Streaming quality in Flash

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G8NZR
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Streaming quality in Flash

Post by G8NZR » Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:52 pm

A question about streaming via the BATC website.

How do I improve the streaming quality when using flash? Is it limited by the quality of the capture card/units, or it something in the settings? I've tried changing the settings of the flash encoder, but the quality as displayed on the new streamer does not seem to change.

If I view the signal as its presented to the encoder, the quality is brilliant, but the result on the streamer looks blocky and poor quality (GB3YT). Any recommendations on where I should be looking to make improvements?

Phil M0DNY
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Re: Streaming quality in Flash

Post by Phil M0DNY » Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:18 am

Hi,

Looking at the GB3YT stream, you're currently using VP6 at ~200kb/s, for which I'd expect that level of blockiness. If you're bandwidth limited then you may get better quality by using the H.264 codec.

Note that libav/ffmpeg-based encoders such as OBS or vMix also take an 'effort' parameter that can eke out extra quality for a limited bandwidth at the cost of CPU usage.

I'm aware of issues with noisy input pictures not working well with H.264 in FMLE. Their VP6 implementation has a denoising filter on the input where their H.264 implementation does not. Using a libav/ffmpeg encoder allows manual control over denoising filter parameters (hqdn3d).

Phil M0DNY

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Re: Streaming quality in Flash

Post by G8NZR » Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:24 pm

Hi Phil

Thanks for the information - its pointed me in the right direction and I seem to have made an improvement with the new adjustments. I'll try a few different settings now I know a bit more about which basic settings are better.

73, Kay

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