, this should give you an idea of where the issue is, dropped frames from network, or from encoding. (Encoding your computer isn't keeping up, network your internet connection isn't keeping up)
Ballast Media I’ll do that. About the fts I put it on 60 Bc UA-cam kept saying that the delay was at 8min and it was causing buffering, so mess with it (not really know what I was doing) and that error stopped. But still is buffering... anyway I’ll tray this changes hopefully once we livestream we can see the issue. Thank you so much again for your time not only with the videos but answering all of our questions. God bless you always.
@@BallastMedia Hi again.. so I've seen the stats while streaming and the were some red letters it said : "Frames missed due to rendering lag 1119/20107 (5.6%), skipped frames do to encoding lag 2668/17838 (15.0%) " I have no idea what that means nor how to fix it. I appreciate you help and time, blessings!
@@celeneestrada9264 so it sounds like the computer is struggling to keep up with the encoding. Does your computer happen to have an nvidia graphics card? If so, try changing your encoder from h.264b to the nvenc setting. If not, lower your but rate to 2500.
@Ballast Media no, I have Intel UHD Graphics 620 but for some reason I haven’t been able to update it since I got this PC. I’ll lower the bit rate then. Again I thank you so so much for your help. May God bless you always!
I don't get it because can live on ESPN, UA-cam, and UFC fight Pass but when I tried to use DAZN a boxing platform it studders or buffers! I use that latency software you recommended it says I should be able to stream?!
I don't know why it is that only my videos are buffering on UA-cam . Is it possible that UA-cam creating some problem for my videos only, especially the one that I have on the scooter with my genius dog. Can you let me know how to fix the problem. Or maybe that is no problem if somebody is watching in someplace else
Hi Steve, I was just watching this video in regard to live stream buffering and i wanted to know how to try and solve my issue though im having trying to stream my church services but i'm noticing that the video image being uploaded is buffering. I'm using Wirecast for my software and i'm using it on my Intel I3 16GB Dell laptop. I ran Speedtest and the resuilt was 94.75 for the download and 21.61 for the upload. My output settings for Wirecast is 720p30 (4Mbps) x 264H. I'd like to know if my settings im using are correct for the amount of internet speed i have or do i have to change my settings or could my issue be something else as in i might need more internet bandwith. I'm not sure as i'm trying to figure this all out. I know you mention that your bitrrate must be half of your upload speed but i need to understand it a bit more to get more clarity as your help would be appreciated. Thanks
i checked my internet speed and it was 19.xx , higher then what you showed and my youtube livestreams still lag and jump ,, i dont know what to do ...... smh
Are you using OBS to stream? Take a look under the View menu at Stats. Is anything showing up red or orange in there? It could be your computer isn't keeping up with your encoding settings.
Hello! Thank you for this video. We had an issue with Facebook premiere today. This technically isn’t a stream as we uploaded the file ahead of time and Facebook broadcasts at the set time even if we aren’t live. Any advice for skipping/lagging there?
Hello Mate! Does the AJA u tap also encodes video like the black magic Design H.264 before it sends it to a computer so that the load of encoding is relieve from the computer? Hope this makes sense. Thank!!!
I checked the website to test my internet speed and it's at a whopping 125 Mb/s upload speed. At least I think it's a 'whopping' number, but is it? Please let me know if you can.
Yes, If your internet can sustain that it's a good speed. That doesn't mean you need to use that much. For 1080p video on youtube, run at about 6-8Mbps and see if you are happy with the quality and if the stream is stable.
I recently ran into an issue that upon research, many other seem to have also report. A few minutes after starting to livestream OBS completely drops the audio (which is also reflected on the livestream). The audio levels on are still strong on an external monitor (over HDMI out), however OBS doesn't show any levels. It always seems to happen minutes after hitting Start Stream. Any experience with this issue? Thanks!
I haven't experienced this, but from what I've seen other people saying, it might be due to other applications (browser?) taking over control of the audio device. In the audio device that you are using, go to the Advanced tab of it's properties and UNcheck "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device." and see if it makes any difference.
Is the same sound there if you record on your computer instead of stream? If you go to the View menu in OBS and click "Stats" does anything show up in red while you are streaming?
