Getting dropped frames lately due to network

[Jamin]

Hey there,

I have a couple of logs. Lately I have been getting a lot of dropped frames when I stream to Twitch. I will note I use the aitum multistream plugin and I mirror the Twitch stream to YouTube. Interestingly, the YouTube one does not drop frames, but the Twitch one does.

I also have very fast internet so I don't think that is the problem. I have attached two logs in the past few days where I have suffered from this issue. It's not uncommon to be dropping like 2-3% or more of my total frames due to network matters.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[qhobbes]

20:03:06.117: User is ignoring service bitrate limits.
Don't do that^ and enable Dynamic bitrate in the advanced network settings.

 

[Jamin]

20:03:06.117: User is ignoring service bitrate limits.
Don't do that^ and enable Dynamic bitrate in the advanced network settings.

Out of curiousity, did something change with this recently? I used to stream above 6000kbps but not above 8000kbps before. Don't I need this option on to go above 6,000?

Would dynamic bitrate stop my stream from spiking in bitrate? It's fine on the YouTube side. It's the Twitch one that causes problems.

 

[qhobbes]

twitch broadcast guidelines state 6000 is the max for a single stream.

With dynamic bitrate, the bitrate will lower and raise (usually in multiples of 100) dependent on how much bandwidth is available. Without dynamic bitrate, it will either be 6000 or 0.

Dynamic bitrate is not variable bitrate. VBR is dependent on the content where as DB is dependent on the available bandwidth.

 

[Jamin]

twitch broadcast guidelines state 6000 is the max for a single stream.

With dynamic bitrate, the bitrate will lower and raise (usually in multiples of 100) dependent on how much bandwidth is available. Without dynamic bitrate, it will either be 6000 or 0.

Dynamic bitrate is not variable bitrate. VBR is dependent on the content where as DB is dependent on the available bandwidth.

Out of curiousity I tried the TwitchTest program too, and all the tests for NA failed. Not sure what's up with that or if that is normal. I doubt it is.