BEST Stream Quality Settings 2022
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Learn to understand how to get the best quality you can out of OBS to stream to various platforms! Learn all about Bitrate, Encoder/Presets, FPS, Resolution, and how to figure out the perfect balance for your setup!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - The Plan
1:34 - Inside OBS - Main Settings
2:05 - CPU vs GPU
2:52 - Overloaded Encoder Issue
3:17 - NOTICE
3:42 - Testing Quality Yourself
4:02 - Sample Footage
4:59 - Game Choice
5:39 - Advanced Mode Settings
6:20 - Default 720p x264 Settings
7:02 - Output Resolution
7:35 - 1080p30 Default Settings Demo
7:56 - 1080p60 Default Settings Demo
8:32 - Video Preset - x264
9:36 - Video Preset - NVENC
10:14 - Default 720p NVENC Settings
10:21 - 1080p30 NVENC Default Settings Demo
10:33 - 720p vs 1080p30 vs 1080p60
10:56 - Breaking The Rules (bitrate)
12:20 - High Settings Demo
13:04 - Acceptable Options x264 vs NVENC
14:35 - Best Settings: x264 vs NVENC
15:10 - Big 4 Factors
15:58 - Outro
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NOTES:
-I'm sometimes a doofus and forget to record certain things. If you see something that needs to be talked about that I miss, comment below!
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You explain things very well, liked and subbed, thank you for the help :D!!
Finally built a new PC so this is perfect to push my setting higher. I'll be sending this to a bunch of people that are just starting out also! Awesome video as always!
Awesome! Good luck with the new setup!!
thank you so much for the settings
Much love Brownwolf! If there's anything else I can help with, hit me up! 🙂
The best thing about this video is that you don't just lay down numbers... "Set your bitrate to this and your preset to that." You explain that it depends on a person's hardware and internet. There are no magic numbers that work for every setup. It's about balance and testing. It took me a long time to learn what you're teaching. But it's the right way to do it. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for this comment Stenvall. I get a lot of questions like, "what is the best settings" like it's a one and done setting. It always comes down to your hardware. Appreciate your time here buddy. 🙂
Hi Activater! Can you show me please your render settings in program you use to editing? I have a problem that I lose so much quality when I render my videos in my Premiere Pro, but your camera and video quality is awesome! Thanks in advance :)
Hey Fantom! Appreciate the kind words buddy!
With this video:
Recorded at 1080p on a Sony A7s.
Exported as 4k.
Bit rate was near 30,000 kbps
Format: QuickTime
Codec: h264
Fps 59.94
I use Davinci Resolve to edit and export. 😎
great info.
Much love Mariano! Appreciate your time here!
This is great!!!!
Much love Stephen!
I have a ryzen 9 5900x which is pretty strong and i have rtx 3070 ti gpu. I want to stream at 6000 bitrait and record the same time at 16000 bitrait with a SIGLE pc. Can i use different encoders for that? i mean for stream obs and for record nvidia new? What you suggest me bro? Thanx for your videos.
Yes, you can stream with one encoder and record with the other! In OBS you can set your encoder to record from in the recording tab in your stream settings. Just make sure to check "advanced video settings" instead of "simple" to see this.
@@Activater Is that worth to do that? Or is bad ? With this cpu and gpu what you suggest me to do?
@@AkalyptosUC Just run a test next time you stream. Try to stream off of one and record from the other. Being a single PC, im not sure what the best course is. I usually push my Ryzen cpu pretty far that wouldn't allow me to play games on top of streaming. however, with a faster preset on the x264 and a higher bitrate, I think you could potentially stream off your GPU and record with your CPU. Let your games and stream run off the 3070 while the cpu records and does other process your PC needs.
Any suggestions for single pc setup?
R7 5800x + Rx580🥲
8x4 3200mhz
P.S I’ll upgrade my gpu when the prices come down.
Hard to say buddy. Honestly just start testing with the "record with stream settings" thing I show here. Test setting your obs to x264 and try the "very fast" preset. Set your base canvas to 1080p and output 720p30. Set your bit rate to 6000. Key frames to 2. Then start recording. Open a game you like to play and play a little to see if your obs can handle it. Bottom left of your OBS will say "overloaded. Try turning down settings" if it can't handle it. If it does say that, stop recording and choose an even faster preset and then re-test. If it doesn't say that, you might be able to go the the next best quality "faster". Then test again.
From there, if you don't like how 30fps looks, you can dial that to 60fps and test again. If it becomes overloaded just dial the encoder back to "very fast" or something above that.
I have a laptop with rtx 3050. I'm running my ps5 through obs and elgato hdx60. Is it better to run my stream off of gpu?
And will I be able to get 1080p 60 ?
I'm not 100% sure on laptop versions of GPUs, but I think streaming off that using NVENC should be great. 1080p60 @ 6000-8000 Kbps bitrate should look great.
