moonlight-stream
Dynamic / Unlimited Video Bitrate (5GBps Link)
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Using 1920x1080 @ 240FPS (roughly 3Gbps) I got a dedicated 5GBps connection from one high-end PC to another and want to make full use of the connection.
I have put it all the way up to 500Mbps and enabled YUV 4:4:4 but I am not sure how much it "improved" I read up on it and it appears that I am covered with 500Mbps for most cases but I want to know how I could make use of the remainder of the bandwidth potentially to improve image quality.
Or maybe have some arbitrary method to show image quality.
When/how do I know it's running at ideal already?
Describe the solution you'd like Allow Video Bitrate to be dynamic / unlimited to match the bandwidth we have to improve image quality.
In my own testing, you can’t really see any noticeable difference once you go above around 300 Mbit/s when streaming 4K @ 60 Hz (or higher) — even 150 Mbit/s already looks perfect for almost all use cases, including fast-paced shooters.
Just my two cents: going all the way up to 500 Mbit/s is usually overkill and can actually add a bit of unnecessary latency.
My recommendation would be to lower your bitrate and record short test clips of your stream using OBS (or a similar tool) on your client machine. Then compare those recordings side-by-side at different bitrates — that’s the best way to find the sweet spot for your setup.
Why do people keep claiming going up to 500mbps adds latency when if it does it is immeasurably small.
Why do people keep claiming going up to 500mbps adds latency when if it does it is immeasurably small.
Exactly.