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I’m making this post because I know that Team Fortress 2 is one of the most CPU-intensive games to stream, and I want to describe one of the many ways that you could set up a 2 PC streaming setup. Hopefully you read this and find it to be helpful, and it might give you some ideas as to how you could make streaming more accessible for yourself.

Why do I need two computers to stream? The short answer is, you don’t. Streaming can quickly and easily be set up with one computer, and it will cost you less money to stream with one PC. The problem that many streamers face is that they get a lot of « mouse input lag » when playing video games. You’ll find that while you’re streaming, if your computer is not powerful enough, your game will lag and it will affect your performance. For some games, such as Hearthstone, this doesn’t make a difference. Even though streaming is tough on your computer, it won’t matter for this kind of turn-based game. For other games, such as TF2, it’s extremely difficult to play well if you’re getting less than optimal performance from your computer.

What is the problem that needs to be addressed? Team Fortress 2 on its own is an extremely CPU intensive game. You don’t need the world’s best graphics card to run the game, but it’s tough on your processor. To make matters worse, streaming is an extremely CPU intensive process. Combine these two together, and it’s trouble. Then try to run an open browser to read chat, another program to play music, and a third program to keep track of donations and you’ll find that your game will lag a lot.

The solution? Use two computers to split up the workload. One computer (called the « Gaming PC ») will run the game and handle most of the processes, while a second computer (called the « Streaming PC ») will handle the streaming. This isn’t the most cost-effective setup, but if you have the money to spare and want to take streaming and your performance seriously, this is the best option for you. Other alternatives to a 2 PC setup would include continuing to use your 1 PC setup, upgrading your existing hardware, overclocking, using an FPS config for TF2, or closing your background programs.

How does a 2 PC setup work?

It’s fairly simple to explain. The Gaming PC will run the game, while the streaming PC will run the streaming software (Xsplit, OBS, etc.). You can also use this kind of setup to stream console games, and in that setup the console would be the Gaming PC. The difficulty is getting the image from your Gaming PC to your Streaming PC. Most setups use a capture card, and this is what I would recommend. I’ve drawn this handy-dandy diagram in MS Paint to give you an idea what the setup would look like: http://i.imgur.com/nQxTte9.png

You can also do a local stream with a local server to stream an extremely high bitrate image to your Streaming PC, then have the streaming PC encode that image into something that Twitch can use. This method is not recommended.

My Personal Setup Gaming Computer GPU: GeForce GTX 770 CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.3GHz RAM: 8 GB DDR3-2133 RAM Microphone: Blue Snowball

Streaming Computer: GPU: GeForce GTX 580 CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ 4.0 GHz RAM: 16 GB DDR3-1600 RAM Capture Card: AVerMedia C985

IMGUR Album: http://imgur.com/a/AhejH#7

The actual hardware setup is relatively simple. I have four monitors. Monitor 1 and Monitor 2 plug into my Gaming PC’s GPU via DVI Cable. Then I connect an HDMI Cable from the Gaming PC GPU to the C985 that is installed in the Streaming PC (plugs right into the motherboard). My microphone plugs into my Gaming PC via USB cable. That’s it!

Now for the software. The HDMI cable actually moves both video AND sound from the Gaming PC to the Streaming PC. You just need to send the audio across the line. I start by setting my capture card on my streaming PC to « listen » to my microphone on my gaming PC. Open up your Recording Devices options (right click the speaker in your system tray and click on « Recording Devices ») and find your microphone. Right click your microphone and click on « Properties ». Go to the listen tab, and check the box that says « Listen to this device ». Then select your capture card in the dropdown menu called « Playback through this device: ». It should look like this: http://i.imgur.com/qYJ2QW7.png . I use a program called Audio Repeater on my Gaming PC to duplicate the sound from my Gaming PC onto my Streaming PC. I use the following settings: http://i.imgur.com/Tx2D8ma.png . Note that you might have to adjust the Total buffer in order to deal with sound sync issues (just experiment with different values). Here is a screenshot of the Sound Mixer settings that I use on my Gaming PC to adjust my microphone sound vs. the rest of the sounds that are outputted: http://i.imgur.com/1jm5nPm.png .

Lastly, I use Open Broadcaster Software on my Streaming PC to stream directly to Twitch. You can add the capture card as a video source, and for my capture card I can stream at 720p and 60FPS. Check the following screenshots to see all of my OBS settings with an explanation for each setting:

1. Capture Cardhttp://i.imgur.com/z10Oz8K.png

2. Encoding Settingshttp://i.imgur.com/O8a5F1n.png CBR is the only way to go. Try to stay under 3500 bitrate, and you should be able to get it even lower (see #5).

3. Video Settingshttp://i.imgur.com/4znUXqK.png You may experience screen tearing issues if this is set incorrectly. I actually use two monitors on my Streaming PC. The first is 1680×1050, and the second is 1280×1024. Regardless of your monitor size, you want to set your Base Resolution to 16:9 to match the Twitch player. If you were streaming in 1080p 30FPS instead of 720p 60FPS, set this to 1920×1080. I stream TF2 in 720p 60FPS, so I’ve set this to 1280×720. I do not use a resolution downscale, and if you decide to use one you may run into screen tearing issues (this was a huge problem for me back when I first set up my 2PC setup).

4. Audio Settingshttp://i.imgur.com/yZZ0psl.png Nothing fancy here. The audio actually comes from my Gaming PC, so you’ll address any microphone audio sync issues using the Audio Repeater program. Also, since the microphone is plugged into the Gaming PC, you should have the microphone disabled on your Streaming PC.

5. Advanced Settingshttp://i.imgur.com/vegh8cV.png This is where all of the magic happens. One of the benefits of a 2 PC setup is being able to take a larger load on your Streaming PC in order to reduce the necessary bitrate in your encoding settings. Changing your x264 CPU preset to a slower setting will increase the workload on your PC but it will increase the picture quality for the exact same bitrate. For example, a 3300 bitrate stream at « Very Fast » will not look as good as a 3300 bitrate stream at « Fast » provided you have enough computing power. This means that you can make your Source quality stream more accessible to more viewers by slowing down your x264 CPU Preset! With this secret you can easily keep your stream looking good while staying under 3500 or 4000 bitrate.

I’ve also adjusted the Global Audio Sync Offset to help deal with any audio sync issues. You may need to experiment with this setting on your own.

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