Looking Pixelated with Motion
I have a decent PC and connection but my stream, vods and recordings dont look as good as I expected. When I view my stream with movement occurring the image looks sharp but the action isnt smooth. When viewing the vod and recording it looks pixelated in areas of movement.
Syetem:
CPU: IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i9-12900K; RAM: 64GB DDR5 5600; MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-G GAMING WIFI; GPU: RTX3080TI-O12G; Storage: 1TB M.2 NVMe & Two 1TB SSD's; Monitors: ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQ, Dell P2213 & ASUS VG248 ; PSU: 1000W Corsair RM 1000X. Internet is 600MB up and down, AT&T Uverse.
OBS Screen Shots attached. I have my bitrate as it is because when it was set at 6k it kept exceeding 6k and Twitch has a 6k limit.
I want to stream and record at the same time with the best quality I can on 1 PC. I thought my settings were good according to how I understood it all. When I look at others vods they look way better than mine. Like this one of mine: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1914294706 fast forward to 1:56:00 for a good example, especially in the dark areas. My recordings look like that as well. Its pixelated and I hate it, lol!
Once again I humbly beg for help.
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Don't send 1440p to twitch
Especially at such a low bitrate like 5300
I imagine that's gonna look like ass for anything but talking head or text only
So even if the BR is 6k still dont send 1440p?
Correct
So that would be my "rescale output" on the streaming tab, not "output (scaled) resolution" on the video tab.... ?
I also feel like using a different encoder for recording while I stream, as others have recommended, would be ok on my system.
Also.. is it ok to set the BR at 6K with the Twitch 6k limit? Mine peaks over 6k often when set at 6k.
6K isn't the actual "limit"
It's their recommended limit
And yes, you shouldn't use "stream encoder" for recording
And to send one resolution to twitch, while also still recording at native res(preferred), you'd have to indeed rescale in the output tab
Only 2 encoders are available under the streaming tab, NVIDIA NVENC H.264 and x264. The recording tab has more options. I see conflicting info when I do searches.. I think I am suffering from information overload at this point.
Because how you have it set, recordings are set to be exactly what the stream is
Do i use NVIDIA NVENC H.264 for both or a different encored for one of them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fxLPBT3JeI&list=PLzo7l8HTJNK-IKzM_zDicTd2u20Ab2pAl&index=49&ab_channel=EposVox ok this got me straight
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Ok final question on the matter.... if my CPU can handle it, is x264 at slower recommended over NVIDIA NVENC?
idk if there is a "correct" answer to that. Its close enough to the point where its preference imo. Some may prefer one or the other. See what you like.
Personally, I would not bother and just stick with nvenc
I just know that setting it to slower raises the CPU temp of the extra extra work itās doing. Plus you mentioned you want to game on top of that so thereās that question when youāre gaming normally what your temp and CPU usage is
Got it all looking acceptable!!! Thanks again! After tryn a couple of things I settled on Output (Scaled) Res at 1080P using Lanczos; No rescaled output on streaming or recording tabs; with CQP at 20.
Just making sure that you're only recording with CQP and not streaming with it