Stream Help

[AkTeddyBear]

Alright, so here's my issue. I'm newish to streaming and trying to figure out the best stream settings for my PC to get the best overall quality I can. Here's my hardware list:

 - i7-7800x (No OC)

 - EVGA 1070

 - 16 GB DDR4 ram at I believe 3000 mhz?

 - Hardwired ethernet with a ping of 9 and 600/400mpbs up/down speeds.

 - everything else is the usual.

 

When I'm streaming, I'm getting decent quality, but on 720p and 1080p my overall quality just does not match what's on my screen when it comes to particles or fast moving items. I know it's always going to be a little lower, but it seems way lower than my PC should be able to handle. I mainly play Rocket League, and you really see it on the field and some of the smaller animations. Here's a clip for reference:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/293704840

 

Anywho, wondering if anyone has some recommended settings for either XSplit or OBS/Streamlabs OBS. Currently I stream at 1080p60fps downscaled to 720p60fps using the medium encoder settings and a 5000 bitrate. Still doesn't seem like the quality my PC is capable of. Any recommendations would be appreciated. If I'm just being a quality slob, feel free to call me out on that too. 

 

Thanks!

[Phentos]

Assuming you are using x264 to stream, the very modest improvement in quality on Medium preset is not worth the huge CPU usage increase as compared to Fast, unless you had an 8c/16t CPU. Try Fast preset, 1080p/60 at 5000kbps. Using CBR can help address the pixelated artifacting around fast moving objects or particles.

 

If the Fast preset makes you drop frames, bump it up to Veryfast and increase the bitrate to 6000 to compensate.

 

Are you partnered with Twitch? If not then there's a soft cap on bitrate that is 3500-4000kbps IIRC. 

 

Also nice internet connection 

[LogicalDrm]

15 hours ago, Phentos said:

Are you partnered with Twitch? If not then there's a soft cap on bitrate that is 3500-4000kbps IIRC.

 

I read somewhere that cap was raised to 5000-6000kbps. But bigger issue is Twitch prioritizing partners and events over others. So if server is under heavy load, non-partners will get the heavy hit by that.

 

Don't remember where this advice was from, could be TQ video, could be Twitch FAQ. But you should do speedtest to Twitch server you are using or another server physically located close to it. There's also site which shows load on each Twitch server.

[AkTeddyBear]

Thanks, everyone. I'll keep messing around with it to see if I can get the stream up to the quality I like. Just frustrating at times when I thought for sure my PC could handle it at higher qualities.