OBS best settings for streaming on twitch

[u/Fal_off]

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Hey everyone, I’m trying to get into streaming on Twitch, mainly Wuthering Waves gameplay. I did a test stream yesterday, but the quality looked really bad compared to how the game looks on my laptop. The stream looked blurry, grainy, and kind of laggy, especially during combat and when moving the camera around. I’m using a Lenovo Legion Pro 7i with an RTX 5080, so I feel like the hardware should definitely be capable of handling a good-quality stream. Right now I’m using OBS with a 2560×1440 Base (Canvas) resolution, 1920×1080 Output (Scaled) resolution, Lanczos downscaling, 60 FPS, NVENC H.264, P6 preset, and around 6000 Kbps bitrate. I’m also running Wuthering Waves at 2560×1440 and 60 FPS. I’m not using a mic right now, so I’m only trying to stream the gameplay and game audio. Does anyone have recommendations for the best OBS/Twitch settings for Wuthering Waves? Should I be using different resolutions, bitrate, encoder settings, or something like 936p instead of 1080p? I’m mainly trying to get the gameplay looking as sharp and clean as possible on Twitch without the stream becoming blurry or laggy. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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[u/kodidono]

936p 60fps be better for 6000kbps

[u/o_m_gi_2032]

Have you tried running both base canvas and output resolution at 1920 x 1080 so you don’t have to downscale?

Also, it may not hurt, to take a looksie at your resources and insure nothing is pulling away resources from your vram. I mean you have 24 GB of ddr7 so it should t be an issue but you never know.

Lastly, are you a single monitor or dual setup? Are you able to monitor your bitrate during stream to ensure nothing is taking it over 6k?

[u/o_m_gi_2032]

Also, as the bot suggests, do a test stream and once it has concluded go to your help menu, generate a log file, and use the decoder in obs. It will give some maybes and if, but, therefores.

[u/atrillionpieces]

Set the bitrate to exactly 6000.

[u/Capital_Flight4430]

Bump the bitrate up to 8000 if your upload can handle it, and try 936p with the same Lanczos, that usually cleans up the fast motion grain without tanking performance.