Choppy, blurry or lagging stream

Too much for your connection or your computer: here's how to tell and fix it.

Look at the Stats panel while live:

• Upload-limited or a falling bitrate: your connection can't keep up. Lower the bitrate, or the size to 720p, or the frame rate to 30. Run the speed test. Use a cable rather than Wi-Fi; pause big downloads.
• Encoder-limited, System busy, or frames Dropping: your computer can't keep up. Use 720p at 30 fps, close other apps and tabs, remove heavy effects (blur, shaders, many web overlays). Plug a laptop in.
• Blurry when lots moves: normal at low bitrates. More bitrate, or a smaller size, helps.

Background tabs: flint keeps going when hidden, but Chrome may slow a hidden tab when memory is short. Keep flint in its own window if you can.

Related guides

• The Stats panel: CPU, GPU, frame rate and stream health, and what to do when they're high.
• Video size, frame rate and bitrate: What 720p, 1080p, 30/60 fps and kbps mean, and what to pick.
• Upload speed test: Measures how fast you can send, and picks settings that fit.

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