I've been trying to operate a single computer stream, playing Dota 2 on my MacBook Pro, with M1 Max 10 Core, 24 GPU Cores (32GB RAM). I have about 800mbps/40mbps internet speed, which I felt was fairly quick. It seems as though when I try to run twitch studio, it's suggesting I run at 480p 60fps, and it struggles even with that. Is this a hardware issue? Are there known ways to optimize for M1 computers?
#Streaming Dota 2 with MacBook Pro M1 Max
lean sphinx
tall nacelle
Would depend on if your Mac has a dedicated gpu or if it’s an onboard. If it’s dedicated, I would recommend starting at 720p30fps and see how it goes. I’d it’s smooth, you can up it to 720p60fps or 1080p30fps and see where your sweet spot is.
dusty wolf
I've been trying to operate a single computer stream, playing Dota 2 on my MacBo...
When you run the game. How much cpu % are you seeing?
lean sphinx
Would depend on if your Mac has a dedicated gpu or if it’s an onboard. If it’s d...
the gpu is sort of integrated with the m1 chips. It is supposed to be 24 cores
lean sphinx
When you run the game. How much cpu % are you seeing?
about 27%
dusty wolf
And when you run stream, how much are you seeing
lean sphinx
maybe 30-35%
lean sphinx
And when you run stream, how much are you seeing
between 25-35%
lean sphinx
And when you run stream, how much are you seeing
If I add an HDMI monitor to keep chat up,, it jumps to 50%
lean sphinx
56%
lean sphinx
read this Idle %
56%
dusty wolf
that's stream + gaming?
lean sphinx
Yeah, it's bouncing from between 40-55 percent, running the game and streaming
That's not running the game online, just for test purposes
dusty wolf
that's not bad. I have similar mbp (32c gpu version) and I can even do 1080p at 10% idle.
so what happens when you stream at 720p60 for a test
lean sphinx
The experience I've had is when streaming, after 30-60 minutes, the game starts to really grind to a halt performance wise
The stream isn't necessarily affected, it's more the other way around. But it doesn't happen when not streaming
dusty wolf
is it starting to throttle? is cpu max'ed after 30-60 mins?
is the fan blowing hard?
keyboard gets very hot
lean sphinx
Definitely very hot. Fan is pretty inaudible though.
dusty wolf
is it 14" or 16"?
lean sphinx
I haven't tried this in a while, I reached out to yall before trying it again. 16"
Maybe I'll run a stream for a bit and keep the activity monitor up. Havne't done that previously
dusty wolf
ok. keep an eye on the activity monitor. make the dock icon like this
show cpu history. and if it happens again see if this is hitting the roof
lean sphinx
I'm fairly computer illiterate, thanks for your help. Is there a recommended use between VideoTOolbox and x264
