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EU : no more lags on twitch

Seb
6 Nov 2013, 00:48 AM
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This just changed my life.

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=434208

In my quest to reduce the amount of lag I experience on Twitch streams in Europe, I discovered that the European Twitch servers seem to perform worse than the US servers for me. So I developed a Chrome extension that uses some proxy trickery to try to redirect your connection to a US Twitch server.

Used in conjunction with my "Experimental Twitch Proxy", this has resulted in a massive improvement in my ability to watch Twitch lag-free. Maybe it will for you too! Give it a try!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitchtv-europe-lag-fix/hkoehmlkhjgaboegkondkciclminpjof?hl=en

Some downsides: non-partnered streams seem to be region-locked, so the US server won't allow you to connect. This will result in a 5-10 second delay when loading - the extension will detect that the server didn't let you connect, and send a redirect request so that you connect as normal. It is incompatible with any other PAC extensions (usually country bypass extensions). Also, this may not help at all for you, it's very likely ISP dependent.

- Hide Spoiler [FireFox Instructions] -

Firefox users can also use the proxy, but it needs to be configured manually through the Firefox network settings. Set your automatic proxy URL to http://r-1.ch/twitch.pac as shown:
Seb
6 Nov 2013, 01:06 AM
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Wow really! Watching in 1080p with no lag is so beautiful. If somehow this trick doesn't work anymore in the future I might never watch a low quality stream ever again.

I'm literally like a kid with a new toy right now.
6 Nov 2013, 01:14 AM
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unfortunately this didnt work at all for me. I tried it for a few weeks and didnt notice any improvement.

EDIT: oops I though it was an old exe that the same guy developed, trying this chrome extension out now
6 Nov 2013, 01:17 AM
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So the only thing u have to do to fix this on Firefox is setting the automatic proxy URL to that one?

Does it affect something else apart from twitch? Like the normal navigation on the web...
Seb
6 Nov 2013, 01:19 AM
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Yes, and no.

Here's the code for the proxy it seems totally legit and secure.

Code
function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
if (dnsDomainIs(host, ".usher.justin.tv.r-1.ch"))
{
return "DIRECT";
}

if (isInNet(host, "199.9.251.154", "255.255.255.248"))
{
return "PROXY 173.236.101.38:9191";
}

return "DIRECT";
}
6 Nov 2013, 01:35 AM
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Ok, so I can use this change and I would have no issues? Again, I won't notice any difference in the normal navigation?
6 Nov 2013, 01:40 AM
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It works, no lag watching 1080p streams on twitch! :D Still, am I 100% secure using this proxy? Should I just keep it enabled or just activate it once I want to watch streams?
6 Nov 2013, 05:21 AM
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6 Nov 2013, 10:43 AM
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tried the extension out, like the author says it doesn't work on non partnered channels which unfortunately is the status of all but three of the CoH streamer's channels.
6 Nov 2013, 11:40 AM
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How does it work?

Don't you just connect the chosen server the streamer has chosen? I use the Swedish server and never had any issues.

Why would connecting to an American server to watch a stream hosted in the EU be any better?
6 Nov 2013, 11:51 AM
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jump backJump back to quoted post6 Nov 2013, 11:40 AMwuff
Why would connecting to an American server to watch a stream hosted in the EU be any better?

I guess Twitch detects your position and routes you to your local server, no matter where the streamer is located.
As they said, EU servers seem to have less available bandwidth, thus lagging more frequently.
US servers have more bandwidth and since latency time is not really important in this context they might perform better.
If you don't have any problem don't change anything :)
Wonder if this will work for watching SNF?
6 Nov 2013, 11:52 AM
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jump backJump back to quoted post6 Nov 2013, 11:51 AMtuvok

As they said, EU servers seem to have less available bandwidth, thus lagging more frequently.
US servers have more bandwidth and since latency time is not really important in this context they might perform better.
If you don't have any problem don't change anything :)
Wonder if this will work for watching SNF?


Ok, thanks! :D
Seb
6 Nov 2013, 13:23 PM
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Yes that is mainly why I posted it, with the hope of fixing lag for SNF ! Every week since we started we got complains because of the twitch server and not us...

As IpKaiFung said there's not much other COH streams that would benefit from it. But as I follow other games too I do enjoy this improvement outside of SNF.
Seb
10 Nov 2013, 19:00 PM
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Bump in case of lag today !
10 Nov 2013, 19:25 PM
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works for me! ty.
11 Nov 2013, 11:32 AM
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Só I need to use Chromne to make it work or what?
11 Nov 2013, 11:44 AM
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Using this i could watch on source with minor laggs! thx
11 Nov 2013, 11:57 AM
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worked wonders on yesterday's snf!
11 Nov 2013, 12:19 PM
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Só I need to use Chromne to make it work or what?


No. Read the fucking entry.
24 Nov 2013, 19:20 PM
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