That being said when I pressed « Stop streaming » on OBS I went back to check where the stream was, if it was slightly behind e.g. 15sec or not. I was quite surprised to notice it was not just a bit behind but minutes, at least 5min but I would say a lot more than that.
I didn’t have the time during the live session to check stats on the server but what could cause than and what can I do to have e.g. 15sec delay to allow for live chat?
I ran another test this time without OBS, just ffmpeg with my webcam while insuring the server wasn’t the issue (0.25 server load, no swapping or other weird on-going background tasks according to top).
What was strange was that the bit of delay was different on my desktop and mobile. Meaning on my mobile I had maybe 15seconds delay on live but on my desktop maybe 25sec. How is that possible?
I was able to check top during the event this time and … well yes clearly there is a performance issue. I’ll try again with a larger instance. Sadly this isn’t a scalable one so I’ll have to migrate first then try again.
There are two transcodings for lives: the one during the live, and the one after when you want to keep the video. I suggest you to try to disable the first one, on this page: /admin/config/edit-custom , tab «live streaming», checkbox «Transcoding enabled for live streams»
Very nice, thank you for this clarification it makes perfect sense. Now my very modest server can indeed easily handle the load. I still plan to upgrade (once I figure out how to easily move the docker volumes) but for now this is great!
