THIS is why your livestreams are pixelated... OBS Tutorial
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For many streamers, it can be infuriating to deal with "pixelated" or "blurry" streams. The issue may only pop up whilst moving, or it could be a consistent issue you deal with. It can be especially frustrating when everything seems fine in your OBS preview window, but in the VOD, the stream is grainy and unwatchable.
Today, I'll be going over a common reason why your livestreams are pixelated: your bitrate. This video will demonstrate how to adjust your OBS bitrate settings, along with tips on how to determine what OBS encoder to use for your specific setup.
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Hope you found this video useful! I realized shortly after posting that I misspeak at times and say kiloBYTES instead of kiloBITS -- just pretend I always say kilobits so I don't have to re-record this video :)
What are the issues in the long run if you are not a partner on twitch streaming above 6k bitrate?
Love the video man but I’ve tried many things on obs for recording and still don’t know what to do, I only record gameplay to put it up on TH-cam and still looks a bit blurry can you help me out these are my specs
-AMD Ryzen 7 5700
-NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and I only record warzone with 1080p as my resolution
@@xxLegendaryVikingxx how’s your WiFi
Really awesome dude, I liked that you gave people with lower end pc's actual fixes and options instead of just saying "get a better pc" really helps new streamers who are trying to build an audience but cant afford a better system. Your channel is rad
THANK U SO MUCH
I just wanted to come back and say that I followed the advice in your video and it turned EVERYTHING around. I actually have good picture and stream quality now, where before it was occasionally blurry, and I really appreciate the help this video gave.
Can we hype this guy? He was the most descriptive and I've watched several of these tutorials. Good job sir 👌
glad it was helpful :)
get her number nga fuck you doin@@BigBadBeaver
I don't understand what's going on, I am streaming at 8000 bitrate 1080p, no dropped frames, cpu and gpu are sitting around 30-50% usage yet when I move at all my stream becomes super pixelated.
Same
Check your internet bro
@@shiannafoxx my shits plugged in with a cat 8 Ethernet cable
@@statemind. It still doesn’t hurt to check
@@shiannafoxx no I know I’ve been spending most of my free time diagnosing this issue. I’m genuinely throwing money towards this I’m invested in internet to get me about 1GB of Dowload
This was actually really helpful. I was expecting to be confused, but this was super straightforward. Thank you.
Underrated youtuber bro... keep up the professional explanations! soothing voice too
Glad the video was helpful, thanks for your feedback and compliments
If you want to drastically improve on your visuals, just don’t stream 1080p60. It’s that simple. 1080p is 2.5 times the pixels per second of 720p. And 60FPS is always 2 times the pixels per second, compared to 30 fps. If TH-camrs upload content in 4K in 60 fps to TH-cam, they choose 50000 Kbit/s (50 Mbit/s) or more. I personally would go for about 60Mbit/s at that case. Luckily I don’t deal with 4K and stick with 1080p60. So 15Mbit/s is Just fine. And surprise, 15 MBit/s is 2.5 times 6000 Kbit/s.
Choose 720p60 for 6000 Kbit/s of Bitrate at a key frame every 2 seconds. Set all your cameras and capture cards to Rec.709 and make sure the framerate of all the content captured is the same as well. Not always, the computer display or games console can run a round 60FPS, but actually 59.94FPS. That’s the NTSC standard for „60FPS“, by the way, and windows often enough states a refresh rate like 59.94 or 59.97 as 60FPS. And don’t bother with Full color range, since many capture cards are actually locked into limited color range anyways, even if they fake supporting full range. Just make sure the PC, camera or console behind the capture card does output limited color range as well, so colors don’t look too dark or washed out. Done. This will give you astonishingly good image quality.
1080p60 below at the very least 12500 just looks bad. And even if you could stream like that, who wants to watch a stream like that on their smartphone, especially if you are on a data volume limited „flatrate“? Heck even if you have a real flatrate like that. Receiving a 12.5 Mbit/s live stream can be quite a problem on LTE/4G or 5G.
So i have around 90-100 mbt/s upload, what do i need to do to be able to stream in 1080p 60fps with out "pixelation"?
soooo much googling and weeks of issues and your video saved me ty
Can you help me bro? I have 200 fiber good internet and i have problem with pixelate
one thing i would recommend is changing your webcam to actually face the gameplay of your stream. Having it on the left while your looking straight at the game, makes the stream look like you're looking past the game. Move the webcam overlay to the right, still looking straight at the game, so it looks more pleasing to the viewer that it "looks" like your actually looking at the gameplay on stream. (8:10) is what i'm referring to.
