Check out this thread over on Reddit to see a tip on how to increase stream quality on Chrome. It works by changing the type of video stream Stadia uses ![]()
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/eiyfhg/trick_to_increase_stream_quality_on_chrome_force/
Credit to Reddit users u/AquaRegia and u/snakerjake for finding this and u/ColonialReddit098 for sharing!
@davidking : Awesome post/link, I especially like the stream monitor script, works really nice! Thanks.
Chrome already uses VP9 with Stadia, you can see for yourself on chrome://media-internals
It's also the standard on YouTube for quite some time now.
As far as I remember from the WebRTC/Stadia tech video from Google, Stadia is based on the VP9 codec (and targetting AV1 in the future).
Edit:
Source: https://youtu.be/avtlQeaxd_I?t=1072
That is incorrect. I stream in 1440p with pro subscription in chrome and can stream at 4k but too sluggish.
All you need is a higher res monitor or an extension.
Thank you for this great thread. Really enjoying Stadia when I can find time.
We are trying to use Chrome for WebRTC communication and are hitting these same limitations on resolution and codec.
Is there another forum where we could bring these tips/learnings, and how they would apply to WebRTC ?
Thank you!
You can just use "Stadia plus" Extension for Chrome to force VP9 with one click and 4K mode, too (if you are pro member)
You can just install Stadia+ chrome extension and this will do it for you, over other stuff.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stadia%20-extension/bbhmnnecicphphjamhdefpagipoegijd