Streaming WoW... ugh

[asonimie]

so ya, got the new rig running. i7 overclock 4.0ghz, 9800gtx+, 6gb ddr3, 3x7200 in raid0 etc. Very capable hardware.

Fraps will record at 60fps, full screen 1680x1050 no problem in BGs, I don't even notice its running.

Streaming... UGH... every streaming client / app I have tried just KILLS my FPS horribly. XFire: It will stream fine if I hold still, but if I pan he camera, it will freeze and jump to the new view after 1 second or soo... it will not smoothly pan at all. So unless I want to run in a straight line for all my arena games, this will not do. I did some digging and a lot of people are complaining about huge drops in FPS. It's obviously not hardware... considering I'm ONLY running 1 wow on this machine. I'm about ready to give up. I've tried the usual stuff, fully updated GPU drivers etc. So far I've used xfire, justinTV, livestream.com. Worst part is, after I close out all xfire/streaming processes... WoW continues to run laggy and choppy and requires a reboot to fix. Completely crap.

Anyone have help for streaming wow?

[Moorea]

I streamed wow and 5x boxed without issues - I now 2 box aion and stream without issues either

my settings and conf are on
http://www.smileyouareontv.com/software/streaming-capture-settings

maybe your lag is because you don't have enough upstream bandwitdh and the stream doesn't leave enough for wow ?

[Poyzon]

What's your upstream speed? Sounds like you pipe isn't fat enough to push it out.

[Multibocks]

I dont think that would make his gaming experience awful (the drop in fps.)

[Kromtor]

This is probably because the high compression that all the streaming software uses requires a lot of CPU. It's also based on the changes made to the pixels on the screen so turning the camera will cause tons of delta and could explain the extra lag then. You'll want to find a weaker/faster compression to use for streaming if it's possible for you to select it.

[asonimie]

None of the above, my connex is 33down 5.5up, more than the 600kb up they recommend for streaming. It's also not the CPU, overclocked i7 is about as good as you can do right now, and people are getting good results rocking p4s.

Also interesting, many people have reported similar problems, while some have perfect performance. Once I run a streamer program, I can close everything including the program... leaving only 1 wow running on my machine + OS processes... and it STILL has the shit fps. The wierd thing is, the FPS are normal unless I attempt to pan, where as I said it chops out. Reboot the system and BAM I'm frapsing 40 man Battlegrounds and playing at 60fps full settings.

It's not my system, xfire/whatever else programs are changing some setting or causing some problem that fucks rendering and persists after the program has been closed.

Forum searches have yielded no solutions, only similar complaints. Maybe its win7 ultimate? Vista didnt do this... but that was an entirely different box as well.

[Moorea]

I stream with windows 7 (rc from july; haven't yet received my copy) - you haven't said what is your graphic card - maybe you have some driver issue there - are you using VHScrCap ? What settings - try using exactly mine - then make some changes ?

other idea: maybe the fact you OC'ed your i7 is the issue - maybe it overheats and then slows down to avoid melting (thermal protection) - likewise for your graphic card - overheating ?

[heyaz]

I had good results with VHScrCap on my machine recording 3v3 arenas (with 4 clients open). I didn't get sound, but I noticed only about a 5fps drop overall. And my rig isn't good - q6600 with an ATI 3650

[asonimie]

No to overheating: cpu at stable 103 F pretty average. evga 9800GTX+, not overclocked. Updated latest GPU drivers from nvidia's site. I'll try messing with your settings and see if anything changes. Yes for justintv i was using vhscrncap, but i like xfires quality better.

[Naysayer]

I had good results with VHScrCap on my machine recording 3v3 arenas (with 4 clients open). I didn't get sound, but I noticed only about a 5fps drop overall. And my rig isn't good - q6600 with an ATI 3650

:( upgrade that graphics card or you'll make baby thrall cry.

[Fat Tire]

:( upgrade that graphics card or you'll make baby thrall cry.


For once I actually agree with naysayer:eek: