Best Encoder Settings On OBS 28 With Silicon Macs?

[thegadgetfreak]

Hello

I am currently using the MacBook Pro with an M1 Chipset
With 16 gigs of ram

Currently i stream on 1080p 60 fps
No downscaling anywhere

I currently use

For streaming

Apple VT Hardware Encoder
6000 Bitrate
Profile = High
Keyframe Interval = 2
B-Frames = Off

For Recording

Apple VT Hardware Encoder
14000 Bitrate
Profile = High
Keyframe Interval = 2
B-Frames = Off

My issue is that whenever i have heavy movement on screen(i play call of duty)

Everything becomes blurry
The camera becomes a bit blurry
And the gameplay becomes a bit blurry
Note : This only happens on twitch where i stream, the replay buffer seems relatively clear when looked at the recording

While streaming i run a replay buffer for 1200s

After some research i have found out that x264 encoder can solve this issue

Any and all posts that i have found are posted pre OBS 28 which is when native support for silicon macs was released

Any suggestions to curb the blurriness and should i switch just the streaming encoder to x264

Any input would be greatly appreciated

 

[Babs Johnson]

Hello

I am currently using the MacBook Pro with an M1 Chipset
With 16 gigs of ram

Currently i stream on 1080p 60 fps
No downscaling anywhere

I currently use

For streaming

Apple VT Hardware Encoder
6000 Bitrate
Profile = High
Keyframe Interval = 2
B-Frames = Off

For Recording

Apple VT Hardware Encoder
14000 Bitrate
Profile = High
Keyframe Interval = 2
B-Frames = Off

My issue is that whenever i have heavy movement on screen(i play call of duty)

Everything becomes blurry
The camera becomes a bit blurry
And the gameplay becomes a bit blurry
Note : This only happens on twitch where i stream, the replay buffer seems relatively clear when looked at the recording

While streaming i run a replay buffer for 1200s

After some research i have found out that x264 encoder can solve this issue

Any and all posts that i have found are posted pre OBS 28 which is when native support for silicon macs was released

Any suggestions to curb the blurriness and should i switch just the streaming encoder to x264

Any input would be greatly appreciated

Your stream setting is standard to what many use except most use x264 for encoding. The recording settings is way overkill IMO. The M1 chip will be working too hard with those current settings and that could be the cause of the blurry pictures you are experiencing. Why don't you try recording at 6000 Bits same as the stream.