Question / Help A bit of help with the optimal settings, please?

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DonCapello

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Heya everyone, DonCapello here,

I recently started using OBS, and I don't really know how to set up my stream to get out the best picture. Every time I try, my stream gets pixelated a bit, or I get extreme high ping in game. If some of the experts would suggest what settings I should aim for an optimal stream, that would be a great help.

My PC specs:

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3,6 GHz
GPU: MSI HD7850 1GB OC
RAM: 8GB Kingston
HDD: 2 TB WD Caviar Green
System: Win7 64bit

My internet:

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Sadly, I'm pretty sure, that my upload speed is gonna be the weakest link, but unfortunately this is the best available at the moment, maybe the ISP gonna introduce a better package in a few months...

I hope I can get at least a medium quality 720p out of it, but if not, a sharp, smooth stream in the best available resolution.

I really appreciate any help, and thanks for helping me out guys!

DonCapello
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Well, unfortunately you are quite limited by your upload. What game are you wanting to stream?
 
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dwd94

New Member
I'd also like to know the max bitrate and such. I have 2mbps upload, so not much more than OP. My computer is good enough with the gtx680 and i7 3770K I presume?

I play all possible kinds of games so what I'd really need to know is what settings I can have within my 2mbps and then simply try it out.
 
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Nintendork

New Member
Sadly, you will have to settle for 1-1.2K total bitrate. Since you got a nice 8150, you can use medium settings which offers the best quality/size ratio.

900-1000Kbps for video (q8)
64-96Kbps for audio


dwd94
1400-1500Kbps for video (q10)
96-128Kbps for audio
*As long as you have constant upload speed of at least 1.75Mbps

But 1st check your avrg real upload speed.
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
Don't change the preset to medium. It's going to chug your system a lot more than you realize. Changing preset hardly gives much benefit, especially at the cost to performance.
 
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Nintendork

New Member
2-4 cores of the FX are unutilized in most games, medium do fine with that kind of cpu, it loves heavy duty multitask. That why the FX are better than intel offerings for gaming/streaming.
 
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Haliinen

Member
No, don't change the preset to anything below very fast or faster unless you're just streaming your desktop or games/programs that doesn't demand that much from your hardware. If you're going to stream games/programs that are very dependent on your hardware I suggest you to NOT touch the preset unless you know what you're doing.
 
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DonCapello

New Member
Well, I'm trying different settings what you guys suggested here, all works like a charm, but: In League, I get 140-200 ping during streaming. Is this can be caused by the preset change, or this is purely on the low upload speed? If the last, thats weird, because a month ago on 1200 max bitrate I don't had any issue...
 
Krazy

Krazy

Town drunk
High ping is because you are using so much of your upload. You have to either live with it or lower your bitrate further.
 
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DonCapello

New Member
KrazyTrumpeter05 said:
High ping is because you are using so much of your upload. You have to either live with it or lower your bitrate further.
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As I stated previously, I did not had this problem until now, even on 1200 max bitrate. Now I have it on as low as 800.
 
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