Question / Help Pixelated Stream - Need OBS Settings help.

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Zerek

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I've been currently trying to stream to Twitch, and one of my viewers said my stream was a bit pixelated. I've been trying everything to fix it, and I can't! I've tried streaming multiple games like Unturned, Minecraft, and DayZ. There was a small change as it was not giant pixels like it was before.

I've tried streaming @ 30FPS 720P, and @ 60FPS 1080P. Will I need to lower this? I really don't want to go any lower than 720.

~Here's some info on my setup~
GPU: GeForce GTX 970
CPU i7-4820k clocked @ stock speeds.

~Speedtest.net Results~
Download: 55.96 Mbps
Upload: 12.08 Mbps

I really need help with my OBS Settings! If you need anymore information on my setup, just ask.

Thanks,
Zerek
 
Logfile could provide more information, especially for the others.

For 1080p30 you might want to have a bitrate around 3500 Kbit/s, 720p30 should be fine with 2000 Kbit/s...

Do you use CBR?

Streamlink might be helpful too. :)
 
I see that you are using 60 fps, maybe you might want to lower it to 30 fps and test again.

Perhaps doing stream and save it for checking would be great.
 
From what I've seen there, you have nearly no pixelation or stuff like that, just a liiiittle bit, that's barely noticable.
 
If it isn't convincing, you may raise the bitrate a bit, stream analyzer showed a bitrate of 2000 Kbit/s.
You have a high motion game running, you want to have a bit more bitrate there compared to a RTS or even some others. Just try 2500 Kbit/s, should be a bit overkill but will probably totally fix this and most people will be able to watch your stream too.
 
TheLazyBum said:
From what I've seen there, you have nearly no pixelation or stuff like that, just a liiiittle bit, that's barely noticable.
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It was a little bit, but it drives me crazy. I don't want it affecting my stream. Is there anyway I can fix this without lowering my resolution past 720.
 
TheLazyBum said:
If it isn't convincing, you may raise the bitrate a bit, stream analyzer showed a bitrate of 2000 Kbit/s.
You have a high motion game running, you want to have a bit more bitrate there compared to a RTS or even some others. Just try 2500 Kbit/s, should be a bit overkill but will probably totally fix this and most people will be able to watch your stream too.
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I normally don't play CS:GO on stream, but I was just testing it with noticeable HD quality games. So I could know that its the stream that's pixelated, and not the game.
 
TheLazyBum said:
If it isn't convincing, you may raise the bitrate a bit, stream analyzer showed a bitrate of 2000 Kbit/s.
You have a high motion game running, you want to have a bit more bitrate there compared to a RTS or even some others. Just try 2500 Kbit/s, should be a bit overkill but will probably totally fix this and most people will be able to watch your stream too.
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I'm streaming right now if you want to see 2500MBPS @ 720P30
 
Seems like there is basically no pixelation now.

You might keep in mind, that x264 takes away "quality" from high-motion-stuff and gives it to the low-motion-stuff, because we don't recognize the worse quality at high-motion-stuff.

If the stream now doesn't meet your expectatinos, you might want to use "faster" instead of "veryfast" and keep track of your CPU, even if it should be able to handle this.
 
But I wouldn't recommend it, because you don't have any real issues here.

Maybe read then a bit about x264.

Peprsonally I wouldn't change anything, the stream looks great and extremely stable.
 
First, you should disable Aero, since you are not running Windows 8 and monitor capture or you should use game capture, which gives you the best performance anyways.

Also you stream at 720p60 with 1000 Kbit/s, which is not enough. What is your connection speed?
For 720p30 you need at least 2000 Kbit/s.
What is your connection? -> testmy.net
 
I got 6.70 down and 0.60 up and i use game capture to capture my league of legends and i am recording not streaming and thanks again for replying.I don't know what is the problem and it works when i am streaming with the same settings but it's gets white when recording with same settings
 
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