Fix Lag, Dropped Frames, Bitrate Issues on your Twitch Stream

How to inspect your Twitch stream so you can find out exactly what is causing your stream issues. In this video, we run through 2 tools that you can use to help you discover and fix common problems.

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0. Introduction 0:00
1. Twitch Inspector 1:30
2. Running a Test Stream 2:25
3. Analysis of Results 4:51
4. R1ch's Analyzer 8:15
5. Outro 9:14

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[TheRonineh]

*VIDEO STARTS AT* 1:23
*THANK ME LATER*

[Axyyy]

when i stream pubg my game fps is fine but on stream its lagging, any advise?

[BenioxoXox]

3:24 I have a problem. I have no place for pasting that link. I don't have the "Streaming Type: Streaming Services". I have Twitch many more, but not that one. What do I do? Help please.

[remoonlol]

Steve I can't thank you enough for all your awesome videos!! I actually found your channel last week and watched most of the videos since then :D gonna start streaming next week but I already setup nearly everthing and thanks to you, I should be ready <3 already excited!! THANKS

[MMAvarsity]

When I authorize the inspector for my account nothing happens .... just stays where it's at..

[loganc]

When I click sign in and authorize my account on the twitch thing it just closes itself out?? over and over again

[notlol]

It's like you read my mind and knew exactly what I needed to see next. Well done, and thank you!

[veggai]

The only configuration it told me to do is "fix the stream" like no shit

[Stewie_]

So I just started streaming after months of making excuses and pushing it off b/c of my complete lack of knowledge. Your channel changed all that. You helped me get my stream setup and running. I've been streaming now for only a week and have already had comments from viewers saying they were surprised that it's not been longer b/c of how professional the stream looks. I can't not thank you enough for giving me the confidence to do this! This week has been a blast and I am constantly looking at all your video's to try to improve my setup even more. You have a big fan here my friend!!! Thanks again Pete!

[buddymax]

Pathetic how your video is the only one to mention inspector. Ive watched like ten of these kinds of videos and just you introducing me to that helped me the most, so thankyou.

[ogHannah]

For my OBS i dont have that option to enter the stream key? - Also whats wrong with my stream is it freezes all the time, and everything is just a big old delay. I have 0 clue what i could try to do to fix it?

[rehddoes]

I don't have the money for a great connection because I'm out in the boonies, but I always recommend this channel to my friends that I help with their streams. You always provide easy to understand info, and my friends and I are quite appreciative! TY!

[wehaveanannouncementtomake]

When I authorize my twitch for twitch inspector it just goes back to the first twitch inspector screen and doesn’t do anything or when I try again

[Raichugamerandfriends]

can someone help me i dont loose to many frames when i stream on youtube but when i stream on twitch i loose like 50 frames per second

[jackmitchell]

My stream has hella hella delay but it says there’s none, what’s the problem

[Nikstar]

Which would you say is better R1ch or inspector?

[joshzook]

So I came across this channel 9 months ago and I thank you for what you are doing. I've looked through the videos a few times now and came across an issue that could throw someone for a loop. Let me explain:

Last week I upped my Download and Upload Speeds from my ISP. Got my new rig all set up and ready to stream. Looked back at all the helpful videos of yours to get OBS set up once again. Then went to do my test stream for checking bit rate and dropped frames via the Twitch test and it came back fine except for 3 hiccups over the 3-hour test but overall performance was good. The next day I went live to stream a raid for someone that was sick so they could at the very least watch and cheer us on.

That is when disaster struck, constant buffering, choppy frame rate. Did another twitch test and that came back fine. So I was totally lost on what was going on reset my Modem, router, switch, rebooted my PC. Tried streaming again same deal. This led me to do speed tests and that's where I saw something. My upload speed was not what it should be, it was in the KB/s range of what is at max a 20 MB/s connection.
Techs came out we bypassed the router and plugged right into the modem same thing was happening replaced the modem worked fine for about a day. They had to come back yet again swapped out the modem, checked line noise all within normal tolerances but this time when we plugged the cat6 into the back of the modem all the issues where gone. Ok done deal let me plug everything back into the normal layout and that's when the other shoe dropped. You guessed it the router was bad as well.
It took about a week and a half to get that all worked out. So just because the Twitch test says you are set up right until you are really sending actual video streams you might not know there is an issue and it might not be with your settings. Take the time to find where the problem might be at it could very well be a modem, router or any of the other network connections you might have that are at fault.

Again thank you, Pete, for all that you are doing you are a great asset to new streamers where they are just doing it for pleasure or for a living!

[Ikxi]

I have trouble with a certain kind of lag, when I play minecraft and fly around suddenly in the stream in jumps back a few frames, it's kind of tearing the picture. I don't know if it's my bitrate or something else, when I play everything is stable and none of my hardware is fully used. It happens when I move really quick in the game or look around fast.

[TheOnlyEpsilonAlpha]

I've been around now for several years on Twitch and never seen the inspector site, thanks <3

[dabomb]

Also, when I hit authorize on twitch inspector, it just closes the page without anything popping up and says [“status”:401, ”message”:”invalid csrf token”)