Future Dev Stream Goals - 1440p60

Nerror

Just watched an Nvidia stream on twitch, where they actually ran 1440p with 60 FPS and it looked really nice! Something to perhaps look towards in the future for Intrepid.



Step 1: Have Nvidia level access to stupidly hardcore encoding, massaging every bit they send out.
Step 2: Profit

Stream Info:

• Resolution: 2560x1440
• Frame Rate: 59 FPS
• Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 162 kb/s
• Total Bitrate: 7016 kbps
• H264 Profile: High
• Likely Encoder: x264 (unknown)
• Stream Uptime: 0h 12m 1s
• Reduced Delay: Yes
• Transcodes: Yes (5 options via 2017TranscodeEvent_V2)

chibibree

Would love to get 1440p twitch stream but sadly twitch degrades quality and if you don't stream at 1080, a lot of people get buffering since Twitch prioritizes their partners for the higher grade stream with the ability to lower the quality for others' internet preferences. Some people have issues with 1080p stream and so need 720p, etc.

I wish they could just let us stream at whatever definition we want haha

Jahlon

So if you are talking about the dev streams, Intrepid could do 1440p at 60fps because they are a partnered channel so they always have the transcoding wheel.

The problem is, when you stream at 1440 you lose the option of 1080. You either go 1440 or 720, viewers can't downgrade from 1440 to 1080.

The other issue is that Twitch hard caps you at 6k bitrate (ok, so its a little higher and Partners can get away with it) but the issue is there is no way to get up to the bitrate you'd need for 1440 footage.

So at the end of the day they'd either need to go to YouTube so they have the bitrate they need, and lose a ton of audience, or they need to just stream at 1080p and then upload 4k footage to YouTube.

chibibree

Jahlon wrote: »

The problem is, when you stream at 1440 you lose the option of 1080. You either go 1440 or 720, viewers can't downgrade from 1440 to 1080.

I was not aware they were partnered since they didn't have a sub button and I also did not know the option of 1080 was not available if you stream 1440p. Thanks for the info ^_^