Question / Help Stream quality advice ?

[MrPhelps]

Hi,

thanks to your help I've fixed my colors issues, and I've setup a stream using preset faster and bitrate 3500kpbs. However I'm a little disappointed, it seems low quality and blurry. Since I'm really new to all this I don't know if it is to be expected for my settings or if I'm doing something wrong. I'm looking for an experienced look on the sample video below :-)

Example : http://www.twitch.tv/hominilupus/b/426805324

Log :

01:38:29: Open Broadcaster Software v0.522b - 64bit (　^ω^)
01:38:29: -------------------------------
01:38:29: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz
01:38:29: CPU Speed: 3317MHz
01:38:29: Physical Memory:  16375MB Total, 8116MB Free
01:38:29: stepping id: 5, model 10, family 6, type 0, extmodel 0, extfamily 0, HTT 1, logical cores 8, total cores 4
01:38:29: monitor 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1200}
01:38:29: monitor 2: pos={1920, 0}, size={1680, 1050}
01:38:29: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7600 
01:38:29: Aero is Enabled
01:38:29: -------------------------------
01:38:29: OBS Modules:
01:38:29: Base Address     Module
01:38:29: 000000003FE50000 OBS.exe
01:38:29: 00000000EC440000 OBSApi.dll
01:38:29: 00000000F9650000 DShowPlugin.dll
01:38:29: 00000000F9830000 GraphicsCapture.dll
01:38:29: 00000000F98A0000 NoiseGate.dll
01:38:29: ------------------------------------------
01:38:29: Adapter 1
01:38:29:   Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series
01:38:29:   Video Adapter Dedicated Video Memory: 2120425472
01:38:29:   Video Adapter Shared System Memory: 4021874688
01:38:29: =====Stream Start: 2013-07-07, 01:38:29===============================================
01:38:29:   Multithreaded optimizations: On
01:38:29:   Base resolution: 1920x1200
01:38:29:   Output resolution: 1280x800
01:38:29: ------------------------------------------
01:38:29: Loading up D3D10...
01:38:30: Playback device Default
01:38:30: ------------------------------------------
01:38:30: Using desktop audio input: Speakers (2- Generic USB Audio Device   )
01:38:30: ------------------------------------------
01:38:30: Using auxilary audio input: Microphone (USB Audio Device)
01:38:30: ------------------------------------------
01:38:30: Audio Encoding: AAC
01:38:30:     bitrate: 128
01:38:30: Using graphics capture
01:38:30: ------------------------------------------
01:38:30: Video Encoding: x264
01:38:30:     fps: 30
01:38:30:     width: 1280, height: 800
01:38:30:     preset: faster
01:38:30:     CBR: no
01:38:30:     CFR: no
01:38:30:     max bitrate: 3500
01:38:30:     buffer size: 3500
01:38:30:     quality: 7
01:38:30: ------------------------------------------
01:38:32: Using RTMP service: Twitch / Justin.tv
01:38:32:   Server selection: rtmp://live-lhr-backup.justin.tv/app
01:38:34: SO_SNDBUF was at 8192
01:38:34: SO_SNDBUF is now 65536
01:38:37: SharedTexCapture hooked
01:39:19: Total frames rendered: 1480, number of frames that lagged: 4 (0.27%) (it's okay for some frames to lag)
01:39:19: RTMPPublisher::SocketLoop: Aborting due to bStopping
01:39:19: Number of times waited to send: 0, Waited for a total of 0 bytes
01:39:19: Number of b-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Number of p-frames dropped: 0 (0%), Total 0 (0%)
01:39:19: =====Stream End: 2013-07-07, 01:39:19=================================================
01:41:45: 
01:41:45: Profiler results:
01:41:45: 
01:41:45: ==============================================================
01:41:45: frame - [100%] [avg time: 3.296 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 81.2%] [unaccounted: 18.8%]
01:41:45: | scene->Preprocess - [0.0303%] [avg time: 0.001 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1]
01:41:45: | video encoding and uploading - [81.2%] [avg time: 2.675 ms] [avg calls per frame: 1] [children: 49.7%] [unaccounted: 31.5%]
01:41:45: | | CopyResource - [0.212%] [avg time: 0.007 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
01:41:45: | | conversion to 4:2:0 - [0.091%] [avg time: 0.003 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
01:41:45: | | call to encoder - [48.3%] [avg time: 1.593 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
01:41:45: | | sending stuff out - [1.03%] [avg time: 0.034 ms] [avg calls per frame: 0]
01:41:45: ==============================================================
01:41:45:

Thanks.

 

[dodgepong]

That's more or less the quality to be expected from a first-person game. You might be able to lower your preset to fast, or maybe only downscale by 1.25 to improve quality, if your CPU can handle it.