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Hi Guys

No matter what settings I choose within Action I cannot get any Twitch stream to look unpixelated on any game.
Everyone says it's unwatchable.
When I compare my footage to my friends xBox OneX stream of the same game, his is crystal clear and he's on a far slower internet connection, so what am I missing or not doing correctly?

I have followed Twitch's guidelines but it makes absolutely no difference.

If I set my bitrate to anything above 6.000 the live stream shows only a black screen, sometimes you can hear the audio, but once the live stream ends Twitch uploads the video with the higher bitrate settings.

Many Thanks

Action
Action Version: 4.31.0
Recording Resolution: 1080p x 60fps x 6.000 bitrate
Recording Mode: Screen

Windows and Hardware
OS: Windows 11 21H2
Video Card: ASUS TUF 3080 Ti
Video Driver Version: 531.18
CPU brand and model: Ryzen 5950X
Motherboard brand and model: MSI MEG ACE MAX X570S
Memory: 64GB
Monitor Resolution: 3440x1440
Internet: 450Mbps Down / 450Mbps Up FTTP

Hello. Do you use NVidia NVENV hardware acceleration?

Piotr wrote:Hello. Do you use NVidia NVENV hardware acceleration?

I have 3 NVENC options available:

nVidia NVENC
nVidia NVENC HEVC
nVidia NVENC HDR10

I have tried all 3 with no noticable difference in quality.
Do I need to configure NVENC elsewhere?

Many Thanks

The encoder compresses video and audio data for streaming, and Twitch caps bitrate at 6,000–8,000 Kbps for H.264 encoding, which limits quality at higher resolutions like 1080p60.

Twitch hard limits live ingest at ~6000 kbps for non-partnered streamers. Going over can cause black screens.

Even though your hardware is more than capable, Twitch’s compression for non-partnered streamers (around 6,000 Kbps) just can’t handle high-motion gameplay very well.

Hey Action, that's a frustrating problem! It definitely sounds like you've got the hardware to handle streaming, so it's odd your Twitch stream is pixelated. Have you checked your encoding settings within Action itself? Maybe there's an option in there that's causing a steeper slope of quality degradation than expected. Also, double-check that your resolution in Action is actually matching the resolution you're intending to stream at – sometimes discrepancies there can cause issues. Good luck troubleshooting!

Twitch caps the live bitrate for non-partnered streamers at approximately 6000 kbps.