Smooth gameplay demands optimized encoding settings. Opening the software settings menu reveals video bitrates, frame rates, and encoding engines. Pushing bitrates too high leads to frame buffering on mobile data connections, while cutting them too low degrades high-motion games into pixelated blocks.
Navigate directly to the video output preferences and enable hardware acceleration. This routes the video rendering process directly through the GPU's dedicated silicon: NVIDIA’s NVENC or AMD’s AMF. Software encoding (x264) relies on CPU cycles, often introducing input lag into titles like Valorant, Call of Duty, or Apex Legends.
Set video bitrates between 4,500 kbps and 6,000 kbps for crisp 1080p vertical streams. Set the audio sampling rate to 48 kHz at a 160 kbps bitrate. Separate your desktop game sound from your microphone input using virtual audio channels. This separation prevents desktop notification sounds or system alerts from bleeding into your broadcast mix.
