Question / Help Good bitrate, blurry crosshair

[taintql]

In my stream I stream quake. I have 3500 as my bitrate with a 10mb up. I have downscaled to 720p, and things still look kind of blurry, especially the crosshair. Does twitch throttle the amount of 'clarity' one can get out of a stream without becoming a partner? It sees that no matter how much I adjust the bitrate my crosshair and other elements seem blurry.

I am broadcasting at 45 - 60 fps as well. Am I missing something?

 

[qhgf]

You're just going to have to accept the fact that streaming quality isn't going to equal in game quality. However, the reason crosshairs might look especially bad is because it is a small area and has a hard transition from the rest of the game. It's just how x264 works with a low bitrate, if you believe that it is abnormally bad, provide a VOD and a log.

 

[taintql]

You're just going to have to accept the fact that streaming quality isn't going to equal in game quality. However, the reason crosshairs might look especially bad is because it is a small area and has a hard transition from the rest of the game. It's just how x264 works with a low bitrate, if you believe that it is abnormally bad, provide a VOD and a log.

I'm not sure how to provide a log, and of what. However, here is a VOD http://www.twitch.tv/taintql/b/581045004

To me, that crosshair is very blurry compared to everything else which is relatively sharp. I see other streams that don't have this problem, unless they are all at 1080p, which I thought was not necessary for a nice looking stream.