Question / Help 900p bitrate settings?

[StimmedProbe]

Hello I need a few tips on getting my OBS settings right. I currently use a 1600x900 screen and all of the bitrate guides I have seen are for 1080p or 720p, not 900p. I can downscale it by 1.5 to 1066x600 but there is no '720p option'. I know I could resize it manually to 720p, but I don't want any quality loss. Anyways, what bit-rate should I use for my 900p stream? I have looked at this document for help but it doesn't give values for 900p: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... 0NWc#gid=0

Game: Starcraft 2
Native Resolution: 1600x900
Stream Resolution: 1600x900
Bit-rate: ???

Computer Specs:
CPU: i7-3770
GPU Gtx480
OS: windows 7 (64bit)
Ram: 4gb
Speedtest: 5.45Mbps up // 4.53 Mbps down

I am currently using the following settings, but they may not be ideal:
Quality balance: 10
Max Bitrate (kb/s): 3000
Buffer Size (kbit): 3000

Thanks for your help!

 

[hilalpro]

the bitrate and all of those settings are fine for 900p@30fps.. if you move the screen a lot though i suggest you put the quality at 8 and the buffer size at 4712

 

[Krazy]

Lowering quality balance is fine, but there is no reason to make the buffer higher than the bitrate, especially such a random number like 4712

 

[hilalpro]

Lowering quality balance is fine, but there is no reason to make the buffer higher than the bitrate, especially such a random number like 4712

you have a nice way asking for knowledge. good luck with that

 

[UnholyCow]

Then I'll bite. Why would you have the stream viewers buffer over 1.5 times the size of the actual streaming bitrate?

 

[StimmedProbe]

Alright I'll move the quality to 8. As for the bitrate/buffer size I still don't know if those are good settings for a 1600x900 setup.

 

[Haliinen]

Yeah the quality balance is fine at 8 (seeing that you will stream SC2, you can try 9 or 10 if you like) with a bitrate of 3000/3000, you can also try 3500/3500 and it should work fine without a hitch on your upload. If you want to squeeze more performance out of your stream I suggest you to downscale the resolution to 1280x720 if you can and improve the quality even more. I stream myself at 1280x720 downscaled from 1920x1080 and it looks great, just saying.