Hi would like to ask why my main account cant join any live stream and it keeps loading like hell! Please help! much appreciated! I have very good Connection
Not sure what you mean "main account." You mean on facebook, you are trying to launch a live stream? Can you tell me more about what you are using? OBS? Stream key, etc?
I have a question regarding typical online or live video streaming.. is the live video directly broadcasted to end users to view "before been stored or recorded?" , or its first stored then streamed out of the storage to end users? Thank you in advance
Usually when "live streaming" the video is sent out directly as it happens (and can be recorded as well at the same time). But, that doesn't mean you can't take a previously recorded video and play it back as you live stream.
I cant use ethernet, and and I have a wifi adapter for my computer and it run 1900bps (i think thats the abreviation) what can i do to make my streams not buffer, and run smoother?
my upload speed is 0.76MBPS can you please help me figure out the bitrate for my youtube live stream.....i want to live stream on my utube and it keeps buffering
Yes. If your upload speed is 760 and you were set to 1500 you were trying to upload twice the amount of bandwidth that your connection has available. (which obviously won't work.)
If 350 is stable you can try bumping that closer to 760, maybe try 450 next and then 550, at some point you'll notice it start to buffer again, back it down a bit and see if its stable. Usually though you start at half your upload speed.
My stream isn't glitching or buffering, but my facebook livestream is about 20 seconds behind. Is that normal? Running two cameras through my ATEM mini pro with OBS.
I have a 6.6 Mbps rate. I want to do 1080p60, and while most of the time it goes smoothly, it drops several frames and then goes back to a smooth frame rate and then goes sluggish again etc etc I have more than enough of the required hardware and I use wired internet. Should I just get a better internet provider/connection?
Yes, what bit rate are you using for your encoder? I'm assuming you mean you have 6.6Mbps UPload speed? You'd usually run 1080p60 at 6000kbps, so that's really pushing your upload speed, you'd probably want 12Mbps UPLOAD to accomplish 1080p60.
can you assist me... I have followed everything you have advised... my stream still is not working. i hear sound ok but video doesn't work... it keeps giving me a circle that keeps circling and circling
Do you have a video that covers recommendations for OBS setting for streaming that help to decrease choppiness in movement such as hand gestures/talking with hands?
Relatable with Stephanie Michele Have you seen my video on optimizing OBS? ua-cam.com/video/yTt5IxFWaEM/v-deo.html. Are you sure the issue you are having is with the streaming and not a camera setting?
Just watched. That was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much! I am going to review the setting this week and let you know how it goes. In regards to your question, I know it is not a camera setting because I have reviewed raw video footage from the camera and it is fine. Are you available for consulting work?
I can't watch live football from differentiate links even if i have good internet connection . It buffers so much . If i follow the procedure of this video , will it be solved , pls reply.
This video is about "uploading" a live stream, it sounds like you are trying to watch a live stream. But that being said, a lot of similar things would apply. What is your download speed, and is it sustained? What are the spec's of your computer, can it handle the size of the video you are trying to play?
Hello I'm using obs & zoom for my facebook live streaming but lately i'm having problem using this two my video in obs is getting slow or lagging affecting my stream become choppy. I hope you could share some solutions, thank you
This is great. Thank you. Can you give me ideas on how to make changes to my Facebook livestream so that there is no buffering for the yogis following my daily livestreams on Facebook. I have great upload and download speeds, use an ethernet cable and no other programs are running when I am livestreaming. How do I know if the problem is from my end or from the viewers end? Thank you!!
Are you using obs? Go to the View menu and click Stats. If everything looks solid (no dropped frames) then the issue is most likely on the viewers end. You can also check on the Facebook setup page and see what they are reporting for your stream health.
Download would be a little different. Your player should adjust to your download speed automatically. It would buffer if you're internet connection (or computer) aren't capable of sustaining it's minimum bit rate that it will download.
Would you please show how to navigate TO the Output in the Settings menu? In my Windows 10 (is that what you're using?) there is NO "Output" icon in Settings display. Help!
That is really odd. You might want to try re-installing OBS. You mean when you click the Settings button right below "Start Recording" you don't have an Output page?
Sorry, buddy. You're going to have to start more basic than even THAT... WHAT is OBS? (I typed that question to UA-cam and never got a clear explanation video; maybe you could recommend one?) And where does the "Start Recording" page come up?
