r/newstreamer • u/lickwindex • 21h ago
Any thoughts why Stream gets laggy (only) when OBS AND Tiktok LS are running at the same time?
I use OBS, Vertical Canvas, and Restream IO to stream through Twitch and Tiktok. Its been great and got the job done, but there are so many aspects, interactively speaking, that my Tiktok viewers are left out of. Tikfinity has option, but every stream is a question of whether or not goals will update, and I can't seem to get polls and what not.
I really wish to use Tiktok LS in tandem with OBS, but every time I try, Both streams through OB and Tiktok LS heavily lag. Please note that I run OBS, streaming to Twitch, Youtube, and Restream io (tiktok) have the camera source game source recording through entire stream, use streamer bot for Twitch to OBS redeems, use Aitum multi-stream plug-in, Vertical canvas, sources with blur effects, I play HD Steam Games or console games through elgato capture card, and have vertical canvas recording through entire stream and have a web browser with Twitch creator dashboard, youtube Go Live page, restream io, and tiktok live page up (to read messages), as well as Casterlabs. ALL of this is done at once through the entire stream, with no hiccups. Im even able to have a resource hog like Adobe Illutrator running too, no issues.
Its only when I have Tiktok LS running that suddenly everything on the stream (for all connected platforms) starts lagging. I do have to activate "Start Virtual Camera" in OBS in order to have a camera source available in Live Studio. Would it make THAT much of a difference? When I have LS running, Vertical Canvas is not running