How to Fix XSplit Dropped Frames with Speedify

Your Internet Connection Dictates the Quality of your Streams

XSplit gives up on frames whenever the video it produces is larger than your internet connection can send out. That is all ‘dropping frames’ means, and viewers see stutter. Your upload speed has to stay above the bitrate you set for the entire broadcast, which one home internet connection rarely promises.

Speedify is a software app that uses Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections together to build that headroom, covering for any connection that slows down. Speedify needs at least two connections for that; with one, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping. The causes, the checks worth running before you go live, and what using Speedify does about XSplit dropped frames are set out below.

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The Usual Causes for Dropped Frames in XSplit

Dropping frames is the most common complaint with XSplit live streaming. Seeing a lot of dropped frames is not good, as they are often the root cause of many live stream playback issues. So, if you don’t want your viewers to be frustrated that they get the buffering wheel or they get disconnected, understand why this happens.

Make sure you meet the minimum hardware requirements for live streaming via XSplit, and that the platform ingest servers you’re streaming to (Twitch, YouTube, Facebook Live, etc.) are up and running with no limitations or glitches.

Here are the Things You Need to Check for Better Streams

If the hardware and the platform check out, the internet connection is the likely cause of your XSplit dropped frames. Below are five steps you can take to fix it.

Before you try anything:

  • Make sure you live stream over a wired Ethernet connection when you can: wireless networks like Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular are less stable by nature.
  • Test your internet speed. If it’s not looking good (not even close to what you’re paying for), then contact your ISP. Expect that to take a while.

So here are 5 suggestions to fix your XSplit streaming problems:

  1. Try using another ingest server for live streaming. Even if you chose the closest server to you, this doesn’t mean that you also have the best connection to it.
  2. Try lowering the live streaming bitrate. You should see a lower number for the dropped frames. Zero would be perfect.
  3. Try using another streaming platform temporarily. Twitch may have a hard day sometimes. Go to YouTube and see how streaming there works.
  4. Check your router, firewall and potential software conflicts. Restarting the modem / router is always a good thing. Having the latest firmware installed is a plus. 
    Firewall and security software may also interfere with open ports and communication permissions. Just make sure XSplit is cleared for permissions with these.
  5. If the checks above do not stop the dropped frames, use Speedify, a VPN that lets you combine multiple internet connections at once on your computer. Speedify is optimized for live streaming, so the upload keeps going when one connection weakens or drops.

How Speedify Cuts XSplit Dropped Frames

With Speedify combining your connections, a weak internet connection is much less likely to cause XSplit streaming problems. You can set each connection’s priority in Speedify (Automatic, Primary, Secondary, Backup or Never), so a connection is used all the time, for extra speed and failovers, or only when the others fail. On metered connections (like your cell phone), you can set data caps so you don’t go over your plan.

All in all, Speedify manages your connections to give you a faster, more stable and secure connection for live streaming and more.

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