Question / Help Finding the right Settings

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ReySheppard

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Hey Guys. So i am new in this Forum here. So first, Hello to all out there =)

So i am streaming for a bit now and i am not a Partner from Twitch atm.

My biggest Problem is the "pixel art" in my Livestreams. I have tested some Settings now and i cant find the best right now. I will post my Settings in some Screenshots. Its in German so be irritated. The stream Picture shows the Quality in middle of the Video. I want to give me Viewerrs some Quality and i am not Proud of the resultes atm. And i Hope you can give me some tipps and trick to get it up to the Max as possible.

My PC Specs:
Intel Core i7-4790K 4x4Ghz
2x Nvidia GeFroce GTX 970
16 Gb Ram DDr3
128GB SSD for the OS (Windows 7 64 Bit)
2x 1,5 TB Harddrives 1 for games 1 for record stuff and Replay buffer from obs

My Internet:
100 Mbts download
6 Mbts upload

My games in this case Project Cars runs in smooth 90-120 FPS in almost Max Settings.
If i stream, im not recording this, just streams Live to twitch. As you can see i use the Nvidia encoder because its not Ripping my CPU off to the ground.

SO Internet ppl do your thing and i have sime Hope that you can help me here.

At least, well i Know my english is Bad but i Hope my Point is getting clear and understandable.

Rey Sheppard


Edit: here is a Link for the Test stream Video from twitch. Dont mind the speaking stuff, its just time Filling stuff for the Streaming Test. :D

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As you can see i use the Nvidia encoder because its not Ripping my CPU off to the ground.
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However, you're losing massive amounts of picture quality doing so. NVENC requires close to double the bitrate of x264 to match picture quality.
 
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However, you're losing massive amounts of picture quality doing so. NVENC requires close to double the bitrate of x264 to match picture quality.
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So how much bitrate should i use then? Because OBS is telling me on a Higher Bitrate, that its not the perfect match for the Twitch Streaming "rules".
 
Same issue! I believe the solution is using more horse power (cpu power (slow/faster)) to take away the "pixel art".
 
2000kbit is about where viewers of non-partnered streams start getting into "buffering hell"

Unless you're using a slower-than-default preset (even going as far as slow) that bitrate is only going to be enough for 720p30 streams, and using nvenc, you're pushing it if you can squeeze 480p30 out of it.
 
You need to use x264 or Quicksync for streaming to Twitch. NVEnc has really poor quality for its bitrate, so its only suitable for people who can't do anything better or for recording to the hard drive, not streaming.
 
And you're going to want to prefer x264 overall, because the quality to bitrate ratio is best with it out of all h264 encoders that I know of.
 
what settings could you prefer me with quicksync buffersize, bitrate with h264. what about constanc CBR and CBR padding?
 
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