Replying to Avatar mar

My starlink struggles at 6000 bitrate. I had to turn it down to 2000 bitrate and it's much better but still nowhere as good as fiber.

I used up my mobile data in 3 days last time I tested an IRL stream. I never tested the bitrate on mobile but it makes sense.
Avatar
TheGrinder 6mo ago

6k is pretty high. are you encoding on AMD?

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
mar 6mo ago

I did the automatic test and OBS set it at 6k. I had to manually set it to 2k for a decent stream.

I'm using Intel Nvidia. The OBS settings say

Video Encoder: Hardware NVENC, H.264

Encorder Preset: P5: Slow(Good Quality)

Avatar
TheGrinder 6mo ago

The OBS wizard isn't the best imo.

I can see how 2k is choppy but on Nvidia 3,500 to 4,000 bitrate should suffice. The AMD encoder is weaker hence you want to push with at least 4,500 if your stream has fast changing frames (like we have in gaming). I use 6k but should be really using up to 10k for the games I'm streaming.

You would probably get away with 3,500 - 4,000 on your connection. Also, if you're native resolution is like 1920x1080 you can set that as your base canvas in OBS in the video settings and set 1280x720 rescaling right below. This should give you a smooth 60 FPS stream.