YT streaming + vertical + Multi RTMP to Twitch
Looking for some general recommendations for settings. I'll post screenshots. Biggest things I'm unsure about are:
1. Bitrate
2. For vertical, whether I should "Use main OBS settings" or manually specify the encoder options
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CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K
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Since you have the bandwidth, Iād just use the same settings yeah
Does āuse main OBS settingsā mean it just copies over the same settings? In other words, itās not the same thing as āuse stream encoderā right? Iāve always been unsure about that
Because as it stands I usually just copy over the same settings for both vertical and horizontal. And Iāve wondered if thatās the same exact thing as just selecting āuse main OBS settingsā
Like if youāre not going to specify different settings, thereās no point to copying over everything manually, I assume
I believe thatās what it means. Just similar encoder settings
The resolution isnāt tied to that option so it should be fine
With the network speed I have, do you think it would be worth shooting for a higher bitrate? Like 15-20k?
I only hesitate because my last stream had āencoder overloadā which I usually never have, and I wasnāt sure what was causing it
The only thing Iāve been able to notice is that my CPU usage has been high, around 80-90% total in task manager and process lasso, with OBS using like 25-30ish%
Discord and Chrome also using a lot of CPU, and also Camo Studio (software for using iPhone as webcam). Those seem to be the main culprits
One more thing: With bitrates in the 10k range, should I be turning psycho visual tuning off for streaming?
Or even on Twitch at 7500, should I turn that off?
Addie I wanted to ask, do you recommend p1 when using av1? In your OBS course you recommend p7 for YouTube, but perhaps youāve learned something new between then and now
Profiles lower than P7 or 6 do not make much sense when streaming at higher bitrates to YouTube, as there is enough information for the encoder to work with without having to use a more intensive encoding profile
Well the opposite there
P6/7 are the hardest to run
But yes Greg is correct in that with high bitrate streaming Iād just do P1/2
Frick, you are right
I need to not reply to questions without caffeine lol
And youād say like 10mb bitrate is high enough in this case to just use P1 or P2?
Probably
If you have the headroom could try closer to P5, but wonāt make a huge difference
With AV1 10mbps is pretty good
I'm going to experiment with between 10-14mbps for horizontal, but i feel like i shouldn't "waste" bandwidth on vertical and just keep that no higher than 10mbps
Oh also, does it hurt to be using 320kbps for audio to YT? I've seen some people say it's capped at 128, others say 160, others say 256 lol
I can't get a clear answer
I believe Addie has said 160 for streaming to YT.
YT "official" recommendation is 160
Is that what you would set it to? Or do we know of any downsides
Because usually 320 is a no brainer
If the str3am goes through just fine at 320, yolo?
True true, i believe I donāt have any issues at 320
Stream went well tonight, no discernable issues at 320, so that's great
Someone mentioned noticing some "stuttering" on Twitch, so I'm not sure what that was about. I could see enabling look-ahead for Twitch with max b-frames 3
You should use 2 b-frames for twitch
i thought with look ahead it could help, because then it will basically decide whether to use between 1-3
This is what my settings are right now
You would want to disable lookahead and enable psycho-visual tuning
Otherwise that looks fine
i'll try that for next stream and see if that works. Last time I streamed I had "encoder overload" and couldn't figure out what was causing it, so I disabled psycho everywhere, and it seemed to help. So hopefully turning it back on is fine
we shall see
You probably don't need that enabled for yt since AV1 is just so good
H264 for twitch on the other hand needs all the help it can get
Yeah, I previously had it enabled for YT + YT vertical + Twitch. Itās possible thatās what caused some issues š¤·āāļø But maybe if I just turn it on for Twitch weāll be okay
Just finished streaming tonight, and for some reason my main YT stream dropped to 325kb/s
https://obsproject.com/logs/Ot21d22MQORp84Vn
My YT shorts stream was completely fine at 14k bitrate. My Twitch stream was completely fine at 7.5k
And speed test showed i was getting 1gb down and 1gb up
Known issue with av1. Will be fixed in next obs update
GitHub
AV1 YouTube bitrate drop until stream restart Ā· Issue #10383 Ā· obsp...
Operating System Info Windows 11 Other OS No response OBS Studio Version 30.1.0 OBS Studio Version (Other) No response OBS Studio Log URL https://obsproject.com/logs/VJcmhy0uy4lERRpI OBS Studio Cra...
Ahh thank you!!