Why is my hd encoder still lagging?!
So I just bought a new MacBook pro 2.3 ghz i5. My hd encoder is still lagging! Like WTF!? Oh and it's not my net connection. I upgraded my net last week to a 2 mbps upload. Seriously what's up here? I can't afford to spend $2,000+ on a new computer. I just spent $1500 on this one
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OJenni!
So I just bought a new MacBook pro 2.3 ghz i5. My hd encoder is still lagging! Like WTF!? Oh and it's not my net connection. I upgraded my net last week to a 2 mbps upload. Seriously what's up here? I can't afford to spend $2,000+ on a new computer. I just spent $1500 on this one
man. That's quite a lot of cash.
Your upload speed should be fine.
Can you return it? I'm thinking that the software might only work well with windows based computers? I've seen refurbished i5s going for around 700.
I'm not an experienced mac user though so I am just guessing here.
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2 Mbps that's the fastest in canada. $100 a month
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laurielegs
man. That's quite a lot of cash.
Your upload speed should be fine.
Can you return it? I'm thinking that the software might only work well with windows based computers? I've seen refurbished i5s going for around 700.
I'm not an experienced mac user though so I am just guessing here.
I am in Canada and I looked all over. A used i5 up here is around 1100. I got mine new as I prefer a machine with a warranty if I am spending 1100+.
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turn your Bit rate down that usually the problem ....unless your net connection is unstable
.....and Macs work with the encoder????
I honestly dont even know why people buy Macs unless they edit Video....im talking real video not the clips we make
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i have a mac too and mine used to lag bad...i lowered the bit rate to 200 and frame rate to 15 and it doesn't lag now. only thing that a couple people have told me is i freeze once in awhile but its only for a couple seconds...i dont know whats up with that.
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h0ttie
i have a mac too and mine used to lag bad...i lowered the bit rate to 200 and frame rate to 15 and it doesn't lag now. only thing that a couple people have told me is i freeze once in awhile but its only for a couple seconds...i dont know whats up with that.
The problem is when I do that the HD symbol beside my name gets removed. Then i just get lost furtherdown the page.
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okay try this www.speedtest.net atleast 4 times.....they say you get one speed but really you dont.
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MzStar
okay try this
www.speedtest.net atleast 4 times.....they say you get one speed but really you dont.
Yes I did a speed test many times over the past week. I am getting somewhere between 1.79-2.23 mbps upload (depending on time of day, etc). The Rogers site advertises "up to 2mbps upload" for the package that I am on. I was quite surprised that I am sometimes getting over that, but it was explained to me that's due to the fact that I am usually online during "non peak" hours. So say for example if I am online around 7pm I may only get 1.82 upload, but at 3am I may get 2.17 mbps upload.
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None the less I must say I hate their language of "up to" and the fact that they control internet traffic and create "peak times". Like WTF...people are paying for a service, they should be able to get it no matter what time they are online.
Oh and I also hate how they talk about "parasitic users" in the media (ie people who go over their cap and/or subscribe to the companies top tier internet package). Since I upload alot and am online often I am seen as a "parasitic user" that can only be helped by subscribing to the top tier package @ the cost of $100+tax per month.
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okay so your getting your speed and you turned down your bit rate right????
the only other thing i can think of is DONT use any splitters and turn off ever other program you have running that isnt necessary .
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h0ttie
i have a mac too and mine used to lag bad...i lowered the bit rate to 200 and frame rate to 15 and it doesn't lag now. only thing that a couple people have told me is i freeze once in awhile but its only for a couple seconds...i dont know whats up with that.
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OJenni!
The problem is when I do that the HD symbol beside my name gets removed. Then i just get lost furtherdown the page.
It may be the fact that it's a Mac and not playing well with Windows programs. Is there any way you could borrow a windows laptop from a friend and test it with your net?
Your speed is really good now so that really shouldn't be the problem.
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MzStar
okay so your getting your speed and you turned down your bit rate right????
the only other thing i can think of is DONT use any splitters and turn off ever other program you have running that isnt necessary .
Yes but if I bring my bit rate down it SM does not recognize me as being in HD. The lag is really bad still, but not as bad as it was before.
I have a PC (granted a really crappy one) and I still get the same problem.
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OJenni!
Yes but if I bring my bit rate down it SM does not recognize me as being in HD. The lag is really bad still, but not as bad as it was before.
I have a PC (granted a really crappy one) and I still get the same problem.
darn. I'm really puzzled.
It does take a lot of computer power to run that encoder in HD though, so maybe the PC you tested with isn't powerful enough, only thing I can think of since you have the net speed now. My older PC won't even run it at all. It shuts down every time I try to open the encoder.
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Um so here is what my customers have been telling me:
~its not lagging on their end.
~sound is clear
~Cam freezes for like 1 or 2 seconds every few mins.
hmmmm.... Maybe I thought it was lagging because I was viewing my room WHILE I had the HD encoder running (i was just using another browser to view my room).
I did hop on my other computer to see if I could detect a lag when I view my cam from there (coming into the free chat). I did detect a *slight* 2 or 3 second lag, but that could be due to the fact that the other computer is a old piece of shit PC
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OJenni!
Um so here is what my customers have been telling me:
~its not lagging on their end.
~sound is clear
~Cam freezes for like 1 or 2 seconds every few mins.
hmmmm.... Maybe I thought it was lagging because I was viewing my room WHILE I had the HD encoder running (i was just using another browser to view my room).
AH! then if it's like 1 or 2 secs every few mins I doubt it'll be a problem for them at all.
yay :)
Glad you got it sorted out. I know how frustrating stuff like this is!
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Yes it seems to be going good! Getting the new computer is a major upgrade, my cpu usage while using the encoder on this new computer was around 15-25% at most. On my other computer (my old macbook pro) it was like 75-85% CPU usage just running the encoder.
I did notice a very slight lag, around 2-3 seconds, but again my customers were telling me it is crystal clear with no lag. I figure I was experiencing a lag because I was viewing my free chat from the same computer as I was streaming from. So i guess that became a conflict of up/down stream and my connection. My conection is decent, although around 8pm when I was doing this I was online during "peak time" and my upload speed was only 1.83 mbps and my download was 49 mbps.
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Dont always listen to the Custies......They have the shittiest computers on earth
or They use work computers....or have caught bad viruses.
Thats why i dont like to open their files they send ....that shit has Viruses.
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MzStar
Dont always listen to the Custies......They have the shittiest computers on earth
or They use work computers....or have caught bad viruses.
Thats why i dont like to open their files they send ....that shit has Viruses.
LOL well it either has viruses or penises...neither of which I could use. Macs don't get viruses (well there are a few exceptions) and I certainly don't need penis pics.