Recording streaming and rendering questions

[Ariona]

Hi I was wondering how I could record gameplay at the best quality setting possible with my hardware and software, AND stream at the same time to Twitch.tv, hitbox or youtube live. 

 

The following information has the software I use normally.

 

OBS latest version

NVIDIA Shadowplay 

Sony Vegas Pro 11

 

The following is my hardware, I would also like to ask should I record / stream with intel quick sync Or keep using NVIDIA's GPU encoder ? I want the best quality for my youtube videos possible. 

 

CPU: i5-4690K  No overclock

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX

Boot SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB with updated firmware

Mods drive: 320GB seagate momentus thin

Media drive: 500GB WD Blue

Game drive: 1TB WD Black

 

 

Finally if anyone can give me good rendering settings or tips for 1080p 60FPS that would be fantastic. ( Sony vegas please ) 

A side note question would be, If I record at 1080p 50mbps 60FPS is it worth it to upscale the render to like 1440p or 4K for that higher bitrate for youtube ? 

[Samfisher]

@Ariona

 

Record with ShadowPlay, stream with OBS x264 CPU Encode.

[Samppa221]

@Ariona

 

Record with ShadowPlay, stream with OBS x264 CPU Encode.

For OBS for best quality use x264

[Sam Z Man]

Hi I was wondering how I could record gameplay at the best quality setting possible with my hardware and software, AND stream at the same time to Twitch.tv, hitbox or youtube live. 

 

The following information has the software I use normally.

 

OBS latest version

NVIDIA Shadowplay 

Sony Vegas Pro 11

 

The following is my hardware, I would also like to ask should I record / stream with intel quick sync Or keep using NVIDIA's GPU encoder ? I want the best quality for my youtube videos possible. 

 

CPU: i5-4690K  No overclock

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX

Boot SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB with updated firmware

Mods drive: 320GB seagate momentus thin

Media drive: 500GB WD Blue

Game drive: 1TB WD Black

 

 

Finally if anyone can give me good rendering settings or tips for 1080p 60FPS that would be fantastic. ( Sony vegas please ) 

A side note question would be, If I record at 1080p 50mbps 60FPS is it worth it to upscale the render to like 1440p or 4K for that higher bitrate for youtube ? 

 

Why you no overclock? You have a K series CPU and a Z series motherboard.

[Samfisher]

For OBS for best quality use x264

 

That's what I said lol.

[Samppa221]

That's what I said lol.

You didn't say anything about quality

[Ariona]

For OBS for best quality use x264

 

 

@Ariona

 

Record with ShadowPlay, stream with OBS x264 CPU Encode.

 

Can I record AND stream at the same item though?

 

And also, CPU encode stream to twitch causes major lag on my gaming and stream entirely. My only options are Quick sync and NVENC for OBS. 

[Ariona]

Why you no overclock? You have a K series CPU and a Z series motherboard.

 

No one will give me a proper guide for my system and trying to mimic others makes me end up resetting my entire fucking system. 

[Samfisher]

Can I record AND stream at the same item though?

 

And also, CPU encode stream to twitch causes major lag on my gaming and stream entirely. My only options are Quick sync and NVENC for OBS. 

 

Yes you can do both at the same time.  However, NVENC and QuickSync need to be streamed at a MUCH higher rate than x264 to achieve the same quality.  Since the max ingest Twitch accepts is 3500kbps upload, x264 is your only choice for quality.  3500kbps quicksync and NVENC video are quite bad.  Your other solution would be to get a capture card to do the processing for you, or if you have a spare older PC, you can use that to offload all processing overheads.

 

Gaming PC -> Capture Card -> Random PC -> Upload to Twitch

[Ariona]

Yes you can do both at the same time.  However, NVENC and QuickSync need to be streamed at a MUCH higher rate than x264 to achieve the same quality.  Since the max ingest Twitch accepts is 3500kbps upload, x264 is your only choice for quality.  3500kbps quicksync and NVENC video are quite bad.  Your other solution would be to get a capture card to do the processing for you, or if you have a spare older PC, you can use that to offload all processing overheads.

 

Gaming PC -> Capture Card -> Random PC -> Upload to Twitch

I have an Elgato game capture... It can't record at 60FPS but I could use it to do the encoding couldn't I ?  

 

Also Can you explain how for instance, If I wanted to stream with OBS to twitch at 3mbps / 3000kbps using NVENC or quick sync, and wanted to record game play at the same time at 50mbps. 

[Samfisher]

I have an Elgato game capture... It can't record at 60FPS but I could use it to do the encoding couldn't I ?  

 

Also Can you explain how for instance, If I wanted to stream with OBS to twitch at 3mbps / 3000kbps using NVENC or quick sync, and wanted to record game play at the same time at 50mbps. 

 

You can record and stream at the same time, but not with the same encoding type.  If you stream with QuickSync, you can record with ShadowPlay.  If you stream with Nvenc, you can record with CPU (fraps).  If you want purely OBS for everything, you can launch 2 instances of OBS with different encoding/record settings and run it as it is.

[Ariona]

You can record and stream at the same time, but not with the same encoding type.  If you stream with QuickSync, you can record with ShadowPlay.  If you stream with Nvenc, you can record with CPU (fraps).  If you want purely OBS for everything, you can launch 2 instances of OBS with different encoding/record settings and run it as it is.

 

How can I run 2 OBS programs at once?

[Samfisher]

How can I run 2 OBS programs at once?

Here you go~

 

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/opening-2-instances-of-obs-at-the-same-time.2089/