Sir... my upload speed is 52mbps but i use wifi.. so what my bitrate for stream 1080p 60 and 1060p30?? Because i got stuttering on my live stream but in game smooth.. can you help me?
Hi Ballast, I'm looking for a thread in google on how to fix my live stream in church, I'm Streaming at OBS on FB live. I hope you can help me with this. Here's my problem when I stream in obs, everything looks good -> my stats are in a healthy state, my CPU usage, dropping frames indicators are fine and it says I'm streaming at 0.0 drop frames. But when I play it on my iPhone, the video is jumping and passing about 2-sec intervals every 5 seconds of the stream. But when I hover to the previous part it's working fine, no jumping and lagging. This happens only when I hover in a live state. I tried to monitor this on different phones and only for iphone this happends. but for android its working fine Here are my Specs and Setting. HP Omen Laptop i7 9th Gen Stream at 1280px720p base canvas and output resolution 6000kbps bitrate 2 keyframe interval x264 Cat 6 Lan Cable Connection
Im having extreme buffering problems for ESO. I mainly stream Call of Duty Modern warfare and had no issues. my PC SPECS: Ryzen 7 2700x clocked @4ghz RTX 2080 16GB Ram 3000Mhz and 36mb upload speed with 230mb Download speed. I usually streamed at 1080p 60fps with no issues my bitrate is at 6000 steady. BUT when i go to stream ESO it constantly keeps buffering endlessly and im not sure why. I tried lowering resolution to 720p 30fps and to no avail it doesn't work. my Bitrate was raised to 7000 bit rate and my stream STILL endlessly buffers. if ANYONE can help me on whats going on i would greatly appreciate it and will be indebted to you. I just want a solution to this so i can go back to streaming like normal. If it helps i am running a 144hz Monitor @1440p and am playing the game at 220-240fps. Please in am looking for help and went to multiple videos and none of them helped including this one. Thanks Everyone for reading!
Tried to stream today, I knew that using the wifi wasn't a good idea but still I have a high connection speed and my stream was freezing like hell. I stopped and deleted the stream -_- I'm pretty sure in Twitch it will not happen.
Wifi only has high peak speeds, it doesn't sustain those rates, which is what live streaming requires. So if you must use wifi, you need to lower your bit rate and test to find what rate your wifi will actually sustain.
I used to create livestreams with obs or Nvidia Geforce Experience without issues but now i've got buffering issues everytime i livestreaming on YT or anyother platform.. How to fix the issue? My internet speed is excellent i'm getting over 70mb/s and 10-15mb/s upload speed.
Two years later, corona hits and now I'm checking every of your videos to set up my churches live stream. Thank you!
Thanks for the video, finally one that answers my technical questions. As Im trying to set up for live streaming, I couldnt figure out where the lag came from. Thanks so much.
Super helpful. I stream my workouts and could not figure out the settings. Great information!
Super informative, concise, and overall just well-done video. Still relevant to this day!
So, so excellent. Clear, concise and relevant. It's a miracle! Thank you most sincerely.
Wow. Thank you. Finally some one that explained it that was easy to understand. The only problem I have, is that I am starting to live stream weddings, funerals ect, and I don't have access to wired internet, so I have to use wifi. Do you have any tips for maybe keeping wifi speed up. Cheers for the vid. I will he watching more of your vids tonight.
You'll have to find the bit rate that the wifi can actually sustain through trial and error. Start at the rate you want to stream at and do a test. Then back it down until it's sustained.
Very useful. I was struggling with OBS until i found this video. thanks mate!
Same
Can you help me with demonstration please. I found many videos on UA-cam, but yours stands out for me.
If not can you guide me to any relevant practical video you talked about in this video?
What specifically are you wanting demonstrated?
Excellent info. Do you have a video on how to connect audio from PTZ camera to mixer for live streaming. Help please.
I use obs... When I stream or record a video I don't lag in game. I then go to watch the video and it's smooth but then 2 seconds later it starts glitching Everytime I turn in game.. please help me.
You explained better than tens of channels i have been browsing trying to figure things out .. Professional lesson .. thank you master .. really thank you
Thank you so much! I will look into all the details you just shared... I can't wait to put them into practice!
Extremely helpful. Great video! Thanks!
