Laptop as streaming pc?

[かあびぃ]

Hey, i was wondering if it'd be a good idea to improve my streaming quality by using my Laptop as the streaming pc with the Razer Ripsaw

 

Pc specs in signature, and my laptop is:

 

Lenovo y50-70 4k screen, with a 860m instead of 960m

[shooter2749]

no

[Electronics Wizardy]

It won't improve quality, but it may improve frame rate on the host macine

[HPWebcamAble]

23 minutes ago, かあびぃ said:

Pc specs in signature

That should already manage 1080p 60 FPS in most games while streaming I believe

Does it not?

[Lehti]

Laptops usually feature a Fast Ethernet port, which shouldn't bottleneck your Internet connectivity unless you have an otherworldly 300 Mbps fiber connection. 

[かあびぃ]

22 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

That should already manage 1080p 60 FPS in most games while streaming I believe

Does it not?

It cannot handle streaming overwatch as it takes up a lot of the CPU power atm. I'd like to stream almost lossless aswell(a bit like the pro's) and was just wondering if it'd make me able to crank up the quality and so on.

[HPWebcamAble]

1 hour ago, かあびぃ said:

It cannot handle streaming overwatch as it takes up a lot of the CPU power atm. I'd like to stream almost lossless aswell(a bit like the pro's) and was just wondering if it'd make me able to crank up the quality and so on.

What FPS and quality settings do you get in overwatch? Most people don't care if you're streaming at 720p60, as long as you've got a good bitrate.

[かあびぃ]

On 25/5/2016 at 1:17 AM, HPWebcamAble said:

What FPS and quality settings do you get in overwatch? Most people don't care if you're streaming at 720p60, as long as you've got a good bitrate.

Im on high and get around 130-140 while streaming it. Only problem is, that when using OBS on the machine that i play the game on, it seems as if the picture is compressed awfully(squares in black spots, and poor encoding)

 

I've got a 60/60 connection

[HPWebcamAble]

11 hours ago, かあびぃ said:

Im on high and get around 130-140 while streaming it. Only problem is, that when using OBS on the machine that i play the game on, it seems as if the picture is compressed awfully(squares in black spots, and poor encoding)

 

I've got a 60/60 connection

That's because you're streaming with a low bitrate

(You can learn more about bitrate in this video)

 

If you're using OBS Studio (which you should be!) go to settings > output > switch to advanced mode > streaming tab

Then change Bitrate to at least 4000 (for 720p60fps), if you still see the 'squares', increase it by 500 until you don't

If that change really hurts your FPS... tell me. Because it shouldn't. But if it does, lower the bitrate until you get a playable FPS

 

OBS defaults to a low bitrate, which is bad for people that can handle higher bitrates, but good for those who can't. It's a trade-off I suppose.

[かあびぃ]

2 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

That's because you're streaming with a low bitrate

(You can learn more about bitrate in this video)

 

If you're using OBS Studio (which you should be!) go to settings > output > switch to advanced mode > streaming tab

Then change Bitrate to at least 4000 (for 720p60fps), if you still see the 'squares', increase it by 500 until you don't

If that change really hurts your FPS... tell me. Because it shouldn't. But if it does, lower the bitrate until you get a playable FPS

 

OBS defaults to a low bitrate, which is bad for people that can handle higher bitrates, but good for those who can't. It's a trade-off I suppose.

I have it on 1080 with a bitrate of around 10000, and loads of sqaures

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, かあびぃ said:

I have it on 1080 with a bitrate of around 10000, and loads of sqaures

Huh really? OBS Studio, right?

 

Can you upload a screenshot of the "Streaming" tab?