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What encoder settings (keyframe interval, rate control, audio) did Twitch ask streamers to use, per dated archived Twitch pages?

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Twitch's 2018 and 2020 snapshots agree on CBR and a 2-second keyframe interval with H.264/AAC; 2018 recommends 3-6 Mbps and 2020 gives per-resolution figures (e.g. 1080p60 6000 kbps, 1080p30 4500 kbps). Neither snapshot documents audio sync. Curator qualifications: Pages/code read 2026-10-22; nothing streamed, emulated or rendered. Dated snapshots (2018, 2020); current Twitch guidance not read. Limitations: Pages/code read 2026-10-22; nothing streamed, emulated or rendered. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20181117175516id_/https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1253460",
      "note": "Twitch Help Broadcasting Guidelines (IA id_ 20181117175516; bytes equal pin), Broadcast Requirements; stream.twitch.tv/encoding (IA id_ 20201222041846; bytes equal pin), NVENC/x264 tables"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201222041846id_/https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/",
      "note": "Twitch Help Broadcasting Guidelines (IA id_ 20181117175516; bytes equal pin), Broadcast Requirements; stream.twitch.tv/encoding (IA id_ 20201222041846; bytes equal pin), NVENC/x264 tables"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Twitch's 2018 and 2020 snapshots agree on CBR and a 2-second keyframe interval with H.264/AAC; 2018 recommends 3-6 Mbps and 2020 gives per-resolution figures (e.g. 1080p60 6000 kbps, 1080p30 4500 kbps). Neither snapshot documents audio sync. · locator: Twitch Help Broadcasting Guidelines (IA id_ 20181117175516; bytes equal pin), Broadcast Requirements; stream.twitch.tv/encoding (IA id_ 20201222041846; bytes equal pin), NVENC/x264 tables source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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