What is NVIDIA Broadcast?

NVIDIA Broadcast is software from NVIDIA that aims to improve the quality of your video and audio streams.

To enable it, first download and roll out the NVIDIA broadcast app.

Click the drop-down menu, select your physical audio device, then click ‘Add Effect.'

Double-poke the icon on your taskbar to open it up.

confirm your microphone is selected, then click “Add Effect.”

If you don’t have multiple audio input devices, the default option will be fine.

The available filters in the Effects area.

poke the drop-down box, select “Noise Reduction,” then poke the toggle position to on.

Here is an example of what you might see:

Just how good is the noise reduction?

Historically, noise reduction software has been pretty hit or miss.

Microphone NVIDIA Broadcast in Google Meet

Of course, the primary advantage is that you might use NVIDIA Broadcast inanyapp.

It isn’t limited to just audio.

It also has tools to improve your video quality, too.

Click the ‘Camera’ tab, then click the drop-down menu and select one of the three options. Click the toggle to enable it.

Add a Virtual Background

NVIDIA Broadcast also lets you impose virtual backgrounds.

I used Background Replacement with the default NVIDIA image as the background.

If you want to overlay your cutout on a stream, use Background Removal instead.

A Star Wars bobblehead with the background replacement tool active.

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There is a slight defect to the left of his head that showed up in medium to low lighting.

There was one exception: a colorful Ecuadorian llama.

It also resulted in the software clipping out part of his head.

Our Star Wars bobblehead with a colorful Llama behind him.

Nick Lewis / How-To Geek

Performance mode aggravated all the problems significantly.

You should avoid it unless you experience serious performance issues with Quality.

However, barring those considerations, it worked quite reliably.

Click ‘Add Effect’ in the Camera tab.

Remove Noise from Video

NVIDIA Broadcast can also reduce noise in your video.

This is particularly helpful if you don’t have optimal lighting or if your webcam is a bit older.

To enable noise reduction, open up NVIDIA Broadcast, then click “Add Effect.”

Click the drop-down menu, select ‘Video Noise Removal,’ then hit the toggle.

tap the drop-down menu, select “Video Noise Removal,” then tap the toggle.

Here’s a quick example of how it works.

Like all noise reduction programs, it does result in a very smooth looking surface.

The noise reduction is disabled on the left, noise reduction enabled on the right.

However, you could always switch between Strong and Weak denoising.

Weak is best used when your webcam has only a little bit of noise.

You shouldn’t Strong for when it is absolutely necessary, since it does reduce image quality some.

Of those, eye contact is the most interesting, but it is also incredibly uncanny.

It also doesn’t work perfectly.

However, it could be a fun effect to use while you’restreaming your gameplay.