Why is that? Discord stream sometimes so pixelated and blurred? What can you do if the… Screen sharing in Discord just one poor quality shows and can Improve stream quality? If you use Discord more often, you may have already used video calls and especially screen sharing. With just a few clicks, you can use Discord to transfer your own screen to one or more people and, in addition to the entire screen, you can also share individual programs. Even though setting up and using screen sharing is pretty self-explanatory, two questions usually arise here. On the one hand, you often read about the question of how to transmit the sound on a Discord stream, and on the other hand, there is also the question of the image quality of the streams.
Discord screencast pixelated
If the Discord stream is pixelated and the screen transfer only shows poor quality, this can be due to various reasons. The first thing you should check is whether the… own internet connection but also the internet connection of the other participants is working properly. If that’s the case, then you should Stop the stream once and restart itif necessary, change servers if it is not a 1-to-1 transfer.
Improve stream quality
If you start a screen transfer, you can, among other things adjust the stream quality. In addition to “Smoother Video”, “Better Readability of Text” and “Custom” are also available. You can also adjust the resolution (higher resolutions require Nitro) and the frame rate. If the Discord screencast is still pixelated despite the correct settings, then this could possibly be due to a setting. On Reddit There are numerous reports of poor quality in the streams on Discord and this is common an attitude was cited as the reason for this. The setting is the video codec “OpenH264 video codec from Cisco Systems Inc.“, which sometimes causes problems on some systems. As a test, you should deactivate the feature once and then check whether the stream quality in Discord has improved.
- Start Discord and open the settings using the gear symbol.
- On the left side, select “Voice & Video Chat” and then uncheck “OpenH264 Video Codec from Cisco Systems Inc.” under the “Advanced” section.
Anyone who has had experience with poor image quality in Discord screen transfer and knows tips on how to improve the quality is welcome to leave us a note in the comments.
