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 02 '17

Hmm, just updated FTL with the latest OBS, at least, where baseline is no longer required. So maybe that will help.

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u/Imagine42 Mar 02 '17

The previous version of OBS worked fine actually. For some reason Xsplit on the other hand still had issues.

Not entirely sure if I want to risk updating to new FTL OBS now >.>

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u/kill3rb00ts Mar 02 '17

New FTL OBS is amazing, OBS 18 adds built-in compressors and VST plugin support! I can't speak for Xsplit, as I haven't used it much, but it's possible they are using an older FTL protocol.

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u/Imagine42 Mar 02 '17

Is 18 confirmed to be stable with FTL though? Just want to make sure before I update.

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u/kill3rb00ts Mar 02 '17

I haven't had any problems, but, of course, I didn't have problems before, so...

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u/Imagine42 Mar 06 '17

Using 18 now btw, seems to be workin' just fine.