"Waiting for [users] broadcast to start"

[Ballistica]

Thats all i get, with a still picture in the back. My friend who I am watching says it says LIVE and also registers that I am watching.

[à l'aide oscar]

same prob !

[M7MD]

anything new ??

B.I.E.R. Veezal lähetti viestin:

I had 3 different results with different people: The first worked perfectly. The second persons livestream said "Waiting for (user) broadcast to start". The last one worked really slowly, connected and disconnected every 5 seconds. I'll try it again and i'll yet you know if this restarting of the video is now fixed

[à l'aide oscar]

n°3 for me

[Soulless Spartan]

Well, I can watch my friend - who has a 100mbps connection - play L4D2 and KSP, but he can barely watch me play Skyrim - then again my upload speed is at most 750kbps.

Oddly enough though, one of my other friends was capable of watching me play a non-Steam program that I linked into my library, so that's some good news about Broadcasting that I'd like to share...

[Tide]

zephon911 lähetti viestin:

Ive this same issue, i can view anyone elses broadcast, but when they try to view mine it just says "waiting for broadcast to start" or "loading"

On rare occasions they can still hear sound from the game but still no visual

Same issue here. It's been showing as loading or "waiting for broadcasst to start" or "(user) reconnecting to steam" for several minutes, then maybe an occasional snippet of audio with no visual aside from the static card or message, and then back to the loading screen.

[Bometrius IV]

I've also had this problem

[Nicholas Steel]

WiseGaming Rylsoul lähetti viestin:

n°3 for me :bbtduckshark:

ndegreesthree for me? Stop smoking crack good sir!

[Terezi_pyrope]

re-posting because some people might not have read.

If you are trying to stream for others to watch, and it does not work, there are 2-3 reasons known.
1: GPU, Go to settings > in home streaming > host > advanced options, and enable all the hardware acceleration.
2: do an internet speedtest and check your UPLOAD speed. If it is below about 1.5 mbps you will not stream today, and even then you will need to set the lowest stream quality. I know that lower bitrates than 1500 kbps are in steam but they are pointless. you will be able to stream for maybe a minute at a time if you do not have that much.
3: make sure your video drivers are up to date, don't download random drivers. video codecs are free. if you find someplace trying to sell them, you are getting scammed. be aware for that. start with your operating system's developer (such as microsoft or apple) and search through them.

If you are trying to view someone else's stream,
1: make sure you are viewing in steam browser, or in chrome
2: internet speed test, and make sure you have sufficient download speed for the video size
3: find out what plugins and drivers steam broadcast uses and make sure they are up to date
4: make sure your video drivers are updated

If the above does not work, I think there's a way to contact valve for bug reporting.

[SilentHorizon]

I disagree about the upload speed, I can stream 480P 1000kbps bit rate with only a 1.2 mbps upload speed for hrs.

[RiceWizard]

Yeah, me and my friend can't see eachothers stuff. It either just says loading forever or waiting to start broadcast.

[Icarus]

HBZK100 lähetti viestin:

I disagree about the upload speed, I can stream 480P 1000kbps bit rate with only a 1.2 mbps upload speed for hrs.

People with good upload can't stream, however. It seems to be irrelevant to speed.

[Terezi_pyrope]

HBZK100 lähetti viestin:

I disagree about the upload speed, I can stream 480P 1000kbps bit rate with only a 1.2 mbps upload speed for hrs.

Hmmmm.... all the tech specs I read actually does agree with you. this would imply that either there is something wrong with my upload (possibly due to my gpu.. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nvidia) or my friend who was attempting to watch the stream. now that I think about it, it's probably the later

[SilentHorizon]

Terezi_pyrope lähetti viestin:

HBZK100 lähetti viestin:

I disagree about the upload speed, I can stream 480P 1000kbps bit rate with only a 1.2 mbps upload speed for hrs.

Hmmmm.... all the tech specs I read actually does agree with you. this would imply that either there is something wrong with my upload (possibly due to my gpu.. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nvidia) or my friend who was attempting to watch the stream. now that I think about it, it's probably the later

However now that i think about it my upload varies a lot, for example when there is no load on the internet i get around 3-5 mbps upload, but when everybody in my house is watching HD videos on the web it goes down to around .5-1.2 mbps.

[ChipHanson]

SLOW to load....if it even does....90% of the time it never loads

[👌m8]

I 336th the notion.