Question / Help Steam is pixalated, tried various settings

[Clark292]

https://gist.github.com/686bc477b7f3538e1c3d85277d361577

I tried changing various settings but the picture looks the same. I get a clear picture through the roxio capture software.

https://www.twitch.tv/taylor_swifts_wenis/v/60875064 is an example

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Harold]

Log doesn't show a recording or streaming attempt.

 

[Clark292]

Okay, ill have to get the other log file in a bit, sorry

 

[H4ndy]

Log does not contain a streaming session (and therefore is missing settings).
Also OBS 0.14.0 will bring deinterlacing for video devices which will solve your stripe issues.

 

[Clark292]

That log file might have a stream on it, if not ill get a new one.

 

[Clark292]

https://gist.github.com/fbead14a53bc8500e5142c7dcb3100d9

Just tried to stream and getting the same results as before. I get around 9.5Mbps.

Thank you

 

[Adrian Schofield]

You nearly got it :-) That last log has a start but not the stop :-( Start a stream and stream for a few minutes. Stop the stream and then before you close go to Help, Log Files, Show Log Files. Sort by Date Modified and then look in the files and find the latest one that has this line in it:

==== Streaming Stop ================================================

Then upload that and we'll take a look

 

[Clark292]

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9da8a66d7bd48026119a8ea606ab1c5c

I think I got it right this time. Thanks for the patience and help.

 

[Adrian Schofield]

Yep that did it :-) Nothing out of the ordinary during the stream. I would do two things.

1) Lower the bitrate to 2500 or 2200 and see if that helps, currently your bitrate is 3500 and that is overkill for 720p at 30fps.
2) Run the tool linked below and post a screen shot of the results, this tests actual throughput to Twitch and not just your speed-test speeds:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/478845-twitchtest-twitch-bandwidth-tester

 

[Clark292]

Moved down to 2500 and same results.

http://i.imgur.com/Gfkx6Xg.png

 

[TryHD]

1) Lower the bitrate to 2500 or 2200 and see if that helps, currently your bitrate is 3500 and that is overkill for 720p at 30fps.

how should that help? lower bitrate = worse video quality

I'm new to log reading but it seems like your input is 720x480 and than you upscale it to 1280x720. you seem to stream on twitch and not youtube so scaling it to 1280x720 is pointless because twitch doesn't reencode your stream.

 

[Clark292]

Game resolution is 1920X1080 and i'm scaling down to 1280X720 or at least thats what im trying to do.

 

[TryHD]

ah ok so you don't capture it via Roxio GameCAP HD PRO. Than you are right with your 1280x720 choice

 

[Clark292]

I am capturing the gameplay with the Roxio GameCap HD PRO/

 

[Clark292]

Just to add some information, if I have OBS Studio pulled up and am just watching my gameplay(not starting stream yet), I still get the same pixalation.

 

[Clark292]

Setup OBS classic and used window capture and quality seems much better. Using same machine as before.

 

[Adrian Schofield]

how should that help? lower bitrate = worse video quality

I'm new to log reading but it seems like your input is 720x480 and than you upscale it to 1280x720. you seem to stream on twitch and not youtube so scaling it to 1280x720 is pointless because twitch doesn't reencode your stream.

If there is a network problem then lowering the bitrate would improve things. However it doesn't look like that's the case although the network numbers from the Twitch bandwidth tester are not great you can at least connect OK :-)

As far as the pixelisation appearing I think that @TryHD hit the nail on the head. In your log it shows that the Roxio is set to 720x480. Can you post a screen shot of the following configuration page, right click the Capture card in Sources and choose Properties, select Configure Video and screen shot whatever comes up. You can use the snipping tool in Windows to easily capture the screen and then the Upload a File button to include it in a post.

Snip from the log just for information:

video device: Roxio GameCAP HD PRO
resolution: 720x480