Question / Help Pixelated video, no matter the encoder, bitrate etc

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CombatJack

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https://gist.github.com/d1bedb7318dc4f0affde

Hey guys, I'm currently having issues with OBS/Twitch, it doesn't matter what bitrate, FPS, encoder and other settings I choose, my stream ALWAYS looks like Minecraft compared to other peoples streams.

I try to stream mostly at 720p/60 FPS with a bitrate between 2500 - 3500 as I've seen a lot of different settings when I've watched Twitch streams.

However, I'm having absolutely no luck when it comes to getting identical quality in my stream.
My friend has streamed in far better quality, yet he has a lower upload speed and a 3570K (I have a 3770K).

Again, it doesn't matter what setting I pick, the ONLY thing that has reduced the pixelation considerably is streaming at half my resolution.

No other setting has improved my stream quality, yet my friend with the 3570K has no issues such as mine, his gameplay is far smoother, he streams at 720p/60 FPS, especially on Battlefield, APB etc... yet mine looks like garbage.
We have near identical settings as well, although I don't think this is reflected by the current OBS log I have provided, as my settings are different at the minute with me trying different settings in OBS.

I'm hoping I'm missing something here, because I pretty much built this PC to stream/record, yet I'm having issues at least when streaming, local recording has absolutely no issues.

Please OBS support, you're my only hope.
 
Vaughn Whiskey

Vaughn Whiskey

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I always find streaming at 60fps at 1280x720 gets pixelated more then 30fps at 1280x720. That's just me tho when I play BF or FPS games.
 
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alpinlol

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well you are using qsv... go and stream 720p60 3500k on x264 and it will look really great

if you would be running an haswell your qsv result would be better but on ivy qsv is not what you want to use
 
Sapiens

Sapiens

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Please post a log file from an attempt that uses one of the supported encoders (x264, Quick Sync, or NVENC). If I'm reading your current log correctly it looks like you were using the unofficial VCE build.
 
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CombatJack

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Sapiens said:
Please post a log file from an attempt that uses one of the supported encoders (x264, Quick Sync, or NVENC). If I'm reading your current log correctly it looks like you were using the unofficial VCE build.
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I was, I used it in an attempt to see if there was any other encoder I could try (AMD VCE) anyway, here is the code from github.
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/bd7176fe79eb997d4258 - I did try to edit this so I could post the code using the code option for the text editor... keeps saying there's too many characters.
 
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CombatJack

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Sapiens said:
720p60 at 2500 Kbps will definitely have some pixelation/compression artifacts when the content you're streaming has a lot of motion. If you're only making local recordings, use these settings with x264 - https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-make-high-quality-local-recordings.16/
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Is there any particular settings that would eliminate or reduce the pixelation/compression artifacts?

This is all being done off of one PC, I was thinking of throwing together a PC dedicated for the encoding/streaming, if that would be of great benefit then I don't mind.
 
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alpinlol

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there will always be a quality loss its really hard to get a losless stream going ...if not even impossible due to hosting policies
 
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frostyshield

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I would suggest trying hitbox, if its fine then most likely its a setting or bitrate that twitch doesn't like or it could just simply be twitch.
 
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alpinlol

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i do like hitbox but the problem is ... noone really watches anything on hitbox

same example with azubu (while azubu actually sucks tbh) even when there was one of the most famous LoL team partnered with them (clg) they had almost no viewers compared to the day they got back to twitch they average around 20k viewer each stream

and hitbox has the same problem even though fnatic is partnered with them if im not mistaken.


yet you can stream 720p60 with like a 4k bitrate and whoever has the internet to watch it will be able to without real buffer issues (there will always be a few) BUT this is due to the low viewercount in total ... pretty much one LoL stream has more unique viewer than the whole hitbox streaming site at the same time which explains why you dont have the problem ;D
 
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frostyshield

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Ye but to be honest twitch is just being made worse its like the team lost what made them well twitch, I wouldn't mind streaming on twitch but there are a bit too many problems and far too many people streaming to actually make a career out of it lol.

I do like hitbox but it just needs the extra features and viewers.
 
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