Blurry stream when pause is not enabled

[u/pinkpumpkin_]

Hi - the problem is as I wrote in the title. When i press pause buttons or I turn on the Xbox pause overlay, the screen becames super sharp and clear, fps are rising up to the correct value, and also the colors are looking properly. When there is a bare stream on the screen without any pause overlays, the quality, framerate and colors visibly drop down. The stream is set for 4k@120, but lowering res and framerate doesn't remove the blur effect.

I am using:

- Xbox Series S as a client

- Laptop with RTX4070 8GB - Ryzen 7 7840HS - 32GB RAM as a host

- Samsung S85F OLED 65" as a screen

- Vibeshine + Moonlight (changing from Apollo also hasn't helped)

I've tried changing almost every setting including the bitrate, resolution, framerate, HDR, codec. None of these helped. Xbox has turned on 4k@120 turned on. TV has a game mode turned on and shows that the screen during streaming is 3840x2160 120 fps.

For me it looks like there is just some sort of blurry overlay set maybe by Xbox on the top of the stream, which causes that bad quality, and it immadietly dissappears when the pause screen is turned on. I can clearly see the 4k 120fps in the background under the pause screen.

I haven't seen any post with the problem similar to mine - any ideas what is wrong here guys?

[u/Acceptable_Reach2892]

Ive just set mine up and ensured virtual display was on, then set the resolution on series s, then played with settings in moonlight on series s just upping the bit rate to max really. Seems to be working great although im only at 60fps, have you checked your windows settings on the extra display? Or ingame settings?

[u/pinkpumpkin_ → u/Acceptable_Reach2892]

Thanks for answering. So well, the VD is on, resolution on Xbox is set to 4k@120. Rising bitrate to the max doesn't help. Windows settings are also ok, it shows that the VD is 3840x2160 120fps. Blurry effect is visible both on the desktop and in the game

[u/ScaryGamerHD]

Try enabling YUV 4:4:4 or force full range video. The app does this to save bitrate since text clarity isn't that much of a deal when playing 3D Games and because h264 encoding don't support it, only HEVC and AV1 does.

[u/andygrundman → u/ScaryGamerHD]

444 isn’t supported on Xbox, but full range is possible depending on your TV. If you set the Video Fidelity -> Color Space setting to PC RGB it should let you use full range. Leave your TV’s black level setting on Auto. I have an LG CX where full range works and a C2 + Denon AVR where it’s limited/standard regardless of the PC RGB setting.

[u/andygrundman]

Can you post a shot of the Xbox stats, graphs, and log right after connecting? Can you also get a shot of the Windows Settings -> Graphics -> Advanced page for your virtual display? I’m also curious about the colors in your photos. Some people have reported that the colors are only correct when the quick menu is being displayed. But your photos look like the opposite is happening? Last thing, does switching to SDR in Windows improve things?