Question / Help Any tips that can help me stream great quality?
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FerretBomb
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As in, room to improve? A Core i7 hexacore CPU would be my first jump. The i5 series are great for gaming rigs, but run out of gas after around 720p@30 (which is all a non-partner really needs). But even if you're going at that rate, the extra CPU would allow you to run a slower encoding preset and deliver better-looking video at the same bitrate.
Beyond that, realize that the pursuit of perfection is to be lauded, but working within the technical limitations presented is required. No one will come to your stream just because you're sending out crystal-clear 1080p video... but they sure as hell will leave if they end up in buffering hell because you're running way too high a bitrate, to allow that resolution. You will need to wait until you're partnered to deliver good quality 1080p video, if you want your stream to be watchable by more than a handful of people.
Recording is different. Go hog wild with bitrate, you're only limited by the size of your hard disks.
So, are you trying to record (as it says in your post) or stream (as it says in your title)?
Beyond that, realize that the pursuit of perfection is to be lauded, but working within the technical limitations presented is required. No one will come to your stream just because you're sending out crystal-clear 1080p video... but they sure as hell will leave if they end up in buffering hell because you're running way too high a bitrate, to allow that resolution. You will need to wait until you're partnered to deliver good quality 1080p video, if you want your stream to be watchable by more than a handful of people.
Recording is different. Go hog wild with bitrate, you're only limited by the size of your hard disks.
So, are you trying to record (as it says in your post) or stream (as it says in your title)?
I'm trying to stream and I'm wondering is their any way to remove the ugly pixel when your streaming? if i play like other game besides League Of Legends like call of duty I get that pixel picture and you can't see what I'm doing as well.
FerretBomb
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Screenshots of your settings aren't necessary. You can just post a logfile from %appdata%\OBS\logs and it'll have all that information condensed down along with more useful info.
FPS games are high-motion... you ARE going to get a lot of pixellization and artifacting running 720p video at only 2000kbps, ESPECIALLY trying to go at 60fps. First, you need to drop to 30fps. This will allow twice as much bitrate per frame, as it's only sending half as many in the same timeframe, and improve the visual fidelity a lot. 60fps is mostly just stat-wanking anyway, despite what many 'competitive' players will say. There are only a few cases where 60fps is really necessary for a given game, and first person shooters (and League) definitely are not one of them.
But realistically, you need to drop your resolution further (run at 480p video) as well, to get rid of it more effectively. High motion games REQUIRE higher bitrate to look good, which you can't really do until you become a partner and have transcodes available, without causing many of your viewers to buffer like crazy.
You will NEVER get 1:1 perfect video though, even if you throw massive amounts of bitrate at the problem. You need to mitigate your expectations to some level.
FPS games are high-motion... you ARE going to get a lot of pixellization and artifacting running 720p video at only 2000kbps, ESPECIALLY trying to go at 60fps. First, you need to drop to 30fps. This will allow twice as much bitrate per frame, as it's only sending half as many in the same timeframe, and improve the visual fidelity a lot. 60fps is mostly just stat-wanking anyway, despite what many 'competitive' players will say. There are only a few cases where 60fps is really necessary for a given game, and first person shooters (and League) definitely are not one of them.
But realistically, you need to drop your resolution further (run at 480p video) as well, to get rid of it more effectively. High motion games REQUIRE higher bitrate to look good, which you can't really do until you become a partner and have transcodes available, without causing many of your viewers to buffer like crazy.
You will NEVER get 1:1 perfect video though, even if you throw massive amounts of bitrate at the problem. You need to mitigate your expectations to some level.