All of your videos have been extremely helpful. Thank you and God Bless!
If you set just the output bitrate, the average bitrate will always be higher. By default it’s +160. Why? Because the bitrate you set under output refers to the video stream. The Extra bandwidth is your audio stream.
Amazing video. I had my bitrate at max. Always was cutting on and off when live streaming. Now i will lower my bitrate accordingly
Hi Steve - love your videos & have subscribed to your channel.
(1) How do these specs sound for a dedicated streaming Windows machine:
- Gigabyte motherboard w/ 6 USB 3.0 ports
- Intel i7 processor
- 32GB of Kingston RAM
- 500 GB SSD drive
- 750 W power supply
- ASUS GeForce 2060 video card
In our roadmap, we plan to use an ATEM Mini to bring in a couple of clean HDMI feeds from our current Canon Rebel SL2 DSLR's (for right now) and look at changing out cameras to a PTZ mounted type and operator-controlled camcorder-style camera.
(2) What's your opinion on fiber optic HDMI cables vs SDI ones for under 100 foot cable runs?
(3) Is there any loss in running a string like this - HDMI-out from camera to a HDMI-to-SDI convertor - to SDI cable run - back through SDI-to-HDMI convertor into ATEM mini - out to USB3 input into computer running OBS?
Thanks for any help,
Jeff
Computer specs are great for streaming. i7 processor and that graphic card supports NVENC encoding, so you are on the right track. There is no loss doing the signal path you described HDMI > SDI > HDMI, etc. That is what I would recommend. You can get fiber HDMI cables, and they will work fine, usually they cost more then the SDI method, but that is changing, but my main concern would be how sturdy the fiber cable would be.
@@BallastMedia Thanks for the reassurance! We'd be stringing cable up and out of the way at our church, so I don't think in either case it would get much wear & tear on them. I haven't investigated the costing on fiber-HDMI (someone just mentioned them to me yesterday) vs. SDI+convertors, but I wanted to get your opinion on them before I went down that path.
This has been extremely helpful for me! Thank you!
Good explaining..........
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! God bless you!
Great video! Is 10.60Mbps considered good?
You *should* be able to stream 5Mbps bit rate upload with a 10Mbps upload speed safely. That will make a nice looking 720p stream, or a decent looking 1080p stream.
We stream our worship via WebEx (per church policy we cannot use UA-cam); we project the OBS video output to a 2nd screen while Audio output is captured using the "Monitor Only" function in OBS. We then share the 2nd screen to the WebEx participants. For the most part, our experience with this solution is acceptable on occasions however, we run into issues where audio is not consistent from one meeting to the next. Either the audio is very clear or sometimes become choppy and crackly. Have you ever tried this form of solution for worship streaming? If so, do you have any tips to make the audio levels more consistent? Thanks -D
Hello friend, thanks for the inputs and videos. what about using sim? (when you dont have cables around) do you recommend using cellular hotspot? sim rauter?
This was exactly what i needed....Bravo!!!!
Thanks for the video. All though its some what above me, I think I got it. Thanks, Mike
Nicely presented, concise, and informative. Well done
I will try this tonight. I have done over 50 streams but the last two seem to have a delay by 6 or 7 minutes. It starts off fine but then seems to drop back
Your videos are really helpful! Thanks !
Excellent explanation! Thank you so much!
My streaming issue is only with one station, the Fox News channel. Every time it goes to commercial it freezes/ buffers. Then if I can get channel back by pressing ff button on fire stick the sound is gone. Then I force stop program, then reopen channel and repeat above. WTF!
Thank you for a real straight forward and informative video
That’s good recommendations!!! Thanks, short video, good and clear advices
Very professional. Very helpful. Thanks.
Very clearly described God bless you, Gid bless you
I have an issue,every time i create a youtube live stream and send a link out to family.on the actual day of the funeral ( well three different funerals) ...it said waiting for me to allow streaming.What have I done wrong?
but i have this problem. Someone's livestream on UA-cam is freezing. and i keep having to refresh to see them Not-freeze, but then a few seconds later they freeze again. It's not them! It's me. This freezing in a few seconds keep happening over and over. And when i go to the cam model's live stream. Everyone of them is glitchy and glitchy. So i know there's something with me. This has never happen before. What is causing this. help!
