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How to Improve Your Stream Bitrate on PC
First, you need a strong connection with high upload capability
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Published onSeptember 12, 2024
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Struggling with blurry or laggy streams? You’re not alone. Many streamers face the challenge of maintaining high-quality streams. First, make sure that you have a quality internet connection with high upload capability. This is the no.1 requirement for broadcasting but also for watching high quality streams.
How do I improve the stream bitrate?
1. Optimize your PC using IOLO System Mechanic
These settings will set up your computer for maximum performance when using the streaming apps.
2. Invest in high-quality live streaming equipment
Using high-quality equipment will significantly enhance your stream’s visual and audio clarity, creating a more enjoyable experience for your viewers.
3. Optimize your live encoder settings
Optimizing these settings ensures that your stream maintains consistent quality even if network conditions fluctuate.
4. Use a professional online video platform (OVP)
Professional OVPs offer better streaming quality, robust support, and feature enhancements like multi-bitrate streaming to suit various viewer internet speeds.
5. Choose a powerful CDN
A large and powerful CDN reduces buffering and maintains stream quality, even for viewers located far from your streaming server.
6. Enable transcoding and multi-bitrate streaming
Adaptive bitrate streaming ensures that viewers with slower internet speeds can still watch your stream at a lower quality without interruption.
7. Choose the optimal resolution
The majority of people are watching streams on 1080p resolution. Going higher will most likely overburden your connection without any real benefits. Also, before starting to stream, create a private stream test and check the video and audio quality on different devices and internet speeds.
8. Free up your bandwidth
By freeing up system resources, your computer can focus more on delivering a higher quality stream.
9. Adjust video bitrate and resolution for non-partners
This setup ensures that non-partnered streams maintain decent quality while being accessible to a broader audience.
By following these steps, you’ll be able to effectively improve the quality of your live stream, providing a better viewer experience and engagement. We also have a dedicated guide with thebest OBS settings for low-end PCsthat might come in handy.
You might also be interested in how to set the rightOBS keyframe interval for your content.
Did our guide help you improve the stream bitrate? Let us know in the comments below.
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
