GPU encoding settings can also be tweaked depending on your card and what you think looks good. At that point, you're using up way more system resources for no noticeable gain, especially since you're streaming Xbox games. However, if you're using CPU encoding then you don't need to set the speed to anything beyond medium for streaming to Twitch. The rest of the settings will be down to your PC and what it can handle.

OBS Studio supports the latest NVENC encoder from NVIDIA built into the RTX graphics cards. You can also stream using an AMD GPU, but the output won't be nearly as good as using an NVIDIA one. If you want to use your NVIDIA GPU then select NVIDIA NVENC H.264. If you're using CPU encoding, select x264 from the encoder dropdown box. Source: Rich Edmonds / Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Rich Edmonds / Windows Central) It's important to remember that if you're just starting out you won't have transcoding on your Twitch account, either, so you might want to lower to 900p or 720p and a lower bitrate to ensure your viewers have a good time as well.īut how do you plug all of these settings into OBS? It's all done in the Settings menu under the Output and Video tabs. Likewise, if you don't have a CPU (or GPU) that can encode a 1080p60 stream, you'll have to make sacrifices there, as well. You'll need to lower that as required based on your connection.

If you don't have the spare bandwidth for 6,000 kbps, for example, then you can't use that bitrate. Of course, this is all dependent on your PC hardware and your internet connection. As a rule, here's what you will be aiming for. Twitch has a number of requirements for video being broadcast to the platform.

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Obs studio setup for twitch