Great info! Thanks.
You tube cuts off during my livestream. Three times it cut off and I had to start over. Any thoughts?
Are you using OBS to stream? Or directly through the browser? Are you on Wifi or through an ethernet connection?
Valuable info, thanks!
This helped a great deal to explain about buffering, thanks! If we've done all and folk are still complaining, how do we know it's not just their poor service? I've watched at times the same stream as others from beginning to end with no problems yet some will always report it buffered constantly while they watched.????
What about streaming from the consoles like PS4 its fine with me but I still see a small buffer
with i7 7700k rtx 2080ti 16 gb memory ram, 96 Mbps internet lan speed.
Can I try 4500 kbps bitrate with encoder nvidia nvenc h264, Key frame 0 , 1920x1080 60 fps ?
I often get buffering problems with my stream...the game doesn't lag.
Are you using OBS? Go to the View menu and click Stats. It will show you in there when it lags if it's the encoder (computer can't keep up) or the network (your internet connection).
This video really helped a lot. Thank you.
Awesome thankyou. I have an issue with streaming. When I'm in OBS studio there is no lag but in youtube it happens 30 seconds later so i have a 30 second lag. It's all in sync just all happens 30 seconds later. Is this normal or can i reduce this? Kind regards Simon
That's normal. Just a part of streaming over the internet.
what do you mean dont use wifi what if your cable modern is not it the room you ned to stream from?
Run an ethernet cable from the cable modem to your computer.
Now that we have Wi-Fi 6 pretty much everywhere and 6E is right behind it.
Do we foresee issues with Wi-Fi considering aforementioned?
I don't have my hopes up. It's not about top speed, live streaming is about consistent, sustained throughput.
Blessings Mr. Ballas. We were streaming with Wifi for a while so I knew that it would buffer a lot! However, we recently got ethernet but still keeps buffering on both youtube and FB the error on youtube says "not enough picture coming to run smooth" (something like that) the speed we have to upload says 41.14Mbps so a have a bitrate of 3000 on OBS. Canvas resolution is at 1920x1980 and output resolution is 1920x720 FPS values at 60. our comp specs are i7 8th gen and 16g memory card. I also did the Latency checker and says that this computer should support it.
SO... I have no idea what else I could do to fix it. I thank you in advance for your help and time I pray for you to be very blessed.
Couple things... Drop your frame rate in OBS canvas to 30fps. Not much reason to go to 60fps for a live stream unless your doing sports or something. 2nd, in OBS go to the View menu, then click Stats while you are streaming, this should give you an idea of where the issue is, dropped frames from network, or from encoding. (Encoding your computer isn't keeping up, network your internet connection isn't keeping up)
Ballast Media I’ll do that. About the fts I put it on 60 Bc UA-cam kept saying that the delay was at 8min and it was causing buffering, so mess with it (not really know what I was doing) and that error stopped. But still is buffering... anyway I’ll tray this changes hopefully once we livestream we can see the issue.
Thank you so much again for your time not only with the videos but answering all of our questions.
God bless you always.
@@BallastMedia Hi again.. so I've seen the stats while streaming and the were some red letters it said : "Frames missed due to rendering lag 1119/20107 (5.6%), skipped frames do to encoding lag 2668/17838 (15.0%) "
I have no idea what that means nor how to fix it. I appreciate you help and time, blessings!
@@celeneestrada9264 so it sounds like the computer is struggling to keep up with the encoding. Does your computer happen to have an nvidia graphics card? If so, try changing your encoder from h.264b to the nvenc setting. If not, lower your but rate to 2500.
@Ballast Media
no, I have Intel UHD Graphics 620 but for some reason I haven’t been able to update it since I got this PC. I’ll lower the bit rate then.
Again I thank you so so much for your help. May God bless you always!
I don't get it because can live on ESPN, UA-cam, and UFC fight Pass but when I tried to use DAZN a boxing platform it studders or buffers! I use that latency software you recommended it says I should be able to stream?!
Gracias... Buena información! :)
What does buffering mean?
Why is my OBS getting disconnected to the server?