Very helpful and probably the best tutorial I have found, thanks.
this helps a lot thanks i know it was my bitrate but this explains literarily everything 👍
Out of all the people I watched with help on my pc this guy is easily the best one! Very descriptive and helpful!
Truly thank you . This video has been invaluable for helping me with making my stream better for my viewers
such a helpful tutorial. you even went as far as showing examples, and telling us what the settings that need tweaked do. you earned my sub, much respect for you.
Thanks for the support glad it was helpful
2 years later and you helped me out my boy, lets run some zero build
I like your content bro, your articulation is so good and i can see your video recording skill. Thank you for this video and really good tutorial, helped mi a lot!!! ❤
Nothing new for me but you did it very good. Good information for beginners an the importest info in one video. Good work!
This video was great! after 1 year im still figuring out bitrate to make my streams look better thanks alot
Thank you so much !! Simple , quick & very helpful now 🔥 10/10
Thank you so much! This was easy to follow and understand and my recordings/streams look so much better now :D
Wow. Concise, to-the-point, and excellent comparisons between different settings. Great vid! You've got a great voice btw you ought to be doing sponsored segues.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video
The most clear and useful video i've watched. Thanks!
Thank you so much once im home from work i will be doing all these tips :)
Thank you so much! This helped out immensly! You made it very easy to understand and to troubleshoot.
I appreciate this video a lot, easy to understand and not boring at all. Will see if it helps on my next stream, thank you for the help video.
this is the best video about this hands down makes it so simple and understandable thanks g
Thank you i was reviewing my stream and i didnt know how to fix the pixelation of my stream. Thank you again
Thanks for the education on bit rates. Im new to everything tech, I recently bought a PC and im use to simple MAC PCs. Recently came across the low quality coming out of my elgato and came across your video this helped a lot much is appreciated !
thank you so much, great video! It has so much useful knowledge.
i wish the best for you in the future g
Thank you BBB. This is really helpful subscribed! 😀
Your vid just saved me alot of time my friend, thank you. Liked & Subscribed 👍
Thank you beaver, this was a great help, and also entertaining. :)
thank you lang.
very helpful and informative, thank you so much!
Awesome video man! Thanks for the help!
Now this you call an informative video. Double thumbs up 👍for you bro. Very well explanation 👏 👍 👌
When streaming and gaming from a Single PC Setup, it can be quite demanding on both the cpu and GPU, especially when you stream on Twitch. That being said, Twitch servers are way different than TH-cam. If one take the same recommended bitrates of Twitch and use it on TH-cam, there will be No Pixelation, Stutters or Lag.
What I liked about this video is that, you explained it in detail and also showed some examples which was really awesome 👌 👏
Liked your vid and you got a sub bro.
Much love and respect for you.
Hey does using Ultra Low Latency effect the quality of my stream because I have already done everything you told in the video but my streams still look grainy.
I would like to add that if you have a slow internet or something, instead of just dropping the bitrate, it can also be useful to drop the framerate (ideally not below 30) or the resolution. As then each pixel gets more of that total bitrate dedicated towards it. A 720p 30fps stream at 3000kbps will always look better than a 1080p 60 fps stream at the same 3000, or even slightly higher like 4000 kbps. Because such a low bitrate will never allow 1080p to be as sharp or 60fps to be as smooth as it can be in more demanding scenes, so in some situations it can look even worse.
ngl im always trying to improve my streams this is the first of say 50 videos that actually helped
bitrate good but still have this problem
change your preset to slow (Good Quality)
Were you able to fix the problem?
nope@@Cambo1579
same
Same
Phenomenal video, amazing tips 👏
Thank you. After a week of trying to figure out my issue, you’ve given me the best feedback yet!
so im using amd idk if that matters but im using 6000 bitrate i know i can handle it i have 60 upload speed and it still looks so blurry ive watched maybe 10 videos nothing worked what can i dooooo
did you ever fix it? if so how
Thank U for this tutorial video for setting up a Good Stream .
