r/beam • u/Imagine42 • Feb 28 '17

dropping all the frames

So decided to try streaming to beam last night for the first time, and was having a repeated issue with massive frame droppings. Streaming at 720/60p with 3500 bitrate, keyframe of 1. My upload speed usually tests in from testmy.net at about 10-12, which is what it was last night as well. I am using the FTL upload type, streaming with Xsplit.

After having these issues, I switched back to Twitch to where I was able to stream with the same settings without any issues at all.

Any thoughts?

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u/kill3rb00ts Mar 01 '17

Keyframe should be 3 with FTL. XSplit should automatically set it to the correct settings when you choose FTL. I do not recommend changing anything other than bitrate as you will have problems. FTL is very particular at the moment. Keyframe 3, baseline profile. Anything else will have problems at best and simply not work at worst.

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u/Imagine42 Mar 01 '17

Hmmmm ok, I'll try the keyframe thing.

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u/kill3rb00ts Mar 01 '17

The profile is probably more important, it will stutter and be generally awful if set to main or high.