I was wondering why does my stream bring up A black screen for mobile phones but not for PC its like a sec of black, then back but keeps doing it
I don't know why it is that only my videos are buffering on UA-cam . Is it possible that UA-cam creating some problem for my videos only, especially the one that I have on the scooter with my genius dog. Can you let me know how to fix the problem. Or maybe that is no problem if somebody is watching in someplace else
Hi Steve,
I was just watching this video in regard to live stream buffering and i wanted to know how to try and solve my issue though im having trying to stream my church services but i'm noticing that the video image being uploaded is buffering. I'm using Wirecast for my software and i'm using it on my Intel I3 16GB Dell laptop. I ran Speedtest and the resuilt was 94.75 for the download and 21.61 for the upload. My output settings for Wirecast is 720p30 (4Mbps) x 264H. I'd like to know if my settings im using are correct for the amount of internet speed i have or do i have to change my settings or could my issue be something else as in i might need more internet bandwith. I'm not sure as i'm trying to figure this all out. I know you mention that your bitrrate must be half of your upload speed but i need to understand it a bit more to get more clarity as your help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I'd guess your computer doesn't have enough power to run wirecast. An i3 processor has a really hard time encoding video.
My bitrate is 287... Damn Ben Lomand...
How about if the stream is speeding-up?
i checked my internet speed and it was 19.xx , higher then what you showed and my youtube livestreams still lag and jump ,, i dont know what to do ...... smh
Are you using OBS to stream? Take a look under the View menu at Stats. Is anything showing up red or orange in there? It could be your computer isn't keeping up with your encoding settings.
Thank you so much! You the man!
thanks to remark, don't use WIFI to streaming, bless man
What if I use hotspot that I’m the only one connected to
Hello! Thank you for this video. We had an issue with Facebook premiere today. This technically isn’t a stream as we uploaded the file ahead of time and Facebook broadcasts at the set time even if we aren’t live. Any advice for skipping/lagging there?
What is the resolution and bit rate of the video you upload?
Hello Mate! Does the AJA u tap also encodes video like the black magic Design H.264 before it sends it to a computer so that the load of encoding is relieve from the computer? Hope this makes sense. Thank!!!
Israel Juarez No. It sends raw video.
does facebook live always have a delay when streaming?
thomas lao Yes, up to 10-15 seconds behind is pretty normal.
super helpful. Thank you.
I checked the website to test my internet speed and it's at a whopping 125 Mb/s upload speed. At least I think it's a 'whopping' number, but is it? Please let me know if you can.
Yes, If your internet can sustain that it's a good speed. That doesn't mean you need to use that much. For 1080p video on youtube, run at about 6-8Mbps and see if you are happy with the quality and if the stream is stable.
Hello, so my streams on UA-cam I get 1 frame per minute or so
Edit: my old streams were fine new streams are poop cause of the lag
Thank you
I recently ran into an issue that upon research, many other seem to have also report. A few minutes after starting to livestream OBS completely drops the audio (which is also reflected on the livestream). The audio levels on are still strong on an external monitor (over HDMI out), however OBS doesn't show any levels. It always seems to happen minutes after hitting Start Stream. Any experience with this issue? Thanks!
I haven't experienced this, but from what I've seen other people saying, it might be due to other applications (browser?) taking over control of the audio device. In the audio device that you are using, go to the Advanced tab of it's properties and UNcheck "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device." and see if it makes any difference.
Hi there thanks for your help after going live on Facebook, I go back to listen there’s a spitting interferance
Is the same sound there if you record on your computer instead of stream? If you go to the View menu in OBS and click "Stats" does anything show up in red while you are streaming?
Hi would like to ask why my main account cant join any live stream and it keeps loading like hell! Please help! much appreciated! I have very good Connection
Not sure what you mean "main account." You mean on facebook, you are trying to launch a live stream? Can you tell me more about what you are using? OBS? Stream key, etc?
I have a question regarding typical online or live video streaming.. is the live video directly broadcasted to end users to view "before been stored or recorded?" , or its first stored then streamed out of the storage to end users? Thank you in advance
Usually when "live streaming" the video is sent out directly as it happens (and can be recorded as well at the same time). But, that doesn't mean you can't take a previously recorded video and play it back as you live stream.
PC download speed is 31.15 upload 1.52 and ping is 20 is that good or bad?
Upload isn't great, that will be borderline for a 720p stream.
@@BallastMedia Thank you.
