Question / Help What should my settings be while streaming?

[ThePicklePlays]

Hey guys, I'm completely new to all this and wanted to know if anyone could help me out with my video/output settings to stream some games through twitch. I've been watching tutorials all night and I feel like nothing's really worked so far, so I'm hoping to maybe find some help here. I'll drop my specs down below, and thanks in advance for the help!
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-core 3.5 GHz
GPU: Raedon RX 560
RAM: 8 GB

Log file:​

22:51:22.912: [NVENC encoder: 'streaming_h264'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Unknown error occurred
22:51:22.925: Stream output type 'rtmp_output' failed to start!
22:51:27.724: ---------------------------------
22:51:27.724: [NVENC encoder: 'streaming_h264'] settings:
22:51:27.724: rate_control: CBR
22:51:27.724: bitrate: 3500
22:51:27.724: cqp: 0
22:51:27.724: keyint: 120
22:51:27.724: preset: default
22:51:27.724: profile: main
22:51:27.724: level: auto
22:51:27.724: width: 1280
22:51:27.724: height: 720
22:51:27.724: 2-pass: true
22:51:27.724: b-frames: 2
22:51:27.724: GPU: 0
22:51:27.724:
22:51:27.738: [NVENC encoder: 'streaming_h264'] Failed to open NVENC codec: Unknown error occurred
22:51:27.738: Stream output type 'rtmp_output' failed to start!

 

[Fenrir]

There are no "best settings." Please understand that every setup, for every use case, will be very different. Any guides or videos that claim otherwise are misinforming. Your best option is to start with a base and adjust as necessary. Test, test, and test again. We are happy to offer suggestions for any issues you may be having, but we will not give you a list of settings.

You can use the OBS auto-configuration tool to get a baseline. To use the auto-config, click on the Tools menu in OBS, select Auto-Configuration Wizard, and then just follow the on-screen directions. You can use this tool to get a set baseline settings for your hardware, and adjust as necessary from there.

I also strongly suggest that you stop using Advanced output mode, and use Simple instead.