Question / Help Resolution and scaling (Twitch/OBS)

[Bongalon]

The problem have been posted here multiple times, and I have tried countless things, so I will try to explain this is the best way possible. I am a total goofball when it comes to tech, I have not the faintest idea of what aspect, ratio, and such basic things mean, nor the brain to look it up, and not forget about it, since I am so not into this.

I am currently in a Guild in a game named "World of Warcraft" and we or i, would like to stream our progress, I am a total novice at twitch, and obs, and was following a guide on how to setup a stream,

The first video I watched was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqA5JH8If4&list=PLDHay39jK90yPkNkSTa1cAXeRxDMUVXY-&index=13

He made a new version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRKmNU6U-E0&list=PLDHay39jK90yPkNkSTa1cAXeRxDMUVXY-&index=1

Everything he has seems to fit with me, I can stream at 6000 bitrate, and I setup everything as he did. However the same issue that has been on this forum alot, is that the damn resolution wont fit.

I tried to go down to a basecanvas of 1280x720 and output at 1280x720 and it works, its smooth and nothings teearing, or lagging or anything, but its blurry as F, because I have to stretch it to fit the screen.

And whenever I try to use the settings he said were good for his screen and works, it doesn't want to fit, I am using the same resolution he is.
Any ideas?

 

[Narcogen]

Aspect ratio is a series of numbers that describes the shape of your screen.

The most common current aspect ratio is 16:9; it is a widescreen aspect ratio (wider than it is tall) and common resolutions that are used in this aspect ratio are 1920x1080 (referred to as "1080p" if presented as progressive scan, don't worry about that right now, but that's what the 'p' stands for) and 1280x720, referred to as 720p.

These are the common resolutions used for streaming because they are the most common resolutions (and the most common aspect ratio) for viewing on modern television sets and computer monitors.

However, older monitors or special purpose monitors, as well as older TVs, can have different aspect ratios, and lower resolutions.

For some years a common aspect ratio was 16:10. When 16:9 content is presented on a 16:10 screen, black bars appear on the top and bottom. When 16:10 content is presented on a 16:9 screen, black bars appear on the sides.

In the era of CRT (cathode ray tube) TVs and monitors, the most common aspect ratio was 4:3, a size that is almost, but not quite, square. When 16:9 or 16:10 content is presented on a 4:3 display, black bars appear at the top and bottom. When 4:3 content is presented on 16:9 screens, black bars appear on the sides.

If what you are saying is that you need to stretch your capture to fill a 1280x720 screen, this suggests that either the resolution you're playing WoW at is significantly lower than that, or at the very least, is of a different aspect ratio.

What you have written suggest that your monitor has a different resolution, or possibly a different aspect ratio, than your friend's.

A logfile from OBS might help determine if this is the case.

Please post a log with your issue! Here's how...