Hallo,
Ich wurde hierher verwiesen vom Twitch Support...
Es geht darum, dass es eine Vielzahl von Vodafone DE Kunden gibt, die mit Twitch extreme Probleme haben: Schwankende Bitrate, kaum Bitrate... Ich bin ebenso betroffen. Ich hab 40 Mbit/s im Upload und kann original nicht streamen weil die Bitrate extrem schwankt. Da es früher mit VPNs gut funktioniert hat und immer noch mit "restream.io" teilweise funktioniert, ist offenbar die Peering-Schnittstelle mit Vodafone DE (AS3209) überlastet. Dadurch kommt auch, dass Streams immer wieder buffern müssen.

Ich wäre Ihnen sehr verbunden, wenn Sie endlich was gegen die Probleme mit Vodafone DE machen würden. Vodafone DE weist jede Schuld von sich.

Twitch transcoding has a few issues. It's not always available (especially to non-partners), and it is of low quality (which is understandable considering the number of streams Twitch has to provide this service for).

After the recent support of multiple audio streams (for VoD vs. live audio) I propose Twitch add support for sending multiple video streams on the mux to Twitch. This improves multiple issues:

• No requirement for streams to have, or be provided, transcoding options from Twitch's side
• Higher quality viewing options for the client (broadcaster encoded streams of higher quality)
• Reduced load on Twitch's transcoding servers
• Broadcaster controlled stream options

With NVENC being far more sophisticated and generally available to many broadcasters, with most consumer cards supporting 2 encoding streams (and Quatro cards supporting 3+), enabling broadcasters to provide their own quality options increases stream broadcast quality and reduces/removes the need for Twitch to provide this option. This should in turn increase the number of broadcasters not using this feature to be granted Twitch transcoding.

Many broadcasters that would use this feature should be in tune with their community and requirements. A typical example of this being used:

• 5Mbit 720p60
• 2Mbit 480p30

A more sophisticated example for bigger broadcasts (eSports):

• 6Mbit 1080p60
• 4.5Mbit 720p60
• 3.5Mbit 480p60
• 1.5Mbit 480p30

Broadcasting software already has preliminary support for multiple encoding streams (OBS) and bigger broadcasts from eSports companies and events likely use expensive multi-transcoding hardware for their streams to multiple services. With Twitch supporting direct stream support from broadcasters unlike competitors like Youtube, etc. this should continue Twitch's legacy of being the higher quality platform for media broadcast.

Hi!
I'm a small streamer from EU speaking english only. This means my viewers are from many different countries and sadly some countries have poor internet.
I've had many complains in my chat about the lack of options for video-quality, since it is laggy and loading alot for my viewers with poor internet performance.

My suggestion is that atleast ONE low-quality option should be available beside the source-quality. This would satisfy many viewers and also make it easier/more optimal to keep the viewers at the channel of a small streamer.
What happens is that the viewer will simply go to a partner where they can always reduce the quality.

Not fair. Not equal in my oppinion!

Best regards, RainbowLazerLoL

Error 2000 in my experience has been due to the Anti-tracking software I use. This makes the stream crash and quit playing. You need to refresh to get the stream going again. Usually this will cause an ad to play as soon as it is refreshed but not always in my experience. Anti-tracking software does not prevent other streaming websites to run smoothly for me, only Twitch. On my latest Twitch watching stint, my Anti-tracking software shows 13 advertising trackers blocked, 3 site analytics trackers blocked, and 0 essential trackers blocked. My Anti-tracking software states that essential trackers are critical for website functionality. Twitch's website is not functioning correctly though my Anti-tracking software blocked ZERO essential trackers. This makes no sense. The error is not on my part, it is the fault of Twitch and needs to be fixed on their end. I could turn off tracking protection but I have it and use it for a reason, and I am keeping it on. The tracking protection I use does not cause any other website streaming to stop working correctly. This issue has been ongoing for years. Fix your streaming errors regarding Anti-tracking software.

Twtich server upgrade so also more bitrate upload and users pay a small pocket money for this :)

You know it from server hosters "You want more upload or more storage, then rent at Twitch-Turbo the server package" For +5,90$ or 9,90$ you can upload and stream up to 13K/ 15K.
So Twitch would have less problems with the costs and who does not want to pay such a server upgrade remains with Free and 6-8K upload depending on Twitch contract.

Possible would be this Year, because it's time for an Upgrade at Twitch :)
YT has long been at Good (Hype) Quality and Twitchazon ;) would be well positioned with Amazon AWS Servers and their Data Centers.

I wish you a nice Day and come well into the New Year, Love Twitch :D

Many times I was unable to see the Streams of some affiliates and non affiliates because their stream quality was only at source and the different stream quality option is readily available for Partners only. While affiliates and non-affiliates have to restart their stream sometimes quite a few times to get the option. I feel like this further decreases their visibility and growth because many people with not so good Internet are unable to watch them in Source quality. I am not a Streamer so I am saying this solely as a Viewer's experience on Twitch. I'd be really glad if the affiliates and non affiliates also get the video options constantly.
Maybe not all the options that Partners have because it is one of the perks of being a partner but at least one or two lower quality options

It's been a few weeks since Twitch changed how stream quality auto changes based on whether the tab is in the current tab/window or not. This change automatically lowers the quality of streams to 480p (or lower) for streams not in the current tab, and when the stream is tabbed back into focus it does not always resume the originally selected quality.

This is affecting multiple browsers, with or without extensions, so this is seems very much a Twitch end feature to lower data use.
This change however has resulted in some issues:
-More buffering
-Streams hanging/pausing when tabbed out
-Quality not restoring when tabbed back
-Playback issues such as audio desync when the stream quality changes and latency has to catch up
-Streams in background no longer has thumbnail view in task view (windows key + tab) to simultaneously view multiple streams and is instead just a black screen video player.

Overall I feel like the changes have not improved the user experience and has instead introduced more issues than it saves. It should be up to the user to open as many streams as they wish at whichever quality and maintain such experience regardless of window focus.