@@Activater thanks man
What x264 settings would you use for r9 3900x stream pc?
I would test it yourself, but with that 3900x, I'd test "medium" @ 8000 bit rate @1080p60. If it holds, try "slow" after that.
If you want slow and that won't cut it, drop resolution down to something like 936p @ 60fps or another true 16:9 resolution.
@@Activater thank you very much!!
No Problem! Good luck Lucky!
good day
i recorded my video and it looks nice , i done the same with streaming to you tube and it looks crap, but same settings to twitch my video looks nice , same as my recorded video and i have optic cable fiber so its not my bandwidth , i even streamed on 8000 kbps as where you tube recommended 6000 kbps it still has that mushy look, tried everything and anywhere else i stream my videos look awesome , so does anyone have the same problem when live streaming to you tube ?
Live streaming to UA-cam has way more options for bit rate. It's Twitch that limits you. Take your bitrate up to something like 15,000 or so and try again. You'll see a huge improvement.
I generally stream at 18,000 bitrate at 3440x1440p resolution on UA-cam using NVENC at the highest quality settings. You can see this quality here with Dead Space and a lot of action on screen: (the game lags a little, but not the stream) ua-cam.com/video/WhKcQPeVs4c/v-deo.html
@@Activater ok on 6000 my stream on twitch and face book look beautiful, ok so you tube requires more Mbps but on there notice they say 5000 Mbps for 720p
@@unchartedgrounds You could push your twitch streams to 8000 if you want. Just don't go beyond that. UA-cam gets a little weird with their quality when it's under 1080p and even then it's not the best from my experience. I'd push for higher bitrates on UA-cam if possible. Twitch; stay under 8000 or else they'll automatically down-res your stream to 720p30 at 3,000 bitrate or something similar. ( i haven't tested that in a while though)
I still think people don't understand the streaming specs .... 6000 bitrate is fine for a 720P 60fps ... X264 is definitely better than NVENC, but much more power burden ... with Intel's new 12k series the cards on the table change.
I've heard that the 12900k can handle 1080p 120fps 8000 bitrate without any extreme FPS loss in game .... which results in a perfectly clean 720p 60fps 6000 bitrate and no FPS loss in game ... remember that most people watch their favorite streamers on mobile, 720p is more than perfect
Agreed with everything 720p. However anyone can run 1080p120 @ 8000. It comes down to your preset though with this. Even if running 4k120, I think a low preset will look pretty rough.
Do you have a source for where Mobile viewing is the place where most people are watching from?
Ive been finding it hard to get a straight answer for what the best overall is for Twitch and there's a group of folk like yourself that are helping
Let me know if you need anything. Happy to guide you in the right technical path
I can’t fix mine and I have 3070 ti i9 9900k I’m so lost…trying 1080 60fps but when I move around in game I don’t have issues but I have little blurry all round and is like that at 1080p and 720p like wtf and I have 7500 bitrate and 170upload speed
It's almost impossible to get a perfectly clear image when streaming. It's mostly due to bitrate.
What does blurry mean? Like pixelation? Or does it just seem like a lower resolution?
Have you checked to make sure you're bypassing the "enforce encoding" option that OBS has? That'll limit your quality to 6000 bit rate unless unchecked I believe. Also check to make sure you're not scaling your output to a different resolution.
If you're checking quality with recording, make sure you are recording with the same encoder as streaming.
You could bump your bitrate to like 8k and test again. However, UA-cam has more to offer in terms of streaming quality if that's what you're after.
@@Activater I figured it out yes you are 100% correct about impossible to get a perfect quality and about bitrate..seems like I don’t have any issues is just twitch not letting us use more than 8000 bitrate..but I learn if you stream at 1080p and you have set it to 70000 bitrate it will look beautiful but will go to 720p..if you start watching the stream before it goes down to 720p you can keep watching with a glorious quality of course it is a bad idea tho
i got a single pc setup amd 950x and 3080 ti. what do you recommend my quality is ew
my channel will show you the quality im having
For streaming or recording?
@@Activater streaming
Best bet if it's a single PC stream setup:
Stream with NVENC encoder.
Stream at 8,000 bit rate
Set quality options to max.
1080p@60 resolution
Although maybe 936p is better since it's a minor downgrade. (936x1664)
If your machine struggles, downgrade to 720p60fps
x264 (cpu) is actually still better as far as quality than nevenc. If it wasn't for x264, there wouldn't be nvenc.
100%. x264 is the way to go if you got the right cpu.
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Want real quality in streams? You must go beyond 720p/1080p resolutions man.... 1440p is my YT stream output standard for the last 5 years, 28000 bitrate etc.......
YT streams are much easier to control for quality/resolution. This video was meant for Twitch streamers mostly. I love the higher limitations from YT and really wish Twitch would step it up already...
@@Activater They both need to integrate new AV1 encoder on their platforms, that will be a whole new stream quality level... higher res, better clarity and higher fps support.
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