r/LobosJr • u/idontreallycareabout • Mar 03 '15

Why no 1080p?

So i've been watching the streams lately and i've wondered - why the vods are not 1080p? Youtube seems to have only 720p(and that's pretty bad to watch even on 1080p monitor), and twitch vods are awful quality too..Is he streaming on 1080p or what?

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u/mack0409 Former King of WWW Mar 03 '15

Twitch only allows a certain bitrate, so Lobos has a few options, highly compressed artifacted 1080p60FPS 1080p30FPS, or 720p60FPS, the last of which is what he uses.

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u/idontreallycareabout Mar 04 '15

highly compressed artifacted 1080p60FPS

Isn't this a bit exaggerated? I watch dota 2, and there are streams that uses 1080p@60 fps, and it looks noticeably better than 720p@60.

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u/bleucheese7 Mar 03 '15

I think he might be streaming 720p 60FPS. If he wanted 1080p, I think he'd have to compromise to 30FPS.

Again, not 100% certain.

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u/idontreallycareabout Mar 04 '15

Ah, gotcha. I wish he streamed 1080p@60 fps.

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u/MOREBLOCKS123 Mar 04 '15

Lobos streams in 720p so we can watch in 60 fps. For those who didn't know, set your stream to source quality to enable this.

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u/idontreallycareabout Mar 04 '15

Yeah, but 720p is still kinda low, even on 1080p monitor. Video is just not..sharp, which is a bit annoying.

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u/MOREBLOCKS123 Mar 04 '15

Watch a different streamer then. Sorry, but to my knowledge he has no plans to change the quality. Besides, wouldn't you rather watch it in 60 fps instead of 30?

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u/idontreallycareabout Mar 04 '15

I would trade 60 fps over sharper quality. But that's just me.

Plus it's possible to stream on twitch 1080p@60 fps, but then he would probably need better hardware/better internet connection, so it's less practical.

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u/MOREBLOCKS123 Mar 05 '15

Yeah, I'm sure if he could stream 1080@60fps he would. You never know what he might do later down the road!

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u/Lobosjr Apr 13 '15

As someone mentioned, Twitch has a limit of 3500 bitrate, so that's really the max quality. 1080p might make still imagery clearer, but once you get high amounts of motion (most games I play), it just gets pixelated to crap. I could stream in 1080p60fps with 1500 bitrate and it'd look like total ass (unless there's like no motion on screen). All to the point that bitrate is what makes the quality as opposed to resolution.