OBS's Secret Setting For BEST QUALITY Twitch Streams!

=== TIMESTAMPS ===

00:00 Intro
02:15 Bitrate
03:25 Transcoding
04:44 Test 1 - Streaming at 8,000kbps
07:05 Test 2 - Changing Bitrates Mid Stream
08:36 Test 3 - 8,000kbps For Non Partners
11:09 Test 4 - High Quality VODs
12:30 Outro

=== EQUIPMENT I USE! ===

=== SOCIALS ===

[fleezybaby]

"some of you may think that this higher bitrate only applies to partnered streamers and that's not true I once had 40 chicken nuggets in one sitting"

[demonjoe]

You're literally a legend man, thank you so much for what you do!

[KxngUnkasa]

Best bitrate is 7679... Reason is audio still have to be processed so if you add the 320 for audio you get 7999 which is a sweet spot 🙃... If you stream at 8000 you'll see on twitch sometimes the bitrate shoots to 8400 and you sound like a robot.

[nuttylmao]

Did the 8, 000kbps trick work for you?
Like this video if it did, don't not like it if it didn't.

Edit: Lots of people are suggesting that the reason 7, 800kbps worked but 8, 000kbps didn't was because I didn't account for audio bitrate. I tested this but didn't include it in the video. This does not seem relevant, as a flat 8, 000kbps works for some people but not others. Regardless, 200kbps is not a meaningful difference, so don't sweat it if 8, 000kbps doesn't work for you. Just lower by increments of 100kbps until it does work.

[unFILMEDtv]

Thank you for explaining source quality, as Harris Heller recently ran a “test” of “Twitch’s encoding” where he streamed on Twitch and captured the stream 1000 times to show generational loss. Obviously it looked awful (why wouldn’t it?) but I was very disappointed by how the chat almost universally blamed the quality loss on Twitch. It was maddening, as Twitch had nothing to do with the quality unless he was capturing the 720p transcode and rebroadcasting at a 1080p source. Otherwise, there was no reason to stream the test and it was only actually testing the capture and output settings of his OBS. It could have been a real eye opener for people to learn about generational quality loss, but instead turned into an opportunity for people to blame Twitch for something they had nothing to do with and no one understood.

[papahellmann]

We NEED this very same thing for YOUTUBE Streams-
Its like nobody without a big channel has figured it out yet, talking about upscaling 720p to 1080p with 10k bitrate something or something like that.

[thedapperfoxtrot]

This man, hooking you up and ushering you out in the first minute, but still willing to elaborate. You get my full watch retention for that one, bud!

[bjbennett]

Loved the random Dipping sauce, chicken nugget and French fry comments, gave me a few good laughs.

[Arctix]

It's worth noting that when you stream at 8k for whatever reason the Twitch Dashboard claims that your stream is "Unstable" with red text under the stream health section. In my experience, it does this to anything above 6-7k. Now that doesn't mean that anything is really unstable, I think that's just how the dashboard was designed. Amazing video Nutty, I'm sure this will answer a LOT of questions, much love!

[FatalSkeptic]

This is kind of content that the Internet needs. I had a question, your video was the exact answer and you got to the answer immediately. I set my bitrate to 300, 000 kbps (that's the highest number OBS let me enter), my entire stream was only 720p. And I was watching a replay today, noticed the only 720p option, googled, landed here; now set the bitrate to 8000. Thank you! Love your channel's tricks, got the Stream deck after seeing your video. Thanks!

[JumbiePrime]

I'm an affiliate and I've been streaming at 8000 bitrate for over a month now and no real problem . Twitch's official tools, like creator dashboard or twitch inspector, will scream at you that it's unstable but nothing ever happens . Could you do some videos on how 8000 bitrate looks with different encoder settings? Like x264 1080p60 verfast vs fast or whatever

[polskagurom]

Usually these type of videos are clickbaits, but this one is surprisingly well made and very informative. Thank you!

[KickDanon]

Tested it on todays stream for 3 hours, 0 problems on 8k bitrate, and the Quality on 936p was just like for twitch partners, u made my day!

[Androlical]

Nutty you read my mind, I was looking for this yesterday and I had settings for 1920x1080 but it was still a bit blurry, and no other channel had the ignore limit tip, so I thank you so much. On top of that all your content is amazing, and I want you to know youre amazing!! Keep up the great work, ill be here supporting you the whole time!

[lastboyscoutNZ]

Always stream at 6500-7500 and have never had an issue. Non partner and in Australia 😄

[readmychannelbannerforfree]

1:34 I come home after school and check your channel every day. I love you bro

[MrPurim]

Hi Nutty! As a non-partnered streamer that is using this method from some time now, i can say that the first time i saw that my stream had no Source Quality on 8000kbps i was surprised, but later i found out that refreshing the browser tab got it to work properly without restarting stream or lowering bitrate. Maybe it's an option for anyone having this trouble.. Great video by the way!

[robertomguimaraes]

Youtube Games you get transcoding, hls, h265, 4k 60fps, bigger bitrate for all. By by Twitch!

[xray]

I wont stop watching as I appreciate your knowledge @ 0:40 - Legit, keep the content coming as you are making humanity better as your tutorials help express ourselves

[Kelble]

Dang, I wish you talked about how bitrate and internet speed go hand in hand. Like my upload speed for my home internet I don't think can even handle 8000kbps.