Thanks alot
Hello this video is going to help me a whole lot!!!
Useful info
I cant use ethernet, and and I have a wifi adapter for my computer and it run 1900bps (i think thats the abreviation) what can i do to make my streams not buffer, and run smoother?
Lower your live stream's bit rate until it is stable.
my upload speed is 0.76MBPS can you please help me figure out the bitrate for my youtube live stream.....i want to live stream on my utube and it keeps buffering
You need to stream at about 350kbps. If you are using OBS, enter 350. That's not much data, so keep your video size small/SD, like 640x360.
so i have to enter 350 in the bitrate option right now i have 1500 and yes i am using OBS
Yes. If your upload speed is 760 and you were set to 1500 you were trying to upload twice the amount of bandwidth that your connection has available. (which obviously won't work.)
If 350 is stable you can try bumping that closer to 760, maybe try 450 next and then 550, at some point you'll notice it start to buffer again, back it down a bit and see if its stable. Usually though you start at half your upload speed.
My stream isn't glitching or buffering, but my facebook livestream is about 20 seconds behind. Is that normal? Running two cameras through my ATEM mini pro with OBS.
Yes, there will always be a delay to facebook. Sometimes up to 2 minutes behind.
Ballast Media good to know! Is UA-cam better In that regard?
@@HomesteadPictures not really, its the same. I do believe that UA-cam has a low latency mode for gamers you could try.
thanks for the sharing..
Anyone here from younow ? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I've been traveling internationally the past week so it's been hard to respond, but yes I still respond to people's questions.
Thanku 🥰
I have a 6.6 Mbps rate. I want to do 1080p60, and while most of the time it goes smoothly, it drops several frames and then goes back to a smooth frame rate and then goes sluggish again etc etc
I have more than enough of the required hardware and I use wired internet.
Should I just get a better internet provider/connection?
Yes, what bit rate are you using for your encoder? I'm assuming you mean you have 6.6Mbps UPload speed? You'd usually run 1080p60 at 6000kbps, so that's really pushing your upload speed, you'd probably want 12Mbps UPLOAD to accomplish 1080p60.
can you assist me... I have followed everything you have advised... my stream still is not working. i hear sound ok but video doesn't work... it keeps giving me a circle that keeps circling and circling
Can you contact me on my facebook page linked in the description above and send me a message. I can help you try and figure out what the issue is.
Do you have a video that covers recommendations for OBS setting for streaming that help to decrease choppiness in movement such as hand gestures/talking with hands?
Relatable with Stephanie Michele Have you seen my video on optimizing OBS? ua-cam.com/video/yTt5IxFWaEM/v-deo.html. Are you sure the issue you are having is with the streaming and not a camera setting?
Just watched. That was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much! I am going to review the setting this week and let you know how it goes. In regards to your question, I know it is not a camera setting because I have reviewed raw video footage from the camera and it is fine. Are you available for consulting work?
Relatable with Stephanie Michele Yes, I do some consulting: www.ballastmedia.com/consulting
Awesome, good to know. Thank you.
I can't watch live football from differentiate links even if i have good internet connection . It buffers so much . If i follow the procedure of this video , will it be solved , pls reply.
This video is about "uploading" a live stream, it sounds like you are trying to watch a live stream. But that being said, a lot of similar things would apply. What is your download speed, and is it sustained? What are the spec's of your computer, can it handle the size of the video you are trying to play?
Hello I'm using obs & zoom for my facebook live streaming but lately i'm having problem using this two my video in obs is getting slow or lagging affecting my stream become choppy. I hope you could share some solutions, thank you
I'm obs when you are streaming go to the View menu and click Stats. When it starts lagging is anything in that window turning red? What is it?
This is great. Thank you. Can you give me ideas on how to make changes to my Facebook livestream so that there is no buffering for the yogis following my daily livestreams on Facebook. I have great upload and download speeds, use an ethernet cable and no other programs are running when I am livestreaming. How do I know if the problem is from my end or from the viewers end? Thank you!!
Are you using obs? Go to the View menu and click Stats. If everything looks solid (no dropped frames) then the issue is most likely on the viewers end. You can also check on the Facebook setup page and see what they are reporting for your stream health.
@@BallastMedia Thank you. I will investigate!!
