Question / Help OBS only streaming with half the specified bitrate

SereNityOW

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Hello everyone!

I recently moved and installed new internet (120/10), and i tried to run a bandwidth test with OBS on Twitch using the Twitch inspector by adding "?bandwidthtest=true" at the end of my stream key.

However, i noticed something peculiar. Regardless of whatever value i set my Output video bit rate to, i only get around half in my test stream.
For example:
  1. 6,000 Output bit rate, ~3,000 stream bit rate
  2. 20,000 Output bit rate, ~10,000 stream bit rate (With Enforce streaming service bitrate limits off)
  3. 2,000 Output bit rate, ~1,000 stream bit rate
Screenshots
This is my log: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4cb2a9741b350802a8a02237b59d258f
Internet speed

I tried the solution mentioned in this post, but it didn't help.

Does anyone have an idea?
Thanks in advance
 
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