Do these settings also apply to TH-cam streams? What's the difference between twitch stream bitrate and yt bitrate, if any.
Thanks for the help in the video btw, appreciate it 🙏
Thanks for raiding me on twitch
I like how you explained this like I was 5.
Dude awesome video, you fixed my stream! I appreciate it.
Glad I could help :)
thank you bruv.
I liked and subscribed
thanks! normally i stream games that doesnt really demand much quality like dota and pokemon but then i noticed this when I played Fallout on stream. In the end i had to drop fps from 60 to 30 due to my connection. Maybe its just copium but i dont see 30fps being bad for streaming games not unless your actual game without the stream is running at the same fps.
this video helped me bro thank you!
Thank you this was incredibly helpful!
Thank you for the explanation, dude! So clearly explained! I understand a lot more of what I am doing.
nice tut bro, very explainatory
Wow this is so professional and actually helps! Thank you!
Just staring at me like you want a pokemon battle
GUYS!!! i was upgrading my bitrate to 6000 and it only upgraded the pixel lagging but i still had the problemthat nobody was talking about anmd it was that around the middle of my screen (on the stream) all the way down it was all lagged like completely u couldnt even see anything just some random colours lines and then i went back to obs and put the output mode on advanced and then i regulated the encoder speed at 6000 and preset>fast and it worked :D
this helped a lot thank you very much
I'm not sure why the rumor of partnered streamers on Twitch having a high access to bitrate than everyone else is believed. This simply just isn't the case. I'm not partnered and I stream at 7,900 kb/s with transcoding when it's available. This has been tested pretty extensively among many people and if your bandwidth can afford the bitrate, I suggest anyone to crank up bitrate.
The rest of the video is good advice.
It really depends on gpu model, 1660, 2070, 30’s 40’s. Each is a different settings model really in the end. And 6000 bit rate with high motion @ resolution of 1080p will look rough. Static or slow moving games will not be so effected.
this was a Big help for now i have fixed alot on obs, so thx alot
very good video and this video was 19.6 its my birthday (:
thanks for explaining and helping me understand
I have this issue when recording videos.. Im recording at 1080p because thats my native res and it just looks pixalated and grainy like this..Upping the bitrate helps but slightly. And the quality is still generally crap even though the file size has increased. Using amd gpu/265 encoder
Have you found a fix to this?? Encountering the same issue! I'm using a 6650xt :(
same here
Same
@@stevenjonas1 AMD's encoders are just shitty.
mine is still pixelated regardless of how much I increase the bitrate... i'm starting to think i'm just streaming way too high of a quality... and might have to downscale to 1080p
0:03 its cause its avc codec, but even vp09 still looks like a pixel art when its dark example horror game...
youtube streaming is poop cause haven't tested on twitch yet
i have an i7 14700k and 4070 ti super but my stuff is still blurry at 60fps 1080p? 6000 bitrate
Same
Thank you so much man fix my whole problem
what is your streamlabs obs settings? can you make a vid on it or smth :D nice vid!
I heard make sure your obs is launching as administrator in windows can fix problems.
Very informative and easy to follow instructions. A+ content. Thank you
Huge help!!! Thanks bud
i have the same problem but on discord what do i do there?
me too! i tried everything and still discord is pixelated. twitch is fine
This tutorial wouldn’t help you. This is specifically for OBS. Contact Discord support if you need help.
tnx man.. very informative video...big help..
Twitch needs higher bitrate and better transcoding they have the money!
Hi there, when I set the Encoder Preset to "Quality" is when my stream looks way better, but that overloads my OBS and makes my stream freeze a lot. Could I get rid of the freezes without setting the preset to Balanced? Thanks for the video!
Nice video. But I do wanna say it really sucks that regardless of settings, specs, and internet, having a face cam on a screen that shows primarily gameplay will typically result in grainy pixelated looks. I’ve done many things over the years and accepted defeat lol. Maybe YT streaming would be better
I’m on 6000, and have been. I still get a blurry stream, especially when spinning around, and moving quickly. Any thoughts?
i have the same issue
same! so annoying@@diskyze791
have you fixed it? it's still a problem for me haha
@@diskyze791
Thank you mate this helped a lot
Big Big Giga W Video thank you for explaining :D
what encoder should I use if I played my game on console and using my pc for stream? x264 or nvenc?
to preface, I have a 3070ti and an 8 core ryzen processor. I turned the settings to 6000 bitrate, lanczos scaling, 1080p 60fps, and did everything else every single one of these videos says. yet my streams and recordings are still grainy and blurry as hell, especially any time I move. I really don't understand why :(
Any luck??
for all the other people out there wondering, yes, this does also work in videos.