Is it the same for downloading like watching Netflix? Thanks
Download would be a little different. Your player should adjust to your download speed automatically. It would buffer if you're internet connection (or computer) aren't capable of sustaining it's minimum bit rate that it will download.
Would you please show how to navigate TO the Output in the Settings menu? In my Windows 10 (is that what you're using?) there is NO "Output" icon in Settings display. Help!
That is really odd. You might want to try re-installing OBS. You mean when you click the Settings button right below "Start Recording" you don't have an Output page?
Sorry, buddy. You're going to have to start more basic than even THAT... WHAT is OBS? (I typed that question to UA-cam and never got a clear explanation video; maybe you could recommend one?) And where does the "Start Recording" page come up?
P.S. I did discover that I'm using Windows 8 on the laptop (not Windows 10 as I'd thought...)
fantastic thanx!!
Sir... my upload speed is 52mbps but i use wifi.. so what my bitrate for stream 1080p 60 and 1060p30?? Because i got stuttering on my live stream but in game smooth.. can you help me?
All I have is wifi though. That’s the only way for me to connect to the internet:(
Test, test, test. You'll have to find what bit rate your wifi can sustain.
actually
Hi Ballast, I'm looking for a thread in google on how to fix my live stream in church, I'm Streaming at OBS on FB live. I hope you can help me with this. Here's my problem when I stream in obs, everything looks good -> my stats are in a healthy state, my CPU usage, dropping frames indicators are fine and it says I'm streaming at 0.0 drop frames. But when I play it on my iPhone, the video is jumping and passing about 2-sec intervals every 5 seconds of the stream. But when I hover to the previous part it's working fine, no jumping and lagging. This happens only when I hover in a live state. I tried to monitor this on different phones and only for iphone this happends. but for android its working fine
Here are my Specs and Setting.
HP Omen Laptop i7 9th Gen
Stream at 1280px720p base canvas and output resolution
6000kbps bitrate
2 keyframe interval
x264
Cat 6 Lan Cable Connection
Not sure, but if it's only happening on iPhone, maybe the iPhone is your problem? Is the phone on wifi, or data?
Im having extreme buffering problems for ESO.
I mainly stream Call of Duty Modern warfare and had no issues.
my PC SPECS:
Ryzen 7 2700x clocked @4ghz
RTX 2080
16GB Ram 3000Mhz
and 36mb upload speed with 230mb Download speed.
I usually streamed at 1080p 60fps with no issues
my bitrate is at 6000 steady.
BUT when i go to stream ESO it constantly keeps buffering endlessly and im not sure why.
I tried lowering resolution to 720p 30fps and to no avail it doesn't work. my Bitrate was raised to 7000 bit rate and my stream STILL endlessly buffers. if ANYONE can help me on whats going on i would greatly appreciate it and will be indebted to you. I just want a solution to this so i can go back to streaming like normal. If it helps i am running a 144hz Monitor @1440p and am playing the game at 220-240fps. Please in am looking for help and went to multiple videos and none of them helped including this one.
Thanks Everyone for reading!
Tried to stream today, I knew that using the wifi wasn't a good idea but still I have a high connection speed and my stream was freezing like hell. I stopped and deleted the stream -_- I'm pretty sure in Twitch it will not happen.
Wifi only has high peak speeds, it doesn't sustain those rates, which is what live streaming requires. So if you must use wifi, you need to lower your bit rate and test to find what rate your wifi will actually sustain.
@@BallastMedia Thank you for your answer! With wifi, my upload and download speed is 40-50 Mbps I guess it's good enough to stream no?
could u show how not to use wifi? cuz idk what that means or how to do it
It means you need an actual cable connected to your computer for internet. Through the Ethernet port of your computer.
I used to create livestreams with obs or Nvidia Geforce Experience without issues but now i've got buffering issues everytime i livestreaming on YT or anyother platform.. How to fix the issue? My internet speed is excellent i'm getting over 70mb/s and 10-15mb/s upload speed.
Are you using OBS? While you are streaming, go to the View menu and click Stats. Is anything showing up red in the window that opens?
@@BallastMedia the issue is fixed for now.. i used to livestream in 1080p and i had issues.. i think the issue was bitrate.
Really imformative
CPU and RAM are crazy high requirements for live streaming wow...