Question / Help Stream drop every X minutes [full info included]

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ustrucx

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Hello guys,

I am trying to stream to Twitch.tv and I am able to, but every few minutes the connection drops. I have seen similar problem w/o a solution or solutions that did not fix it for me, here goes my specs and logs:

http://testmy.net/
Download :: 8.5 Mbps 1.1 MB/s
Upload :: 660 Kbps 83 kB/s

ShaperProbe.exe found nothing

Windows 7 ultimate
i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz
16gb ddr3 1600MHz Kingston Vengeance
AMD Radeon HD 7850 oc 1gb
Asus P8Z77-V

Code: 
17:32:19: Open Broadcaster Software v0.541b - 32bit (´・ω・｀)
17:32:19: -------------------------------
17:32:19: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
17:32:19: CPU Speed: 3400MHz
17:32:19: Physical Memory:  4095MB Total, 4095MB Free
17:32:19: stepping id: 9, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 1, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
17:32:19: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}
17:32:19: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 S
17:32:19: Aero is Disabled
17:32:19: -------------------------------
17:32:19: OBS Modules:
17:32:19: Base Address     Module
17:32:19: 01240000         OBS.exe
17:32:19: 54270000         OBSApi.dll
17:32:19: 5A5F0000         DShowPlugin.dll
17:32:19: 55F40000         GraphicsCapture.dll
17:32:19: 55F60000         NoiseGate.dll
17:32:19: 55990000         PSVPlugin.dll
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:19: Adapter 1
17:32:19:   Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
17:32:19:   Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 1046683648
17:32:19:   Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 3248218112
17:32:19: =====Stream Start: 2013-07-11, 17:32:19===============================================
17:32:19:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
17:32:19:   Base resolution: 1920x1080
17:32:19:   Output resolution: 640x360
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:19: Loading up D3D10...
17:32:19: Playback device Default
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:19: Using desktop audio input: 1 - D2343 (AMD High Definition Audio Device)
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:19: Audio Encoding: AAC
17:32:19:     bitrate: 96
17:32:19: Using Monitor Capture
17:32:19: Using custom x264 settings: "tune=fastdecode bframes=0"
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:19: Video Encoding: x264
17:32:19:     fps: 24
17:32:19:     width: 640, height: 360
17:32:19:     preset: veryfast
17:32:19:     CBR: no
17:32:19:     CFR: yes
17:32:19:     max bitrate: 800
17:32:19:     buffer size: 800
17:32:19:     quality: 4
17:32:19: ------------------------------------------
17:32:21: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
17:32:21:   Server selection: rtmp://live-mia.justin.tv/app
17:32:27: SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
17:32:27: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
17:33:54: Total frames rendered: 2276, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
17:33:54: Total duplicated frames: 0 (0.00%)
17:33:54: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
17:33:54: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
17:33:54: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
17:33:54: =====Stream End: 2013-07-11, 17:33:54=================================================
17:34:07: =====Stream Start: 2013-07-11, 17:34:07===============================================
17:34:07:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
17:34:07:   Base resolution: 1920x1080
17:34:07:   Output resolution: 640x360
17:34:07: ------------------------------------------
17:34:07: Loading up D3D10...
17:34:07: Playback device Default
17:34:07: ------------------------------------------
17:34:07: Using desktop audio input: 1 - D2343 (AMD High Definition Audio Device)
17:34:07: ------------------------------------------
17:34:07: Audio Encoding: AAC
17:34:07:     bitrate: 96
17:34:07: Using Monitor Capture
17:34:07: Using custom x264 settings: "tune=fastdecode bframes=0"
17:34:07: ------------------------------------------
17:34:07: Video Encoding: x264
17:34:07:     fps: 24
17:34:07:     width: 640, height: 360
17:34:07:     preset: veryfast
17:34:07:     CBR: no
17:34:07:     CFR: yes
17:34:07:     max bitrate: 800
17:34:07:     buffer size: 800
17:34:07:     quality: 4
17:34:07: ------------------------------------------
17:34:08: Total frames rendered: 26, number of frames that lagged: 0 (0.00%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
17:34:08: Total duplicated frames: 0 (0.00%)
17:34:08: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
17:34:08: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (-1.$%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (-1.$%), Total 0 (-1.$%)
17:34:08: =====Stream End: 2013-07-11, 17:34:08=================================================
17:34:08: 
17:34:08: Profiler results:
17:34:08: 
17:34:08: ==============================================================
17:34:08: frame - [100%] [avg time: 6.014 ms (cpu time: avg 3.74 ms, total 8611.25 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 82.4%] [unaccounted: 17.6%]
17:34:08: | scene->Preprocess - [75.8%] [avg time: 4.556 ms (cpu time: avg 2.866 ms, total 6598.84 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]
17:34:08: | video encoding and uploading - [6.62%] [avg time: 0.398 ms (cpu time: avg 0.304 ms, total 702.004 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 5.84%] [unaccounted: 0.782%]
17:34:08: | | CopyResource - [0.116%] [avg time: 0.007 ms (cpu time: avg 0.02 ms, total 46.801 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 0]
17:34:08: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.0831%] [avg time: 0.005 ms (cpu time: avg 0 ms, total 0 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 0]
17:34:08: | | call to encoder - [5.54%] [avg time: 0.333 ms (cpu time: avg 0.277 ms, total 639.603 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 0]
17:34:08: | | sending stuff out - [0.0998%] [avg time: 0.006 ms (cpu time: avg 0.006 ms, total 15.6 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 0]
17:34:08: | Convert444Threads - [1.37e+003%] [avg time: 82.311 ms (cpu time: avg 0.169 ms, total 390.002 ms)] [avg calls per frame: 1]

I am using very low settings and still having the drop connection issue, maybe the problem have to do with this line 17:33:54: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping.

If anyone could point me to the right direction I apreciate =]

Thank you very much!
 
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Kharay

Member
ustrucx said:
Upload :: 660 Kbps 83 kB/s
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Do not take this the wrong way but... it's just not enough. 660 Kbps is nowhere near enough to stream. Not even at 240p, 25 FPS, Q-0. Even mathematically it simply does not work.

Just to demonstrate -- http://www.twitch.tv/kharay1977/c/2562178 -- recorded just now, for you. To illustrate something. The quality may be acceptable but that is mostly because it is a very old game that has a very low resolution of its own. But, the stream is in 300 pixels at 25 FPS, Quality-0 and 660 Kbps (OBS settings). And not once did the actual bitrate drop below 735Kbps. Meaning 660Kbps simply can't be done, realistically.

Sorry.
 
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ustrucx

New Member
I watched the videos and understand the issue with the up rate, also thanks for that ;)

My up rate could be the cause with twitch.tv disconnecting but I just did some streaming to instagib.tv with higher quality, granted the quality wasnt the best 720p but it worked, that means that the problem is on twitch.tv side of things or the way it expects OSB to stream or maybe they just drop low band folks but it is twitch.tv related.
 
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ustrucx

New Member
I kept streaming to instagib.tv and the quality wasnt stable at all, sometimes really good, most of the time poor. So this could be twitch.tv droping low band streams, anyway, this is not OBS bug so for anyone that lands here looking for a solution, check other streaming services like instagib.tv and check your up rate, if all that fails you have a different problem.
 
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