Huge gap between Network Speed Test Results vs. Real Usage!

[Tracy]

Hi,

 

Verizon provides me with 75 mbps download and 35 mbps upload speeds. When i go to speedtest.net I get results that prove I'm getting these speeds. I stream games on Twitch.tv and I noticed my stream quality wasn't clear. I checked the speeds on speedtest.net again and got the same results. But then I went into the task manager and saw that under Ethernet my upload speed was only staying around 1-2 mbps. I did a test after that where I monitored task manager while running speedtest and both the upload and download speed shot up to where they were supposed to be, but when the test ended the speeds went back to being super slow. And under Resource Monitor my network utilization is only 3% while streaming. What is causing this? Thanks.

 

-Tracy

[bacosta1993]

[Lord Pantaloons]

Speedtest.net is only a best case scenario test and is not representative of the performance you will get during real world usage.

[ZetZet]

Just increase stream quality. It's not clear because you have too small bitrate.

[Tracy]

is it normal to have bitrate around 2500? Cause that's how much it takes to make the quality actually look hd. 

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

Increase the bitrate of your stream.

 

The program transcoding it is given a bitrate to aim for, so that it can compress the data enough for you to be able to stream it.

 

A 5mbps 720p, or 10mbps 1080p look good.

[Lays]

Increase the bitrate of your stream.

 

The program transcoding it is given a bitrate to aim for, so that it can compress the data enough for you to be able to stream it.

 

A 5mbps 720p, or 10mbps 1080p look good.

 

 

You don't need anywhere near that high of a bitrate to stream that, 90% of the people that have partnership on twitch use 1500-3000 for 720p, and 3000-4000 for 1080p.    10k bitrate is ridiculous, tons of people would lag/stutter watching it.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

You don't need anywhere near that high of a bitrate to stream that, 90% of the people that have partnership on twitch use 1500-3000 for 720p, and 3000-4000 for 1080p.    10k bitrate is ridiculous, tons of people would lag/stutter watching it.

Nice opinion.

 

A 1.5mbps 1280x720 looks very blocky even with slow moving scenes, 3mbps doesnt look too bad but there is room for improvement. 

And 1920x1080 has over double the pixels, so why wouldnt you at least double the bit rate?

 

And the world average internet connection capacity is 16mbps according to http://www.netindex.com/

 

 

 

Maybe you dont have the same standards as I do?

[DoubleY]

Increase the bitrate of your stream.

 

The program transcoding it is given a bitrate to aim for, so that it can compress the data enough for you to be able to stream it.

 

A 5mbps 720p, or 10mbps 1080p look good.

That is ridiculous. 3.5mbps should be the MAX streaming bandwith. There is no need to go above that, even for 1080p 60fps

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

That is ridiculous. 3.5mbps should be the MAX streaming bandwith. There is no need to go above that, even for 1080p 60fps

Rofl. Ok then.

 

You stick to your awful looking 3.5mbps 1080p. I will stick to my amazing looking 10mbps 1080p.

[DoubleY]

Rofl. Ok then.

 

You stick to your awful looking 3.5mbps 1080p. I will stick to my amazing looking 10mbps 1080p.

K. Have fun throwing 7mbps out the window just to get 5% better quality

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

K. Have fun throwing 7mbps out the window just to get 5% better quality

How did you measure/quantify the 5%? 

 

If there is no  improvement then why is all HD TV content broadcast at a  minimum of 10mbps? Why do blurays have a bit rate of 35mbps if 3.5mbps is enough?

[Guest]

That is ridiculous. 3.5mbps should be the MAX streaming bandwith. There is no need to go above that, even for 1080p 60fps

I totally agree with this, I've have some very good looking streams with a 3.5 bandwidth Max...

[Guest]

And streaming hitbox looks even better, 3.5 1080 is debatably better than 1080 on YouTube.