Question / Help Poor Stream Quality

[TheHel1x]

So I had OBS Studio all set up and working fine a week ago. Then when the new 17.0.2 update launched my streaming quality shit the bed. The stream now becomes extremely pixelated and stuttering/frame-loss occurs.

I have attached my log file. Anyone have ideas on how to fix this issue?

 

[Rog]

youre streaming with hardware encoding (Nvenc). Use x264 instead. Dont stream in fullhd@60fps, that will lower your quality and pixelating it!
2500bitrate is not enough for fullhd 60fps,
hope that helps

 

[TheHel1x]

When I use x264 I have massive loss of fps and the stream skips and lags terribly. With NVENC, these issues are non-existant. Except for now with the pixelation. My internet can handle 3500 bit rate but that did not fix the pixelation. Is there a setting that will reduce the performance hit that comes with the x264 encoding?

 

[xxAssassin349]

Use x264 at 720p and 30 FPS. For your bitrate, use 3340 (audio will use up 160; video and audio bitrate will add up to exactly 3500). This should give you amazing quality. Do a test stream with these settings and if your PC can handle it, try increasing the resolution and FPS.

 

[Deleted member 70571]

Cap or sync frame rate to your monitor's refresh rate. If you're still having issues with x264, tweak graphics. Use the recommendation above too.