Question / Help How's this quality?

[rebjorn]

Hey folks,

I'd like to ask any of you with a moment to spare to check out this sample. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to balance it out nicely for a viewable experience. I'd really like to know if it plays without interruption for your particular case.. what download speed do you have? Is the stream playing continuously for you without interruption? Anything helps.

Well, we're talking some Diablo III gameplay with some music playing from a youtube playlist. Duration is 1 hour 17 minutes but of course you're not expected to go through all that. If you could skip to some random point, try about 5-10 minutes in and play a minute or two, that'd be great.

I'd love to know if anyone have any ideas on how to improve the visual quality perception if possible. Going below Medium CPU just isn't going to be possible and I'd really like to keep the framerate somewhere around 40-50. Oh and how's the audio quality? It's set to AAC // 160 // 48k khz.

Edit: Skip to 7 mins please and take it from there.

Medium CPU
3000 Bitrate
48 FPS
720p

 

[gonzo007]

Re: How's this 720p 48 fps 3000 bitrate quality?

are you used downsample?

 

[rebjorn]

Re: How's this 720p 48 fps 3000 bitrate quality?

Yes, 900p --> 720p. 900p because I'm actually playing on a TV and it's the only way for me to make text readable.

 

[gonzo007]

Re: How's this 720p 48 fps 3000 bitrate quality?

and medium cpu are? rendering setting or priority?

 

[rebjorn]

Re: How's this 720p 48 fps 3000 bitrate quality?

x264 CPU Preset: Medium

Priority: Above Normal

It keeps my CPU usage at 80-90% taking high action spikes into consideration. No lag in game. Good rig.

 

[Lain]

Change the preset back to "veryfast". The lower the preset, the higher the CPU usage. "veryfast" is how fast the encoder itself runs, so if you set it to "medium", it makes the encoder itself run at "medium" speed, which is slower, and uses more CPU for more calculations.