Provide streamers with metrics info for viewer transcoding
Hi everyone, We'd love to have info available to streamers regarding how many viewers watch Twitch at each transcoding level. So, for example, how many people view at 1080 vs. 720 in general? How many by category? Having this info for each category + region would help streamers make informed choices with bitrate and resolution. We run a DJ stream, so we need to stay at 320kbps for audio. This means we can't use enhanced broadcasting to solve transcoding issues. (Enhanced broadcasting = 160 audio.) We've so far settled on 1536x864 at 6000kpbs video and 320kbps audio in OBS. This seems to optimize XP for both 720p viewers and 864p viewers. Once we go to 1080p, the graphics quality tanks because the bitrate for Twitch can't go higher than 8000, and the quality really tanks for 720p viewers because the transcoding at Twitch from 1080 to 720 isn't great. We could pop up to 1660x936 at 8000kbps, but that also loses more quality for the 720p user than the 864p option. So, in conclusion, it's good to know how many people in our audiences actually prefer to view at 720.