Knowing how to stream on Twitch in 1080p is crucial for streamers who are looking to amp up the quality of their live streams. Having high quality streams is something that every streamer strives for, as it creates a better watching experience for viewers. Show However the quality at which you can stream depends a lot on your PC specs and the kind of games that you play on stream. If you find that streaming in 1080p is causing a lot of FPS drops and poor performance then you may need to consider dropping your bitrate to stream in a lower resolution. What Upload Speed Is Best ?If you’re planning on streaming in 1080p then you will need to consider upload speed. The higher framerate and quality you stream in will use up more bandwidth. Making sure that your internet connection can handle these speeds is crucial to avoid dropping frames. Below are the recommended upload speeds based on bitrate, resolution and frames. If you find yourself lagging in-game, you should try setting your bitrate to something lower like 5000 and then scale up from there. Another option to reduce lag can be switching your encoder to x264 instead of NVENC, as it will reduce the workload of your graphics card. Another tip if you’re having issues is in the Stream section. If you’re streaming to Facebook Live, Twitter, or Youtube, you should select the “Ignore streaming server settings recommendations,” which may limit some aspects of your stream. It may benefit you to make a new profile when you get your settings stable so you can switch back to it if you ever need to adjust something. It’s not difficult to record in high-quality 1080p using the OBS software, but it might just be taxing on your hardware. If you have any issues recording with these settings, consider starting lower and working your way up to the most optimized specifications for your PC. This is all you need to know to begin recording in 1080p with OBS. Streaming is a ton of fun, but it can take some work to get right. This is especially true when you are getting your settings correct. Getting the right video and audio settings can mean the difference of a stream that is inviting and high-quality, or a stream that looks like its ran off a potato. Luckily for you, we got you covered. We put together a guide on all of the settings you need to adjust to ensure the stream is as high quality as your system and internet can handle. Let’s get into it! Bitrate Rule of ThumbYour internet speed is a major factor in determining what quality you can and can’t stream at. Therefore, it’s best that you run your internet to your computer with an ethernet cable. This provides a much more consistent internet connection for the stream compared to Wi-Fi. As far as how fast of internet you need, it all depends on the resolution and FPS you want to achieve.
You can run a speedtest from Google to see what your speeds are at. This, along with your equipment, will help determine what you can stream at! *Note: If you are a Twitch streamer that isn’t a partner, you should set your max bitrate to 6,500 Kbps. That is the highest you can go as a non-partner. Twitch will throttle your bitrate down and cause massive downgrade in your quality as a result.* SettingsOBS is a great program to stream with. Not only is it free, but it is filled with settings that you can adjust to make your stream look great. However, there are only a couple areas that we really want to focus on to ensure a quality stream. You can adjust whatever you’d like after, but this is what we recommend. Let’s start by opening up OBS and select “Settings” GeneralOn the General tab, there isn’t much to change that will affect your stream. However, you can change the theme for Dark mode if you don’t like the blinding white colors of the default OBS. You’re welcome ???? StreamThis is where you’ll place your stream key or log into the streaming service you’ll be using. Make sure you log in or place your stream key here. OutputOutput is where the majority of our changes are going to happen. First, we want to change the Output Mode to “Advanced”. This will allow us to adjust our settings on a finer level. Next, ensure that the Streaming tab is selected. On the Audio Track, make sure that 1 is selected. For the Encoder, if you have a 10, 20, or 30 series NVIDIA card, we recommend using the NVIDIA NVENC H.264 (new) encoder. There is a couple reasons for this:
Please note that the quality of the stream will take more power to get a clearer look compared to the CPU if you are using the NVENC encoder. But if you have a decent system, this shouldn’t be an issue. If you don’t have one of the cards mentioned above, or have a much more powerful CPU, then change the encoder to x264 to encode off the CPU. Ensure that the Rescale Output is unchecked. We will handle any resizing in a separate area. If you are using the NVIDIA NVENC H.264 (new) Encoder:
If you are using x264 Encoder:
AudioGetting your audio correct is a huge deal. While many people think that having a clear video is more important, it’s actually the opposite. If you have a lower quality looking stream, but good audio, people will hang around. If you have a crisp/clear stream with terrible audio, people will click off very quickly. So nailing your audio is a must! You have two Sample Rates available to you: 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. As we mentioned about setting up your stream audio, many people will not notice the difference between the two. If you want the best audio available, select 48kHz. Also ensure that you chose “Stereo” for the channel. Under the Global Audio Devices section, you can set the different devices for your desktop audio, microphone, etc.. This will be different from person to person. If you use a GoXLR, you will only apply the Broadcast Stream Mix to Mic/Auxiliary Audio. But if you are using multiple different devices, you might need to apply a Desktop Audio or Microphone device. VideoThe Video tab is where you’ll change the resolution of the stream and the frames per second. This is also where you’ll resize the livestream if you want to do that. The Base (Canvas) Resolution is the size of the game or display that you want to capture. So if you are playing your game in 1920×1080, then set the Base (Canvas) Resolution to that. Likewise, if you are only playing at 1280×720, change it to that resolution. The Output (Scaled) Resolution is what you want your stream to be at. So if you want a 720p stream, you’d set it to 1280×720. Likewise, if you want it to be a 1080p stream, set it to 1920×1080. The Downscale Filter decides how you choose to downscale your resolution (if you are downsizing from a higher Base Resolution to a lower Output Resolution). We recommend Bicubic or Lanczos for most individuals. Lanczos will provide the clearest sharpening of the video, but requires more power from the components to work. We recommend this for higher-end PCs (20 series GPU or higher / Ryzen 5 CPU or higher / Intel i7-7700 CPU or higher). For lower-end PCs, we recommend Bicubic. Depending on your equipment and internet, you can set your FPS to 30-60 frames, but 60 is preferred for most streams. There you have it! If you followed the above suggestions, you’ll have a quality stream ready for people to enjoy. While what we provided above is a great baseline, everyone’s systems are different. We recommend that you use what we suggested and then tweak the settings more to your specifications and equipment. If you have any other suggestions on how to get a quality stream in OBS, let us know in the comments down below! We might even add them to this article! Thank you so much for reading and, as always, keep on creating and GLHF! Share:Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on pinterest Share on linkedin Spiros Can you add on how should be the audio bitrate on each resolution? Log in to Reply
ShoutHouse August 9, 2021Corrections that you need to make: -You should be setting GPU to 0. It should look like this: Reference: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/broadcasting-guide/ Log in to Reply
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