Question / Help Stream quality at 720p 30fps

[WatchTomPlay]

Hi there,

I'm trying to get into streaming, and I'm in the process of testing my setup. However, when I try and stream at 720p and 30fps, the quality is pretty poor (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122236119).

I was using the fastest encoding preset to stream this, would slowing it down improve the quality?
OBS never clocked the CPU usage at over ~35%, so I should have room to make this change, right?

Thanks for your help

 

[xxAssassin349]

Post a log with a streaming attempt.

 

[FUNKe]

What is your bitrate? The faster your cpu usage, the lower the quality will be. I've been streaming at a bitrate of 3500 with CPU Usage set to Faster, and it's been of decent 720p quality.

 

[WatchTomPlay]

I was using a bitrate of 2000, I read a few posts on these forums saying that it was a happy medium between quality and watchability for viewers with slower connections.
I'll try your suggested settings tonight and post my results

 

[WatchTomPlay]

Ok, so I tried your suggestion. Faster at 3500 was too much for my CPU (I'm running OBS on a Bootcamped MacBook Pro from 2013, so I'm not really surprised...), but VeryFast at 2500 worked well. Here's a clip: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122444333
Thanks for the help