Exact way to stream with FME to JTV - READ HERE

[tulkusrunner]

Hello, Ive been trying to figure this out and I believe all my path names are correct but whenever i open my justin.bat file it closes and nothing happens and I can barely read the message but it says something around it being an invalid command. The line in my justin.bat is

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5\FMEcmd.exe" /p C:\fme\justin.xml

CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Encoder 2.5"
start /affinity 80 /high FMEcmd.exe /p c:\fme\justin.xml

[Nghtmr9999]

Did you save your XML as Unicode and is your batch file a true .bat file? It could be a .bat.txt text file.

[tulkusrunner]

Yes it is saved as unicode and i believe its a true .bat file, how would i check?

[Nghtmr9999]

There are a couple ways. If you have windows 7, under the type header, be sure it says batch file, not text document. Otherwise, see if the file has a notepad icon next to it.

By the way it sounds, your error is caused by an improper (text file) batch file, or an issue with saving. Be sure your XML is saved as Unicode, but not your batch file

[MarkSr]

I can't get this to work on Windows xp sp3 it says invalid batch file, and i did everything described. and in the command prompt it says i can't run FME from the command prompt. i must use the adobe interface. i have tried everything i even talked to Adobe and they said they don't know how you are doing this, and it violates the terms of agreement doing this. but if it works i want to do it this way but its not working on XP it there directions on how to do this on XP?

[svettleif]

System:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.6Ghz
RAM: 4x2GB Corsair 1666mhz
GPU: XFX 5850
HDD: Windows7 64, WoW and decoding software is on a SSD with 300mbs/read.
Bandwith: 30/60 ish. http://www.speedtest.net/result/1225578350.png

trying to stream in 1920x1080 mainly, but its really laggy for some reason.
Justin.tv - svettleif - LIVE from my PC, you see its fine when i stand still but once i start flying its choppy as hell.

    <capture>
        <video>
        <device>VHScrCap</device>
        <crossbar_input>0</crossbar_input>
        <frame_rate>30.00</frame_rate>
        <size>
            <width>1920</width>
            <height>1080</height>

<format>VP6</format>
        <datarate>3000</datarate>
        <outputsize>1920x1080;</outputsize>

i tried to adjust the Data and outputsize but nothing seems to help, FME dont seem to get more than 10-15fps.

Edit: I forgot to mention i use a newer version of VHSrcCap, cause the link given in first post isnt the same one as shown in the tutorial video. (it wouldnt allow me to select a screen, and didnt work at all for me atleast)

[Nghtmr9999]

@Marksr Invalid batch file could mean one of a few things:

1) When editing in notepad, you didn't save as 'all files' and instead saved as a text file. That would give you a .bat.txt text file, instead of a .bat batch file. Be sure it's a true batch file that is NOT saved as Unicode.

2) Be sure your XML is saved as Unicode and is actually a XML file, just like above (not a .xml.txt). I'm not sure if the properties window for files is the same for XP as it is for Windows 7, but by inspecting the properties for the XML, it should say something along the lines of "xml document" and not "text file"

If none of these work for you, please post back and I will go further in my troubleshooting.

[tulkusrunner]

Nghtmr9999 you were right and i had my .bat file saved as unicode and and i am able to execute it but it streams a pink screen.

[ruXxar]

Comp stats:

i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz
570 GTX
8GB ram
Upload speed : 1 Mbit

Question :

What settings do I set in VHSC and FME XML to maximize my stream quality?

This is what I use currently :

<flashmediaencoder_profile>
    <preset>
        <name>Custom</name>
        <description></description>
    </preset>
    <capture>
        <video>
        <device>VHscrCap</device>
        <crossbar_input>0</crossbar_input>
        <frame_rate>30.00</frame_rate>
        <size>
            <width>1280</width>
            <height>720</height>
        </size>
        </video>
        <audio>
        <device>Wave (ASUS Xonar Essence ST Aud</device>
        <crossbar_input>0</crossbar_input>
        <sample_rate>22050</sample_rate>
        <channels>1</channels>
        <input_volume>100</input_volume>
        </audio>
    </capture>
    <process>
        <video>
	<size>
            <preserve_aspect>1</preserve_aspect>
            <width>1280</width>
            <height>720</height>
        </size>
        </video>
    </process>
    <encode>
        <video>
        <format>VP6</format>
        <datarate>800</datarate>
	<advanced>
            <keyframe_frequency>1 seconds</keyframe_frequency>
            <quality>Good Quality - Good Framerate</quality>
            <noise_reduction>None</noise_reduction>
            <datarate_window>Medium</datarate_window>
            <cpu_usage>Dedicated</cpu_usage>
        </advanced>
        </video>
        <audio>
        <format>Mp3</format>
        <datarate>48</datarate>
        </audio>

And here is an example of how it looks :

Justin.tv - Heroes of Newerth with ruXx - ruXxar Heroes of Newerth Stream

It doesn't lag at all, but It doesn't look very good either.
I feel like the quality could be better, especially when the camera is moving you see it pixelate a lot.

Any tips?

Edit :

A second question.

I tried streaming at 1080p with basically the same settings as above, my the stream is stuttering hardcore for the viewers(not for me).

Can anyone explain why this is happening? I know my computer is capable of handling it(It only goes to like 50% CPU usage) But it's still giving lots of frame drops.

[ruXxar]

For people having trouble with FPS only streaming at 15 in justin.bat, I noticed the same behaviour aswell, and what I had to do is put the same resolution(<size>) in the justin XML file under the :

<capture>

and the

<process>