The stability of your connection to the Twitch ingest server depends on your internet but also on how many people are using that particular server at that time and how much bitrate is everyone using individually. This is a situation that does not depend on you anymore and is related to the stability of the particular Twitch ingest server you are connected to. Sometimes though, even after making sure your settings are working properly your stream still seems to be dropping bitrate and sometimes even goes offline. Not having to troubleshoot your streaming settings every time something goes awry is a great relief for many streamers since it allows you to focus on the actual content you output instead of getting sidetracked. Proper settings will prevent issues like dropped frames while streaming and also keep your interaction with your chat as real-time as possible.

If you do not see the pop-up to set the game or title, make sure that Confirm stream title and game before going live is set found in the General Settings.Streaming on Twitch requires quite a bit of research in finding the best settings for your particular setup. If you use a dedicated stream PC to encode, or you have a powerful single PC that manages to go slower than very fast, it would not be best to use the optimized encoder settings, as no higher profile exists at this moment.

Low profile CPU usage is equivalent to x264 profile ultrafast but optimized for gameplay.

Medium profile CPU usage is equivalent to x264 profile very fast but optimized for gameplay.

Using this will override the set, preset, and any custom x264 flags you have with the machine learned values The profile selection is only in effect when 'Use optimized encoder settings' are enabled. If you use both, you can then enable the 'use optimized encoder settings' found in the Go Live pop-up, where you set your Game and Title. The game optimized encoder settings are currently only available when using software (x264) encoding and using Twitch as streaming service. It's a process we developed and is only available in Streamlabs Desktop.

Game aware video encoding automatically chooses the best encoder settings for you in Streamlabs Desktop based on the actual video game you're playing.

Best streamlabs settings