Broadcasting Guidelines: Twitch Streamers

Broadcasting Settings. Want your stream to look great? Of course you do! But the best video quality does not always come from maxing out all of your broadcast ... { "containerClass":"half-width", "carousel":[ { "headline":"NewOBSwithNVIDIAOptimizations", "subhead":"Startingastreamisnoweasierthanever-NVIDIAandOBSteameduptoreleaseanewversionofOBSStudiowithenhancedsupportforNVIDIAGeForceGPUs.TogetherwithNVIDIARTX,youcangetthebestperformanceandsuperiorimagequality.", "image":"/assets/images/home-header-nvidiaobs.png", "cta":"LearnMore", "link":"https://www.nvidia.com/broadcasting" }, { "headline":"BroadcastingSettings", "subhead":"Wantyourstreamtolookgreat?Ofcourseyoudo!Butthebestvideoqualitydoesnotalwayscomefrommaxingoutallofyourbroadcastsettings.", "image":"/assets/images/home-header-streamer.png", "cta":"EncodingGuidelines" }, { "headline":"TwitchInspector", "subhead":"Needbitraterecommendationsorhelptroubleshootingyourstreamissues?TwitchInspectortotherescue!", "image":"/assets/images/inspector.png", "cta":"LearnMore", "link":"https://inspector.twitch.tv" }] } Ourguidelinesaresetupinawaytofindtherightbalancebetweenvisualqualityandplaybackquality,whereboththebroadcasterandtheviewercanbenefitfrom. BroadcastingGuidelines ReadtheinfobelowtohelpyouchoosetheEncoding,Bitrate,Resolution,andFramerate settingsthatprovidetherightbalanceforthegameyou'replaying,yourinternetspeed, andyourcomputer'shardware. Remember:it'salwaysbettertohaveastablestreamthantopushforahighervideoquality thatmightcauseyoutodropframesortestthelimitsofyourinternetconnection. Encoding EncodingPerformance Encodingcanbetaxingonyoursystem.x264willutilizealotofyourCPU,resultinginlowerFPS.Alternatively,GPUencoding(e.g.NVIDIANVENC)utilizesadedicatedencoderintheGPU,allowingyoutoplayandstreamwithoutcompromisinggameperformance.Ifyouwanttousex264,startwithveryfastpreset,andexperimentwiththemuntilyoufindyoursweetspot. EncodingQuality x264offersawiderangeofpresetsthatchangequalitysignificantly,andpresetsaboveFasterrequireCPUswith6+cores.NVIDIANVENCoffersconsistentqualitybasedonthegenerationoftheencoder.TheupdatedNVIDIAEncoder(NVENC)onTuring-basedNVIDIAGeForceGPUs(RTX20-SeriesandGTX1660/Ti)willtypicallyproducesuperiorqualitythanx264Fastandonparwithx264medium.Whiletheoldergeneration(Pascal,Kepler)aresimilarwithveryfast/fasterquality. InternetSpeed(bitrate) YouringestbitrateistheamountofdatayousendtoTwitchwhenyoustream. Ahigherbitratetakesupmoreofyouravailableinternetbandwidth. Increasingyourbitratecanimproveyourvideoquality,butonlyuptoacertainpoint-- ourrecommendedbitratesettingshavebeentestedtooptimizevideoqualitywithoutwastingbandwidth. VideoQuality Resolutionreferstothesizeofavideoonascreen, andframeratereferstohowoftenanimationframesaresenttoTwitch. FullHDresolutionistypically1080p,60framespersecond(fps). Streamingatahigherresolutionlike1080prequiresahigherbitrate, andahigherframeratetakesmoreencodingpower. Ifyouhavethebandwidthandencodingpowertostreamat1080p,60fps,great! Ifnot,tryoneoftherecommendedsettingsbelowtooptimizeyourvideoqualityandstability. NVIDIANVENCSpecs 1080p60fps Resolution:1920x1080 Bitrate:6000kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:60or50fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:Quality B-frames:2 1080p30fps Resolution:1920x1080 Bitrate:4500kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:25or30fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:Quality B-frames:2 720p60fps Resolution:1280x720 Bitrate:4500kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:60or50fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:Quality B-frames:2 720p30fps Resolution:1280x720 Bitrate:3000kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:25or30fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:Quality B-frames:2 x264Specs 1080p60fps Resolution:1920x1080 Bitrate:6000kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:60or50fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:veryfastmedium Profile:Main/High 1080p30fps Resolution:1980x1080 Bitrate:4500kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:25or30fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:veryfastmedium Profile:Main/High 720p60fps Resolution:1280x720 Bitrate:4500kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:60or50fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:veryfastmedium Profile:Main/High 720p30fps Resolution:1280x720 Bitrate:3000kbps RateControl:CBR Framerate:25or30fps KeyframeInterval:2seconds Preset:veryfastmedium Profile:Main/High VideoTeamMailList Jointhevideoteammailinglisttohearnewsaboutthelatestdevelopmentsonourvideobroadcastingplatform,orpossiblysomenewupcomingbetas.