Question / Help flickering streaming Braid with game & monitor capture

[Sorapak]

funny thing is the game shows normal on game capture on my stream,but ingame I get flickering.

on monitor capture it flickers ingame and on stream also.

Anyone else encountered this issue with Braid and/or another game?

Any help is appreciated :)

 

[dodgepong]

If you're running Braid in fullscreen mode, monitor will make it flicker on the stream. In general, it's recommended to use game capture or window capture and avoid monitor capture if you are on Windows 7 or Vista.

I'm not sure what would cause game capture to make your game flicker...Do you think you could post your log? http://obsproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97

 

[Sorapak]

in game capture is the same,only difference is there's no flickering on the stream,but there is ingame.

I'll post the log next time I stream it. :)

 

[Sorapak]

here is the log from game capture:
00:30:13: Open Broadcaster Software v0.522b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
00:30:13: -------------------------------
00:30:13: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz
00:30:13: CPU Speed: 3392MHz
00:30:13: Physical Memory: 3561MB Total, 2074MB Free
00:30:13: stepping id: 9, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 4, total cores 4
00:30:13: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1680, 1050}
00:30:13: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
00:30:13: Aero is Disabled
00:30:13: -------------------------------
00:30:13: OBS Modules:
00:30:13: Base Address Module
00:30:13: 01210000 OBS.exe
00:30:13: 57910000 OBSApi.dll
00:30:13: 71360000 DShowPlugin.dll
00:30:13: 71340000 GraphicsCapture.dll
00:30:13: 71320000 NoiseGate.dll
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:13: Adapter 1
00:30:13: Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
00:30:13: Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1064448000
00:30:13: Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 1598611456
00:30:13: =====Stream Start: 2013-07-06, 00:30:13===============================================
00:30:13: Multithreaded optimizations: On
00:30:13: Base resolution: 1680x1050
00:30:13: Output resolution: 1680x1050
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:13: Loading up D3D10...
00:30:13: Playback device Default
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:13: Using desktop audio input: Ηχεία (VIA High Definition Audio)
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:13: Audio Encoding: AAC
00:30:13: bitrate: 128
00:30:13: Using graphics capture
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:13: Video Encoding: x264
00:30:13: fps: 30
00:30:13: width: 1680, height: 1050
00:30:13: preset: veryfast
00:30:13: CBR: yes
00:30:13: CFR: no
00:30:13: max bitrate: 725
00:30:13: ------------------------------------------
00:30:14: SharedTexCapture hooked
00:30:15: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
00:30:15: Server selection: rtmp://live-lhr-backup.justin.tv/app
00:30:17: SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
00:30:17: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
00:30:31: Exit signal received, terminating capture
00:30:33: Total frames rendered: 570, number of frames that lagged: 1 (0.18%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
00:30:33: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
00:30:33: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
00:30:33: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
00:30:33: =====Stream End: 2013-07-06, 00:30:33=================================================
00:30:50:
00:30:50: Profiler results:
00:30:50:
00:30:50: ==============================================================
00:30:50: frame - [100%] [avg time: 2.659 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 71.7%] [unaccounted: 28.3%]
00:30:50: | scene->Preprocess - [0%] [avg time: 0 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
00:30:50: | video encoding and uploading - [71.7%] [avg time: 1.907 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 70.4%] [unaccounted: 1.32%]
00:30:50: | | CopyResource - [0.226%] [avg time: 0.006 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
00:30:50: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.0752%] [avg time: 0.002 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
00:30:50: | | call to encoder - [69.5%] [avg time: 1.849 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
00:30:50: | | sending stuff out - [0.564%] [avg time: 0.015 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
00:30:50: ==============================================================
00:30:50:

(I just copy pasted it,I didn't understand what pastebin does or what is the "code button referred in your linked guide. :P)

Thanks for trying to help! :D

 

[FerretBomb]

Well, for one you aren't going to stream 1680x1050 at 750kbps. Going to look terribad, and over-stress your i5. Might also be concerned about running Win7 and trying to stream with only 4GB RAM.
Not sure I'd even run a 480p stream on 750... probably drop to 360 or even 240p with a downscale.

Run a 6MB test at http://testmy.net/upload to get an idea of what kind of throughput you have available.

As far as the flickering... only thought would be the video card, as it's... pretty old. Possibly out of date video drivers? When is the last time you did a full 'remove all AMD software from this system' wipe and fresh install of the latest drivers?

 

[Sorapak]

I only have problem with braid,I streamed bastion baldurs gate EE & more games without a problem. Only the flickering in Braid bothers me.

here are the vids from my past broadcasts: http://www.twitch.tv/sorapak/videos

EDIT: the flickering happens only ingame,on stream it looks fine.