What is obs and how do I find the setting for it to change bitrate? Watching people's streams is rubbish when they moving as u said
This helped a lot thanks 😊
Hey quick question, I'm trying to capture a media player and display it on the screen while i stream. I reduce the size of the captured window to make it not so instrusive but it looks really blurry on obs itself is there a way i can keep the crisp clear visuals of the window I'm trying to capture while also making it small enough to not be in the way? feels like when i shrink it I'm losing pixels or something..
This is by far the best video about this topic on this platform period.
Very calming video, you have a great delivery style. Sub!
Very informative video. Thank you so much! Still a question though. I'm running 2060 (so not that far worse than your 2070) and I have almost the same upload rate as you. But when i streamed Scorn last week on 1080p60fps I had this pixelation like you had in Skyrim. Is it possible that Dark or Darker Games are more demanding on my upload? I fixed it by lowering the resolution to 720p but I dont really like that solution. Any ideas?
Some scenes, especially if there's lots of fog, volumetrics, static, or extremely detailed textures, will be more demanding to encode than others. I don't know what scorn is, but perhaps the game has a lot of the above?
@@BigBadBeaver it has detailed textures, a lot of fog and is really dark. Guess that's the problem then. Dark Souls worked great yesterday with the same settings. Thank you :)
i thought you were going to talk about it but you kind of skipped over what to do regarding it.. but for the keyframe interval in that situation if you want a better quality stream when movement is happening do you want higher keyframe interval or do we always keep the default of 2?
Awesome video! Quick question. I just started streaming and followed your settings. I currently get 10 mbps upload and have my bitrate set to 6k output is set to 1080p at 60fps with Nvidia encoder. I’m still getting blurry pixels when moving my character. Do I need to scale down bit rate and resolution? To get rid of that?
I AM LEGIT IN THE SAME EXACT SITUATION AS YOU like same settings and all!
+1
@@SnoochGaming I found the issue. you need to let your windows firewall access OBS.
@@Berserk1246 hey, how did that solve the issue? what's the relation? thankss!
@@mariajosenazar4469 its been awhile since i fixed it but it has to do something with OBS and your firewall. I would look on youtube for a guide on "how to allow obs through firewall".
quick question? what preset are you using on for encoding / what multipass mode do you use .. i have a 3060 gpu an cant seem to get it right
DAMN!!! Been looking for this thorough & precise explanations & tips for months!!! LOL! Only problem is the discrete gpu of my loptop failed, and is not working anymore. Only have left is x264 and Quicksync. Specs of laptop is i7 8th gen, with 8gbs or ram.. I know this comment is just new after months of this video upload of yours. But I would really appreciate if there's other ways to make my stream more pleasing. Also the upload speed in OOKLA says 80.24, but i think its converted into 9? I guess. Hope for your reply bro. Thanks in advance.
So like people that watched streams off phone datas fps should be left at 30 right? Thats what i noticed
I was wondering If I can purchase your help? I have a pretty good PC 3070 ti 900 up 800 down internet Fios. I use OBS. But the pixilation occurs when I play games like Marvel Rivals & Apex. I use 6000 bit rate but It still looks grainy pixelated. When I'm in the menu screen stream looks crisp.
i think you should take look at qsv encoder in 11th and 12th gens this encoder slightly beats both nvidia and amd at 3500 bit rate
What if my Stream looks amazing while live but the video you can watch when I was last live is pixilated? I've been wanting to make TH-cam videos of my stream but this has been holding me back
Liked, subscribed and finishing the video now and see you all in the discord 🤙
Any thoughts on why my camera stays pixelated, but not my game?
Great video man
I am using a 4060 Graphics card Laptop and streaming through NVENC H.264 on 1080p with 12 mbps bitrate, still it's not even as clear as a 6mbps bitrate. Streams get blurry, eventhough if there is no rendering or encoding lag and the network is perfect. No frames get skipped and the recording also works just fine. But the live stream gets blurrier while moving especially. Any Ideas??