Wirecast RTMP to Wowza display not clear

[skovarik]

I have set the Wirecast to RTMP settings for the server and can view desktop presenter video. The issue that I am seeing is that the video is not clear. Is there a setting for live video in the application.xml that would clear the picture that I am missing?

[randall]

Hi skovarik,

Could you describe in detail what you mean by "not clear"? Also post info about your encoding: codecs, resolution, bitrate, keyframe interval, etc..

[skovarik]

By not clear, I mean that the view of the stream that is given is not crisp, if you look at the exported desktop screen, you cannot read the text that is being displayed by the wowza server. Here is my current setup.
MacBook Pro with Wirecast and Desktop Presenter running.
Wirecast is setup with Flash HD Bandwidth 16:9 preset. Encode has H.264 (1280X720) 44.1 khz sending it to the Wowza server with RTMP. User agent is set to Wirecast/FMLE/3.0
I am currently outputting the stream to rtmp//eocs2.engineering.iastate.edu/live/desktop.mp4


Maybe I am expecting higher quality than can be produced.

[rrlanham]

Try 640x360 with much lower bitrate.

Richard

[skovarik]

I am now getting a clearer screen. Not perfect but better. I did notice that now, I am seeing the m3u8 connections for IOS devices showing that the screen is cutting out and giving me a green screen during portions when the actual desktop is not showing. It looks like I am going to need to run through some settings to come up with the best settings. Thanks for your help, Much appreciated.